All institutions which are interested in hosting one of these two world congresses are kindly requested to contact the OCMES-Secretariat and to provide the following information:

- Name and address of the institution; persons responsible for the organisation of the World Congress;
- Previous experience in hosting conferences;
- Proposed location of WOCMES (accessibility and distance to nearest international airport, availability of lecture halls for 20 - 25 parallel sessions and 1500 - 2000 participants);
- Accommodation (number of hotel rooms close to the WOCMES location, range of hotel prices, availability of low-cost accommodation for students);
- Financial matters (expected registration fee; prospects of financial support from public sources or private institutions; chance to get reduced air fares; availability of travel grants for low-income paper presenters);
- Proposed date of WOCMES (taking into consideration regular major conferences on the Middle East, holiday seasons, start and end of university terms, major religious festivities, weather conditions);
- Possibility to arrange an attractive program of cultural events and sightseeing tours.

Please send this information to wocmes@geo.uni-mainz.de before 10 January 2003.