Science is the Captain

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SCIENCE IS THE CAPTAIN project has the ambition to bring truly European style of celebrating science in the Eastern frontier of the European continent, by holding large-scale simultaneous events in 6 cities of Georgia, designed to - increase awareness among the general public of the importance of research by attracting people from different regions of Georgia, regardless of the level of their scientific background, as to contributing to creation of more favourable attitude towards Research and Innovation public funding and improve their understanding about the invisible role of research in bettering their daily lives and economic development of the country at individual, family and society level. - reduce the stereotypes about researchers and their profession by creating the open free platform for face-to-face interaction with researchers and engaging with pupils and students across the country in different entertaining and cognitive activities, fostering to bust the deeply held unfavourable perceptions about science career; - encourage young people taking up research careers by illustrating them the potential of science to accomplish a positive and sustainable change to the benefits of the country and the world; - Raise awareness and visibility of the work done by the European Union among the general public by disseminating the information and delivering key massages about EU policies, MSCA, Horizon 2020 and highlighting the EU’s role in education, culture and research within Europe and beyond. This will be achieved by carrying out a panoply of science communication and engagement pre-event and European Researchers’ NIGHT activities, spanning from classrooms to Open Labs and Museums, from Wine to Science, from Football Stadium to Shopping mall, from meeting with real Scientists to copycatting the image of Marie Sklodowska-Curie, from Medieval Castle to Astrophysical Observatory in order to show the unlimited potential and omnipresence of science.