1. INTAS Funding (EC)

2. Fellowship (UK)

3. Assistant Professorship (CH)

4. Collaborative Engineering (ETNET)

5. Mountain Meteorology (IT)

6. IAHR Congress (GR)

7. Flood Modelling (UK)

8. Hydrology Courses (CH)

9. Water and Society (AT)

10. River Basin Management (NL)

11. Environmental Education (RU)

12. Desalination (MT)

13. Pesticides (UA)

14. E-Education (CH)

15. Engineering Education (PT)

16. Environment 2003 (UK)

17. Educational Challenges (US)

18. Ecohydrology (ID)

19. Sustainable Development (KE)

20. Continuing Education (JP)

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Calls for Proposals (1 NEW)

1. INTAS Funding. Deadline: 13 June & 11 July 2003 (NEW)

The international association for the promotion of cooperation with scientists from the New Independent States (NIS) of the former Soviet Union (INTAS) has launched a series of calls, making available 25.2 million euro for international scientific research.

Among the calls, the following may be of interest to our readers:

Open call for proposals for research projects and networks related to all scientific fields in both fundamental and applied science;
Belarus call for proposals in all areas of science. Research teams must include at least one Belarussian partner.

In all cases the deadline for submission is 13 June 2003.

INTAS has also published calls for young NIS scientist fellowships, for which 2.5 million euro is earmarked, and innovation grants, for which 500,000 euro is available. Applications for the grants must be received by 11 July 2003.
Proposers are invited to consult the full text of the calls at the INTAS website before submitting proposals.

mailto: intas@intas.be

http://www.intas.be

More Calls for Proposals can be found at the "chessboard", fields c1, c2 and c3 of: http://keywater.vub.ac.be/

Vacancies (2 NEW)

2. Marie Curie Host Fellowship. Deadline: 30 April 2003 (NEW)

HR Wallingford has been awarded a Marie Curie Industry Host Fellowship to support a visiting researcher to assist on 2 separate international research projects in coastal and river engineering.

mailto: tr@hrwallingford.co.uk or mailto: j.simm@hrwallingford.co.uk

http://www.hrwallingford.co.uk/careers/index.html

3. Infrastructure Engineering. Deadline: 1 May 2003 (NEW)

The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ) in Zurich is seeking an Assistant Professor of Infrastructure Engineering, concentrating on the planning, realization, utilization and maintenance of infrastructure systems.

mailto:gujer@eawag.ch

http://www.baug.ethz.ch

http://www.president.ethz.ch/prof/profapinfra_en.html

More Vacancies can be found at the "chessboard" in fields B1, B2, of: http://keywater.vub.ac.be

Networking (1 REMINDER, 1 UPDATE, 6 NEW)

4. Collaborative Engineering in Hydroscience. Berlin, Germany. 28 April – 2 June 2003 (REMINDER)

An ETNET (European Thematic Network for Education and Training) SPII/SPIII / IAHR-EGW (International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research and the European Engineering Graduate School of Environment Water) course: HydroWeb 2003: 'Web-based Collaborative Engineering in HydroScience', running from May/June 2003 as an open Internet course and is a joint education experiment with the target of introducing and applying three topics:

Performance of projects in an international, interdisciplinary and distributed environment
Web-based Collaborative Engineering
Distance Learning Technology

A special evaluation seminar will be organized with the course participants during the XXX IAHR congress 2003 in Thessaloniki, Greece.
Details will be published later.

The course is open for all academic institutions worldwide offering course programmes (MSc, PhD) in civil, water or environmental engineering. Interested institutions should contact the course organizer till April 4 2003. The course organizer will check in advance the Internet access from the partner location to the Web-based course platform and discuss the organization of a local or online preparation seminar.

Final registration of the course participants will be:

Window I: Monday 28 April 2003
Window II: Monday 02 June 2003

The course organizer, in close cooperation with the course partner institutions, will complete the team composition

Please visit the course web page http://www.hydro-web.org/2003/EGW for more details.

mailto: frank@bauinf.tu-cottbus.de

http://etnet.vub.ac.be/etnet21.asp

http://etnet.vub.ac.be/eLABS/

5. Mountain Meteorology. Trento, Italy. 17-22 August 2003 (NEW)

‘Summer School on Mountain Meteorology’, organised by University of Trento, the International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research (IAHR) and its European Engineering Graduate School of Environment Water (EGW).

mailto:ssmm@ing.unitn.it

http://www.unitn.it/ssmm

http://www.iws.uni-stuttgart.de/IAHR/home.html

6. IAHR Congress 2003. Thessaloniki, Greece. 24-27 August 2003 (UPDATE)

XXX Congress of IAHR (International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research), the theme of which is "Water Engineering and Research in a Learning Society: Modern Developments and Traditional Concepts".

One important theme in the congress will be THEME E: ‘Linkage between Education, Research and Professional Development in Water Engineering’ under coordination of the IAHR-CEPD (Continuing Education and Professional Development) section, headed by Prof. Armanini, with 5 sub-topics:

E1 – Integration of professional and research needs into university curricula (A. Van der Beken).
E2 – New Media in water related engineering education (R. Hinkelmann and F. Molkenthin).
E3 – Development of courses and training material for water engineering and hydraulic structures, including feedback from field observations and experiments (M. Altinakar).
E4 – Quality assessment in water related engineering education (K. Young).
E5 – Partnership and interaction of universities, industries, authorities and the Public (J. Cunge).

mailto:phillip@iws.uni-stuttgart.de

or mailto:frank@bauinf.tu-cottbus.de

or prinosp@civil.auth.gr

http://iahr2003.internet.gr

Financial support for eligible and confirmed ETNET21 partners and their students is available.

Mailto:avdbeken@vub.ac.be

http://etnet.vub.ac.be

7. Flood Modelling. Glasgow, UK. 8-12 September 2003 (NEW)

The University of Glasgow is running a series of short, one-day, Continuing Professional Development (CPD) courses on River Flood Modelling.

Introduction to Flood Estimation Handbook (FEH): 8th September 2003
River Flood Modelling Using ISIS: 9th September 2003
Environmental Enhancement and River Rehabilitation: 10th September 2003
Digital Terrain modelling and GIS in Flood Protection: 11th September 2003
Environmental impact Assessment and Strategic Environmental Planning: 12th September 2003.

For further details:

mailto:cpd@civil.gla.ac.uk

http://cpd.civil.gla.ac.uk

8. Hydrology and Hydrogeology. Neuchatel & Lausanne, Switzerland. 29 September 2003 – 10 December 2004 (NEW)

The Centre of Hydrogeology (CHYN) of the University of Neuchatel and the Federal Institutes of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) and Zurich (ETHZ) organise 14-month postgraduate courses in Hydrology and Hydrogeology. Participants have the option of specialising in either Groundwater Management or Water Resources Management.

mailto:cours.info@unine.ch (Groundwater Management)

http://www.unine.ch/chyn

mailto:secretariat.cphy@epfl.ch (Water Resources Management)

http://hydram.epfl.ch/enseignement/postgrade/

http://www.ihw.ethz.ch/hydrologie/postgrad/postgrad_start.htm

9. Water and Society. Vienna, Austria. 19-21 November 2003 (NEW)

Organised by the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (BOKU), ‘Water and Society – Needs, Challenges and Restrictions’, will contribute to the International Freshwater Year 2003. The conference will address issues such as the relationships between water and the environment, forests, plants and soils.

A call for abstracts has been announced, deadline: 5th September 2003

mailto:robert.jandl@fbva.bmlf.gv.at

http://fbva.forvie.ac.at/iyfw/iyfwv2.pdf.

http://www.wateryear2003.org/

10. River Basin Management (NEW)

International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research (IAHR), in conjunction with the International Network of Basin Organisations has recently launched a new journal, JRBM – the International Journal of River Basin Management.

The JRBM Editor is ETNET-Partner Prof. Roger Falconer, Cardiff University, UK.

mailto:mail@jrbm.net

http://www.jrbm.net

http://www.iahr.org/publications/assets/riverbasin/jrbm/index.html

11. Environmental Education in Siberia (NEW)

A review of activities of the UNESCO Chair ‘Environmental Education in Siberia’ of the Altai State Technical University, Barnaul, Russia, during January – March has been made available. The Russian UNESCO Chair, held by Prof. Alexander Tskhay, is the initiator of the project "Water quality management information tools for river basins based on environmental and economic considerations" which was included in the International Scientific INTAS Program. Partners in this project are Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium; University for Agricultural Sciences, Wien, Austria; Ecole des Mines, Paris, France; RosNIIVKh, Russian Research Institute for Integrated Water Management and Protection, Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation.

This project is devoted to the problem of water resources management with respect to the new Water Framework Directive of the European Union.

For further details of this activity, and others undertaken by the Altai UNESCO Chair, please contact:

mailto:taa@agtu.secna.ru or taa56@mail.ru or mailto:a_tskhay@yahoo.com

http://oasis.secna.ru/~taa

European News (1 UPDATE, 4 NEW)

12. Desalination. Malta. 4-8 May 2003 (UPDATE)

European Conference on ‘Desalination and the Environment - Fresh Water for All’, during the UN International Year of Freshwater, and organised by the International Water Association (IWA), European Desalination Society (EDS), Malta Resources Authority (MRA and the Water Services Corporation (WSC). The conference will be discussing freshwater for all and how desalination can supplement some of the critically lacking amounts of water needed for sustainability with limited depleted natural sources of water. Seawater desalination and water supply modelling will also be examined.

mailto:miriam.balaban@aquila.infn.it and mailto:balaban@desline.com

www.edsoc.com/MaltaRegistration.pdf

13. Pesticides. Kiev, Ukraine. 5-7June 2003 (NEW)

‘7th International HCH and Pesticides Forum - Towards the Establishment of an Obsolete POPs/Pesticides Stockpiles Fund for Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC) and New Independent States (NIS)’, will provide a platform for the creation of an international fund for the elimination of thousands of tonnes of obsolete pesticides in CEEC/NIS. Hosted in part by the International HCH and Pesticides Association, and supported by, amongst others, the EC-Europaid project TACIS (Tacis Programme provides grant-financed technical assistance to 13 countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, aiming to enhance the transition process in these countries).

mailto:pidlis@carrier.kiev.ua

http://www.hchforum.com

14. E-Education. Lucerne, Switzerland. 26-28 May 2003 (NEW)

‘E-Education 2003’, organised by, amongst others, Congress of Swiss Universities, Worlddidac Association and Net 4 Net. The conference will discuss technology enhanced learning and teaching, and the educational environment in the public and private sectors, and integrates three international conferences:

E-Training Campus 2003
5th International Conference on New Educational Environments (ICNEE)
3rd Swiss Virtual Campus Days

mailto:perjes@e-education.ch

http://www.e-education.ch/en/default.htm

15. Engineering Education. Porto, Portugal. 7-10 September 2003 (NEW)

‘Global Engineer: Education and Training for Mobility’, organised by the European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI). The conference will detail the Bologna Declaration, accreditation systems and world engineering systems.

mailto:sponte@fe.up.pt or mailto:info@sefi.be

http://www.ntb.ch/SEFI/Index.html

http://www.sefi2003.com

16. Environment 2003. London, UK. 28-29th October 2003 (NEW)

Organised by the Environment Agency for England and Wales, Environment 2003, will focus on Innovation in Environmental Practice.

mailto:EUK2003@environment-agency.gov.uk

http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/aboutus/275292/286092/442158/?version=1&lang=_e

World News (1 UPDATE, 3 NEW)

17. Engineering Education Challenges. Nashville, USA. 20-22 June 2003 (NEW)

The American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and the World Federation of Engineering Organisations (WFEO) organise the ‘6th WFEO World Conference on Engineering Education/2nd ASEE International Colloquium on Engineering Education – Global Challenges in Engineering Education’.

mailto:conferences@asee.org

http://www.asee.org/conferences/international2003/default.cfm

18. Ecohydrology. Bohor, Indonesia. 21-26 July 2003 (NEW)

‘2nd Asia Pacific Training Workshop on Ecohydrology: Integrating ecohydrology and phytotechnology into the work-plans of governments, private and multi-companies’. Organised by the Indonesian Research Centre for Limnology.

mailto:gpyoga@hotmail.com

http://www.limnologi.lipi.go.id/frenglish.htm

19. Engineering for Sustainable Development. Nairobi, Kenya. 12-16 August 2003 (NEW)

‘International Civil Engineering Conference on Sustainable Development in the 21st Century – The Civil Engineer in Development’, organised by Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) and the Institution of Engineers of Kenya (IEK). The conference will discuss present day development of infrastructure for sustainable development and industrialisation and environmental concerns.

mailto:civil@nbnet.co.ke or mailto:iek@iekenya.org or mailto:sugiura@csd.kuciv.kyoto-u.ac.jp

http://www.insightkenya.com/jkuat/conference.html

20. Continuing Engineering Education. Tokyo, Japan. 16-19 May 2004 (UPDATE)

9th IACEE (International Association for Continuing Engineering Education) World Conference on Engineering Education, with the theme ‘Strategy of Continuing Engineering Education for International Competence and Cooperation’. The conference will include details on the concept of continuing engineering education and initial professional development.

mailto:jsee@mxk.mesh.ne.jp

http://www.iacee.org/TokyoWCCEE.htm

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