ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The coordinator of the HelloNet project, Stavroula Kartali, of the Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Greece, wishes to express her deepest thanks to everyone who helped in the various stages of this project.

            Many thanks to our liaisons, Eleni Kapelou from the TEI of Athens, Ana María Gimeno Sanz from the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Jose Antonio Costa Ideias from the Sociedade da Lingua Portuguesa in Lisbon, Ariella del Campo Cuk from 'Leader' in Trieste, Vladan Milisic from the University of Bordeaux, Laurence Wery from the University of Liege, and Marleen Coutuer, Valere Meus, Katrien Troubleyn and Eugene Roegiest from the University of Ghent and finally our printers A.  Amanatidou Co of Thessaloniki. We had their full support throughout the duration of the project and we thank them deeply for being so cooperative and enthusiastic.

            Our deepest thanks also go to Lefteris Papadopoulos, the famous writer of lyrics, for his piece about 'the Sea in Greek songs' that appears in the 'About Greece' section.

            We thank the Administration of our institution, Prof Stavros Hatzipetrou and Dr Stylianos Loannides, Presidents, Dr Ikonomidis and Dr Pavlos Karakoltsidis, Vice Presidents for their help and understanding as well as their continuous support during all stages of the project.

            Very deep thanks to the Lingua Bureau who believed in us, accepted our application and gave us the opportunity to work for such an ambitious and challenging project for the promotion of our language and culture.

            I thank deeply all those hard working people, members of the working team, for their devotion and act of responsibility in fulfilling their tasks. Every endeavor has been made to mention everyone who participated in the completion of this work and apologies are expressed for any omissions.