International Astronomical Union Office of Astronomy for Development www.astro4dev.org For more information, please contact: Kevin Govender – kg@astro4dev.org J.-C. Mauduit – jcm@astro4dev.org @astro4dev @govender fb.com/astro4dev @jcmauduit OAD IAU Office of Astronomy for Development www.astro4dev.org
IAU-OAD Strategic Plan 2010-2020 OPTICS TECHNOLOGY High- PERSPECTIVE precision COMPUTERS AND SKILLS IMMENSITY OF adaptive Fastest UNIVERSE optics hardware Tolerance Complex and global software citizenship ELECTRONICS HISTORY Most sensitive Evolution of CULTURE detectors Universe Fastest Our roots AND SOCIETY clocks ANTHRO- SPACE POLOGY ASTRONOMY ASTRONOMY Satellite Ancient Miniaturization civilizations Precision Our roots PHYSICS INSPIRATION Laborato ry of Career in extremes science and Making heavy technology elements MATHEM- CHEMISTRY ATICS Producing Abstract organic BIOLOGY thought molecules Building SCIENCE AND blocks of life RESEARCH www.astro4dev.org IAU Office of Astronomy for Development
iau.org/static/education/strategicplan_2010-2020.pdf Mission of the IAU Office of Astronomy for Development To help further the use of astronomy as a tool for development by mobilizing the human and financial resources necessary in order to realize its scientific, technological and cultural benefits to society. IAU Office of Astronomy for Development www.astro4dev.org
Structural overview of the OAD OAD IAU President, Kevin Govender (Director) OAD Steering Gen Sec, JC Mauduit (Project Officer) Committee Div C President Nuhaah Solomon (Admin Officer) Regional Coordinators Astronomy for Astronomy for Astronomy for Universities and Children and the public Research Schools IAU Office of Astronomy for Development www.astro4dev.org
OAD Regional Nodes Poland Eastern Europe East Asia, Armenia China BAO Burkina, Gabon South East Asia Francophone Colombia Thailand East-Africa Nigeria, Andean Partners Ethiopia CBSS Zambia CBU Brazil Portuguese OAD Operational To be signed Global Office, Proposal submitted South Africa In discussions IAU Office of Astronomy for Development www.astro4dev.org
OAD Task Forces Sze-leung Cheung (OAO) Rosa Doran (Portugal) Jean-Pierre de Grève (Belgium) Thilina Heenatigala (Sri Lanka) Edward Gomez (UK, Co-chair) Richard de Grijs (China) Sarah Kendrew (EU - New Media) Robert Hollow (Australia) Michèle Gerbaldi (France) Lars L. Christensen (Germany, IAU C55) Ofodum Chukwujekwu Nworah Edward Guinan (USA, Chair) (Nigeria) Carolina Ödman (South Africa, VC) Roger Hajjar (Lebanon) Rosa Maria Ros (Spain) German Puerta (Colombia) Edward Jurua (Uganda) Pedro Russo (UNAWE, Co-Chair) Sarah Reed (UK) Katrien Kolenberg (USA, VC) Cecilia Scorza (Venezuela/Germany) Ian Robson (UK, Chair) Hakim Malasan (Indonesia) Linda Strubbe (Canada) Kumiko Usida (Japan) Shengbang Qian (China) Akihiko Tomita (Japan) Nelson Ziping Zhang (China) Nicole van der Bliek (Chile) IAU Office of Astronomy for Development www.astro4dev.org
OAD Annual Call for Proposals (2012) Astronomy for e.g. University twinning, 42 applications Universities and summer schools, € 752 959 requested equipment grants, etc Research Astronomy for e.g. Teacher training, 94 applications resource development, Children and € 772 079 requested curriculum research Schools e.g. Journalist training, 53 applications Astronomy for citizen science, € 310 782 requested the public astro-tourism 18 projects funded After evaluations: Total Requested: € 90 000 € 1 835 820 € 968 940 on wish list (10% of demand) IAU Office of Astronomy for Development www.astro4dev.org
Overview of funded projects in 2013 Astronomy for Astronomy for Astronomy for the Universities & Children & Schools Public Research Online interactive overview of projects: www.astro4dev.org/funded-projects/ IAU Office of Astronomy for Development www.astro4dev.org
Astronomy for 2013 – Universities and Research Universities and Research # Title Country 1 National Workshop on Astronomy & Astrophysics Nepal Nigeria, 2 Starlight in the university lab Zambia 3 Astronomy lectures for university students & teachers Ghana MENA Regional Summer School: "Astronomy with 4 Lebanon Small Telescopes" Strengthening Astronomy Research at University in 5 Rwanda Rwanda (Phase I) 6 Guatemalan School of Astrophysics Guatemala DPRK, 7 DPRK astronomers research at Huairou solar station China IAU Office of Astronomy for Development www.astro4dev.org
Astronomy for 2013 – Children and Schools Children and Schools # Title Country Spain, 1 An astronomical kit for the visually impaired several 2 Mathare Ambassadors of Astronomy Kenya 3 Galileo Teacher Training Program (GTTP) Nepal 4 NASE Africa Africa 5 Astronomical measurements in Ancient Greece Greece IAU Office of Astronomy for Development www.astro4dev.org
Astronomy for 2013 – Astronomy for the Public the public # Title Country Astronomy for Extremely ill or Traumatically Injured US, model 1 Children and Their Families for others Astronomía Periférica (Peripheral Astronomy) 2 Colombia Chinese Ancient Poetry Astrophotography 3 China Coordinating Astronomy for Public Outreach in Viet 4 Vietnam Nam: Bringing Astronomy to Remote Areas South Limpopo Astronomy Public Outreach (LAPO) 5 Africa Several in Dark Skies Outreach to Sub-Saharan Africa 6 Africa IAU Office of Astronomy for Development www.astro4dev.org
Astronomy for TF1 - funded projects TF1A Universities and Research Strengthening Astronomy Research at the University level in Rwanda Project leader: Dr. Pheneas Nkundabakura • In 2009, IAU donated computers to help students & lecturers to learn and use astronomy software • New era of Astronomy research: can be done locally anywhere using online data mining need staff training Short term: Workshop in Kigali to build a research team trained on data reduction software Long term: Extend to the whole region and to build a pan-East-African research team able to reduce multi- λ photometric and spectroscopic data ( making use of SKA & Entoto observatories) IAU Office of Astronomy for Development www.astro4dev.org
Astronomy for TF1 - funded projects TF1A Universities and Research Strengthening Astronomy Research at the University level in Rwanda • Photometric and spectroscopic data reduction techniques • Background theory on the spectroscopic & photometric properties of stars and galaxies • Search online VO available data IAU Office of Astronomy for Development www.astro4dev.org
Astronomy for TF1 - funded projects TF1B Universities and Research DPRK Astronomy – researchers at the Huairou solar station Project leader: Prof. Richard de Grijs • Purpose of project: to train 2 astronomers to improve the research level in Solar physics at Pyongyang Astronomical Observatory (PAO) • Attended “Helicity Thinkshop on Solar Physics" held at NAOC during October 27- 31, 2013. • Transfer data processing techniques (FITS, IDL & SSW package), to staffs and students at PAO. • Paper submitted to A&A on the magnetic helicity injection through the photosphere IAU Office of Astronomy for Development www.astro4dev.org
Astronomy for TF1 - funded projects TF1C Universities and Research National Workshop on Astronomy & Astrophysics in Kathmandu, Nepal Project leader: Prof. Binil Aryal • June 24th – 27th, 2013 , Central Department of Physics, Tribhuvan University, Nepal • 9 lectures and 21 tutorials for ≈60 participants from everywhere in Nepal • Provided an exposure to the virtual observatories (VO), databases, softwares and basic programming • Aimed to familiarize students with the process of problem identification as well as problem solving procedures IAU Office of Astronomy for Development www.astro4dev.org
Astronomy for TF1 - funded projects TF1C Universities and Research National Workshop on Astronomy & Astrophysics in Kathmandu, Nepal IAU Office of Astronomy for Development www.astro4dev.org
Astronomy for TF1 - funded projects TF1D Universities and Research Starlight in the university: “Astrolab” Project leader: Prof. Jean-Pierre de Greve • Astrolab allows students to do remote observations on their normal study time • Astrolab has already been implemented at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel for 5 years • Tutors manual nearly ready, student manual for projects available • Implementation being carried out in 2 partner universities, Anambra State University in Nigeria, and the Copperbelt University in Zambia (computers ready) IAU Office of Astronomy for Development www.astro4dev.org
Astronomy for TF1 - funded projects TF1E Universities and Research Astronomy lectures for university students and teachers in Accra, Ghana Project leader: Dr. Jacob Ashong • A workshop for astronomy development at the Accra Planetarium to university students & teachers • Reducing the “knowledge gap” between students and researchers in the region and those in other parts of the world where highly-developed astronomy research facilities exist • Bringing together University students and international astronomy educators to promote and encourage the higher level study of Astronomy and make a contribution to taking it forward as part of the country’s development in science and technology IAU Office of Astronomy for Development www.astro4dev.org
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