The Kick-off meeting of the project PLACES – Platform of Local Authorities and Communicators Engaged in Science took place the 9th Julyn the premises of the Ecsite Executive office in Brussels. The objectives, priorities, issues and strategic vision of PLACES were presented and debated, and the plan of work for the first year of the project was fine-tuned.

Besides the Partners (Ecsite, EUSCEA, ERRIN and UPF) the meeting counted with the presence of the European Commission Project Officer, who presented the European perspectives in which PLACES stands, notably the agendas of the Science in Society programme, of ERA, the Lisbon strategy and Europe 2020.

The PLACES project is funded by the Seventh Framework Programme and coordinated by Ecsite.

For more information contact the PLACES Coordinator, Antonio Gomes da Costa, agomesdacosta-at-ecsite.eu

See how a heart pumps, take our senses challenge, find out all about teeth, investigate a skeleton, learn about eating & digestion, use a microscope to look at slides & discover loads of fascinating facts all about your body. Sessions daily at 12.00 noon and 2.30pm. Tickets cost £1 per person in addition to normal admission prices and are available at Reception.

The interactive habitat experience. Explore Catalyst’s very own habitats from Rainforests to the Antarctic and have a go at our hands-on activities. Tickets cost £1 per person in addition to normal admission charges and are available at reception.

The interactive habitat experience. Explore Catalyst’s very own habitats from Rainforests to the Antarctic and have a go at our hands-on activities. Tickets cost £1 per person in addition to normal admission charges and are available at reception.

Come and join the Catalyst Soap Factory and have fun making some soap to take home. Choose a colour, add a fragrance and mould your own bar of soap. Workshops twice a day at 12.00 noon and 2.30pm. Tickets cost £1 in addition to normal admission charges and are available from Reception.

Materials exist as solids, liquids and gases. Investigate their differences in this spectacular demonstration using liquid nitrogen and solids carbon dioxide. Shows twice a day at 12.00 noon and 2.30pm. Tickets cost £1 in addition to normal admission charges and are available at Reception.