EAZA Academy

EAZA is committed to enhancing the professionalism of its member institutions through training opportunities. In the longer term it is planned to run, or facilitate the running of, a wide range of training courses under the banner of the EAZA Academy. At present the Academy exists in the form of the Basic and Advanced Breeding Programme Management courses. Breeding Programme Management Courses EAZA's breeding programmes are essential to ensuring that we have sustainable populations of species kept in zoos, including endangered species and species that are important for educational purposes. Each year the EAZA Executive Office organises training courses to help improve the running of our more than 340 breeding programmes. The courses offer an opportunity for those coordinating the EEPs (European Endangered speices Programmes) and keepers of ESBs (European Studbooks) to gain a deeper understanding of the genetics and demographics of the breeding programmes. For more information about the Breeding Programme Management Courses or to enquire about the possibility of your institution hosting a course, please contact William van Lint (william.van.lint[at]eaza.net). Basic Breeding Programme Management Course Small population management SPARKS Demographics Practicalities of running an EEP Introducing the web-based tools PM2000 Working procedures and EAZA structures Advanced Breeding Programme Management Course [syllabus to follow]

Classroom at EAZA Executive Office, Amsterdam Advanced Course, Vienna Dec '09

Most of the people listed below are either studbook keepers or EEP coordinators. For a full list of current breeding programmes and their respective coordinators visit the EAZA Activities section.

Basic Course Graduates	Advanced Course Graduates
22-26 February 2010 Adrian Harland (Howletts) Allan Galway (Belfast) Christiane Willard (Amsterdam) David Westlake (Paignton) Flemming Nielsen (Copenhagen) Harriet Good (Jersey) Harriet Whitford (Jersey) Helena  Olsson (Eskilstuna) Ian Goodwin (Marwell) Jo Gregson (Paignton) Laura Castellano (Genova) Lorenzo von Fersen (Nurnberg) Simon Jefferey (Howletts) Thomas Tikatsch (Frankfurt) Thomas Wilms (Frankfurt) Tobias Ehlert (Frankfurt)	8-11 December 2009 (Vienna) Brice Lefaux (Doue-Fontaine) Esmeralda Dols (Epe) Gerard Meijer (Rhenen) Gerd Notzold (Leipzig) Harald Schwammer (Vienna-zoo) Herwig Pucher (Vienna-zoo) Jo Cook (London) Louise Peat (Burford) Mark Pilgrim (Chester) Paula Holma (Helsinki) Sabine Fruewirth (Vienna-zoo) Volker Gruen (Duisburg)
16-20 November 2009 Arlete Sogorg (Lisboa-zoo) Baptiste Mulot (Beauval) Bridget Fry (Twycross) Cathy Pelsy (Thoiry) Cecile Dubois (Peaugrus) Cecile Erny (AFdPZ) Corinne Bos (Amsterdam) David Barclay (Edinburgh) Frederic Tardy (Sigean) Jean-Louis Liegeois (Les-Epesses) Jean-Pascal Guery (Romagne) Marianne Bilbaut (Sigean) Max Janse (Arnhem) Patricia Vilarinho (Lisboa-zoo) Ruben Holland (Frankfurt) Shelly Parkes (Marwell)

[previous graduates and more information will be added in due course]