Science shops are one of the best tools when it comes to building a “science with and for society” project. They are entities where scientific research is carried out in a wide range of disciplines together with citizens and local civil society. By applying RRI principles, SS give the opportunity to different type of actors (researchers, CSO’s, students, decision makers, citizens) to be involved in the design and the implementation of research projects. As a public institution, Institut Pasteur de Tunis (IPT) is committed to answer in a socially responsible way to public health needs in line with RRI principles. In Tunisia, most of the Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have to develop their capacities in setting and implementing collaborative projects to answer the needs of the society.

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The project is implemented by a Master
student selected, with the support of the
SS, and tutored by the CSO representative
and the researcher.
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the Tunisian Association for Information and Orientation
on HIV/AIDS and Toxicomania (ATIOST).
Innovative Impact for Science and Society
The implementation of this pilot project induced a transformative change for the different actors involved in the project, as they acquired
knowledge, new expertise and gained experience and both ensured better social engagement to answer social needs. They are convinced of
the added value of this approach and by the opportunities that it brings. This first project will help developing best practice guidelines, a toolkit
for implementation of SS at the national and regional levels and promote the efficiency of involving different stakeholders in research projects.
For the second year, building on this first experience, IPT Science Shop plan to implement two or three SS projects. The challenge will be to
diversify the profiles of the projects and involve new stakeholder according to the fields.
Collect of social needs
«Science Together» collaborated with the tunisian CSO
antplatform «Jamaity». This stakeholder played an import
role as a bridge between «Science together» and the
tunisian CSO’s. A call for proposals was published
on the platform website to collect social needs.
Selection of social needs
A committee composed by «Science together» and its
stakeholders (Certe, React, AJC..), made a selection
between 36 social needs submitted by tunisian CSO’S
Selection of the student
Reformulation of the selected need
The CSO representative, the researcher
and the selected student reformulate
the social need into a research project.
Project implementation
The team composed by the student, the researcher, the CSO
representative, co-create the research project in a collaborative
way. The project is followed by a steering committee to identify
and overcome challenges that came out during the project
implementation
Members of ATIOST with the Master student
Aly Bouzwida, member of Jamaity introducing
the infoday about the 2nd call to collect social needs
A very active tunisian civil society involved
in the decion making process
«Science Together» and the stakeholders
debriefing the first year of the Science Shop
Science Shop as a tool for Stakeholders engagement.
First experience at the Institut Pasteur de Tunis
in the context of the H2020 InSPIRES project
BENHASSINE Hichem, BENSAOUD Chayma, GHRABI Amine, CHOUIKHAAnissa, GHODHBANE Amira,TRIKI Henda,
MAATOUG Sonia, HADHRI Najet, BOUSSELMI Latifa, ZAKRAOUI Lobna, GAMMAR Zeineb, BOUZWIDAAly, BOUABID Cyrine, ABDELHAK Sonia
Context and objectives
Science shops are one of the best tools when it comes to building a “science with and for society” project. They are entities where scientific research
is carried out in a wide range of disciplines together with citizens and local civil society. By applying RRI principles, SS give the opportunity to different
type of actors (researchers, CSO’s, students, decision makers, citizens) to be involved in the design and the implementation of research projects.
As a public institution, Institut Pasteur de Tunis (IPT) is committed to answer in a socially responsible way to public health needs in line with RRI
principles. In Tunisia, most of the Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have to develop their capacities in setting and implementing collaborative projects
to answer the needs of the society.
In the frame of an EU funded project,“Ingenious Science shops to promote Participatory Innovation, Research and Equity in Science” InSPIRES, IPT
aimed to conduct a pilot project in order to set up the first SS in North Africa called “Science together-‫ﺎﻨﻀﻌﺑ‬ ‫ﻊﻣ‬ ‫”ﻢﻠﻌﻟﺍ‬ and it has integrated the
involvement of different stakeholders as a “work principle”.
Methodologies: Co-Creation for Sustainability and Empowerment