REC: The Bulletin 6/4: Briefs

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The Princes' Award, initiated by the European Environment Agency (EEA) to increase public awareness about Europe's environment and to promote public participation in sustainable development, has issued a call for entries for its 1997 competition.
The theme of the Award is Europe's environment and the challenge of sustainable development. Within that theme, entries (AV productions) should address one or more of the following issues: the challenge of sustainability; a project or a problem where sustainability is at stake; innovativeness in information about the move towards sustainability. Awards will be given in three categories: Documentary & Factual; Fiction; and Multi-media. Productions must not have been made public for the first time before January 1, 1996.
The competition is open to all sectors of the European audio-visual and publishing community: TV companies, independent producers, business and NGOs. Deadline for submissions is May 1, 1997. Contact: The Princes' Award Foundation c/o The European Environment Agency, Kongens Nytorv 6, DK-1050 Copenhagen K, Denmark.

By initiative of the World Bank and USAID, the REC is organizing in cooperation with ISAR a meeting of NGOs and major donors to take place May 10-14 in Szentendre.
During the meeting, NGOs from CEE and the NIS will have a chance to present to donors, including World Bank, USAID, Western governments, and foundations, the results of their work in the last five years and discuss strategies for future cooperation. One day of the meeting will be dedicated specifically to discussions between NGOs and the World Bank. The Bank has shown a strong interest in enhancing its cooperation with NGOs in the future.
Contact: Alexander Juras, e-mail: ajuras@rec.org or Betsy Hyman, e-mail: bhyman@rec.org.

... Sold! On March 13, the REC conference center was transformed into an auctioneers hall. The event brought out the bargain-hunters and philanthropists among the staff who vied for treasures untold. The items on offer were originally donated to the REC by the US Army last fall. Bids for some twenty musical instruments and related equipment brought in nearly USD 1,000 and the sale of the two vehicles - a Volkswagen van and a pick up truck - brought the total proceeds from the event to an estimated USD 5,000. The funds will be used towards the purchase of a new vehicle for the Center.

As the REC is now registered as an international organization on the Internet, staff e-mail addresses are changed as follows: the new addresses use the first initial of the individual's first name and the last (family) name, followed by @rec.org, for example to reach Executive Director Jernej Stritih, send e-mail to jstritih@rec.org. To reach the REC web site now, point your browser to http://www.rec.org.

No interactive Internet access? No problem. If you have e-mail, now you can get much of the information posted on the REC's Web site delivered to your e-mailbox. To access the service just send a blank e-mail message to: eod@rec.org. Soon you will receive a message explaining the available options.