Everybody working in the field of the environmental protection knows, how important are both the personal contacts and communications.

The ARGE - Environmental Education, offers you the opportunity for working together with the team of East-West Cooperation office in Vienna, Austria.

They invite you to join the ARGE-team for one month (May or October) in 1995. It is also possible to divide the month period for two persons each for two weeks staying.

Accommodation will be arranged by the office for East-West Cooperation. Travel costs and food you to pay by yourself or by your sponsors.

If you are interested please contact ARGE Environmental Education as soos as possible. They can invite only one person per date.

Criterias for application:

good knowledge of German language (eventually English) and involvement in the work of an NGO with the aim of the environmental education.

Countries eligible: Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, possible also Romania, Croatia, Ukraine.

What is ARGE ?

The ARGE-Environmental Education was established in 1983 by the Ministry for the Education and Art, and by the Ministry of the Environment, Youth and Family of Austria as an subject of law of Austrian Society for Nature and Environment Protection.

It is an NGO dealing with information and education in the field of in-school and out-of-school environmental education of teachers, educators and other interested persons.

ARGE organized a lot of conferences, seminars, training courses and workshops on the environmental education issues, published many publications and eco-games. Established own library with approxim. 5.000 titles and video & film-library.

Next event organized by ARGE will be

the 7th Coordinating Meeting on Environmental Education in Central and Eastern Europe on 3-6 May 1995, in Vienna, Austria.

Special theme of the meeting: Communication in Environmental Education.

This meeting will be organized with cooperation of GREENWAY.

For more information please contact:

Christa Schmollgruber
ARGE-Umwelterziehung
Hegelgasse 21/1
A-1010 Wien
AUSTRIA
Tel: +43.1.513 2962-12
Fax: +43.1.512 512 5471