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European Year of Education Through Sport.

The slogan for the year is 'Move your body, stretch your mind' and will be included in events such as the Euro 2004 football championship taking place in Portugal and the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Athens, as well as in around another 200 events organised for the year. The call for proposals to hold events was launched in May (see EIS 239 p54-55) and the last phase of the call will close on 1 May 2004, for projects planned to take place after July 2004. Around 12 million will be available for sports projects in the Member States. More information can be found on the official EYES website at: http://www.eyes-2004.info

Equal Programme Information Roadshow.

The EQUAL programme is intended to combat all forms of discrimination in the workplace , and is funded by the European social fund. EQUAL IN Northern Ireland will be open for applications again in 2004. Approximately £4 million will be available to support projects on two themes :
1. Employability.
2. EQUAL opportunities
A roadshow to outline details of the programme has been arranged for :
Wednesday the 28th of January at 2.30pm in
for further details of the call contact PROTEUS on 028 9037 1023 or www.proteus-ni.org

Economic Development Conference.

Derry City Council will be hosting a conference of local Government Economic Development Officers to discuss the role of local development in a future regional policy for Northern Ireland. This conference will contribute towards the overall planning process for local Government beyond the end of the current EU funding programmes in Northern Ireland. Amongst the speakers at the conference will be an official from the European Commision Directorate General for Regional policy who will give an insight into proposals by the European Commision on possible future support for the regions post 2006. For Further details contact terence.okane@derrycity.gov.uk

Funding Workshop for IT Projects

With over EURO 2 billion remaining in the pot to fund information technology projects under the sixth research and development framework programme, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is organising two one day events to help UK based organisations apply for funding.

FP6UK, the DTI support mechanism for organisations hoping to submit proposals to the framework programme, hosting the two events on 9-10 February 2004. These events will focus on the software and services required for so called ‘ambient intelligence’, the industry buzz word for software and service development and their application. Both days will have different themes and delegates may attend on both days or on a single day of their choosing.

Speakers will include representatives of the Commission who will discuss the type of projects that have already received some level of European support. Industry and academic speakers will also outline their visions of the future and the kind of research requirements that they anticipate.
The event will take place in the DTI Conference Centre, 1 Victoria Street, London SW1. If you are interested in taking part, please register your interest with FP6UK. E-mail: is@fp6uk.co.uk

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