GCM in Denmark 2007 - first announcement

Thursday, May 24 , 2007 5759

With seminar and excursions regarding Urban Forestry
INVITATION You are hereby kindly invited to participate in the Governing Council Meeting 2007 of Union of European Foresters. The meeting will be held on the 29^th of August - 2^nd of September 2007 in Herning, Denmark. The seminar part of the meeting will be a "European seminar on Urban Forestry". The organisations are also invited to have a maximum 10 minutes presentation about their national urban forestry during the seminar. More details about this possibility in the programme.
The price per person for participating in the GCM and the seminar will be 650€ in double rooms and 800€ in single rooms. This includes all costs including the transport to/from either Billund or Karup Airport but not to/from Copenhagen Airport or abroad. It is possible to shorten the participation period with a possible reduction of the participation fee. (See, what the participation fee will be with a reduced participation by going to the online registration form at http://www.european-foresters.org/danishGCM1.asp#RegistrationForm. We expect your registrations to the Governing Council Meeting and the Seminar no later than the 15th of June 2007. More practial information about programme, facilities and registration can be found on our GCM-page at http://www.european-foresters.org/danishGCM1.asp.
Students' participation
The Presidency of UEF has decided to promote the participation of forestry students from the member organizations by sponsoring one student per organization with a reduction of the participation fee with 50%. Applications for this reduction should be send by the same date as the registration for the GCM to the secretary of UEF, Mr Marian Stoicescu, by email fed_silva@b.astral.ro. Please mention in the application the name of the student that will participate from your organisation.
We hope that the information about this meeting will be efficiently spread among the members in your organisation for a high amount of participators in this annual meeting of Union of European Foresters. On behalf of the Union of European Foresters we wish you welcome to the Govering Council Meeting 2007!
Håkan Nystrand Marian Stoicescu President Secretary On behalf of the arranging member organisation Danske Skovog Landskabsingeniorer (DSL) I wish you welcome to Denmark! Henrik Steffensen BachChairman