Training for the future: cooperation across Europe

From the 1990s onwards attention has frequently been drawn to the limited opportunities across Europe for education and practical training in aerial archaeology and other forms of remote sensing, and hence of their application and potential contribution to discovery, interpretation and conservation within the fields of heritage and landscape studies. Some of the steps taken in the last 15 years to improve this situation are outlined in the first part of this contribution. The second part then turns to future prospects within a recently commenced 5-year scheme of international cooperation within the Culture Programme of the European Union.