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**** apologies for cross-posting ****** 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 Email [log in to unmask] 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 [log in to unmask] http://www.earl.org.uk %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%