[AstroNet] South African Astronomical Observatory Selected as Host for the IAU Office for Astronomy Development

[Maciej Soltynski]

The Executive Committee of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) 
has selected the SAAO, a national facility of the South African National 
Research Foundation (NRF), to host the IAU Office for Astronomy 
Development (OAD). The Office is the key component of the decadal global 
strategy plan, Astronomy for the Developing World, launched at the 2009 
IAU General Assembly in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and is aimed at using 
astronomy to foster education and capacity building throughout the world.

Read more at
http://www.iau.org/public_press/news/detail/iau1003/
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