bridges vol. 10, Juni 2006 / Austrian EU Presidency

During the Austrian EU Presidency, the Office of Science & Technology (OST) at the Austrian Embassy in Washington, DC, hosted working group meetings for representatives of the EU Member States covering topics in the areas of Science and Technology, Health, Environment, and Energy and Education. As a continuation of the first report on the EU meetings on “Global Climate Change” and “Obesity and its Challenge to Public Health,” this article reports on the events discussed in “Innovative Approaches to Science Education” and “Internationalization of Higher Education.” Due to the editorial deadline of this issue of bridges, the closing event on “The Building of Tomorrow” will be covered in more depth in bridges vol. 11.