[FYI] Netd@ys Europe 99

["Axel H Horns" <horns@t-online.de>]

CORDIS RTD-NEWS/© European Communities, 1999.  

Record Control Number: 13834  

Date: 1999-10-27  

Category: Event  

General Information:  

Netd@ys Europe 99 is an initiative of the European Commission 
designed to raise awareness of and share experiences in the use of 
new media for knowledge and discovery. Kicking off on 12 November 
1999 in Helsinki, Finland, the event will run until 21 November, and 
will be broadcast continually on the Internet.  

Netd@ys Europe was launched in 1997 and has become the world's 
largest initiative to promote the effective use of interactive media 
in learning and teaching. More than 5,000 projects and events among 
35,000 participating organisations took part in the 1998 event.  

Participants include schools, museums, youth and cultural centres, 
vocational training centres, cultural organisations and children's 
hospitals.  

Data Source Provider: European Commission, Education and Culture 
Directorate-General  

Document Reference: Event announcement.  

Subject Index Codes: Information Processing, Information Systems  

Contact Person:  

For further information please contact:  

                    European Commission 
                    Education and Culture Directorate-General 
                    Mr Alain Dumort 
                    New Technologies sector 
                    Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200 (B-7) 
                    B-1049 Brussels 
                    Fax +32-2-2966297 
                    E-mail: netdays@cec.be 
                    URL: http://www.netdays99.org/