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Dutch Presidency
The Netherlands takes up the presidency of the Council of Ministers of the EU from the
1st January to 30th June 1997. Following the initiative of the Irish Presidency,
CORDIS has now established the
" Dutch Presidency"
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EC-DG XI Environment
The EC has adopted a proposal for a Framework Directive for action in the field of
Water Policy (26.2.1997). It's key objective is the establishment of
River Basin Management Plans which consider the natural interaction between
surface and groundwater both quantitatively and qualitatively
* EC-DG XII Science, Research and Development
* DG XII - EC-TASK FORCE "Environment-Water"
The European Commission has established the
Task Force Environment-Water.
More detailed information can be found at the
Task Force Environment-Water Homepage.
J.-M. Martin is Director of the
Task Force "Environment - Water". He is the
Director of the Institute for Environment of the
Joint Research Centre (JRC-IE) at Ispra (I).
Read about the JRC Blue Seminars.
A document presenting the Task Force "Environment - Water" - reference
S.P.I. 96.16 is now available. Contact the Deputy-Director: B. Schmitz,
EC-DG XII/A
in Brussels, Fax: +32 (2) 296.31.93.
TECHWARE has been invited to act as one of it's
external consultees by forming a European "professional Mission Task Force" (pMTF) in order to
produce a "position paper" on priorities for European water research.
Click here to read the Summary of this "position paper".
* FOURTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME RTD: SECOND TIME DECISION
The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union have decided
to increase:
- The maximum overall amount for the Community financial participation in
the fourth framework programme ECU 100 million.
The allocation of this extra budget is as follows:
Telematics ECU 15 million Information technologies ECU 21 million Industrial and material technologies ECU 15 million Environment and climate ECU 7 million Biotechnology ECU 7,5 million Biomedical and health research ECU 16 million Agriculture and fisheries ECU 11,5 million Transport ECU 7 million TOTAL ECU 100 million
Cordis Focus Supplement No12 provides an overview of nearly 120
research-related programmes, initiatives and other activities supported by
the EU under the current fourth R&TD framework programme.
CORDIS FOCUS
DG XIIID/2
L-2920 Luxembourg
Fax: +352-4301-32084
* THE FIFTH R&D FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME
Currently the Commission is preparing its fifth R&TD framework programme,
covering all research and development activities in the period 1999-2003.
The Commission proposes six priorities falling into two groups:
TECHWARE and its Task Force "MEASUREMENTS" are proud to announce its European Training Courses on: Water Quality Measurements 1997-98.
Course C : Occurence of organic compounds in drinking and surface water
Ioannina - Greece, 6th-10th July 1998
Course D : Use of biotic index to evaluate the quality of freshwater streams: EBI method
Trento - Italy, 22nd-26th June 1998
Course E : Analytical methods for algae, protozoa and helmints in freshwater
Genova - Italy, 10th-14th November 1997
This Course, sponsored by EC-DG XII,
will be held on 25th-29th
August 1997 at the Finnish Environment Institute, Helsinki / Finland.
Topics to be covered in the Course will be Hydrological and
limnological features of different lake types, The choice and
measurement of different monitoring variables, Eutrophication and
acidification of lakes, Harmful substances and compounds in lake
ecosystems, Microbiological methods, QA procedure, intercalibration -
standardization, Freshwater monitoring network for the area covered by
the European Environmeny Agency (EEA), Remote sensing, Water quality
classification - water quality indices. Click here for
more information.
For registration or more information please contact:
Ms. Anja Holmsten
P.O. Box 140
FIN - 00251 Helsinki
Finland
Fax: +358 9 40 300 391
E-mail: anja.holmsten@vyh.fi
Registration for other Courses, click here
* Click here to find out more about RTD-Transfer.
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DG XXII Education, Training and Youth
* OPINION OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS ON "LEARNING IN THE INFORMATION
SOCIETY: ACTION PLAN FOR A EUROPEAN EDUCATION INITIATIVE (1996-1998)"
(OJEC C116 14.4.97 Page 89-95)
The communication from the Commission proposes four action lines of
significant Community added value:
- encourage the interconnection of regional and national school networks at a Community level;
- stimulate the development and dissemination of educational content of European interest;
- promote training and support for teachers and trainers in integrating technology in teaching methods;
- inform all the players of the educational opportunities afforded by audio-visual equipment and multimedia products.
* Green Paper on Transnational Mobility: Commission opens Web interface
The Commission has opened a Web interface to ensure the widest possible response to the Green paper. The aim of the Green Paper is to address the obstacles which restrict the freedom of movement of Community citizens wishing to train, undertake research or do voluntary work in another Member State.
Click here if you want to read more.
* The Multimedia Centre of LEONARDO da VINCI
The LEONARDO da VINCI programme has created a Multimedia Centre entirely dedicated to vocational training products.
Click here if you want to read more.
TECHWARE has submitted on 1st April 1997 new project proposals in the field of VOCATIONAL TRAINING for
* The ERASMUS Interuniversity Cooperation Programme ICP "Hydrology and Water Management" has published the Third Edition of it's Information Brochure.
SOCRATES and its first activity ERASMUS on Higher Education has accepted the University Cooperation Project of Mutual Interest entitled ETNET-WATER (European Thematic Network of Education and Traning for WATER). A RENEWAL PROPOSAL was submitted on 1st April 1997. The title of the Thematic Network has been changed into ETNET.ENVIRONMENT-WATER. Other Thematic Network Projects can be viewed.
* TEST.EAU
"Tests for the basic knowledge in the field of environment / water "is a pilot project funded by the European Commission - DG XXII - Education, Training and Youth - (Contract No. 96-00-liv-0326-00) - in collaboration with the thematic network - ETNET.ENVIRONMENT-WATER.
Click here to read more about TEST.EAU (french version click here) . Your contribution to TEST.EAU is highly recommended.
Many TEMPUS projects are related to the WATER ENVIRONMENT. The projects can differ and range from Joint European Projects (JEPs), Mobility Joint European Projects (MJEPs) to Compact Measures Projects (CMEs). The latest project is :
- TEMPUS M-JEP No. 11341-96 - " Creation of a
European Network of Universities, Enterprises & Organisations in the Water Industry for Student and Staff Mobility ( WATERMOST ).
Read more details about other water-related TEMPUS-projects.
* To gain more information on events contact the organisation responsible directly. The respective addresses may be found by clicking on the highlighted links.
* Editor's policy, in view of PANTA RHEI's objectives, for this CALENDAR is especially geared towards education, training, mobility and related activities in all fields of the water environment. Conferences (with calls for papers) are not included.
* Organizers are invited to send their information to the Editor
