Announcement and Call for papers International Conference CITIZENS AND GOVERNANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CIGSUD'2006 28-30 September 2006 Vilnius, Lithuania at Mykolas Romeris University http://www.mii.lt/CIGSUD Organized by: Baltic Ecological Information Dissemination System (BEIDS) National Commission on Sustainable Development of Lithuania Mykolas Romeris University Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Institute of Mathematics and Informatics The Conference Proceedings will be published in the book of the Series Environmental Education, Communication and Sustainability, printed by Peter Lang GmbH, Germany. The papers strongly selected from those presented in the CIGSUD will be published in a special issue of a top-rated Journal Ekologija (referenced in the ISI list, ISSN: 0235-7224) Guidlines for paper preparation and on-line system for registration, abstracts and papers submission please find at the Conference web site http://www.mii.lt/CIGSUD . SCOPE AND TOPICS Objective of the conference is to encourage and facilitate interdisciplinary communications putting emphasis on those areas that will give most benefit for the appreciation of the state of-the-art sustainability methodology, tracking links for knowledge-based and economic technologies. We invite those interested in the following topics to overview trends and to gain a common attitude towards: - Development of governance patterns to achieve sustainable development; - Mobilizing citizens and business for sustainable development; - Education for sustainable development; - Information communication technologies for sustainable development; - New approaches for risk management, unsustainability recognition; - Intelligent decision support systems in assessing sustainable development; - Globalization and cultural identity issues; - Changes of values towards sustainable development. Contributions on other topics of sustainability theory and practice are also welcome. INTRODUCTION Sustainable development requires economic, environmental and social policies to be designed and implemented in a mutually reinforcing way. This implies a need for a new management thinking to improve policy coherence and increasing the role of knowledge in the formulation and implementation of policies as well as better communication with public society and business. Sustainable development should not be conceived as an additional requirement but as overarching principle, which governs the development processes. Conference CIGSUD provides a forum for researchers, politicians and the public and business sectors to encourage the integration of economics, ecology, management and social policies into a interdisciplinary aimed at developing a sustainable world. Specific research areas include ecological modeling, ecological limits to growth, climate change, biodiversity, valuation of natural capital, and eco-tax reform as well as knowledge based policies, cross-sectional and multi-level co-ordination, participatory decision-making, etc. CIGSUD continues discussing the issues of Vilnius Conferences on Sustainable Development (www.mii.lt/SDIS, www.mii.lt/SIID-2003). CIGSUD will give an opportunity for an efficient dialogue between researchers, politicians and the public and business sectors. Researchers as well as practice working with related aspects of governance and sustainable development are invited to take part in the CIGSUD. CONFERENCE VENUE Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, becomes one of the most beautiful cities in Central and Eastern Europe. It stretches along both banks of the fast flowing Neris River and is situated among hills and pine forests. Vilnius is a very old city indeed, and its Old Town with beautiful buildings in the late Gothic and Renaissance style merits to be explored. CONFERENCE LOCATION The conference will be held at Mykolas Romeris University by the address: Ateities str. 20, LT-08303 Vilnius, LITHUANIA Tel: +370-5 271 46 47, Fax: +370-5 267 60 00, +370-5 2714522 E-mail: roffice@mruni.lt http://www.mruni.lt IMPORTANT DATES 15 April, 2006 - Registration and abstract submission 10 May, 2006 - Paper submission for Proceedings 10 July, 2006 - Notification of acceptance of the papers 28-30 September, 2006 - CIGSUD'2006 Conference You are invited to submit papers for conference proceedings according to the topics. Deadline for submission of the final papers to the top-rating Journal: November 10, 2006 . SUPPORTING INSTITUTIONS United Nations Department of Economic & Social Affairs United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization (UNESCO) United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) United Nations Development Program (UNDP) European Association of Operational Research Societies European Working Group on HUman Centered Processes (EWG HCP) ICSC World Laboratory Lithuanian Branch Baltic 2I Baltic University Programme ICSC World Laboratory Lithuanian Branch Lithuanian State Foundation for Education& Research Agency for International Science & Technology Development Programmes in Lithuania Vilnius University Kaunas University of Technology Ministry of Education and Science of Lithuania Ministry of Environment of Lithuania Ministry of Interior Vilnius Municipality STEERING COMMITTEE Prof. Sergey Aivazian (CEMI, Russia) Prof. Eugenia Aloj (Sannio University, Italy) Mr. Guido Bertucci (DESA, United Nations, NY, USA) Prof. Raimond Bissdorf (EURO, Luxemburg) Mrs. Ina Marciulionyte (UNESCO, Lithuania) Prof. Alvydas Pumputis (MRU, Lithuania) Dr. Remigijus Motuzas (Minister of Education and Science, Lithuania) - Chairman Dr. Arunas Kundrotas (Minister of Environment, Lithuania) Prof. Arnolds Ubelis (Ryga University, Latvia) PROGRAMME COMMITTEE Prof. Laima Liucija Andrikiene (European Parliament, Lithuania) Dr. Dale Bardauskiene (Vilnius Municipality, Lithuania) Dr. Valdis Bisters (Ministry of Environment, Latvia) Prof. Willem K. Brauers (UA, Belgium) Prof. Marija Burinskiene (VGTU, Lithuania) Prof. Remigijus Ciegis (VU KFH, Lithuania) Dr. Cihan Sultan-Oglu (UN Development Programme) Prof. Bernd Delakowitz (HSZG, Germany) Prof. Suhrit K.Dey (EIU, USA) Prof. Dale Dzemydiene (MRU, Lithuania) Prof. Walter Leal Filho (BEIDS, Germany) Co-Chairman Prof. Gabrielle Antille Gaillard (UG, Switzerland) Dr. Laima Galkute (VU, Lithuania) Prof. Nikolaj Ivanov (BSTU, Russia) Prof. Romualdas Juknys (VMU, Lithuania) Prof. Paulius Kavaliauskas (VU, Lithuania) Dr. Anne Kerr (UNDSD, USA) Prof. Linas Kliucininkas (KTU, Lithuania) Prof. Kirill Kondratyev (RCES, Russia) Prof. Paula Lindros (AU, Finland) Prof. Beate Koch (MU, Germany) Prof. Egidijus Kurapka (MRU, Lithuania) Co-Chairman Dr. Raimundas Mockeliunas (Ministry of Science and Education, Lithuania) Dr. Romas Pakalnis (NCSD of Lithuania) Prof. Vygandas Paulikas (MRU, Lithuania) Dr. Tatyana Polayeva (TTU, Estonia) Prof. Lars Ryden (BUP, Sweden) Prof. Zenonas Rudzikas (LAS, Lithuania) Prof. Leonidas Sakalauskas (IMI, Lithuania) Prof. Vsevolod Shakin (RAS, Russia) Prof. Jurgis Staniskis (KTU, Lithuania) Prof. Norbert Thom (Bern University, Switzerland) Prof. Rimantas Vaitkus (MRU, Lithuania) Prof. Edmundas Zavadskas (VGTU, Lithuania) Prof. Wita Woitkowski (BSU, USA) (To be continued) ORGANIZING COMMITEE Vaida Bartkute (IMI, Lithuania) Juergen Becker (BEIDS, Germany) Dr. Vidimantas Bumelis (AISTD Programmes in Lithuania) Dr. Vitalijus Denisovas (KU, Lithuania) Prof. Dale Dzemydiene (MRU, Lithuania) Prof. Lina Juskeviciene (MRU, Lithuania) Prof. Imantas Lazdinis (MRU, Lithuania) Dorte Krahn (BEIDS, Germany) Saule Maciukaite-Zvyniene (MRU, Lithuania) Virginijus Marcinkevicius (IMI, Lithuania) Dr. Saulius Maskeliunas (IMI, Lithuania) Dr.Romas Pakalnis (NCSD of Lithuania) Prof. Vitalija Rudzkiene (MRU, Lithuania) Prof. Leonidas Sakalauskas (IMI, Lithuania) Co-Chairman Prof. Valentinas Skarzauskas (VGTU, Lithuania) Claudia Schultz (BEIDS, Germany) Prof. Rimantas Vaitkus (MRU, Lithuania) Chairman Dr. Evaldas Vebra (Ministry of Environment, Lithuania) CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT CIGSUD'2006 Institute of Mathematics and Informatics Akademijos str. 4, Vilnius LT 08663, LITHUANIA Fax: +3705 2729209, Tel.: +3705 2109323, +37068563352 E-mail: CIGSUD@ktl.mii.lt http://www.mii.lt/CIGSUD