This may be of interest for those with international projects or aspirations. Cheers Dan Message forwarded for your information, with apologies for cross-posting. ECPA Secretariat > >Dear Madame/Sir, > >The eContent programme was adopted by the European Council on the 22 December >2000 for a period covering the years 2001 to 2004, with a budget of 100 >MEURO. It is aimed at supporting the production, dissemination and use >of European digital content and to promote linguistic diversity on the >global networks. > >The draft Work Programme has today been published on the web service <http://europa.eu.int/comm/information_society/econtent/index_en.htm>http:/ /europa.eu.int/comm/information_society/econtent/index_en.htm. >You can also download the Council Decision from this service. > >Following the release of the Work Programme a call for proposals will be >launched during the second half of March. Information on this forthcoming >call will be published on <http://www.cordis.lu/econtent>http://www.cordis.lu/econtent. Do also note that >there is a call for experts open. > >An Information Day will be held in Brussels on 26 April to present the >call for proposals. National Information Days will also be organised. More >information can be found at <http://www.cordis.lu/econtent>http://www.cordis.lu/econtent. > > >........................................................................... .... >European Commission >DG Information Society D-1: Multimedia Content & Tools - Markets >Fax. (352) 4301 34959 >e-mail: [log in to unmask] ><http://www.cordis.lu/econtent>http://www.cordis.lu/econtent >........................................................................... .... > European Commission on Preservation and Access (ECPA) P.O. Box 19121, NL-1000 GC Amsterdam, visiting address: Trippenhuis, Kloveniersburgwal 29, NL-1011 JV Amsterdam, The Netherlands tel. +31 - 20 - 551 0839 fax +31 - 20 - 620 4941 URL: http://www.knaw.nl/ecpa/ ----------------- End Forwarded Message ----------------- Kathlin Smith Director of Communications Council on Library and Information Resources 1755 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 500 Washington, DC 20036 Phone: 202-939-4754 Fax: 202-939-4765 E-mail: [log in to unmask] Web: www.clir.org