NAMES network of science centers from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Kuwait has the purpose of foster cooperation between North Africa and Middle Eastern science centers, offering a wide range of opportunities to exchange expertise and areas of cooperation.The <strong>NAMES 3rd General Assembly Meeting</strong> (GAM) will take place on December 5 and 6, at Tunis Science City. The conference will be focused the theme of “<em>Sustainable Development in Science Centers Strategic Planning and Management</em>”. Città della Scienza, as a NAMES member, has been invited to take part in this conference, together with nationally and internationally renowned experts in environment and science communication. During the two-day conference will also display a hands-on science exhibition. It is worthy of note that the Tunis Science City was a founding member of NAMES.

The Chief Executive Officer of the Fondazione IDIS-Città della Scienza Vincenzo Lipardi, at the Congress of NAMES (in Tunis). The CEO has presented the “EMME project” : a summer school for young managers of scientific communication in the Mediterranean area, that will start in September 2013, in Naples .
For more information on the project: http://www.cittadellascienza.it/attivita-internazionali/mediterraneo-scienza-e-pace/8761-2/