Program

Registration

To register, please download and sign the Registration Form (PDF). Be sure to follow the "Timetable for Participants".

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For Information about Conference Fees and Funding Options see the page "Fees & Funding".

Paper submission

Please use the following format pattern for the layout of your paper: guideline_for_authors.doc

Evaluators are welcome to present practical experience and the conclusions drawn from that on certain evaluations methods.
Contracting authorities are invited to share their experience with commissioning and the results of evaluations.
Scientists are asked to discuss the quality of output, standards, institutionalizations, and limits of evaluation methods in the field of Sustainable Development.
Young Researchers are encouraged to present papers with a special focus on evaluation of sustainability in their home country.

Initial abstracts of 200 words should be submitted to the Conference Organiser (easy@wu-wien.ac.at) no later than 1st January, 2003. To be published in the conference proceedings accepted papers will be required by email in Word 6 or 7 by 10th April, 2003.

We are seeking offers of papers from evaluators, contracting authorities and researchers in the field of Sustainable Development Evaluation. Papers may address any relevant area but contributions about the following key topics are especially welcome:

Evaluation of

• Sustainability Strategies, National Action Plans, Climate Control
• Structural Funds and Pre-accession Funds
• Rural Sustainable Development Programmes, Local Agenda 21
• Infrastructure Projects, Urban Policy and Development
• Eco tax and informal agreements
• Clean Technologies and Services, Sustainable Products
• Environmental Management Systems (EMAS, ISO), Sustainable Tourism
• Evaluation of Development Aid Projects, Environmental Education
• Sustainability Impact Assessment of Policies and Programs
• Strategic Environmental Assessment
• Participatory Evaluation Concepts, Governance
• Indicators and Quality Standards for Sustainability Evaluations
• Market Studies on Evaluation Practices
• Evaluation Methodologies and Valuation Methods (CBA, MCA, …)

32 Young Researchers (up to 35 years old) will receive funding for papers, which should deal with the following country specific questions, either exclusively or in addition to one of the main topics of the conference.

• How is evaluation of sustainability institutionalised in a certain country?
• In which fields of application are evaluations of sustainable development conducted?
• How is sustainability understood in evaluation reports reports (e.g. according to the ecological, economic and social aspect, time span, spatial interlinkages, dynamic changes, values, aspects of equity and capacity building)?

Initial abstracts of 200 words should be submitted to the Conference Organiser (easy@wu-wien.ac.at) no later than 1st January, 2003. To be published in the conference proceedings accepted papers will be required by email in Word 6 or 7 by 10th April, 2003.

32 Young Researchers (up to about 35 years old - for details see: Age criterion) can receive funding of travel costs, accommodatíon and conference fee at EASY ECO 2 if their paper is accepted by the organiser. See: Special Call for Young Researchers.

Pre-register for EU-funding NOW !
As the funding for budget is limited we advice you to pre-register now! After you have sent your abstract we will get in touch with you and inform you whether your paper was accepted and whether you will receive funding. Funding will be granted according to the relevance of the chosen topic and to the balance of nationalities and genders of participants.

Criteria for funding by the EU Commission:
from the Guide for Proposers for HIGH-LEVEL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES, Edition October 2000

Young researchers are researchers, who additionally satisfy the Age Criterion and are able to benefit from the advanced training offered by a Conference project. They normally participate as attending scientists, but can also act as organisers or invited keynote speakers. Young researchers do not have an automatic right to participate in, nor to be supported by, a particular Conference project; the selection of candidates is the responsibility of the organisers.

Age criterion: Young researchers are researchers up to an age limit of 35 years at the time of a particular conference event. (i.e. up to their 36th birthday. Allowance will be made for compulsory military or civil service (actual time spent in military or civil service) and childcare (maximum 2 years per child for the actual time spent off work). As an exception to this standard rule, young researchers acting as organisers or invited keynote speakers may use as reference date, the relevant deadline for proposal reception at the Commission.

There is special EU funding available for keynote speaches from scientists who are EU citizens, but currently working outside an EU or accession country. Funding will be granted according to the originality of the contribution and a balance of nationalities for travel, accommodation and conference fee. For detailed information, please fax us the registration form for EU-funding or write a short email to easy@wu-wien.ac.at.

If you want to keep informed about the EASY-ECO 2 via mail, please send a short email to easy@wu-wien.ac.at