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* Contents ( Latest Update 16th June 1997 )

• European Training Course Water Quality, Measurements
  Course A: "Monitoring and Measurements of Lake Recipients".
• The Multimedia Centre of LEONARDO da VINCI
• Green Paper on Transnational Mobility
• Council Conclusions of 17th February 1997 on Local Community Development.
• Human Resources Development in the water sector
• TEST WATER
• CALENDAR

* European Training Courses on Water Quality Measurements

Course A: "Monitoring and Measurements of Lake Recipients".

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

* The Multimedia Centre of LEONARDO da VINCI

The LEONARDO da VINCI programme has created a Multimedia Centre entirely dedicated to vocational training products. The centre offers:

• A database with consultation and interrogation access to information on several hundred training products developed in the framework of the programmes Force, Comett, Lingua, Eurotecnet, Petra and soon, LEONARDO da VINCI.
• The opportunity to consult some of the best vocational training products supported by the programmes of the European Commission and by the LEONARDO da VINCI.

LEONARDO da VINCI Technical Assistance Office
Service Produits
Avenue de l'Astronomie 9
B-1210 Bruxelles
Tel.: +32 2 227 01 00
Fax: +32 2 227 01 01

* 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.

The Green Paper addresses questions such as tax and social security, residence rights, transferability of grants and recognition of qualifications, as well as looking at specific situations such as trainees on company placements, or third country nationals resident in a Member State.

Further information: http://europa.eu.int/en/comm/dg22/1vert/gphome.html

* Council Conclusions of 17th February 1997 on Local Community Development through Education and Training

Ref : OJEC C70/3-4, 6th March 1997

The Council calls on the Commission to initiative a study of practice and approaches to local community development through education and training in the different Member States with a view to disseminating examples of good practice and identifying ways in which education and training, formal or non-formal, can contribute to the enrichment of life and development of skills for people at a local level.

* Human Resources Development in the water sector

" ... Water resources needs are increasingly involving the private sector. It is important to bring them in as a partner* in training ... "

* 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.

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