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Dear Museums and Archives Colleagues,
EARL: The Consortium for Public Library Networking; UK Office of Library
and Information Networking (UKOLN);The Library Association and Resource:
The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries would like to invite you
to:
Breaking into Europe: Participation and Partnership Opportunities
Venue:
Engineering Employers' Federation,
Broadway House, Tothill Street,
London SW1 9NQ
2nd October, 2000 9.30am-4.30pm
This prestigious event brings together the Libraries, Museums and Archives
sectors to explore current developments and related funding opportunities
available in Europe.
Aims
*Exchange experiences between parties involved in EC-funded projects
*Widen awareness of EC programmes and encourage greater participation in
further funding initiatives
*Expand cross-sectoral involvement
*Disseminate the results of this event to inform future funding
applications.
Speakers
The speakers have been carefully chosen to reflect the cross-sectoral
focus. Chris Batt, Director of Learning & Information Society Team of
Resource will chair the event, along with presentations from:
*Ian Pigott - Principal Administrator (The EC Information Society
Directorate, Cultural Heritage Applications)
*Barbara Buckley - International Policy Adviser (Resource)
*Mark Taylor - Chief Executive (Museums Association)
Issues
The speakers will cover a range of issues including:
*Overview of the European Commission's Fifth Framework Programme (FP5)
*Archives Developments: an EC perspective
*Setting the challenge - participation, partnership, opportunity.
Interactive Sessions
There will be breakout sessions to encourage interaction between delegates
looking at:
*Putting a bid together
*Essentials of project management
*Building Trans-National Partnerships
Case Studies
Not to mention case studies including :
ISTAR Networks Project (http://www.icbl.hw.ac.uk/ )
HERCULE (http://www.hercule.org.uk/ )
COVAX (http://www.covax.org/)
Further details about this inspirational event can be found at:
http://www.earl.org.uk/events/europe.html
A more detailed programme can be found at:
http://www.earl.org.uk/events/europeprog.html
Online booking is also available at:
http://www.earl.org.uk/events/booking.html
Alternatively contact me directly on:
Sally Chambers
EARL Liaison Officer
4th Floor, Gun Court,
70 Wapping Lane,
London, E1W 2RS
Telephone (020) 7702 2020
Fax. (020) 7702 2019
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We shall look forward to seeing you there!
Sally Chambers
EARL Liaison Officer
4th Floor, Gun Court
70 Wapping Lane
London E1W 2RS
Tel: 020 7702 2020
Fax: 020 7702 2019
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http://www.earl.org.uk
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