Brussels, 23/11/2000 (Agence Europe) - In the framework of the educational demonstration netd@ys EUROPE 2000 (taking place from 20 to 27 November), the European Commission and the European Space Agency (ESA) invite, this Friday 24 November, between 9am and 12pm, students (from 7 to 17 years old) to take part in the Netd@ys discussion on the web site http://www.netd @ys2000.org. This "Question to space experts" project is a joint initiative by DG Education/Culture from the Commission and the ESA. Fifteen European experts will answer questions from students on a range of subjects, such as for example: is there life on Mars? How do you become an astronaut? How do we protect the Earth?
This joint initiative aims to emphasis an example of good practices calling upon new media, especially the Internet, as a tool for education, apprenticeship and discovery. As a reminder, "Netd@ys EUROPE 2000" is financed by five EU programmes: Socrates (education), Leonardo da Vinci (vocational training), Youth, Culture 2000 and Media. This year, a global aid of EUR 750,000 will be granted to 36 projects.