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Phase 1 countries (Well established) |
Phase 2 countries (In need of Support) |
Phase 3 countries (Non-existent with strong potential) |
Phase 4 countries (Non-existent with limited potential) |
| Professional development |
- use as regional hub |
- Link with IAU network
- Student/researcher exchange programmes co-ordinated by regional hubs |
- Provide guidance on student and research opportunities internationally (with clause to return to home country)
- Combine with IAU Commission 46’s TAD/ISYA/WWDA programmes |
- High level discussions with government departments of Science and Education
- Explore astronomy status in neighbouring countries and likelihood of collaborations |
| Development of public understanding of astronomy |
- use as regional hub |
- provide training for local “champions”
- feed public info and stories to champions regularly
- train facilitators to run public events
- link with relevant cornerstones (e.g. 100 Hours) |
- training workshop on “communicating astronomy to the public” (involve IAU Commission 55)
- link with activities of region
- provide resources for public outreach |
- High level discussions with government department of Science
- Explore potential in neighbouring countries and likelihood of collaborating |
| School-level education development |
- use as regional hub |
- provide training for local “champions”
- provide education resources and networks (link with Galileo Teacher Training and UNAWE Cornerstones for IYA) |
- training workshop on “astronomy in the classroom”
- link with activities of region
- provide educational resources
- introduction of astronomy into the school curriculum |
- High level discussions with government departments of Science and Education
- Explore potential in neighbouring countries and likelihood of collaborating |
