ESF - Programme TED - School and funds for workshop and visits

[Fabrizio Ruggeri <fabrizio@mi.imati.cnr.it>]

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                    * EUROPEAN SCIENCE FOUNDATION *
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        TOWARDS ELECTRONIC DEMOCRACY: INTERNET-BASED DECISION SUPPORT

The European Science Foundation has established the programme TOWARDS 
ELECTRONIC DEMOCRACY (TED) with the objective of discussing and evaluating 
how advances in interactive decision analytic tools might help develop 
inclusive e-democratic systems which involve their electorates more fully 
in decision making.  As part of this programme:

1) A WORKSHOP on ``Internet-based Multi-Criteria Decision Support''
   was held in Madrid on May, 22-24, 2003. For information, see the web page:
   http://bayes.escet.urjc.es/ted/madrid_workshop.html

2) A SPECIAL ISSUE OF JMCDA (Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis)
   will contain papers from the above TED workshop in Madrid and others on
   the same topic are solicited. Interested contributors should send an 
   abstract to Simon French <sfrench@man.mbs.ac.uk> by June, 21, 2003 and 
   the full paper should be received by August, 1, 2003.

3) A SUMMER SCHOOL is organised in Varenna (Italy) on September, 7-13, 2003,
   jointly with CNR-IMATI (Istituto di Matematica Applicata e Tecnologie
   Informatiche of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche). Programme and
   further information are available at the web page:
   http://www.mi.imati.cnr.it/conferences/varenna03.html
   For information, please contact Fabrizio Ruggeri <fabrizio@mi.imati.cnr.it>

4) A second CALL has been recently issued to SUPPORT WORKSHOPS AND FELLOWSHIPS
   for visits between researchers (both seniors and post-docs). The deadline is 
   August, 6, 2003. Applications and questions should be addressed to Simon 
   French <sfrench@man.mbs.ac.uk>. The full text of the call is available at
   http://www.mi.imati.cnr.it/conferences/varenna03/call.html
   and, shortly, at
   http://bayes.escet.urjc.es/ted/workshops_and_fellowships.html

5) A NEWSLETTER is published every 3 months. The March issue is available at 
   http://bayes.escet.urjc.es/ted/newsletter.html
   Contributions are welcome and they should be sent to Fabrizio Ruggeri
   <fabrizio@mi.imati.cnr.it>

Information on TED are available at http://bayes.escet.urjc.es/ted/ or 
contacting the Chair of the Steering Committee, David Rios Insua 
<d.rios@escet.urjc.es>

Best regards

Fabrizio Ruggeri

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