Modules
Welcome and general introduction to national park Muranska Planina
Topic and description: The history and importance of the National park, natural resources management and sustainability, safety guidelines and code of conduct in mountaineous regions. Reintroduction programs
Location of the module: Classroom
Training provider: Dr. Eduard Stloukal & Katarina Necpalova, Rangers Park
Institution or University: Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia

Modern field work and specimen collection protocols
Topic and description: Biodiversity of the entomophagous parasite Strepsitera and their hosts (seven orders) in the NP Muranska Planina
Location of the module: classroom and field work
Training provider: Dr. Alexander Hayward
Institution or University: University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Topic and description: Hymenoptera: taxonomy, biology, phylogeny,preparation, collecting (especially flight interception traps: Malaise trap + variants, Schacht trap)
Location of the module: classroom and field work
Training provider: Dr.Ing. C.van Achterberg
Institution or University: National Museum of Natural History Naturalis, Leiden, Netherlands

Topic and description: Introduction to geo-referencing: how to use a GPS and maps for the collection and checking of georeference data
Location of the module: classroom and field work
Training provider: Bart Meganck
Institution or University: Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA), Tervuren, Belgium

Topic and description: Plant taxonomy and systematics covering all group of land plants (emphasis on cryptogams possible-phylogenetics-botanical field work-herbarium keeping-ecology-plant/fungus interaction)
Location of the module: classroom and field work
Training provider: Dr. Marcus Lehnert
Institution or University: State Museum for Natural History, Stuttgart, Germany

Topic and description: Collection management and basic taxidermy
Location of the module: classroom
Training provider: Garin Cael
Institution or University: Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA), Tervuren, Belgium

Topic and description: Georeferencing in the field and in the lab.Geotools
Location of the module: classroom and field work
Training provider: Pere Roca Ristol
Institution or University: Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, Spain

Topic and description: Introduction to field work with macromycetes (Fungi)
Location of the module: classroom and field work
Training provider: Dr. André Fraiture
Institution or University: National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Meise, Belgium

Topic and description: Diversity and taxonomy of the European chalcid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea)
Location of the module: classroom and field work
Training provider: Dr. Mircea-Dan Mitroiu
Institution or University: Alexandru Ioan Cuza Universtity, Romania

Topic and description: Identification of Diptera, Similiidae of Western Carpathians
Location of the module: classroom and field work
Training provider: Dr. Viera Stloukalova
Institution or University: Comenius University Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia

Topic and description: Mammalia of the Muranska Planina NP
Location of the module: classroom and field work
Training provider: Dr. David Ziak
Institution or University: Comenius University Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia

Topic and description: Birds of the Muranska Planina NP
Location of the module: classroom and field work
Training provider: Dr. Michal Balaz
Institution or University: Comenius University Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia

Topic and description: Georeferencing on the field and on the lab
Location of the module: classroom and field work
Training provider: Pere Roca Ristol
Institution or University: Museuo National Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, Spain

Opportunities for further and research in the field taxonomy
Topic and description: EU schemes and possibilities for students and research
Location of the module: classroom
Training provider: Dr. Vanessa Demanoff
Institution or University: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France

Biodiversity Inventories and monitoring
Topic and description: All taxa biodiversity Inventory and monitoring (ATBI + M) as a new approach for improving biodiversity management for protected areas
Location of the module: classroom
Training provider: Marta de Biaggi
Institution or University: Parco Regional Naturale Alpi Marittime, Cuneo, Italy

General introduction to the basic concepts of taxonomic theory and practice
Topic and description: Introduction to Taxonomy
Location of the module: classroom
Training provider: Dr. Christoph Hauser
Institution or University: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany

Documenting diversity
Topic and description: Tools and software for data recording
Location of the module: classroom
Training provider: Dr. Alexander Kroupa
Institution or University: Museum für naturkunde, Berlin, Germany

Topic and description: Electronic ID-keys: Xper²: training and example of magnagement system for description and free access identification key
Location of the module: classroom
Training provider: Dr. Régine Vignes
Institution or University: University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France