Others associations

French association for progress in sciences (AFAS).

The AFAS was founded in 1872 and is one of France's oldest scientific associations.
Its objectives follow.

• Provide a forums for specialists in every discipline (including human sciences)
• Open doors into the industrial world
• Share information with the general public

Its goal is not merely to disseminate knowledge in language that people on the street understand: it is to build a genuine dialogue between the scientific community and the general public, as part of the large-scale debate on the evolution of society today.

More information: http://www.avancement-sciences.org/

The French Physics Society is a state-approved association aiming to spread the study of Physics in France. The primary role is to represent the community of French physicists in government ministries and other organizations or scientific societies. It likewise promotes physical science targeting the general public through Sciences en Fête, a science festival, for example. One of its main initiatives involves organizing its Olympiads of Physics.

More information about the French Physics Society: http://www.sfpnet.fr/front_office/index.php
More information about olympiads of physics: http://www.odpf.org/
More information about the association of teachers in physics and chemistry: http://www.udppc.asso.fr/national/

The Foundation's main objectives follow:

• Encourage exchanges between scientists around the northern, southern and eastern Mediterranean rim;
• Contribute to building a civil-society network leading to concrete projects that promote sustainable development;
• Contributing to curbing disparity and imbalance between nations;
• Organize multidisciplinary conferences along the lines of the Partage du Savoir en Méditerranée (Mediterranean knowledge sharing).

 
More information: http://www.partager-le-savoir.org/

UTLS is a French Ministry of Education initiative to disseminate the latest scientific developments.

The EADS Foundation helped UTLS by playing a part in a programme that involved posting the 600 conferences that this University had hosted, online. That project ultimately provided a full multimedia encyclopaedia on the Internet.

More information: http://www.canal-u.tv/producteurs/universite_de_tous_les_savoirs

The EADS Foundation contributed to efforts to organize the air and space show in Poitou-Charentes, and in particular to organize a day for young students to visit the show and find out about what we do.

More information: http://www.aerotop.fr/

The Association Aeronautics and astronautics association has created a wind tunnel for Educational purposes, EOLIA.

It aims to go to junior high schools and high schools to carry out experiments with the following objectives: 

• Help to arouse the pupil's curiosity for technical profession;
• Propose a concrete, attractive scientific experiment in the classroom.

More information: http://www.aaaf-jeunes.fr/poitiers/soufflerie_eolia.php