Places – Cities of Scientific Culture

PLACES: STRUCTURE
4 years (June 2010 – May 2014)
69 (+) science communication institutions
10 European regions
5 million € (6.8 million $)
Project Strucutre
European Nerworks
www.ecsite.eu
CITIZENS
Science
Communication
Institutions
SCIENCE
POLICYMAKERS
KEY FEATURES:
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City Partnerships
Local Action Plans
Pilot Activities
Long-term perspective
Local and European perspective
Impact Assessment
Recommendations
KEY STRATEGIES:
• It’s about science communication policies,
not about science communication activities
• Start with adults – not with the kids
• Act differently towards the municipalities and
other similar institutions
OUTCOMES
18 REGIONAL WORKSHOPS
• Galicia
• Eszak-Alfold
• West Midlands
• South Denmark
• Urban Region of
Ljubljana
• Murcia
• Piemonte
• Bremen /
Bremerhaven
• Scotland
CONFERENCES
Scientific Culture
September 2011 – Paris, FR
Policy representatives: 59
European Governmental Organization: 1
National Government: 5
Regional Government: 24
Municipal Government:
29
Science Communication representatives: 112
CONFERENCES
Share Experiences
October 2012 – Tartu, ET.
Expectations from policymakers / from science communicators
Creative workshop
CONFERENCES
Models for City of Scientific Culture”
June 2013 – Turin, IT
Participants from 28 countries and 86 cities which included
30 new cities outside the PLACES project.
200 CITIES
RECOMMENDATIONS
PLACES DECLARATION ON CITIES OF SCIENTIFIC CULTURE
LOCAL ACTION PLANS
New fields of action
involving the science centre / museum as a major actor in “unusual” or “unexpected”
fields: policymaking, economic development, …
Lisbon, Portugal.
New ways of working: involving the science centre as a
major actor in “unusual” or “unexpected” fields:
policymaking, economic development, …
Pilsen, Lisbon, Teruel, Sonderborg, Vitry-sur-seine,
Glasgow, Kerkrade
Scientific Entrepreneurship
LEADING ORGANIZATION:
Ciência Viva (science centre)
Partner organizations:
City of Lisbon (municipality), Beta-i (start-up
accelerator)
Setting the scene:
Creative and media industries have been main sources
for business innovation in Lisbon. Our key goal is to add
to this framework a long-term relationship between
science, policy makers and local industries of all kinds
to instill science and scientific culture in the economy of
the city.
Pilsen, Czech Republic.
Synergies in formal and informal education
and to increase public interest in science and scientific
knowledge. Also perceived as crucial is to encourage the
young generation especially interested in studying
Partner organizations:
science and engineering disciplines, to increase the
Pilsen Region, City of Pilsen
percentage of graduates from secondary schools in
Pilsen and the University of West Bohemia, who upon
Setting the scene:
graduation will occupy positions of technical focus and
Key institutions of public administration - Pilsen Region
become a major strength in the realization of long-term
and City of Pilsen - long perceive the need to popularize
plans that are defined in key policy documents
and communicate scientific achievements in the region
"Integrated urban development plans – IDP“.
LEADING ORGANIZATION:
Techmania Science Center (Science center)
Pilsen
partner
ship
Techmania Science Center
The Pilsen Region
The University of West Bohemia
The City of Pilsen
Vitry-sur-Seine, France.
Access to scientific culture for everyone
LEADING ORGANIZATION :
Explor adom e / Association Savoir
Appr endr e
Par tner or ganizations : Municipality of Vitry-surSeine
Local Action Plan
Setting the scene :
The town of Vitry has a great socio-cultural
diversity among its inhabitants. The municipality is
very involved in the social and cultural activities,
including scientific. With its local action plan with
Exploradôme, it seeks to make the museum
projects relevant and accessible to all.
LOCAL ACTION PLANS
Making sure science is part of policymaking
Bremen, Germany.
Urban and regional mobility
LEADING ORGANIZATION:
Wissenschaft im Dialog (Science in
Dialogue)
Partner organizations:
City of Bremen, WFB (Wirtschaftsförderung Bremen)
Setting the scene:
Sustainable mobility will be one of the main challenges
for cities and regions for the coming years and it is
linked to several scientific areas. A good concept of
mobility is raising the attractiveness of cities and
regions and is important for the economy. At the same
time it is closely linked with environment protection
and climate change and thus has a global impact too.
Vantaa, Finland.
Better recycling – better environment
LEADING ORGANIZATION:
Heureka, the Finnish Science Centre
Partner organizations:
City of Vantaa/Regional Services/Hakunila regional
committee
Helsinki Region Environmental Services Authority (HSY)
Vantaan Energia Ltd.
Setting the scene:
Vantaan Energia Ltd. is building a waste-to-energy
(WTE) plant in Hakunila region in Vantaa. HSY is campaining
for better recycling of inflammable materials in the area.
Vantaa regional services is activating citizens using
participatory methods and service design. Heureka
brings science and technology of waste treatment to
everyday life, making it easier to understand how
important it is to burn waste and recycle more.
LOCAL ACTION PLANS
Bringing in the Citizens
Brussels, Belgium.
Science Spotting in the Park
LEADING ORGANIZATION:
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural
Sciences (Natural History Museum)
Partner organizations:
Regional Ministry of research, Municipality of Brussels,
ULB, VUB (Universities), Petits Débrouillards (Science
communicators), Probio (Biology teachers’ association),
EGEB, City mine(d), AQL (Citizens’ association).
Setting the scene:
Getting to know numerous and strongly determined citizens
associations has helped the RBINS match one of its main
core business: “biodiversity protection and awareness” with
the citizens current main concern: “water management”,
leading to the development of a common project for several
districts of Brussels with the local authorities support.
Trento, Italy.
Free Time, Free Space
LEADING ORGANIZATION:
MUSE - Museo delle Scienze (Science Museum)
Partner organizations: M unicipality of Tr ento
Dept. of Culture, Tourism & Youth Policies; Office for
Parks & Gardens | Ahr ef Public Information Research
Foundation | STEP School for Territory & Landscape |
FEM Agricultural Research Foundation | Bookique
Literary Café | Café de la Paix Cultural Association
Setting the scene:
In July 2013 MUSE science museum will move to a
brand new building thanks to a regeneration project of
an ex industrial area. The area includes a park (the 4th
biggest in town), representing a great opportunity for
reconsidering the use of public spaces in Trento, on the
premise that they represent one of the main places
where to foster citizens cultural welfare.
Dublin, Ireland.
City Innovation: Current & Future Needs
LEADING ORGANIZATION:
Science Gallery (Science Centre)
Partner organizations:
Dublin City Council - DCC (Municipality)
How will our current city networks, systems and
resources fair with increased population? What are the
implications for communication, transport, energy,
waste and housing in Dublin? What role will science
and technology play?
In the search for innovative ways to leverage the
resources, energy and data that flow through Dublin
By 2050, 5 billion of the Earth’s 8 billion people will live every day, Science Gallery and Dublin City Council are
in cities. The 2011 Irish Census reported that 60% of the working together to identify cur r ent and futur e city
Irish population already lives in an Urban Area, the
needs, and engaging citizens in imagining and
majority of those in Dublin.
developing cultural, social, and scientific innovation.
Setting the scene:
LOCAL ACTION PLANS
Linking with other fields of culture
Florence, Italy.
Firenze Scienza
Setting the scene:
Florence is world-renown for the artifacts and
collections of absolute pre-eminence housed in its many
Partner organizations:
museums as well as for its monuments and
Comune of Florence (Municipality), Università degli
architectural heritage. The city boasts indeed
Studi di Firenze (Museums), Osservatorio Astrofisico di outstanding technical and scientific traditions which
Arcetri (Science centre), FST (Museum), Caffè Scienza
nourished collections of priceless value in the
Firenze (Cultural association), Il Giardino di Archimede international scenario.
(Science centre), INSTM (Research centre), MNAF
(Museum)
LEADING ORGANIZATION:
Museo Galileo (Museum)
Tartu, Estonia.
City of Scientific History and Culture
LEADING ORGANIZATION:
Science Centre AHHAA Foundation
Partner organizations:
Tartu City Government (stakeholder), museums of
Tartu, University of Tartu, NGO Domus Dorpatensis
(cooperation partners)
Setting the scene:
As a university city that is famous for its scientific
history (and present), Tartu is full of students, research
institutions and numerous museums with sciencethemed exhibitions. Our goal is to bring this spectacular
side of Tartu closer to its inhabitants and let them have
a say in how we could communicate science better.
Vienna, Austria.
Visibility of Research and Science
Communication
LEADING ORGANIZATION:
Association ScienceCenter-Netzwerk
(ScienceCenter-Network, Austria)
Partner organizations:
ZIT - The Technology Agency of the City of Vienna
MA 23 (Department of the City Administration,
responsible for research, technology and innovation)
Setting the scene:
Vienna sees itself not only as a city of culture but also a
metropolis of science and research. The city draws upon
a long and rich tradition of creative thoughts, a spirit of
scientific inquiry and entrepreneurial innovation
(Vienna looks to the future, 2007). Nevertheless,
research of city departments and science
communication institutions often seem to be invisible to
citizens. Therefore, strengthening the visibility of
research and science is the goal for the LAP in Vienna.
LOCAL ACTION PLANS
New and powerful partnerships
Parkstad, Netherlands.
LEADING ORGANIZATION:
Discovery Center Continium
Partner organizations:
Par kstad Region (a cooperation between 8 cities),
Zuyd H ogeschool (Institute for Higher education),
The D istr ict of Tom or r ow (an innovative
programme in which educational institutions,
reseachers, businesses, and public authorities join
together to create an exciting environment for the
transition to a sustainable built environment.)
Setting the scene:
A project about the involvement of citizens in the
sustainable development of Urban area’s in shrinking
regions.
Tavira, Portugal.
River: Sustainable Use & Development
LEADING ORGANIZATION:
Centr o Ciência Viva de Tavir a
(Science Centre)
Partner organizations:
Câmara Municipal Tavira (Municipality), Algar ve
U niver sity (University), Agência Por tuguesa do
Am biente (Environmental Agency), e-GEO,
Faculdade Ciências Sociais e H um anas,
U niver sidade N ova Lisboa (University), EM PET
(Municipal Company), Associação Chão de Gente
(NGO)
Setting the scene:
Tavira has an extremely rich historical, cultural, human
and natural heritage. Its River crosses distinct
geographical units and connects the city to the sea
through a coastal lagoon, classified as a natural park.
Being an important touristic destination, multiple
conflicting uses are expected, when considering urban
development, tourism and nature conservation. This
project aims at increasing awareness and promoting
citizens’ involvement in public discussions on the best
practices and strategies to follow towards a sustainable
local development and River use.
Perugia, Italy.
UmbriaScienza
A creative innovation incubator
Setting the scene:
Creative Innovation is the topic of the Local Action Plan in
Umbria. Due to the solid cultural tradition of the region, the
Places project is conceived as a platform to develop a
regional network of actors with a wide range of expertise to
Partner organizations:
produce cultural contents linked to science, technology and
Municipality of Perugia, Post - Perugia Workshop for Science
arts. These contents can become products and services acting
and Technology (Science Centre), Municipality of Terni,
as a motor for the regional culture based economy.
University of Perugia, A. Volta Technical Institute
(Secondary school), Umbria Region (Public Institution)
LEADING ORGANIZATION:
Psiquadro – Perugia Science Fest (Science
Event)
CHALLENGES
Changes in self-perception
Changing the perception other
institutions have of Science Centres
Changing the perception the citizens
have of Science Centres
– and of Science
Convincing CEOs that a EU project may
be demanding their direct involvement
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