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* Early Identification Of Skill Needs In Europe

Cedefop is organising jointly with the German Ministry of Education and Research, the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering and the Social Science Research Center Berlin an International Conference on May 22-23 2003. The conference takes place at the premises of Cedefop in Thessaloniki, Greece, at the occasion of the Greek EU-Presidency. The conference aims to gather European experiences and 'best practices' on the identification, anticipation and monitoring of changing and new emerging skills at national, sectoral and regional levels. Likewise, the conference seeks to explore the skill needs of different target groups. It brings together policy makers, the social partners, practitioners and researchers from various European countries, including the candidate countries, and intends to establish a mode for regular cooperation and networking at the European level.

For more information: http://www.cedefop.eu.int/mt_conference/mt_conf1.html

* London hosts ICT workshop

The UK centre for environmental and economics development is organising, with the support of the Commission's Enterprise DG, a workshop on ICT and sustainability, to take place in London on May 22. The event will analyse the effect that information and communication technologies (ICT) can have on sustainable development in the context of the Commission's policies on the competitiveness of European industry and on sustainability. Furthermore, the workshop will explore how the use of ICT can be leveraged to make progress towards the three pillars of sustainable development - environmental, social and economic - with an emphasis on the last two. The insights gained during the event will be gathered in a report to be published shortly.

For more information: European Commission, Directorate General Enterprises, Unit D4: e-business, industry and services TIC, B-1049 Brussels; fax: +32 2 296 9500; e-mail: entr-ict-e-commerce@cec.eu.int

* Eighth International Workshop on Mobile Multimedia

Communications

This workshop, on Mobile Multimedia (MoMuC), will take place from October 6-8 2003 in Munich, Germany. MoMuC 2003 is the eighth in a series of international workshops - Tokyo in 1994, Bristol in 1995, Princeton in 1996, Seoul in 1997, Berlin in 1998, San Diego in 1999 and Tokyo in 2000 - aimed at stimulating knowledge exchanges in the emerging and strategically important field of Mobile Multimedia Communications. 3G, Wireless LAN...