Portuguese Language Expertise Center for the OAD
Abstract
Supporting the use of astronomy as a tool for development in specific regions and languages, the International Astronomical Union's (IAU) Office of Astronomy for Development (OAD) has established a Portuguese `Language Expertise Centre for the OAD' (PLOAD), hosted at Núcleo Interactivo de Astronomia (NUCLIO), in collaboration with the Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences (IA) in Portugal. The centre is one of the new coordinating offices announced at the IAU General Assembly in Honolulu, Hawaii on 13 August 2015.
- Publication:
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IAU Focus Meeting
- Pub Date:
- October 2016
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921316003525
- Bibcode:
- 2016IAUFM..29A.420D
- Keywords:
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- Miscellaneous;
- sociology of astronomy