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The end of 2008 has been prolific for D-O-T participation in relevant European and International events and forums:

• On Nov 30 Gabriel Rissola (D-O-T Director) co-organised and moderated the Workshop eInclusion: role of large Third Sector organizations - W2 as part of the programme of activities for the European Ministerial e-Inclusion Conference & Expo 2008 held in Vienna last Nov 30-Dec 2, which was the concluding event of the 2008 e-Inclusion: Be Part of It! campaign
  
• On Dec 3 Gabriel Rissola spoke at the Iberoamerican Forum which was part of the programme of the Online Educa Berlin 2008, the fourteenth International Conference on Technology Supported Learning & Training that took place in Berlin from December 3-5 and is probably the most important e-Learning fair in the world. In the same event, due to Gabriel's collaboration with FAO/UN  since many years, he also participated to the Technology Supported Learning in the United Nations System seminar.
  
• On Dec 17-19 Andrea Díaz (Education & Culture responsible @ D-O-T)  and Gabriel Rissola attended the kick-off meeting of the Learninc project in Istanbul. This project aims at developing a solution of integrated vocational training and business creation in order to help European countries to cope with the common challenge of sustainable urban economic revitalisation mainly supporting micro-clustering processes and new business start up in Historical Centres (partners from Spain, Italy, Greece, Austria, Poland, Romania and Turkey, it will end in Dec 2010).