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Update 1, June 2005What contributions are science centres and museums making in your community? What best-practice or innovative approaches are working well in other science centres and museums? This is the first update on a project focusing on such questions in the APEC region. Welcome! The
Science Centre Impact Project was initiated by APEC in September 2004. This project is an exciting collaborative venture involving science centres and museums in the Asia-Pacific region. It was officially approved at the APEC meeting in September 2004. It aims to strengthen linkages and information sharing among science centres and museums, and to help them articulate, to governments and other stakeholders, their contributions to community and economic interests. Find out more about the project. Two international studies of science centre impactsThe reports on two wide-ranging studies of the impacts of science centres and museums on their visitors and their local communities are already on this project’s website. Garnett's study in 2001-02 resulted in a four-pronged model to describe these impacts, based on about 180 reports and publications gathered from science centres, museums and researchers around the world. The second study (Groves, 2005) looked at how science centres and museums assess their economic impact on their local communities. FInd out more and download the reports on these studies. How do science centres and museums contribute to APEC policy?The four priorities of the APEC Industrial Science and Technology Working Group (ISTWG) are human resource development; international science and technology networks; connecting research and innovation; and technological cooperation and strategic planning. Dr Paul Y S Cheung, Lead Shepherd of the ISTWG, talked about how science centres and museums can assist ISTWG’s work in this area when he addressed this project’s scoping meeting in Hong Kong in December 2004. Download Dr Cheung's presentation (pdf). The project team
Questacon's Ilze Groves, Brenton Honeryman and Nicole Lawler make up the Project Team The APEC Science Centre Impact Project is being coordinated by Questacon – The National Science and Technology Centre in Canberra, Australia. The Project Coordinator is Brenton Honeyman, Manager of Executive Operations in the Office of the Director. Ilze Groves has recently finished in her role as the team's Project Officer and Researcher, and Nicole Lawler – Questacon’s International Liaison Officer – provides secretariat support. An international steering committee has been set up to oversee the project. ContactAPEC Science Centre Impact Project Secretariat
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