The Sendzimir Foundation (TSF) has recently been established in the United States with the mission to support ecological management, education and research in Poland. The TSF was created at the request of Tadeusz and Berthe Sendzimir to contribute to solving environmental problems in Poland. In the last decade Dr. Sendzimir has supported research into new practices for cleaning mine waste waters in Silesia, but the TSF is also commited to supporting the development of ecological, economic and political theory as they apply to ecology. The TSF is starting a new initiative this year to stimulate understanding and practice of some of the current best environmental decision and management systems, specifically those developed by C.S. Holling and Carl Walters called Adaptive Environmental Assessment and Management (AEAM). If you are not yet familiar with AEAM then please click here to find pointers to selected references and Web links.

To promote this initiative the TSF is sponsoring an opportunity for Polish scientists and professionals to learn about and discuss AEAM, particularly as it might be applied to real problems in Poland. Dr. Lance Gunderson will run a three day workshop on AEAM theory and practice at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Laxenburg, Austria on 19-21 June 1997. Dr. Gunderson has been working with Drs. Holling and Walters for over seven years and has applied the AEAM process in the Everglades ecosystem in Florida and the Upper Mississippi River Basin in Minnesota.

The TSF is currently seeking applicants to attend this workshop. The TSF will support all travel, food and lodging costs associated with the workshop. The following information is provided to assist applicants in making proposals to the TSF to support their particpation in this new initiative.

Candidate Profile:
The TSF seeks people in Poland with university training who work as professionals in fields associated with ecology. Broadly the TSF is interested in professionals who are involved with environmental management problems. Of particular interest are those who work both with theory and with practical applications in the development of new strategies for solving environmental problems. The ideal candidate would be a professional with strong training in an area, such as ecology, economics or political science, who is capable of working with inter-disciplinary teams. However, those with strong qualifications in a field who are interested in beginning work in inter-disciplinary problem solving are encouraged to apply.

Application:
People who would like to apply should send information following the format below to The Sendzimir Foundation at the address below.
Since no applications will be accepted after April 15th, candidates are encouraged to send applications by email, fax or telephone.
Participation will be kept to a small group (maximum 15) to facilitate communication, so the TSF will select a single representative of any current working group.
If there are any questions please direct inquiries to Jan Sendzimir:
jan@zoo.ufl.edu

Information needed when applying for funding to participate in the AEAM workshop:

• Curriculum Vita
• Brief (less than 300 words) descriptions of the following:
  1. What is the particular strength of your group in terms of the theory or the practical applications which you research and what your group or department/institute does.
  2. The kind of environmental problems which you research and what your group does(please include publications list as well as a list of reports and projects. Many management projects do not provide material which is easy to publish, so project descriptions are useful here).
  3. How you plan to apply inter-disciplinary approaches like AEAM to your work.

Address of The Sendzimir Foundation:
Mail: 562 NorthEast 2nd Avenue, Gainesville, Florida 32601
Tel.: 352-373-7567
Fax: 352-335-8521
jan@zoo.ufl.edu

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