At its meeting, the Network decided to set up task forces to organize collaborative, multidisciplinary research for budding talents from around the world. The students and their teachers will be able to take part in international exchanges, submit their research programmes for evaluation and join a ‘network of networks’ involving not only themselves and their teachers but also their mentors, parents, organizers, sponsors and all other interested parties. A Student Board is also to be established to allow the young scientists to organize themselves.

Last week’s meeting on Lake Balaton in Hungary was co-sponsored by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, UNESCO and the European Molecular Biology Organization. The European Union was represented by Begona Arrao, the European Academy of Sciences and Arts  by Gilbert Fayl and UNESCO by Julia Hasler.

For details, contact the Network of Youth Excellence http://www.nyex.info

or Julia Hasler j.hasler@unesco.org