The Organisers

European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE)
URL: http://www.eaere.org 

The European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE) is a non-profit international scientific association which aims are: (a) to contribute to the development and application of environmental and resource economics as a science in Europe, (b) to encourage and improve communication between teachers, researchers and students in environmental and resource economics in the different European countries, (c) to develop and encourage cooperation between university level teaching institutions and research institutions in Europe. Founded in 1990, EAERE has over 400 members from Europe and beyond, from academic institutions, the public sector, and the private industry. Interests span traditional economics, agricultural economics, forestry, and natural resource economics. The aims of the Association are mainly accomplished by organising workshops, conferences, events, exhibitions, seminars, meetings, and discussions, by cooperating in editing professional journals, and by promoting postgraduate education for junior scholars. In particular, EAERE pursues its objectives through four main delivery mechanisms: EAERE annual Conferences, the annual European Summer School in Resource and Environmental Economics, the journal Environmental and Resource Economics (ERE) and the EAERE Newsletter.

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)
URL: http://www.feem.it

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei was founded by Eni and its major companies and recognised by the President of the Italian Republic in July 1989. It is a non-profit, non partisan research institute specialising in energy, environmental and development issues, on an international scale. The goal of the Fondazione is to promote interaction between researchers, industry and policy makers and, through research, to improve the rigour, credibility and quality of recommendations for public and private decision-making regarding energy and environmental issues.
The Fondazione's research agenda is approved by the Board of Directors, with the guidance of the Scientific Advisory Board.
In the execution of its various programmes, the Fondazione operates with its own staff as well as involving a world-wide network of outside researchers.
The main research areas are: (a) Climate Change Modelling and Policy; (b) Natural Resources Management; (c) Sustainability Indicators and Environmental Evaluation; (d) Knowledge, Technology, Human Capital; (e) Privatisation, Regulation, Antitrust; (f) Corporate Sustainable Management; (g) Voluntary and International Agreements.

Venice International University (VIU)
URL: http://www.univiu.org/ 

VIU is an association constituted by the following members: Cà Foscari University of Venice (Venice, Italy), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain), Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia (Venice, Italy), Ludwig Maximilians Universität (Münich, Germany), Duke University (Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A.), Tel Aviv University (Tel Aviv, Israel), Tsinghua University (Beijing, China), Waseda University (Tokyo, Japan), Boston College (Boston, U.S.A.), Tilburg University (Tilburg, The Netherlands), the Venice Foundation (Venice, Italy), the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Rome, Italy), the Ministero dell'Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio (Rome, Italy) and the Province of Venice (Venice, Italy). The aim of this International centre is to manage higher education and research centres on the San Servolo Island in Venice . VIU pursues its aim through the programming and promotion of undergraduate, graduate and continuing education and scientific research.

This activity is part of the ESS RESECON project, that has received funding from the European Community's Sixth Framework Programme, Marie Curie Actions - Human Resources and Mobility.
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