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	“I want to enthuse our young people particularly with the prospect of working in science. It’s not just about being a boffin in a laboratory – it’s actually about practical application and transforming lives, tackling the world’s problems and doing so in a very practical way.” Tony Blair, London, 9 November 2006

	Beautiful Science

Catch the bug of science

Beautiful Science is a new British Council initiative - linking science, education and the arts –which ultimately seeks to inspire young people to consider a career in science and encourage young scientists to communicate with the wider public, in an open, comprehensive, inspired and interactive way.

Beautiful Science Regional Project will be implemented in 9 countries in South East Europe region: Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Israel, Romania, Serbia and Turkey and the UK. It involves a programme of activities designed to develop partnerships between UK and regional science communicators to share best practice and encourage professional development by engaging UK creativity.

Beautiful Science started on 13 November in Cheltenham UK with a workshop for the 9 South-East European countries representatives and UK partners for preparing the fist events under the national FameLab competition.

For further information on Beautiful Science project in Croatia contact Rosana Besednik, Arts, Science & Society Manager, at rosana.besednik@britishcouncil.hr or subscribe to our monthy e-newsletter - What's in it for you..., and you will receive the latest news.

The project has three components:

FameLab competition

Do you want to become the new face of science in your country? Do you want to be part of a regional network of science communicators? Do you want to develop your skills as communicators? Come to FameLab, the national competition for people working in science running in nine South-East European countries and in the UK.

‘Visualise’ science

Innovative use of arts to bring science closer to young people through a theatre show by the UK company Science Made Simple.

A series of public debates

Conversations on science and social/citizenship issues taking place in participating countries.

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