This second issue features articles about Venice & its Lagoon, UN initiatives and joint programming in the region, Science and Culture activities, and closes with a special feature on Pet Pals a 3-D animated series that raises awaressness on water issues. As usual the "In brief" page is dedicated to highlights, coming events and a back story. All articles are free of copyright and may be reproduced providing that the issue is credited.

IN THIS ISSUE :

HEADLINES pages 2 & 3

The Future of Venice & its Lagoon
Venice Lagoon : Model & Land use Planning

SCIENCE page 4 & 5

Ministerial Round Table on Science & Higher Education
UNESCO-CERN Partnership
Science Policy Series
ESOF 2010. Euroscience Open Forum
Quantity Field Theory & Hamiltonian Systems
Awards & Courses

CULTURE page 6 & 7

Second World Conference for Dialogue among Religions & Civilizations
Sixth Ministerial Conference on Cultural Heritage in South East Europe
Annual Experts Seminar of Experts on Intangible Cultural Heritage
Ciak Junior 2010

UN JOINT INITIATIVES  pages 8 & 9

Interfaith & Intercultural Dialogue

SPECIAL FEATURE page 10

H2Ooooh!
Pet Pals raise awareness about Water issues

IN BRIEF page 11

Upcoming Maremetraggio 2010
BackStory

Director of Publication: Engelbert Ruoss; Editor: Rosanna Santesso; Web/Graphic Editor : Anne Ajoux

Graphic theme : IBD Studios. Front cover picture and page top corner captions based upon : nasa.gov - Global Rotation showing Seasonal Landcover and Arctic Sea Ice