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9 December

• Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences RBINS
  The Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences (RBINS) contributes by addressing the ecological impacts of its own activities, enhancing the biodiversity-friendly management of the green areas around its buidlings and by providing scientific support to public and private institutions and bodies involved in the management of biodiversity. The Institute also works towards the establishment of a national business and biodiversity initiative and, in cooperation with the Belgian Directorate-General for Development Cooperation fosters the implementation of biodiversity-related conventions in developing countries.
  More information: http://www.countdown2010.net/partnerid?id=257

1 December

• “Museum Literacy” Project: Tarjeting publics with low educational level
  Project meeting and seminar Manchester, 2-4 November 2009
  The Manchester Museum hosted the fourth on Museum Literacy (MUSLI) project and seminar meeting from 2 to 4 November. A two-day seminar focused on case studies identified so far in this European project financed by the Grundtvig Learning Programme. The third day was dedicated to visits to Manchester’ Museum of Science and Industry and the Imperial War Museum North.
  More information: http://www.encatc.org/pages/index.php?id=57

• Interview with MUSLI Project Coordinator Nicoletta Gazzeri, Fodazione Fitzcarraldo, Turin
  Nicoletta Gazzeri works for Fondazione Fitzcarraldo in Turin as a researcher and training manager. Much of her work currently focuses on training projects on audience development in museums, volunteering in museums, and museums quality standards. She coordinates the MusLi project.
  More information: http://www.encatc.org/pages/index.php?id=57

• Culturebusiness: Social responsibility and cultural sponsorship. Communicating The Museum, Paris (France) 10-11 December 2009
  Culture Business, the international meeting point for arts sponsorship professionals, is hosting our second event, on 10 December 2009 at the Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine in Paris. This year, we will build on the outcomes of last year with new innovations and fresh ideas. Our first forum last year was a resounding success. 200 professionals from all over Europe and the United States formed the first international network of sponsorship and culture experts. CultureBusiness was a meeting point between cultural institutions and sponsoring companies sharing their expectations and constructing a new dialogue based on listening to and respecting each other's values. Our delegates enjoyed the international dimension of the forum and the quality and diversity of presentations, including major cultural and sponsorship organisations like the Royal Opera House, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and Tate in London, the Palais de Tokyo and Crédit Agricole in Paris and BMW in Munich.
  This year, we will discuss Corporate Social Responsibility exploring how funders are becoming more socially responsible in the current climate. We want to ensure that every moment of the conference is an opportunity to gain a better understanding of fundraising exchange ideas and network. We hope you will be inspired by the discussions and presentations but also leave with practical solutions to help you develop your projects. This year, more than ever before, we need to find ways of making a difference to our organisations. CultureBusiness is dedicated to helping you achieve this.
  More information: http://www.culturebusiness.fr/

• Launch of UK partnership between CBD and the Natural History Museum
  More than 250 guests attended the launch event at the Natural History Museum on 25 November. The guests heard Dr Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity press for an urgent response to halt the current unprecedented loss of species. As governments fail to meet targets set to stem biodiversity loss after the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, Djoghlaf warns that there is a lack of urgency in their actions. In October 2010, governments will set new targets for the decade ahead. During the evening celebrity guests and partners were asked what biodiversity means to them and what they hope the International Year for Biodiversity will achieve.
  More information: http://www.biodiversityislife.net/?q=node/234