Finland Becomes Eleventh ESO Member State (Forwarded)
From: Andrew Yee (ayee_at_nova.astro.utoronto.ca)
Date: 08/05/04
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For immediate release: 07 July 2004
ESO Press Release 18/04
Finland Becomes Eleventh ESO Member State
Finland has become the eleventh member state of
the European Southern Observatory (ESO) [1].
The formal accession procedure was carried
through as planned and has now been completed.
Following the signing of the corresponding
Agreement earlier this year (ESO PR 02/04),
acceptance by the Finnish Parliament and
ratification by the Finnish President of the
Agreement as well as the ESO Convention and the
associated protocols in June [2] and the deposit
of the instruments of accession today, Finland
has now officially joined ESO.
ESO warmly welcomes the new member country and
its scientific community that is renowned for
their expertise in many frontline areas. The
related opportunities will contribute to
strenghtening of pioneering research with the
powerful facilities at ESO's observatories, to
the benefit of Astronomy and Astrophysics as well
as European science in general. ESO also looks
forward to collaboration with the Finnish high-
tech industry.
For Finland, the membership in ESO is motivated
by scientific and technological objectives as
well as by the objective of improving the public
understanding of science. The Finnish Government
is committed to increasing the public research
funding in order to improve the quality, impact
and internationalisation of research.
Membership in ESO offers unique facilities for
astronomical research which would not otherwise
be available for Finnish astronomers. Finland is
also very interested in taking part in
technological development projects in fields like
ICT, optics and instrumentation. For young
scientists and engineers, ESO is a challenging,
international working and learning environment.
Finland has already taken part in the educational
programmes of ESO, and as a member this activity
will be broadened and intensified. In Finland
there are also several science journalists and a
large community of amateur astronomers who will
be very happy to take part in ESO's outreach
activities.
Notes
[1]: The ESO member States are now Belgium,
Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the
Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and
the United Kindgdom.
[2]: The ESO Convention was established in 1962
and specifies the goals of ESO and the means to
achieve these, e.g., "The Governments of the
States parties to this convention ... desirous of
jointly creating an observatory equipped with
powerful instruments in the Southern hemisphere
and accordingly promoting and organizing co-
operation in astronomical research ..." (from the
Preamble to the ESO Convention).
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