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A second workshop, Pollution Prevention, was held from Nov. 10-13. The U.S. EPA facilitators were represented by Deborah Ahnlon and Jeuli Bartenstein, while the Hungarian team included Mag-osanyi Zsuzsanna (KTM), Nam Andrea (KTM), Szigel Ferenc (MOL Rt.) and Tetetleni Jozsef.
The last workshop in the series was Hazardous Waste Site Ranking, which started Dec. 7 and lasted four days. The course was described as a well-prepared and well-edited guide that is especially useful to anyone dealing with the present programs of Hungarian Ministry for Environment and Regional Policy. Many participants recommended that this course be delivered several more times in Hungary in the Hungarian language. The Hungarian team consisted of NGO, University and Government representatives: Csuja Laszlo (Air Workteam-NGO); Dr. Barkacs Katalin (ELTE University, Budapest); and Babcsany Ildiko and Pajer Monika , both from the Ministry of Environment. Facilitators from the EPA were Larry Zaragoza and Stephen Caldwell.
The traditional students summer ecological camp was the third of its kind and was organized by the Center for Environmental Training and Information (CETI) and Urals' State Technical University.
Approximately 80 students from universities around the Ural region took part in this camp. Different courses were delivered at the camp, including theoretical offerings, such as "The Economics for Environmental Decisionmaking."
But students were also involved in more hands-on environmental activity, such as cleaning the coast of Peschanoe Lake.
Students had the chance to get in closer contact with their teachers and teachers from other universities, as well as government officials.
The Center of Environmental Training and Information plans to deliver a fourth Traditional Students Summer Ecological Camp in the end of June this year. Participants from other countries are welcome.
Those involved said the first workshop has shown that participants had an urgent need for this kind of knowledge. The courses are the result of a recent agreement between DREVO and the Slovenian Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning. The workshop was meant to teach participants how to handle change. It also sought to show participants important fields that are frequently neglected in the environmental planning process.