Today, 19 November 2014, the Institute of Space Science participated at the ASTRONET workshop, during which representatives of the major actors in astronomy in Romania met with the Working Group 3 ASTRONET.
The purpose of this ASTRONET visit was to analyse the situation of astronomy research and professionals astronomers in Romania and to discuss how Romania could integrate into the European astronomy better, but also join organisations such as ESO or similar.
Mr. Ion-Sorin Zgură (Institute of Space Science) along with Mr. Marius Ioan Piso (Romanian Space Agency) and Mr. Marian Doru Șuran (Astronomical Institute of the Romanian Academy) presented the research situation in Romania and future plans in this area. In turn, the ASTRONET representatives exposed their research on the situation of Romanian astronomers.
Discussions were also held on the needs, obstacles, opportunities and future plans of astronomy in Romania, both as a national community and in relation to joint European efforts, such as the ASTRONET Roadmap, ESO, ESA and funding available at the European level (especially the new Horizon 2020).
More details are available here.