Welcome!

Let’s inspire our children with our wonderful

cosmos

Universe Awareness is endorsed by UNESCO and the International Astronomical Union (IAU) and is an integral part of the IAU Strategic Plan 2010–2020, called Astronomy for the Developing World.

Whenever you feel that help is needed, please write us to ambassadors@unawe.org 1

Table of Contents :

p3 Overview

p4 How to start?

p5 Contact your Local UNAWE Group

p6 Organise an Event!

p7 Identify the Type of Eventp8 Organise the Eventp9 Send an Emailp10 When the Day Comes...p12 After the Activity is Complete

p13 Online Services/Translations

p14 Social Mediap15 Translation

p16 Support National and Global Projects

p18 Program, Appendix A: Resources & Ideas

p20 Appendix B: Local Contacts

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ONLINE SERVICES / TRANSLATIONS

Online communication is fundamental for UNAWE. The internet transcends distance barriers and is, nowadays, accessible even in the most unprivileged countries. It’s the fastest and easiest way to reach educators and children around the globe.

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Universe Awareness Student Ambassador Programmeis a EU Universe Awareness programme funded by the European Union under grant agreement n° 263325.

Texts: Mattia Fumagalli, Carla Natário and Maya Barlev Layout & Design: Charlotte Provot This Quick Start Guide is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License and it was produced by funding from the European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement n° 263325.

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