Activities below have been performed by Atelier des Jours à Venir or by its members within other NGOs.
We have developed expertise in using science communication activities in very difficult areas.
Our members have created in 2011 the first nation wide Palestinian science festival in collaboration with local universities and the network of French Cultural Centres. Since then, this festival has been going on, on a yearly basis. Science communication training was also organized to empower students to autonomously engage in dialogue and take responsibility in the festival. Activities have been performed even in Gaza. Subtle dialogue has been maintained with Israeli organizations involved in science communication.
In Croatia, in 2010, in the devastated city of Vukovar, they have created science communication workshops that gathered both Croats and Serbs, while at the time, youth from both communities were attending separate schools. We co-organized activities in schools involving children from different communities, and training for local actors in conflict management by sharing the research values with children. ConSol association, 2010.
When the revolution took place in Egypt, we have been involved in supporting civil society projects, to use informal science education as a tool to empower the poorest populations from Cairo and Alexandria. We organized trainings for journalists, students and academics to develop science-based projects to address social issues in Cairo, Egypt. Workshops have been performed during the most difficult moments of the revolution and a few initiatives took place. After the Arab spring opened up the possibility of addressing social issues and educational challenges, these trainings helped develop local expertise and methodology. Unfortunately the military coup stopped all this. In collaboration with the Research and Development program of the ministry of Education. 2011, 2012, 2013
Since 2005, we have created science communication activities in the impoverished French suburbs and further advised partners in Barcelona and Wien involved in similar initiatives.