Work package 5
Organisation of a conference and workshops
Start date: 2nd month
Person-months per beneficiary: 35
Objectives
Contribution to the improvement of human capacity of CLGE-BAS in wetland studies (Project Objective 1), better integration in ERA (Project Objective 3) by promoting research collaborations and establishment of multilateral partnership and international dissemination of WETLANET project achievements and scientific results (Project Objective 4).
Description of work
Task 5.1. Organisation of International Conference “Wetlands: functioning, management and restoration”, Varna, May 2011, 5 days.
Task 5.2. Organisation of workshops (duration 4-5 days each):
5.2.2. Workshop 2: “QR modelling for the purposes of environmental management and education”, Sofia, February 2010, 5 days.
5.2.3. Workshop 3: “Lower Danube wetlands: functioning, modelling, conservation and management”, Srebarna, April 2010, 5 days.
5.2.4. Workshop 4: “Seaweeds monitoring in shallow coastal area”, Sozopol, June 2010, 4 days.
Task 5.3. Training courses (TC, duration 4-5 days each):
5.3.1. TC 1: “Creating and managing data bases”, Sofia, April 2010, 3 days.
5.3.2. TC 2: “Ecological statistics and modeling in wetland studies”, Sofia, May 2010, 4 days.
5.3.3. TC 3: “Molecular and biochemical markers in wetland ecotoxicology”, Sofia, June 2010, 5 days.
5.3.4. TC 4: “GIS in wetland conservation and management”, Sofia, March 2011, 4 days.
5.3.5. TC 5: “Integrated management and dynamics of wetland ecosystems”, Srebarna, June 2011, 5 days.
5.3.6. TC 6: “Molecular identification and phylogeny of aquatic eukaryotes”, Sofia, September 2011, Sofia, 5 days.
Task 5.4. Participation in international scientific meetings and/or short-term training events:
5.4.1. Participation of staff members in conferences and other scientific meetings.
5.4.2. Participation of staff members in training events.
Deliverables
D5.1. Elaborated conference programme and conference abstract book – 25th month.
D5.2.-D5.5. Reports of Workshops 1-4 – 8th, 12th, 14th and 16th month.
D5.6.-D5.11. Reports of TC1-TC6 – 13th, 15th, 16th, 25th, 28th and 31st month.
D5.12.-D5.14. Summary annual reports on visits for participation in international scientific meetings and/or short-term training events – 12th, 24th and 35th month.
