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VLIZ is granted by the Flemish Government to start a new educative project as a follow-up of the earlier launched ‘Expeditie Zeeleeuw’. We will soon start with the construction of the interdisciplinary project and the interactive website. Marine scientists and research groups with interest in participating in this initiative are invited to contact VLIZ.

This ‘position paper’ of the Marine Board of the European Science Foundation outlines the European strategy of marine research. A must to read!

We did succeed to add a special guest to the afternoon programme: Katja Philippart of NIOZ will present the new position paper of the ESF/Marine Board concerning the effects of Global Change in European seas and coastal areas. This report is a updated summary of a group of European marine experts on this 'hot' theme: a must to attend!

Two renomated Flemish sea-related institutes unite their forces: the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) and the Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (ILVO-Fisheries) ratify their collaboration in a cooperation agreement

The posters 'Hard substrates at the Belgian coast’ and 'Commercial species landed in Belgian harbours’ are the first published in a series. On each poster you can find pictures of the 30 most important or prominent marine animal and plant species of divers habitats along our coast or at sea.

Policy makers, scientists and end users will focus on the current changes in policy concerning marine intervention and the risk management strategies of the North Sea countries (risk analysis, contingency planning and efficient database management)

Live on your desktop: Follow the expedition of French and Belgian scientists exploring the hot spots of deep-water corals (13-20 June).

Next to the ‘IOC Project Office for IODE’ (UNESCO) and the ‘Coordination Centre for Integrated Coastal Zone Management’ (Province of West Flanders), two European organisations become neighbour to the VLIZ

2nd international colloquium on maritime and fluvial archaeology in the southern North Sea area in Bruges on 21-23 September 2006

150 young marine scientists met on the sixth VLIZ Young Marine Scientists’ Day in Bruges

The EurOcean office, or the European Center for Information on Marine Sciences and Technology, has developed a webinterface to search for all marine projects within the FP-6 database.

The Europese Commissie launches two concrete initiatives to stimulate the mobility of researchers. The ERA-MORE and ERACAREERS portals are developed to distribute information on job openings in the EU, together with a lot of practicak information.

A virtual expedition confronts 17-18 year old youngsters with ten issues characteristic for the marine and coastal environment and pushes them to find creative, well-underpinned solutions for each case.

UNESCO needs two new persons to enforce the team on ‘Tsunami Warning & Mitigation System in the Indian Ocean and other risk sensitive regions’.

The fifteenth edition of the international HYDRO conference, an initiative of the Hydrographic Society Benelux on behalf of the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies, will be organised in 2006 from Monday 6th to Thursday 9th November 2006 at the Provincial House of Antwerp.

Young marine scientists meet on the sixth VLIZ Young Scientist Day organised by VLIZ in Brugge.