1. SOLUTIONS IN A WORLD… WITHOUT SOLUTIONS Magda Stavinschi
Astronomical Institute of the
Romanian Academy
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3. SOUTH - EAST EUROPE AFTER 1989 ROMANIA UKRAINE SERBIA&MONTENEGRO
FYR of MACEDONIA
BULGARIA
TURKEY
GREECE
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4. ASTRONOMY, AN EXAMPLE FOR SE EUROPEAN SCIENCE
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5. Bucharest ROMANIA Mykolayiv UKRAINE Rozhen BULGARIA
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6. Common RESEARCH (ASTRONOMY)
Common SPECIFIC PROBLEMS
Transition from COMMUNISM to WHAT ?
HOW & HOW LONG ?
Common FINANCIAL SITUATION
Common MENTALITY
Common RESEARCH
(ASTRONOMY)
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7. Common CONSEQUENCES: lack of scientific journals and books,
slow internet communication,
old instruments,
difficulties to travel,
continuously decreasing number of young astronomers, etc.
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8. SOLUTIONS
WHERE TO FIND THEM?
ABROAD ?
AT HOME ?
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9. INFORMATION LETTER ON BALKAN ASTRONOMY
LAST
Number 23 April 3, 2004
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10. 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
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11. JOINT SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
- Small distance => easy travel
- Same area of the sky
SOLAR RESEARCHES
IN THE SEE COUNTRIES:
PRESENT AND PERSPECTIVES
  April 2001, Bucharest
second regional meeting
"New Results in Stellar Physics“
Timisoara (Romania)
3-5 October 2002
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12. COMMON PUBLICATIONS
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13. 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
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14. 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
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15. WHO’S WHO www.astro.ro/who.htm Famous astronomers of Romanian origin
Grebenikov - Russia
Cosmovici-Italy
OTHERS:
France, Brazil,
USA, Israel
Mouradian-France
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16. WHO’S WHO Young research associates Dana - USA Ovidiu- Canada
OTHERS: France, Germany
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17. JOINT PROJECTS proposed to UNESCO-ROSTE EUROPEAN UNION
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18. 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.
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19. 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
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20. ASTROMETRY WITH SMALL TELESCOPES
SOLAR SYSTEM’S BODIES
VARIABLE STARS
ASTROMETRY WITH SMALL TELESCOPES
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21. WOMEN IN SEE SCIENCE, AN EXCEPTION ?
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23. 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
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