free encyclopedia jump to navigation search atomium european institute for science media and democracy type international non profit organisation founded november 2009 founder michelangelo baracchi bonvicini val ry giscard d estaing headquarters brussels belgium key people val ry giscard d estaing honorary president michelangelo baracchi bonvicini president website www.eismd.eu 1 atomium european institute for science media and democracy eismd formerly known as atomium culture aisbl is an international non profit organisation bringing together several universities newspapers and businesses in europe in the first intersectoral platform to promote knowledge sharing and out of the box thinking on issues regarding the development of a european knowledge society . 1 2 the organisation was launched publicly in 2009 at the european parliament in brussels 3 by the former french president val ry giscard d estaing and michelangelo baracchi bonvicini now honorary president and president respectively of atomium european institute for science media and democracy . 4 contents 1 mission 2 history 3 reisearch 4 structure 5 references 6 external links mission edit the mission of atomium european institute for science media and democracy is to encourage the development of a knowledge society in europe by increasing the cooperation and dialogue between the institutions engaged to increase public interest in science and to create an environment to prevent a brain drain from europe . 3 history edit in 2006 atomium european institute for science media and democracy was formally founded under the law of belgium as an international non profit organisation association international sans but lucratif . from 2006 to 2009 atomium european institute for science media and democracy developed its start up engaging universities newspapers and research oriented businesses in europe . 5 in november 2009 atomium european institute for science media and democracy was launched publicly 6 to coordinate activities with the institutions engaged for the dissemination and knowledge transfer of research . on 9 november 2009 giscard d estaing and baracchi bonvicini signed the european manifesto of atomium european institute for science media and democracy . 2 7 8 on may 18 2010 giscard d estaing and baracchi bonvicini presented the report on european research and innovation 2020 together with the president of the european parliament jerzy buzek 9 and the european commissioner for research innovation and science m ire geoghegan quinn . reisearch edit reisearch is a non profit european initiative co funded by the european commission to demonstrate how a technological tool coupled to a broad network of leading media research institutions researchers civil society organisations and citizens can help policy makers to make better use of current scientific research . reisearch launched on february 15 2016 . 10 11 this online platform is designed to connect citizens researchers and policy makers on topics linked to scientific research and to societal challenges that europe will face in the years to come . 12 at launch reisearch is running a campaign on chronic disease 13 14 15 which runs for five weeks . the results of this campaign will be presented to the european parliament and european commission at the end of april 2016 . structure edit the advisory board 16 is composed of representatives from each sector engaged in the permanent platform . the scientific committee 17 is composed of professors from the universities engaged in the platform . the editorial committee 18 is composed of chief science editors from five of the newspapers engaged . the executive board 19 is the main decision making body setting the goals and making the necessary decisions taking into account the advice of the advisory board . the management team 20 is responsible for the management of the daily activities of maintaining the relations with the actors engaged in the permanent platform and the coordination of the joint activities . the editing office 21 is responsible for facilitating the communication of the innovative research selected . the presidency 22 ensures the moral and ethical continuity of the project . it addresses its advice to the executive board . the presidency is composed of the honorary president val ry giscard d estaing and the president michelangelo baracchi bonvicini . references edit as of 16 february 2016 this article is derived in whole or in part from atomium european institute for science media and democracy . the copyright holder has licensed the content in a manner that permits reuse under cc by sa 3.0 and gfdl . all relevant terms must be followed . the original text was at about atomium . plataforma para la excelencia elpa s.com . elpais.com . 2009 11 27 . retrieved 2011 12 13 . a b atomium culture bienenstock der intelligenz atomium culture . faz . 2009 11 27 . retrieved 2011 12 13 . a b 27 11 2009 official launch of platform for european excellence . europolitics.info . 2009 11 27 . retrieved 2011 12 13 . presidency atomium european institute for science media and democracy . atomiumculture.eu . 2010 05 18 . retrieved 2011 12 13 . about a.c. atomium european institute for science media and democracy . atomiumculture.eu . 2010 05 18 . retrieved 2011 12 13 . researchers to share success in europe news edinburgh global . ed.ac.uk . 2010 06 16 . retrieved 2011 12 13 . manifesto in english plataforma para la excelencia elpa s.com . elpais.com . 2009 11 27 . retrieved 2011 12 13 . agenda of prof. buzek jerzy buzek . buzek.pl . retrieved 2011 12 13 . a bridge between citizens researchers and health policies . el pais . 2016 02 18 . retrieved 2016 03 03 . connecting science and society . mendeley . 2010 05 18 . retrieved 2016 02 16 . want to have a say in european health policy take our survey . the irish times . 2016 02 18 . retrieved 2016 03 03 . reisearch platform connects researchers with citizens media and policymakers . elsevier . 2010 05 18 . retrieved 2016 02 16 . what should policymakers do to curb people suffering . frankfurter allgemeine . 2016 02 17 . retrieved 2016 03 03 . coordinated fight chronic disease . der standard . 2016 02 17 . retrieved 2016 03 03 . advisory board . atomium european institute for science media and democracy . 2010 05 18 . retrieved 2016 03 03 . scientific committee . atomium european institute for science media and democracy . 2010 05 18 . retrieved 2016 03 03 . editorial committee . atomium european institute for science media and democracy . 2010 05 18 . retrieved 2016 03 03 . executive board . atomium european institute for science media and democracy . 2010 05 18 . retrieved 2016 03 03 . management team . atomium european institute for science media and democracy . 2010 05 18 . retrieved 2016 03 03 . editing office . atomium european institute for science media and democracy . 2010 05 18 . retrieved 2016 03 03 . presidency . atomium european institute for science media and democracy . 2010 05 18 . retrieved 2016 03 03 . external links edit atomium european institute for science media and democracy official website reisearch official platform atomium culture and the university of edinburgh atomium culture at the universitat de barcelona atomium culture at the universidad autonoma de madrid atomium culture at the university of coimbra atomium culture at the ecole normale superieure paris atomium culture and lund university atomium culture at the university of luxembourg atomium culture on europolitics the european affairs daily retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title atomium european institute for science media and democracy & oldid 736862347 categories international organisations of europenon profit organisations based in belgiumeuropean research networkshidden categories articles with imported dually licensed text navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces 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