The European Commission’s - JRC in straight collaboration with the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research is oganising the 7th Edition of the Fall School. It will take place in Rhodes – Greece: 28th September – 2nd October 2009.
It will present state-of-the-art tools and methods to address policy related knowledge in extended policy processes. Lectures by a group of international experts will cover methodological approaches that aim at combining both aims of widening the range of actors involved in decision-making and of being transparent, open and trustful about the knowledge that is fed into a policy making cycle. These approaches are intended to assure upstream engagement of social actors in the assessment of policy issues, the decision making processes and the development of policy strategies. The focus this year is on coastal water governace. Find more info at: http://kamschool.ath.hcmr.gr