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* Wood Energy 2002 This is a professional fair open to the public. It deals with renewable energy, the fight against global warming, durable land management, developing local industries, making use of waste, diversification of energy supplies, clean and natural energy, keeping jobs in the countryside, comfort and cosiness and access to energy. It is aimed at people in timber-related industries, politicians, agents for development, landowners in forestry and agriculture, individuals, rural and urban communities, builders and building material stockists, designers, heating engineers, retailers, pizza parlour and bakery owners. Organisor: European Wood Energy Technical Institute (ITEBE). Venue: Lons le Saunier, France, Date: April 4-7, Information: C?cile Pierron & Fran?ois Bornschein, ITEBE 28 boulevard Gambetta BP 149, 39004 Lons le Saunier cedex, Tel: (+33) 3 84 47 81 00, Fax : (+33) 384 47 81 19, Email: info@itebe-expo.com* Federal governance between "top-down" and "bottom-up" in European businesses and the European Union This colloquium will examine the future of the European federal decision-making model. Organiser: The German European Movement. Venue: Brussels, Date: April 26-27, Information: the German European Movement. Jean-Monnet-Haus, Bundesallee 22, 10717 Berlin, Tel: (+49) 30 8841 2242, Fax: (+49) 30 8841 2247* Poland: What Membership in What Union?. Jacek Saryusz-Wolski will introduce this lunchtime debate. This former Solidarnosc spokesman has been chief adviser for European integration to the Polish Prime Minister (1999 - 2000), and head of the European Integration Committee with the rank of secretary of state (2000 - 2001). Between 1991 and 1996 Saryusz-Wolski also served as, Government Plenipotentiary for European Integration and Foreign Assistance; Chief Negotiator of the Association Agreement between Poland and the EC, as well as Chairman of the Poland-EU Association Committee. He is now Director of the Centre for European Studies at the University of Lodz, Vice-Rector of the College of Europe, Natolin. Organiser: Madariaga European Foundation - Research Foundation for the College of Europe, Venue: Bruges, Date: April 16, Information: Email: madariaga@coleurop.be* European-African partnership for clinical trials against poverty-related diseases. The European Commission has proposed the creation of a clinical trials programme tailored to the needs of developing countries. This initiative addresses the major global priority...