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Communication concerning Council Impleme...

Communication concerning Council Implementing Decision 2022/2056 on measures for the protection of the Union budget against breaches of the principles of the rule of law in Hungary

COST shall suspend cooperation with the Hungarian legal entities implied by the Council Decision 2022/2056. Please note that, as of 4 July 2023 and until further notice: Participation and eligibility of COST Action participants affiliated to Hungarian legal entities implied by the Council Decision shall be suspended for all COST Actions and COST activities. Therefore, […]

Programme for the International Freshwat...

Programme for the International Freshwater Bivalve Conference in Hof, Germany

We are very pleased to share the programme for the International Freshwater Bivalve Conference – “Conservation of freshwater pearl mussel in light of climate change and human pressures” – that will be held from the 26th of April to the 28th of April 2023 in Hof, Germany. The programme is available in PDF format below.

Location – Laufen, Germany

Day 1. Afternoon 1)      Introduction to the A2P process 2)      Review and discussion of planning information gathered so far: a.       Why plan for these species? b.       Who is our audience? c.       Threats to these species and obstacles to their conservation? Day 2. Morning 3)      Review and discussion of planning information gathered so far: a.       Conservation […]

Open Research Europe

Open Research Europe

We would like to inform you that COST Actions can now submit their scientific publications directly to Open Research Europe (ORE), the European Commission’s Open Access publishing platform for research stemming from Horizon Europe. Open Research Europe is an original publishing venue, like a journal, not a repository (where papers already published somewhere else are deposited). […]

Species mongraphs leads and the format h...

Species mongraphs leads and the format have been finally agreed

Species mongraphs leads and the format have been finally agreed. Each lead is taking things forward at their own pace. All participants of CONFREMUS network interested in contributing to the monographs are asked to contact the lead directly: P. complanata – David Aldridge or Jouni Taskinen U. pictorum – Slobodan U. tumidus – Adam Cmiel U. crassus […]

Ukraine and Georgia join COST

Ukraine and Georgia join COST

On 30-31 March 2022, representatives of the COST Members met under the auspices of the French Presidency of the Council of the EU in Paris. Following a unanimous decision, both Georgia and Ukraine join the COST family, which now has 40 full Members. Actions are encouraged to be inclusive with these new members and take […]

General meeting in Prague

General meeting in Prague

Due to Covid we have not met in-person since the general meeting in Brussels in 2020, which impedes our activities. To overcome that we would like to announce the joined meeting of Management Committee and Working Groups, devoted to PLAN ACTIVITIES during the two remaining years of our project (2022-23) and to brain storm on […]

PORTO meeting

PORTO meeting

Considering the unprecedented since 1939 war situation in Eastern Europe, impacting the whole continent, after consulting within the Core Group and task leaders, the in-person meeting has been cancelled, and an on-line meeting is proposed instead, considering that many of you have reserved this time for the COST activities. The Core Group will meet as […]

10th ESENIAS & DIAS Conference

10th ESENIAS & DIAS Conference

On behalf of the Organising Committee I am pleased to invite you to participate in the Anniversary Joint ESENIAS and DIAS Scientific Conference and 10th ESENIAS Workshop ‘Ten years of cooperation and networking on invasive alien species in East and South Europe’, which will be held on 07–09 December 2021. You can find the attached […]