Hello all,

As funding sources is an issue close to all our hearts I am happy to pass on
this announcement, orginally from the resourcenews jiscmail list. (Apologies
for the format - it comes from a digest listing. Jiscmail helpline are aware
of the probelms with formatting of list digest entries).

Edmund Lee
FISH Co-ordinator


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Emma Wright [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 10:53 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      EU Information Afternoon: IST Funding for Cultural
> Heritage and t he Arts
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> EU Information Afternoon: IST Funding for Cultural Heritage and the
> Arts
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> Date:           Wednesday 8 August
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> Time:           1330 - 1745
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> Location:       Arts Club, 40 Dover St London W1
>                 (1 minute from Green Park tube on the Victoria,
> Piccadilly
> and Jubilee lines)
>                 Please see link to area map below:
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> http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?P2M?P=3DW1S4NP&Z=3D1
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> Registration:   Please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask]
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> Enquiries about the content of the seminar to:
> [log in to unmask]
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> This seminar is for museums, archives, libraries and arts
> organisations
> interested in applying for funding under EU Information Society
> Technologies
> Programmes.
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> *       Are you involved in the creation of multimedia content or
> cultural
> heritage digitisation programmes?
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> *       Would you welcome advice on strengthening your application for
> funding?
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> *       Do you want to know what future IST Programmes hold in store
> for
> cultural heritage and arts organisations?
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> Outline Programme:
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> 1330    registration, tea/coffee
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> 1400    Welcome
>         Ursula Woolley, Resource; Bronac Ferran, ACE
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> 1415    Peter Walters, National Contact Point, UKISHELP
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> EU IST funding opportunities for cultural heritage and the arts
>         how UKISHELP can support your application
>         how to approach typical "cultural sector" problems with the EU
> application process
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> 1530    tea/coffee
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> 1600    Bernard Smith, European Commission Directorate-General
> Information
> Society Technologies: Content, Multimedia, Tools and Markets: Head of
> Unit,
> Cultural Heritage Applications
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>         what EU IST funding has achieved in the cultural sector
> already
>         how the European Commission is improving the programme for the
> cultural sector
>         future EU funding plans for the cultural/ICT sector
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> 1700    discussion
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> 1715    informal consultation with speakers
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> 1745    end
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> The seminar is organised jointly by UKISHELP, the DTI-funded contact
> point
> for UK organisations seeking funding from EU IST programmes, by
> Resource:
> The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries and by the Arts
> Council of
> England.
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> Ursula Woolley
> International Policy Adviser
> Resource: The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries
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> Emma Wright
> Press Officer
> Resource: The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries
> 16 Queen Anne's Gate
> London  SW1H 9AA
> Tel: 020 7273 1459 - directline
> Email: [log in to unmask]
> Website: www.resource.gov.uk
> Join the Resourcenews email list at
> http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/resourcenews.html
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> Resource: The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries
> 16 Queen Anne's Gate
> London
> SW1H 9AA
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> Tel 02072731444
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> Website: http://www.resource.gov.uk