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Life.3.3.: Activities to foster public awarenessRelevance:The indicator describes activities to foster public awareness about sciencein general, its cultural and economic significance for society, aswell as the specific scientific and technological activities of the RI andtheir different types of impacts on the community.Data analysis methods:• Descriptive content analysisReferences:NoneCompilation:• Identify and describe initiatives of the RI aiming at fostering publicawareness about science in general and / or about the specificactivities and related benefits of the (planned) facility.• Collect and report quantitative data about the obtained or expectedimpacts of these initiatives, such as organised events by type,participants (by geographic provenance, age, or gender), pressreleases, newspaper articles and other media mentions about theRI’s activities, laboratory visits and visitors (by type, provenance,age, gender), visits of the website etc.• Collect and report information about the impact of the initiative asperceived or expected by the involved RI staff and the managementas well as the addressees of the events.Definitions and explanations:NoneData sources and collection methods:• Document analysis (project proposal and/or related documents, actionplans, strategic documents, annual reports, press communications,press reviews, etc.)• Interviews with internal personnel involved in the initiatives (RIstaff or RI project team members, RI managers, public relations officer,etc.)• Interviews with addressees of the initiatives in the community.220