AlphaGalileo is an Internet-based press centre for European research in science, medicine, technology, the arts and humanities. They provide journalists with 24-hour-a-day access to press releases, event details, an experts' database, contributors' address book and background press information.

The Italian Scientific Museums' Association was born in 1972 with the aim of spreading the Know-how of these institutions. The main activity consists in organizing congresses and meetings.

This is a project lead by the Italian physics Institution. In this site some of the major Italian scientists talk about their research and the challanges for the future.

Science centers connect people with science. Science centers give science a presence in the community and offer people of all ages and backgrounds the opportunity to ask questions, discuss, and explore.

CERN is the European Organization for Nuclear Research, the world's largest particle physics centre. Here physicists come to explore what matter is made of and what forces hold it together. Founded in 1954, the laboratory was one of Europe's first joint ventures and includes now 20 Member States.

ECSITE, The European Collaborative for Science, Industry and Technology Exhibitions, is a not-for-profit organisation representing science and technology centres and museums throughout Europe. ECSITE aims are to promote public understanding of science and technology by co-ordinating and improving the activities of science centres and museums, natural history museums, zoos and aquariums.

ESConet brings together experienced science communication lecturers, researchers and practitioners from across Europe to train natural scientists and technologists to communicate effectively with the media, policy-makers and the general public.

EurekAlert! is an online press service created by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The primary goal of EurekAlert! is to provide a forum where research institutions, universities, government agencies, corporations and the like can distribute science-related news to reporters and news media. The secondary goal of EurekAlert! is to archive these press releases and make them available to the public in an easily retrievable system.

The Festival in 2004 is part of the Genoa European Capital of Culture 2004 programme and is an important European appointment for public awareness of the scientific culture, with prominent international participation.

Italian science blog

The North-East of Italy is the area with the highest degree of creativity in the world

Journal of Science Communication by SISSA.

This web site has been created by a 14 year old student, interested in science and technology.

The project "MIRRORS - Monitoring Ideas Regarding Research Organizations and Reasons in Science" is financied by the European Commission according to the 7th Frame Program.

In this site you can find the museum you are looking for selecting the Italian region in which the museum is located or selecting the subject, such as antropology, archaeology, art, history, science and technology.

This is a data base of all the exhibitions in the Italian scientific museums.

This is one of the biggest Italian museums. It has 28 different areas, from information technology to astronomy.

Weekly English magazine founded in 1869. I's one of the most important scientific magazines in the world.

The Science Communication Observatory (Observatori de la Comunicació Científica, OCC) of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona. The centre specialises in the study and analysis of the transmission of scientific, medical and technological knowledge to society.

The PCST Network sponsors international conferences, electronic discussions, and other activities to foster dialogue among the different groups of people interested in PCST, leading to cross-fertilization across professional, cultural, international, and disciplinary boundaries.

Daily radio programme on science. Interviews, debates, dossier and reportage on current issues about science and technology, in order to promote the dialogue between science community and society.

That's the site of the American Association for the Advancement of Science's scientific magazine.

A collection of blogs on science and technology

The Trieste Science Museum is a multimedia and interactive museum. The exhibitions concern scientific themes and the museum also offers special programmes for schools.

The world's largest electronic collection of science, technology and medicine full text and bibliographic information

Torino Science Center Project's Magazine. Particular attention in the site to the section "links".

A project of Science Communication via Internet, launched by the International School of Advanced Studies (ISAS) in Trieste (Italy)

The italian Science Teachers Association.

The City of Science was created with the aim of helping research and innovation in a context , as the one of South Italy, in which there is a crisis of production.

An interdisciplinary, pan-European meeting, taking place every two years, for open dialogue and the exchange of ideas on the role of all the sciences, including the humanities, in society.

The Umberto Veronesi Foundation was established to encourage the most creative, original and ethically-aware aspects of scientific progress. At the most fundamental level the aim of the Foundation is to promote a wider appreciation of the ethical values intrinsic to science - the most advanced and sublime creation of the human intellect.

The Gran Sasso National Laboratory is the largest underground laboratory in the world for experiments in particle physics and nuclear astrophysics.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development groups 30 member countries sharing a commitment to democratic government and the market economy. A whole area is dedicated to scientific innovation

The national academy of science of the UK and the Commonwealth. It supports many top young scientists, engineers and technologists. It influences science policy, it debates scientific issues with the public and much more. It is an independent, charitable body which derives its authoritative status from its 1400 Fellows and Foreign Members.

The United Nations Development Programme's aim is to help countries build and share solutions to the challenges of democratic governance, poverty reduction, crisis prevention and recovery, Energy and Environment, HIV/AIDS. The annual Human Development Report 2003, commissioned by UNDP, focuses the global debate on key development issues, providing new measurement tools, innovative analysis and often controversial policy proposals.

The World Health Organization is the United Nations specialized agency for health. WHO's objective, as set out in its Constitution, is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health.

Founded by Lester Brown in 1974, the Worldwatch Institute offers a unique blend of interdisciplinary research, global focus, and accessible writing that has made it a leading source of information on the interactions among key environmental, social, and economic trends. The credibility and accessibility of Worldwatch research has made its publications popular among a cross-section of society, from government and business decisionmakers to the media, students, and the general public.

A project aimed at fostering the emergence of a European culture of participatory democracy in scientific and technological issues by bringing together organisations, parliamentary offices, research institutes, science shops or science museums with significant experiences in the use of participatory methods and procedures.

The mission of the Deliberative Democracy Consortium is to bring together practitioners and researchers to support and foster the nascent, broad-based movement to promote and institutionalize deliberative democracy at all levels of governance in the United States and around the world.

Demos is a think tank whose aim is to study and to promote citizens' participation to everyday democratic choices that contribute to the common good. A specific project area focuses on science and technology issues.

EUSCEA (European Science Events Association) is the European association for organisations for European Science Communication Events (SCE). The major objective of EUSCEA is to offer a meeting-place, a platform for the exchange of information, experiences and good practice among Science Communication Event organizations throughout Europe.

Foundation that operate through scientific, educational and pedagogical research, mainly in the fields of economy, history and sociology.

Research center on ethics, environment, economy, medicine and society. Inspired by Christian ethics, it aims at promoting dialogue and research on contemporary techno- scientific developments issues and social and economic changes.

ISIS Mission Statement is to promote science responsible to civil society and the public good, independent of commercial and other special interests, or of government control.

The Stem Cell Research Italy association promotes stem cell research, participating in discussions and exchanges on research, treatment and therapy with adult and embryonic stem cells as well as their transplant.

Public & Science (Vetenskap & Allmänhet, VA) is an independent and influential Swedish membership organisation that works to advance and encourage dialogue between researchers and the public.