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* FINREAD Major Communication Event : A Consortium of innovative European payments schemes and a smartcard reader manufacturer have, with the full support of the European Commission, completed the specifications for a secure smart card reader to be used, essentially but not exclusively, in a wide range of e-commerce financial and payment applications. The FINREAD (Financial Transactional IC Card Reader) specifications have recently been recognised by the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN), and will rapidly emerge as the de facto standard for a wide range of low-cost secure and interoperable smart card readers. The FINREAD Consortium has organised this conference and cocktail party to launch of this innovative solution. Guest speakers include Mr. Erkki Liikanen, European Commissioner for Enterprise and Information Society. Organiser: GIE - Groupement des Cartes Bancaires, Date: July 11, Venue: Brussels, Information: Marina Bogatchi, Washington Plaza, F-75408 PARIS Cedex 08, Fax: (+33) 1/ 5389 3500, E-mail: marina-bogatchi@cartes-bancaires.com* Environmental Recovery of Yugoslavia : The Organising Committee invites you to contribute a paper for this Conference. It will provide a forum for international experts, engineers, scientists, physicians and social workers, to discuss the facts and implications of the damage to Yugoslavia's environment and to chart pathways to its recovery. It will also provide invaluable knowledge to relief agencies, political leaders, engineers, developers, and funding organisations on how to respond to and, more importantly, prevent the ecological disasters caused by war. The focus is on technical, financial, organisational, legal and social aspects of environmental protection and restoration. The conference is expected to draw significant international media coverage. Organiser: Dr Tatjana Jevremovic, Purdue University, USA and Dr Jasmina Vujic, University of California at Berkeley, USA, Date: September 27-30, Venue: Belgrade, Information: Dragoljub Antic, M.Sc., ENRY2001 Conference Secretary, the VINCA Institute of Nuclear Sciences, P.O.B. 522, 11001 Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Tel: (+381) 11/ 453 867, Fax: (+381) 11/ 455 943, E-mail: dragon@rt270.vin.bg.ac.yu, Web site: www.net011.com/enry2001/* The role of women in economic development: the gender-equality dimension in the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership: The Euro-Mediterranean forum unites the European Union Member states, and 12 countries from the south...