Partner's thematic expertise and experience with respect to the project scope

The Astrophysics Group within the University's Department of Science and High Technology.

of Insubria Studies is active in cutting-edge scientific research in national and

international. In the specific interest to the project, there is a formal collaboration with the

local headquarters of the National Institute of Astrophysics (INAF). In addition to research activities, the staff of

UnInsubria has been involved for more than two decades in multiple outreach and orientation activities on the

territory, at the level of schools, local authorities, and associations.

Skills and experience in European territorial cooperation.

Projects on Interreg IT-CH 2007/2013 program Uninsubria - Biodiversity a wealth to be

conserve - crayfish monitoring, Project end: 2011 Uninsubria - Hub School, End.

Project: 2011 Uninsubria - CLAVIUS: a case of technology transfer from the physics of the

high energy to SMEs, Project end: 2012 Uninsubria - SPL INSUBRIA, Project end 2012

Uninsubria - lnsubric Waste, End of Project 2013 Uninsubria - SITINET Census, putting in.

network and enhancement of geological and archaeological sites, End Project 2013 Uninsubria - Culture

Alpine: knowing how to value the land, Project end: 2014 Uninsubria - ECOIDRO: Water use

and environmental and biodiversity protection in the Adda, Mera, Poschiavino and Inn basins, Fine

2014 Uninsubria Project - Participatory Training: Knowing How To Learn To Live Sustainably (PITSAP

-ALP), End of Project: 2014 Uninsubria - Radical radon, End of Project 2014

Advantages for the Partner in participating in the project

The interest in a network of popular astronomical observatories stems from the common

intent to promote astronomical, and more broadly scientific, culture in the area.

An organized outreach activity that can rely on a network of dedicated user facilities

non-professional such as observers/planetaries, can certainly contribute to the dissemination of

cutting-edge scientific ideas, and as an obvious consequence, attract young people to study the

"hard" science disciplines, such as physics and astrophysics.