Hi, the last 30mins I had a look on the EU Alfa program: http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/where/latin-america/regional-cooperation/alfa/index_en.htm
A short overview is given by these slides: http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/where/latin-america/regional-cooperation/alfa/documents/new-programme-documents/alfaiii-inbrief_en.ppt unfortunately, so do I think, it will be difficult to meet their requirements. Because we need to have at least 6 Institutes of Higher Education (Universities) involved, of which need to be at least four from 4 different Latin American countries and 2 from EU countries. I am also not that sure how "WE" could fit in (and the Budgets are comaparable hughe: more than 1Mill. Euro). I guess LOT 1 would probbaly the best possibility. http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/where/latin-america/regional-cooperation/alfa/faq_en.htm Btw. I have seen that there was already a founded consortium for GIS teaching (GILA) lead by the University of Munster (Germany) ++++++++++++++++++ IMPORTANT +++++++++++++ However... as we may further watch out for types of funding (e.g. to get a first OJ meeting done :) I would like to know *WHO is interested* in a particpation on *international programs* that could support our project and GIS teaching efforts with OJ? If you are interest in such a collaboration, then send me the following info (can be also a personal email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]): a) Name, b) Your Position (this may be important, as people need to have the possibility to establish university accounts to receive finances or offcially supervise students: be an examiner) c) Institution (even companies may be of interest for some EU projects), d) Country of Residence (see requirements for EU projects) e) An approximation for how long you may stay at the institution (e.g. until 2010) and may be as well: What is your speicifc (reserach/teaching) interest? (What do you use OpenJUMP for?). For what would you apply if you have a "wish"? +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ If I have these info I can establish a first list and see if we meet at least the basic criteria. Then we can look over the summer for types of funding. Of course, I can not promise that we will find something suitable and even if we find something, then it may take a lot of time to apply (usually EU projects have at least 6months pre-run). But we need to start somehow at some point and we need to think about OJ's longterm future. I think over the next months I will also try to think about some (research-/teaching-) topics and publishing the ideas on the wiki. Thank you, Christiano, for pointing towards such possibilities. And also a big thank you to Landon (Sunburned Surveyor) who brought us in the Google Summer of Code with the OSGEO! best regards, Stefan Cristiano Almeida schrieb: > Dear all, > > I guess that we should look for some financial support for the OJ > develoment. At moment, we have the case of the programm Alfa III of the > European Union (EU). Every year, the EU lauches call for proposals. I've > been reading the current one, and we could send a proposal. However, I > think that we wouldn't find time for write a project now. But how knows, > we can do this next year. > > What do you think about it? > > This is a good way to have a financial support for the OJ project. > > Best regards, > > Cristiano > > _______________________________________ > *Cristiano das Neves Almeida* > *Prof. Adjunto - Universidade Federal da Paraíba* > www.lrh.ct.ufpb.br/almeida <http://www.lrh.ct.ufpb.br/almeida> > _______________________________________ > Endereço: > Av. Capitão João Freire - 620 > Expedicionários > CEP: 58.040-060 > João Pessoa - PB - Brasil > +55 (83) 3216-7684 > _______________________________________ > CV Lattes: > http://buscatextual.cnpq.br/buscatextual/visualizacv.jsp?id=K4763546J5 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Yahoo! for Good helps you make a difference > <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mailuk/taglines/isp/control/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51947/*http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/forgood/> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > jump-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/jump-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Jump-pilot-devel mailing list Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel
