Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
The Tekes Board of Directors decided to launch the Learning Solutions programme at its meeting of 16th February, 2011. The objective of the programme is to develop internationally important learning solutions in cooperation with participants in the sector, to develop new operating approaches, create new skills and develop products, services and comprehensive packages for international
Thursday, March 10th, 2011
Russia, the key sponsor of the South Stream gas transit pipeline passing through Bulgaria, has indicated that the project’s underwater section might be replaced with liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals on the Black Sea. The Russian leadership is considering the construction of a terminal for liquefiednatural gas (LNG) as part of the South Stream gas transit pipeline instead of laying
Wednesday, March 9th, 2011
Two groups of students of the Hasso Plattner Institute were at the creative competition “Apps4Berlin” victorious, an initiative of the Senate. With its smart phone application “BEPART” for improved citizen participation in urban planning processes, the HPI bachelor students Martin Büttner, Jonas Gebhardt, Niemeier Luke, Jannik Streek and Nicholas Wittstruck came at number 1 in
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011
The exact geographical position of each of the 51,919 polling booths in the forthcoming West Bengal Assembly elections can soon be viewed on computer screens, just as locations of landmarks can be seen on Google maps — courtesy the Election Commission’s decision to come up with geographic information system (GIS) maps of all the booths. Apart from
Monday, February 21st, 2011
The EU – Marie Curie Initial Training Network “CHANGES” started on January 14th 2011 with a kick-off meeting at the ITC, Enschede – the Netherlands. The project will last until December 2014. A series of 12 PhD positions, are available with the partners. More information you will find on the site www.itc.nl/changes. Please distribute this announcement within your
Sunday, February 20th, 2011
A series of 12 PhD positions, financed by the European Community, are available within the European Marie Curie Initial Training Network CHANGES. The CHANGES network will develop an advanced understanding of how global changes (related to environmental and climate change as well as socio-economical change) will affect the temporal and spatial patterns of hydro-meteorological hazards and associated risks in Europe;
Friday, February 18th, 2011
The EFI FLEGT and REDD unit executes two Facilities: The EU FLEGT Facility and the EU REDD Facility. The Communications Team Leader will be responsible for leading communication activities for both Facilities supporting the European Commission, EU Member States and partner countries in communicating about FLEGT and REDD, and develops and manages a number of
Thursday, February 17th, 2011
The European Topic Centre for Spatial Information Analysis (ETC/SIA) is an international consortium assisting the European Environment Agency (EEA) in its mission to deliver information on the state and trends of the environment. The lead is the University of Malaga, Spain (UMA).
Sunday, February 13th, 2011
The ” AGEO Award “aims to students through recognition of outstanding achievements in the field of geographic information science to promote. The official award ceremony and presentation of the best works made in the context of an event of the Austrian Umbrella Organization for Geographic Information ( AGEO ).
Thursday, February 10th, 2011
Upon request of MIRA (Environment Report), Transport & Mobility Leuven calculated the private costs, the marginal external costs and the degree of internalisation for transport in Flanders. The private costs are the costs for the user and the external costs are the costs for society caused by congestion, direct emissions, accidents, noise, and damage to
