Responsable: María Teresa Rojo López
Tipo de Proyecto/Ayuda: Proyecto Marie Curie
Referencia: HPRP-CT-2002-00011
Web: http://cordis.europa.eu/projects/rcn/69776_en.html
Fecha de Inicio: 03-02-2003
Fecha de Finalización: 02-08-2005

Empresa/Organismo financiador/es:

• Commission of the European Communities

Socios:

• Utrecht University (Caspar De Bok)
• Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (Henk Mulder)
• Wissenschaftsladen Bonn E.V. (Norbert Steinhaus)
• Technical University -GH. ASACHI- of Iasi (Carmen Teodosiu)
• Institut fuer Gesellschaftswissenschaftliche Forschung, Bildung und Information (Andrea Gnaiger)
• University of Liverpool (David Hall)
• The Queens University of Belfast (Eileen Martin)
• Science Shop Vienna (Christine Urban)
• Technical University of Denmark (Michael Joergenson)
• Pax Mediterranea S.L. (Alain Labatut)
• Loyola University Chicago (Phil Nyden)
• Charles Leopold Mayer Foundation for the Progress of Humankind (Claudia Neubauer)
• Technische Universitaet Berlin (Wolfgang Endler)

Resumen del proyecto:

ISSNET's key objective is to carry out activities advancing citizens' access to, understanding and use of scientific information, knowledge and expertise, in a demand driven way by science shops. ISSNET activities are essential for set up and maintenance of a science shop network. It is a key component for implementing Action 21 (Science and SocietyAction Plan). It will be a network of excellence in community-based research. It will document and disseminate experiences and good practises through mentoring, training, staff exchanges, quality management, public-domain journal, database, and conference. It will build on and complement national activities and will offer toolkits for new initiatives of advancing public access to science in areas and countries that have not yet implemented demand driven type of activities. Website, conferences and magazine will be forums for citizens and their representatives to express their research needs.