SOLUTIONS IN A WORLD… WITHOUT SOLUTIONS Magda Stavinschi Astronomical Institute of the Romanian Academy ESOF 26 AUGUST 2004
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SOUTH - EAST EUROPE AFTER 1989 ROMANIA UKRAINE SERBIA&MONTENEGRO FYR of MACEDONIA BULGARIA TURKEY GREECE ESOF 26 AUGUST 2004
ASTRONOMY, AN EXAMPLE FOR SE EUROPEAN SCIENCE ESOF 26 AUGUST 2004
Bucharest ROMANIA Mykolayiv UKRAINE Rozhen BULGARIA ESOF 26 AUGUST 2004
Common RESEARCH (ASTRONOMY) Common SPECIFIC PROBLEMS Transition from COMMUNISM to WHAT ? HOW & HOW LONG ? Common FINANCIAL SITUATION Common MENTALITY Common RESEARCH (ASTRONOMY) ESOF 26 AUGUST 2004
Common CONSEQUENCES: lack of scientific journals and books, slow internet communication, old instruments, difficulties to travel, continuously decreasing number of young astronomers, etc. ESOF 26 AUGUST 2004
SOLUTIONS WHERE TO FIND THEM? ABROAD ? AT HOME ? ESOF 26 AUGUST 2004
INFORMATION LETTER ON BALKAN ASTRONOMY http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~aa063/balkan/astro.txt LAST Number 23 April 3, 2004 ESOF 26 AUGUST 2004
UNESCO-ROSTE funded Project H O W ? 2000: South-Eastern Branch of the European Astronomical Society - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2003: Sub-Regional European Astronomical Committee within the framework of the UNESCO-ROSTE funded Project ENHANCING ASTRONOMICAL RESEARCH & OBSERVATION IN SEE AND UKRAINE ESOF 26 AUGUST 2004
JOINT SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS - Small distance => easy travel - Same area of the sky SOLAR RESEARCHES IN THE SEE COUNTRIES: PRESENT AND PERSPECTIVES 24 - 28 April 2001, Bucharest second regional meeting "New Results in Stellar Physics“ Timisoara (Romania) 3-5 October 2002 ESOF 26 AUGUST 2004
COMMON PUBLICATIONS ESOF 26 AUGUST 2004
1st Sub-Regional European Astronomical Committee PREPARATIONS 1st Sub-Regional European Astronomical Committee within the framework of the UNESCO-ROSTE funded Project Bucharest, 7-8 May 2004 ESOF 26 AUGUST 2004
young scientists living abroad I D E A S RESEARCH ASSOCIATES young scientists living abroad double affiliation visiting home institution during holidays -common scientific projects -recognition by home institution ESOF 26 AUGUST 2004
WHO’S WHO www.astro.ro/who.htm Famous astronomers of Romanian origin Grebenikov - Russia Cosmovici-Italy OTHERS: France, Brazil, USA, Israel Mouradian-France ESOF 26 AUGUST 2004
WHO’S WHO Young research associates Dana - USA Ovidiu- Canada OTHERS: France, Germany ESOF 26 AUGUST 2004
JOINT PROJECTS proposed to UNESCO-ROSTE EUROPEAN UNION ESOF 26 AUGUST 2004
ASTRONOMY & WORLD HERITAGE same level of culture and knowledge archaeoastronomical sites (caves, sanctuaries, fortresses, etc.); archaeoastronomical objects (sundials, heraldics, numismatics, etc., old instruments); old observatories; records of the celestial phenomena and events; international relations on the use and dissemination of astronomical information; training of young people. ESOF 26 AUGUST 2004
Rozhen Telescope (Rhodopes) - 2-meter Ritchey-Chretien-Coude COMMON OBSERVATIONS Rozhen Telescope (Rhodopes) - the largest in SEE: 2-meter Ritchey-Chretien-Coude new CCD camera from UNESCO-ROSTE ESOF 26 AUGUST 2004
ASTROMETRY WITH SMALL TELESCOPES SOLAR SYSTEM’S BODIES VARIABLE STARS ASTROMETRY WITH SMALL TELESCOPES ESOF 26 AUGUST 2004
WOMEN IN SEE SCIENCE, AN EXCEPTION ? ESOF 26 AUGUST 2004
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FUTURE ? International organisations (e.g. UNESCO) should seek to convince national governments on the role of science for each country (economy, knowledge, education, etc.) Cooperation of SEE scientists => Equilibrium of European science Political equilibrium of SEE and therefore Europe ESOF 26 AUGUST 2004