A new edition of the “Pilots Training Course for Museum Explainers, Educators and Young Scientists involved in outreach programmes” organized by Ecsite is coming up at the Pavilion of Knowledge – Ciência Viva in Lisbon, Portugal, from 17 to 21 September 2012.

It’s a five-day interactive and intensive annual summer school that will include workshops, debates and presentations from experienced European trainers.

The course is aimed at explainers (also called animators, guides, edutainers, facilitators, mediators, pilots, etc.) who work in science centres, museums, science festivals or outreach programmes of research institutes and universities and come into face-to-face contact with the public.

Grundtvig Grants are available! The code for the course is: PT-2012-087-001.

More information and Registration form available at: www.ecsite.eu/activities_and_resources/trainings/pilots-training-course-...

Please note that the deadline to submit the Grundtvig Grant Request is April 30th in most EU countries. You can find more information about it on the website of each National Agency: http://ec.europa.eu/education/lifelong-learning-programme/doc1208_en.htm