It has probably been passed here the basic information on the birth of this Association
http://www.epws.org/
I just take the opportunity to come again on this initiative in the occasion of the following job vacancy announcement:
Project Manager "Fund Raising", Brussels (Deadline: 28 July)
The following is most interesting:
"The project within the 6th Framework Programme has a duration of 28 months and a volume of 2 million EUR. It is understood that this is seed money and that one of the objectives of the formative phase is to build a permanent and sustainable structure, i.e. to secure the existence of the Platform beyond the project phase."
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