Transferability and contagiousness how to ensure your project continues after the funding runs out

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Session 159 Transferability and contagiousness
Giving projects a new life a science centres
perspective
Luigi Amodio, Fondazione IDIS-Città della Scienza
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Fondazione IDIS in European Projects
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Oceanics
Ecd
Decide
Nanodialogue
Cipast
EuEv
Gapp
CIS
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Good reasons to apply to a project

• visibility
• confronting with other actors
• fundraising
• approaching different audiences
• creating collaborations
• testing new communication tools

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What is useful for a SC after the end of the
project

• Architecture / Methodology
• Activities / Best Practices
• Exhibits
• Networking
• Staff exchange

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NanoDialogue the model (march 2005 - february
2007)
scenario workshop travelling exhibition
activities focus groups social study final
conference
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Nanodialogue in Europe 9 march - 30 september
2006

• 7 countries
• Italy, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Belgium, Sweden,
  Estonia
• 6 month
• 1.000.000 visitors
• Press coverage
• 800 articles / webpages
• Events
• 800 questionnaires
• 13 focus groups
• Ca. 50 decide games
• 23 scientists lectures
• 4 theater plays
• Final conference

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NanoDialogue Exhibition 7 ? 23 venues
Estonia (3) Tartu Lõunakeskus from
09.03.2006-09.05.2006 Tallinna Linnahall
01.06-19.06.2006, Ülemiste supermarket
26.06-19.08.2006,
Belgium (1) Technopolis, Mechelen 09/03/06-
17/09/06 The Netherlands (4) Kerkarde
Industrion jan/feb/march 07 Leiden
Naturalis apr/may/june 07 Lattrop Cosmos july07 ?
jan08 Hengelo, Techniekmuseum feb/march/apr 08
Sweden (1) Universeum Goteborg from 9/3/06 to now
France (5) Town library, Bourgoin Jallieu,
07/03/06 ? 04/04/06 CEA / Minatec, Grenoble
24/04/06 ? 22/05/06 Museum of hydroelectricity,
Vaujany 01/06/06 ? 01/10/06 Town cultural
centre, Crolles 02/10/06 ? 21/10/06 (during
French festival of science) Science library,
Grenoble 15/01/07 ? 09/03/07
Italy (3) Città della Scienza, Napoli, 9/3/06 ?
30/9/06 Festival della Scienza di Genova 26/10/06
? 7/11/2006 Teatro Stabile di Udine 1/2/07 ?
31/3/07
Germany (2) Deutsches Museum in Munich 09/03/06
? 05/11/06 Knowledge Media Research Center in
Tuebingen 07/11/06 ? May 2007
Portugal (2) Ciência Viva Centre of Libon
23/03/06 ? 30/09/06 Ciência Viva Centre of Aveiro
09/10/06 to now
Spain (2) Scientific Parc Barcelona 09/09/06 ?
05/12/06 University of Barcelona
NanoDialogue ? Time for Nano
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Gapp (january 2007 december 2008)
to motivate students especially girls towards
studies and scientific careers to help building
links between students and universities, research
and work to create and test participatory
methodologies between students and teachers
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The Gapp Model
QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
EXPERIMENTATION
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8 focus groups in each country
PILOT ACTIVITES
INTERVIEWS
From survey to the action research experience,
provides data and useful guidelines to develop
practical activities to help students in
different situations
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The Gapp Model adapted for other contexts
The model has been adapted to be used by the
local government and to be sponsored by a group
of enterprises (microsoft, hp, accenture, )
working on the relationship between women and
science to coordinate a national action plan
between Naples and Milan
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4 tips to make activities/exhibits live after the
project

• Use exhibits and activities in your SC
• Communicate about the project and its results
• Press release
• Articles
• Presentation in conferences, congresses, etc.
• Recycle/adapt your project at a local level
• Work together with your former partners in order
  to design new projects on the same content or
  using the same methodology

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Thank you! Luigi Amodio amodio_at_cittadellascienz
a.it