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* Contents

• Information
• Background and the Aim of the Course
• Topics to be Covered
• Target Groups
• Course Committee
• Course Material
• Other Information

* Information

• Finnish Environment Institute, Helskini / Finland
• TECHWARE (TECHware for WAter REsources), Brussels / BELGIUM

* Background and the Aim of the Course

This Course in Helsinki, Finland, is one of a total of five European Training Courses coordinated by TECHWARE and approved by EC-DG XII (Standards, Measurements & Testing). Finland is known as a country of thousands of lakes. Actually, there are altogether some 190 000 lakes of ponds in Funland. Half of the European big lakes (>100km2) are in monitoring of lakes. The aim of this course is to disseminate knowledge, in a comprehensive way, concearning the monitoring and measurement aspects of lake ecosystems. Theoretical and practical items will be discussed.

* Topics to be Covered

The Course will concentrate on the monitoring and measurement aspects of lake ecosystems. The following items will be discussed:

• 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 Environment Agency (EEA).
• Remote Sensing.
• Water quality classification, water quality indices.

* Target Groups

The target groups are expected to be authorities, managers, professionals and technicians working in offices and laboratories responsible for water quality affairs.

* Course Committee

• Dr. Pertti Heinonen
  Finnish Environment Institute
• Dr. Pertti Seuna
  Finnish Envrionment Institute
• Prof. A. Van der Beken
  TECHWARE (Belgium)
• Prof. G. Ziglio
  University of Trento (Italy)

* Course Material

The abstracts of all presentation will be published in the series "Finnish Environment" and distributed to participants during the Course. Other Course material will also be available. The presentations will be published lated as a separate volume in a book series "European Training Courses; Water Quality Measurements".
Certificate of Attemdance will be delivered to all participants.

Language The official language of the Course will be English.

Place Finnish Environment Institute (FEI)
Kesakatu 6
Helsinki
Finland

Date 25th - 29th August 1997

* Other Information

* Airport
The Helsinki-Vantaa Airport is located about 14km from the Helsinki City Centre. The airport bus leaves every 20 minutes. The bus will stop near the Hotel Hesperia and terminate at in the City Terminal near the Railway Station

* Hotel Information
The venue, the Finnish Environment Institute (FEI), is situated only 1 - 2 kilometers from the Centre of Helsinki. Guests are requested to make there own hotel reservation.

* Registration Fees

• 500 ECUs (+VAT 22%).
• 400 ECUs (+VAT 22%) for TECHWARE members.
• Reduced fees on the basis of the application details.
• Course material, coffees and lunches are included in the above fees.

For registration, information and inquiries, please contact :

Finnish Environment Institute
Ms. Anja Holmsten
Tel.: +358 9 40 300 326
Fax: +358 9 40 300 391
E-mail: anja.holmsten@vyh.fi
URL: http://www.vyh.fi/syke/organisaatio/yt/tech.html