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◊Horario de acontecimientos/Events
Timeline 2008
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2 a 4 de abril de 2008. II
Simpósio Socio Ambiental de Florestas Plantadas. Viçosa -MG.
SIF-Sociedade de Investigacoes Florestais. Contato: Telefone:(31)
3899-1185 - Fax:(31) 3891-2166. E-mail: <sifeventos(at)ufv.br>
Homepage: <www.sif.org.br>. |
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2-5 Abril
2008. IV Congreso Forestal Latinamericano. Mérida, Venezuela. Información:
<http://www.conflat.org/index.php>. |
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13 - 18 April 2008.
Executives Learning About Forestry. Yale University. Short course.
This course has been designed to meet the needs of busy executives who
require access to the most up-to-date understanding of forest
management: successful executives with little background in forestry
who find themselves in organizations involving forests and forest
products, and experienced forest managers who are stepping into
executive level positions with little training in business.
Participants will gain information, material and access to global
ideas and thinkers in an academic environment, and develop contacts
with fellow participants, graduate students, Yale faculty, and other
instructors, that can serve them well beyond the course. Website: <http://research.yale.edu/gisf/exec_course.htm>
Download course booklet: <http://research.yale.edu/gisf/executive_courses/Course_booklet.pdf>
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13-18 April 2008. Foresters
Becoming Executives. Yale University. Short course. This course
has been designed to meet the needs of busy executives who require
access to the most up-to-date understanding of forest management:
successful executives with little background in forestry who find
themselves in organizations involving forests and forest products, and
experienced forest managers who are stepping into executive level
positions with little training in business. Participants will gain
information, material and access to global ideas and thinkers in an
academic environment, and develop contacts with fellow participants,
graduate students, Yale faculty, and other instructors, that can serve
them well beyond the course. Website: <http://research.yale.edu/gisf/exec_course.htm>
Download course booklet: <http://research.yale.edu/gisf/executive_courses/Course_booklet.pdf>
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23 al 26 de abril del año
2008. El Centro de Estudios Forestales. Pinar del Río, Cuba. El
Centro de Estudios Forestales de la Universidad de Pinar del Río,
adscripto a la Facultad de Forestal y Agronomía, en el marco de las
actividades que se desarrollan en saludo al 35 Aniversario de la
Institucionalización de los Estudios Superiores en Pinar del Río,
invita a Profesores, Estudiantes e Investigadores de Universidades,
Institutos y Centros de Investigación, a especialistas de Empresas
Productivas y de Servicios de Cuba y otros países a participar en el V
SIMPOSIO INTERNACIONAL SOBRE MANEJO SOSTENIBLE DE LOS RECURSOS
FORESTALES a celebrarse del 23 al 26 de abril del año 2008. Para mayor
información visite nuestro sitio web: http://www.simfor.upr.edu.cu |
25 April 2008. Carbon
Offsets: Growing trees in a growing market. International Society of
Tropical Foresters at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North
Carolina. Please check the website:
<http://clubs.ncsu.edu/istf/symposium/index.html> or contact Kevin
Bigsby (kmbigsby(a)ncsu.edu) for additional information and to
register for the symposium.
Time: 8:30AM - 3:30PM with catered lunch, coffee and snacks along the
way
Where: NCSU's Jordan Hall, Room 1216
Speakers:
*Ray Aycock - Field Supervisor for the Mississippi Ecological Services
Field Office with the USFWS
* Eric Carlson - Executive Director of the Carbon Fund
* Christopher Galik - Policy Analyst at Duke University's Climate
Change Policy Partnership
* Carol Jordan - President of Environmental Synergy, Inc.
* Brian Murray - Research Professor and Director of Economic Analysis
at Duke University's Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy
Solutions
* John Rogers - Manager of the Climate Change Program for the
Conservation Fund
* Scott Settelmyer - President of TerraCarbon, LLC. |
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May and September/October 2008.
Continuing education in forest finance and economics. The Department
of Forest and Wood Science, Stellenbosch University, South Africa,
will be presenting a Forest Finance and Economics Course as from 2008.
The course will comprise two, one-week intensive contact (block)
sessions during May and September/October, with additional assignments
and other specific tasks to be completed during the balance of the
period. The course will review and introduce financial decision-making
for foresters to improve overall timberland and land-use management.
The course is primarily intended for forestry professionals and land
managers who must make decisions about timber management operations
and who want to improve financial returns. The course may also benefit
other company personnel who are involved in financial aspects of
forest operations. For more information regarding more detailed course
content and objectives, and registration; please contact Pierre
Ackerman at +27 (21) 8083293, or at
packer@sun.ac.za |
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1-2 May 2008. Civil Society
Hemispheric Forum--“Securing our Citizen's Future by Promoting Human
Prosperity, Energy Security and Environmental Sustainability". Miami,
Florida, USA. (location to be announced) The forum is being held
in preparation for the Fifth Summit of the Americas which will be held
in Trinidad and Tobago in 2009. This Forum will focus on the Concept
Paper presented by the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and
Tobago for the Fifth Summit entitled Securing our Citizen's Future by
Promoting Human Prosperity, Energy Security and Environmental
Sustainability and will provide an opportunity for exchange of points
of view among the Government of Trinidad and Tobago, Heads of
Delegations, the OAS General Secretariat, and civil society
organizations. Agendas and other documents and information regarding
the Hemispheric Forum with Civil Society will be distributed by the
Summits Secretariat by email and through the OAS Civil Society
Website. The Summits Secretariat can be reached by telephone
(202.458.6059), email (summitcso@oas.org), or fax (202.458.3665).
Travel award applications must be received no later than April 16,
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23-27 June 2008. Small-scale Rural Forest Use and
Management: Global Policies versus Local Knowledge. Gérardmer, France.
First announcement: In many regions of the world, forest
activities are carried out by rural population on collective lands and
by individual farmers on agroforestry or farm forestry plots. These
types of forest activities play an important role in sustaining rural
communities. The management of the related wooded areas is usually
based on traditional local knowledge which is particularly adapted to
the ecological and socio-economic conditions of the area. The common
feature of all these different practices is that they are carried out
at a small-scale level, with adaptive management. The management of
forests is however also influenced by broader regional, national and
international policies. These ‘global’ policies present an abstract
and even sometimes idealistic vision of the forests’ role in rural
development, and may propose means and mechanisms which are not
fitting to the real issues faced by rural communities in managing
their forests. This conference will explore the important role of
local knowledge in managing small-scale forests and the impacts or
implications of broader ‘global’ policies on small-scale forestry.
Further details of the topics of interest will be provided in the
first call for papers.
Deadline for abstracts: 31 October 2007. For more information, see
http://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-6/60000/61200/61201/activities/?L=1print%2Fpri
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3-11 July
2008. 2008. ISPRS Congress (XXI Congress of the International Society
for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing), Beijing, China. Call
for papers. themes are expressed by the following Working Groups and
the
three additional themes (to be presented at additional Theme
Sessions) as follows:
WG - Working Groups
WG VIII/1: Human Settlements and Impact Analysis <http://geo.haifa.ac.il/%7Eisprs/wgs/wg1.htm>
WG VIII/2: Hazards, Disasters and Public Health <http://geo.haifa.ac.il/%7Eisprs/wgs/wg2.htm>
WG VIII/3: Atmospheric, Climate and Weather Research <http://geo.haifa.ac.il/%7Eisprs/wgs/wg3.htm>
WG VIII/4: Management and Research of Tropical <http://geo.haifa.ac.il/%7Eisprs/wgs/wg4.htm>
WG VIII/5: Policies, Treaties and Data Access <http://geo.haifa.ac.il/%7Eisprs/wgs/wg5.htm>
WG VIII/6: Coastal Management, Ocean Colour and Ocean State
Forecasting <http://geo.haifa.ac.il/%7Eisprs/wgs/wg6.htm>
WG VIII/7: Water Resources Security and Management <http://geo.haifa.ac.il/%7Eisprs/wgs/wg7.htm>
WG VIII/8: Polar and Glaciers Research <http://geo.haifa.ac.il/%7Eisprs/wgs/wg8.htm>
*WG VIII/9: Arid Lands, Land Degradation and Desertification <http://geo.haifa.ac.il/%7Eisprs/wgs/wg9.htm>
*WG VIII/10: Precision Farming and Sustainable Food Production <http://geo.haifa.ac.il/%7Eisprs/wgs/wg10.htm>
WG VIII/11: Sustainable Forest and Landscape Management <http://geo.haifa.ac.il/%7Eisprs/wgs/wg11.htm>
WG VIII/12: Geological Mapping, Geomorphology and Geomorphometry <http://geo.haifa.ac.il/%7Eisprs/wgs/wg12.htm>
Themes
ThS - 19 Integrated Coastal Zone Management; ThS - 20 Public Health;
ThS - 21 Modeling in Forestry Applications
Please note abstract should go a blind review process. Thus, Please
submit your abstracts ASAP so we may expedite the review process and
notification to the authors.
At the Congress URL: <http://www.isprs2008-beijing.org/>
one will find the automatic paper submission tool as well as other
important information and registration instruments. Please be reminded
that "Early registration" deadline is December 31st, 2007. Please make
use of the generous offer by the organizers and register early. |
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8 July 8 - 10 August 2008. The International Field
Course on Wildlands and Protected Area Management, cohosted by the
Center for Protected Area Management and Training at Colorado State
University and US Forest Service International Programs, held entirely
in International Field Course on Wildlands and Protected Area
Management. Tuition Cost: $5195 USD. Application Deadline: 14 March
2008. Participants who have their own financial sponsorship are
invited to get more information and apply via our website
www.fs.fed.us/global/is/. Please visit the website for application
details as well as updated tuition costs and deadlines. |
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REGISTRATION EXTENDED
22-25 July 2008. The
Science and Business of Varietal Forestry. Charleston, SC, USA. This
2008 IEG40 conference, held in beautiful Historic Charleston, SC, is
the first workshop to be dedicated exclusively to varietal forestry.
This conference features 32 world renowned speakers representing more
than ten countries. The speakers will cover more than 15 different
tree species from temperate, tropical and sub-tropical areas. Emphasis
will stretch from forest tree species restoration to wood for energy,
pulp, paper and lumber.The speakers will share their knowledge of
varietal (clonal) forest plantation management, economics, plantation
valuation, wood quality, research & development, silviculture and
deployment. This is an unprecedented opportunity to learn from the
world experts as well as to network! An all day field trip to conifer
and hardwood varietal stands and research trials is planned. Web site:
http://ieg40charlestonsc2008.com/index.html |
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July 26-30. Soil and Water Conservation
Society’s 2008 annual conference. Tucson, Arizona, USA. The
SWCS annual conference brings together researchers, practitioners, and
policymakers at all levels of government, business, and
nongovernmental organizations to explore current issues in
conservation and environmental management science, technology,
practice, programs, and policy. Call for papers: The Soil and
Water Conservation Society (SWCS) is now accepting proposals for
symposia sessions, oral presentations and poster presentations for the
2008 annual conference in Tucson, Arizona. Authors are encouraged to
submit abstracts that report the results of research and evaluation
projects, and/or lessons learned from professional experience working
with conservation and environmental management technologies, programs
and policies. Website: <http://www.swcs.org/>
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4-22 August 2008. The International Seminar on
Protected Area Management is held in the northern Rocky Mountains
of the western United States. Designed for senior level planners and
managers of nationally significant protected areas worldwide, this
integrated state-of-the-art course examines strategies to conserve the
world’s most special places. The program, sponsored by the US Forest
Service International Programs and the Universities of Montana, Idaho
and Colorado State, will evaluate policies and institutional
arrangements that sustain both people and natural resources. Tuition
Cost: To be determined. Application Deadline: May 2, 2008.
Participants who have their own financial sponsorship are invited to
get more information and apply via our website
www.fs.fed.us/global/is/.
Please visit the website for application details as well as updated
tuition costs and deadlines. |
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5-8 August 2008.
Biodiversity in Forest Ecosystems and Landscapes--International Union
of Forest Research Organizations Conference. Kamloops, British
Columbia, Canada. The conference will allow participants to share
knowledge, discuss new trends, reflect on future directions in
biodiversity management for sustainable forestry, and provide a
stronger scientific basis for biodiversity management in forest
landscapes in the light of climate change. Website:
http://www.tru.ca/iufro.html |
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25-28
August 2008. Adaptation of Forests and Forest Management to Changing
Climate with Emphasis on Forest Health: A Review of Science, Policies,
and Practices. International Conference. Umea, Sweden. Details
at: <http://www.forestadaptation2008.net>. |
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26-30 August 2008. Toward the Establishment of the
Multi-purpose and Long-term Forest Management Plans. Tsuruoka,
Yamagata, Japan. Sponsored by IUFRO 4.02.02. Joint International Symposium by Japan and
Taiwan. Yoshihiro Nobori, <ynobori(at)tds1.tr.yamagata-u.ac.jp>. See: <http://www.tr.yamagata-u.ac.jp/%7Efi/JIM/>.
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16-18
September 2008. Landscape Ecology and Forest Management: Challenges and
Solutions. Chengdu, China. The Landscape Ecology working party of
IUFRO will hold its next, major conference in Chengdu, China. The
conference will be followed by an exciting 3-day field trip to Western
Sichuan. IUFRO's urban forestry research group is a co-sponsor of the
meeting. It will organise a session/symposium titled ' Urban forest
landscapes in the context of developing countries and rapid urbanization'.
For more details and a first conference announcement, please visit the
conference webpage at: <http://research.eeescience.utoledo.edu/lees/IUFRO/2008MTG/>. |
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22-25 September 2008. IUFRO Seed
Physiology Working Group. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank
and the University of Sussex, UK. For further details please see
http://www.kew.org/msbp/tree-seeds-2008/ |
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29 September - 7 November 2008. Leadership and adaptive
management: supporting decentralised forest and nature management for
rural development. (3 weeks in Wageningen the Netherlands, 3 weeks in
Kumasi, Ghana). To access more
detailed information on the course go to: <http://portals.wi.wur.nl/leadership/>.
This course aims to provide mid career professionals in forestry, nature
management and rural development, with an opportunity to reflect on their
working methods and approaches and motivate them in developing challenging
targets for quality improvements in participatory work approaches at their
own individual level and for their organization. Within the context of
decentralization of natural resources management practices, participants
will critically analyze current trends in collaborative management
practices and practice the application of tools, methods and skills,
required to fulfill a pro-active leadership role within their working
context. The course, including a one week fieldwork period, brings to life
this so called "social learning" among stakeholders demonstrating that
learning together around joint action, can be used as an effective force
for sustainable resource management and equitable decision-making. Using
the multi-stakeholders conceptual framework and reflecting on
participants' own work experiences, an active learning environment is
created, that is fun, stimulating and challenging. |
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5 - 9 October 2008 -
Tropical Rainforests and Agroforests under Global Change.Bali, Indonesia.
Organized by the Collaborative Research Center STORMA. Starting
immediately, there is a call for submissions of oral presentations and
posters. Contact:
info(at)GlobalChange-2008.org. <http://www.globalchange-2008.org>. |
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6-21 October 2008. The International Seminar on Forest
Administration and Management, cohosted by US Forest Service
International Programs and Northern Arizona University, presents a broad
spectrum of natural resource management techniques and institutional
arrangements so that participants may selectively gather ideas for
improving management. The seminar focuses on strategies and methods to
develop, manage, and conserve natural resources for the sustained delivery
of goods and services to meet the full range of human needs. Tuition Cost:
$6,500 USD. Application Deadline: April 15, 2008. Participants who have
their own financial sponsorship are invited to get more information and
apply via our website www.fs.fed.us/global/is/. Please visit the website
for application details as well as updated tuition costs and deadlines. |
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6 - 24 October 2008. Plant genetic resources and seeds:
policies, conservation and use. Wageningen UR. The Netherlands. To
access more detailed information on the courses offered go to:
http://www.cdic.wur.nl/UK/Courses/Overview+Courses+2008/ |
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13-17 October 2008. Advances in
Forest Management and Inventory. Chuncheon, Gangwon Province, South Korea.
Sponsored by IUFRO 4.01.00. Contact*: Marco Marchetti,
marchettimarco(at)unimol.it. <http://iufro.kangwon.ac.kr>
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14-19 October 2008. 4th
International Conference on Monitoring and Management of Visitor Flows in
Recreational and Protected Areas: Management for Protection and
Development. Montecatini Terme, Tuscany, Italy. National Research
Council -- Institute of Biometeorology. Contact: Sonia Trampetti,
mmv4(at)ibimet.cnr.it .
<http://web.fi.ibimet.cnr.it/MMV4/>
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16 - 19 October 2008. 7th Open Meeting on "Social
Challenges of Global Change". New Delhi, India. Call for Applications
<http://www.openmeeting2008.org>
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27 October - 7 November 2008.
Landscape functions and people: applying strategic planning approaches for
good natural resource governance. (Wageningen in collaboration with
RECOFTC), Bangkok, Thailand. To access more detailed
information on the courses offered go to:
http://www.cdic.wur.nl/UK/Courses/Overview+Courses+2008/.
For more information on application
procedures, refer you to the website:
www.cdic.wur.nl/UK , click on Courses at the left side of
the page. For this course Netherlands Fellowship Programme (NFP)
scholarships are available for certain countries (please see attached
document). The deadline for application with NFP is 1 June 2008.
For more information on NFP, please have a look at
www.nuffic.nl or
Netherlands Fellowship Programme |
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3 - 21 November 2008. Market access for sustainable
development, Governance for forests, nature and people : managing
multi-stakeholder learning in sector programmes and policy processes.
Wageningen UR. The Netherlands. To access more detailed information on
the courses offered go to:
http://www.cdic.wur.nl/UK/Courses/Overview+Courses+2008/ |
10 al 14 de noviembre 2008.
Congreso Internacional. Provocando el Cambio: Estrategias de promoción de
usuarios forestales en la Amazonía. Centro Kolping, Santa Cruz de la
Sierra, Bolivia. Tenemos el agrado de anunciar la organización del
Congreso Internacional “Provocando el Cambio: Estrategias de promoción de
usuarios forestales en la Amazonía” que se llevará a cabo en Santa Cruz de
la Sierra, Bolivia, del 10 al 14 de noviembre 2008. El propósito del
evento es de crear una plataforma de diálogo entre científicos, políticos,
agencias de desarrollo y representantes de la sociedad civil para
catalizar un proceso de reflexión sobre las opciones y requerimientos de
un marco operacional más amplio para el desarrollo sostenible con base en
el uso, manejo y conservación de los bosques en la región Amazónica. En
este momento queremos invitar a miembros del público de expresar su
interés en participar en el Congreso y, al mismo tiempo, invitamos a los
interesados a presentar propuestas de presentaciones para el evento. Por
favor, envíen sus expresiones de interés a la secretaría del Congreso,
Inka Montero, inka.montero@waldbau.uni-freiburg.de. A partir del 1 de mayo
2008 será posible efectuar el registro definitivo para participar en el
Congreso a través de la página web del Congreso:
http://www.waldbau.uni-freiburg.de/forlive/05_Events/sc_es.html.
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10th to 14th November 2008. Provoking Change: Strategies to promote
forest users in the Amazon. Centro Kolping, Santa Cruz de la Sierra,
Bolivia. We are pleased to announce the organization of the
International Congress: “Provoking Change: Strategies to promote forest
users in the Amazon”, which will take place in Santa Cruz de la Sierra,
Bolivia, from the 10th to the 14th of November 2008. The purpose of the
event is to create a platform for dialogue between scientists,
politicians, development agencies and representatives from civil society
to catalyse a process of reflection on the options and requirements of a
broader operational framework for sustainable development based on the
use, management and conservation of the forests of the Amazon region. At
this stage we invite expressions of interest from the public at large to
participate in the Congress and from those who would like to submit papers
to present at the event. Please send you expressions of interest to the
Congress Secretary, Inka Montero, at
inka.montero@waldbau.uni-freiburg.de. Full registration of
participants for the Congress will be possible from 1st of May. Details of
the procedure for the presentation of abstracts are available on the
Congress website at:
http://www.waldbau.uni-freiburg.de/forlive/05_Events/sc.html |
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17-20
November 2008. Forest Sector Modeling Conference. Seattle, Washington,
USA. Forest Sector Modeling: State-of-the-Art and Future
Challenges in an Expanding Global Marketplace. The International Union of
Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) Forest Sector Modeling Working Party
WP 6.11 (originally part of the International Institute for Applied
Systems Analysis (IIASA) Forest Sector Project) is planning a conference
in the USA, resuming a past tradition. The meeting will offer new and old
researchers interested in forest sector modeling (FSM) the opportunity to
catch up with developments from around the world. The conference will mix
plenary, concurrent sessions, focused panel discussions, and input from
key FSM users in forestry, forest industry, and policy planning. Plenary
sessions will feature invited speakers, notable in forest sector modeling,
with reviews of state-of-the-art FSM applications in major forest sector
regions.
CALL FOR PAPERS: The organizing committee is soliciting
speakers for the concurrent sessions to present the latest modeling
developments and policy applications.
Click
here for more information. |
24-26 November 2008. International Workshop "Figures for
Forests. Freiburg, Germany.
Contact: John Herbohn, john.herbohn(at)uqg.uq.edu.au |
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24 November – 5 December 2008.
Governance for forests, nature and people (Wageningen in collaboration
with CIFOR), Bogor, Indonesia. Managing multi-stakeholder learning in
sector wide approaches and national forest programmes. Course coordinator:
Esther Koopmanschap. URL: <http://www.cdic.wur.nl/UK/newsagenda/agenda/Governance_for_forests_nature_and_people.htm>.
For more information on application
procedures, refer you to the website:
www.cdic.wur.nl/UK , click on Courses at the left side of
the page. For this course Netherlands Fellowship Programme (NFP)
scholarships are available for certain countries (please see attached
document). The deadline for application with NFP is 1 June 2008.
For more information on NFP, please have a look at
www.nuffic.nl or
Netherlands Fellowship Programme |
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