E M T C  N E T W O R K

The first group is formed by the leading environmental training institutions. This is a limited number of training institutions who play the key role in delivering environmental training in their countries. These institutions receive all project products and services free of charge. At present, there are 13 institutions in 10 CEE countries.

The second group consists of individual trainers, facilitators, course designers, training experts, and other interested individuals regardless of their institutional affiliation. Currently, up to 100 individuals from all around Central and Eastern Europe enjoy the benefits of membership in the EMTC Network which will be available to them free of charge until August 1996. After that, a fee will be introduced to recover the costs.

To fulfill its mission, the EMTC Network is working in the following four key project areas:

• Providing information
• Increasing visibility
• Facilitating exchange of experience and expertise
• Initiating international projects

List of current products and services In 1996, the current list of EMTC Network products and services expanded to include the following:

1. Providing Information
   1. Training, Management, Funding - as a continuation of the electronic Friday News, this service is an improved and expanded tool to transfer relevant training, management, and funding information to both groups of beneficiaries. The leading environmental training institutions receive all information immediately through the existing electronic Bulletin Board or fax, individuals are being mailed regularly on a monthly basis.
   2. Insight - this quarterly newsletter will provide features, interviews, and columns on environmental training, trends, institutions, techniques and new developments in Central and Eastern Europe. First 8 page will expand to a professional publication for environmental trainers.

2. Increasing Visibility
   1. Internet services - this expanded version of a service already available in 1995 provides the most pertinent information on the EMTC Network and each member institution.
   2. EMTCNET Digest - this is a monthly 2-4 page electronic e-mail newsletter distributed to a large number of EMTC Network partners and donors, informing about the news and exciting developments within the EMC Network an reporting on the activities of the member institutions.

3. Exchanging Experience and Expertise
   1. EMTC Network Workshops - special meetings organized every six months for the leading environmental training institutions in Central and Eastern Europe to discuss priority issues.
   2. Environmental Training Conference - an annual environmental training feast to exchange experience and expertise among environmental training professionals in Central and Eastern Europe, is tentatively scheduled for the end of 1996.
   3. The Forum - this service provides the necessary platform for effective exchange of experience and expertise among the members. As the main vehicle, the existing electronic Bulletin Board is being used for the member institution, and a hard copy version is distributed to the individual members on a monthly basis.
   4. Who's Who in Environmental Training in CEE - will be a directory of the EMTC Network members and will be published annually. The very first one is scheduled to appear in December 1996.

4. Initiating International Projects
   1. Partners - this service includes assisting member institutions in identifying suitable partners and facilitating international contacts which could result in new projects.
   2. Projects - this special service will focus on identifying needs, securing funding, initiating and coordinating the implementation of training research and development projects involving member institutions as subcontractors or subgrantees, and individual members as experts.