ESO Strategy to Promote Astronomy and Science Culture in Chile

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Aug 2006

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Astronomy for the Developing World, 26th meeting of the IAU, Special Session 5, 21-22 August, 2006 in Prague, Czech Republic, SP

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With three astronomical sites operating in Chile (La Silla, Paranal and Chajnantor), the European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere, ESO, has developed multiple approaches to foster astronomy and science culture in the country, implemented both nationally and locally. At the national level, it was established an annual fund to provide grants for individual Chilean scientists, research infrastructures, scientific congresses, workshops for science teachers and astronomy outreach programmes for the public. This has been complemented by multiple partnerships and formal collaborations with relevant actors, like the Chilean Ministry of Education, the National Science and Technology Commission (CONICYT), science museums and national mass media. At the local level, the education and outreach program includes traditional public visits to the observatories, support to science teaching at local schools, promotion of astronomy clubs, organisation of a mobile observatory, among other actions. An overview of these national and local projects will be given, along with a review of the development of Chilean astronomy in last years, including recent statistics on the number of professional astronomers, science productivity and percentage of access to international observatories by Chilean community.

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