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ICSA Conference 2016 Announcement

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Codicts Team
  • September 16, 2015
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Announcement from the ICSA!

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION

The 12th International ICSA Conference will be held in Tamera, Portugal in July 2016

The official Tamera website for ICSA2016 is now operating: http://icsa.tamera.org/ Mail: ic**@****ra.org

ICSA Office: rs*******@******nt.net ICSA Website: www.communa.org.il/icsa

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