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Action on Climate Change through Engagement, Networks and Tools

acronym: ACCENT
start: 2009-04-01
end: 2011-03-31
 
programme: FP7 - Euroopa Liidu 7. raamprogramm
sub-programme: SiS - Teadus ühiskonnas
instrument: CSA-CA - Koordineerivad ja toetavad tegevused - koordineerivad tegevused
call identifier: FP7-SCIENCE-IN-SOCIETY-2008-1
project number: 230178
duration in months: 24
partner count: 15
 
abstract: Fifteen relevant organisations among science centres, science museums and aquariums will be engaged by this proposal ACCENT in a coordination action aimed at rationalising their two-way communication practices and at strengthening their collaborations with the scientific community on climate change issues. Climate change issues are clearly a growing concern for the public today. In recent years, people have received a great deal of information from media on the causes and consequences of climate changes, but – depending on countries and regions – the understanding of citizens and their engagement in these topics is still varied. ACCENT proposes to contribute to a global effort to move the campaign on climate change from “informative” to the “active” phase, through the exchange and dissemination of practices, with specific actions that encourage the involvement of citizens in actions and dialogue. The rising demand for public participation is evident when addressing global challenges; in this sense, involvement of the public would be central to the ACCENT strategy to improve the capacity of European democracies to represent and include citizens' perspectives. Through ACCENT, the science centre community is committing itself to strengthening the efforts its institutions made at the local level in a one year European Communication Action on Climate change issues for the dissemination of European research results, and to establishing the dialogue among scientists, stakeholders and the public through participative practices. They will capitalise on their competences in a European sustainable Web platform that will act as “collector” as well as “disseminator” for any organisations dealing with public engagement in science. ACCENT will assess the outcomes from the engagement and participation of the public in order to deliver reliable data on the opinion and perception of European citizens about climate change issues.
partner no and role partner name country contact person web page
1 coordinator Fondazione IDIS-Città della Scienza IT Anne-Marie Bruyas http://www.cittadellascienza.it
2 partner ASSOCIATION EUROPEENNE DES EXPOSITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES, TECHNIQUES ET INDUSTRIELLES BE Franche Catherine http://www.ecsite.net
3 partner OBSERVA IT Giuseppe Pellegrini http://www.scienceinsociety.eu
4 partner COSTA EDUTAINMENT S.P.A IT Bruna Valettini http://www.acquariodigenova.it
5 partner Tiedekeskussäätiö FI Paula Havaste http://www.heureka.fi
6 partner LAPIN YLIOPISTO FI Nicolas Gunslay http://www.ulapland.fi
7 partner TECHNIQUEST UK Anita Shaw http://www.techniquest.org
8 partner FLANDERS TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL BE Erik Jacquemyn http://www.technopolis.be
9 partner UNIVERSEUM AB SE Sten Ljungström http://www.universeum.se
10 partner STIFTELSEN TEKNIKENS HUS SE Eva Jonsson http://www.teknikenshus.se
11 partner SOCIETE D'EXPLOITATION DU CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA MER FR Manuel Cira http://www.nausicaa.fr
12 partner CENTER FOR FORMIDLING AF NATURVIDENSKAB OG MODERNE TEKNOLOGI FOND DK Sheena Laursen http://www.experimentarium.dk
13 partner Teaduskeskus Ahaa SA EE Liisa-Riin Stalde http://www.ahhaa.ee
14 partner ISRAEL NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SPACE DANIEL AND MATILDE RECANATI CENTER IL Tal Berman
15 partner Bloomfield Science Museum Jerusalem (BSMJ) IL Varda Gur Ben Shitrit http://www.mada.org.il