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The East Asian Regional Office of Astronomy for Development

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2016

Richard de Grijs ,
Ziping Zhang  and
Jinhua He
Richard de Grijs
Affiliation:
Kavli Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Peking University, Yi He Yuan Lu 5, Hai Dian District, Beijing 100871, China email: grijs@pku.edu.cn
Ziping Zhang
Affiliation:
Beijing Planetarium, 138 Xizhimenwai Dajie, Xicheng District, Beijing 100044, China
Jinhua He
Affiliation:
Yunnan Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Phoenix Mountain, East District, Kunming 650011, China
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Abstract

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At the 2012 General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), the Office of Astronomy for Development announced a number of exciting new partnerships to assist with the IAU's decadal strategic plan (2010--2020). These landmark decisions included establishing a new coordinating centre that aims at using astronomy as a tool for development in East Asia. The agreement covers two important functions. One is known as a Regional Node, which entails the coordination of astronomy-for-development activities in countries within the general geographical region of East Asia. The other is known as a Language Expertise Centre which deals with all aspects relating to (mainly) the Chinese language and culture. The impact of the latter may obviously spread well beyond the geographical region to other parts of the world. Here we provide an update of the achievements and aims of the East Asian Office of Astronomy for Development.

Keywords

miscellaneoussociology of astronomy
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 11 , General Assembly A29A: Astronomy in Focus , August 2015 , pp. 410 - 411
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