First announcement

Objectives:

• Presentation of local resources at governmental and institution level (research institutions in charge of biodiversity), projects on biodiversity of Carpathian fauna (realised, running as well as planned for future)

• Introduction to general survey of Carpathian fauna diversity

• Identification of taxonomic resources (experts, database, literatures) on Carpathian fauna and the gaps in knowledge, particularly in check-lists.

• Presentation of the Fauna Europaea project goals, its tools and results in Carpathian countries

• Assessment of gaps in knowledge of Carpathian fauna

• Establishment of links between leading institutions dealing with Carpathian fauna

• Practical implementation of WP 17

• Designing the ways to unveil hidden taxonomic resources and grey literature

• Proposals for further investigation and cooperation on institutional and personal level 

Date:

•  June 4-5, 2003 (recommended arrival June 3rd)

Location:

• Hotel Academia, Stará Lesná, High Tatras Mts., Slovakia

Country coverage:

• Czech republic

• Hungary

• Poland

• Romania

• Slovakia

• Ukraine (even though non-EU and non-NAS country)

Participants:

• Selected leading experts on biodiversity of Carpathian fauna from each Carpathian country

• Principal experts on mountain fauna in Carpathian countries

• National FaEu NAS coordinators from related countries

• FaEu staff (Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Paris, Warsaw)

• Representatives of scientific societies in Carpathian countries

• Other relevant participants of meeting

• representatives of governmental level in charge of biodiversity 

Preliminary meeting programme:

registration (3.6.2003, Tuesday; 17:00-20:00)

4.6.2003 (Wednesday)

o   registration (8:00-8:30)

o   opening lectures to meeting (9:00-9:30)

o   key lectures of invited experts (9:30-12:00)

o   lunch

o   guided poster session (presentation of relevant institutions and projects) (14:00-16:00)

o   lectures

o   19:00 dinner, social event

5.6.2003 (Thursday)

o   lectures (9:00-12:00)

o   lectures (14:00-16:00)

o   summarizing the results of the meeting, defining goals and tools for future investigation and cooperation, framework, support for investigation of taxons, where data are lacking (looking of financial sources) (17:00-18:00)

6.6.2003 (Friday)

o   fieldtrip to museum of TANAP and to High Tatras Mts. (optional programme)

Conference language:

• English 

Lectures:

• Invited leading experts are obliged to present key lectures with principal information on status of certain taxons in whole Carpathian mountain range

• National coordinators are obliged to present general overview of actual knowledge on biodiversity of mountain fauna in certain country (compiled in frames of Fauna Europaea project)

• National coordinators are obliged to present overview of monitoring programmes/project on mountain fauna running in their countries (by help of poster session or oral presentation) 

Proceedings

• principal lectures presenting scientific results are planned to be published in scientific journal

Reimbursement:

• no registration fee - all participants

• invited leading experts with active presentations – accommodation and food will be reimbursed from budget of the project

Bid for submission of lecture thesis:

• If you want to apply for tender of invited experts, please send thesis of your presentation to meeting organisers (stloukal@fns.uniba.sk or stanislav.kaluz@savba.sk) no later than 28.2.2003.

• Steering committee of the meeting will select five leading invited experts till 15.3.2003.

• Deadline for abstracts: 18.4.2003