A lovely city of Baia Mare which lies in northwest of Romania was hosting the September's SIMONA meeting.

The meeting which took place on 13th September was held at the premises of Technical University of Cluj Napoca. The participants were the members of Upper TISA Work group and they organised their 1st Workshop. They mainly discussed the details regarding sampling sites (e.g. exact location, measuring compounds and matrices, who is responsible for sampling) for Upper Tisa area. Professor Gheorghe Damian (RO-TUCN), who is leading this work group, emphasized the importance of finalising the selection of the 10 points for Upper Tisa together with the Romanian ASP (National Administration Romanian Waters).

The attendees were the members of Geological Survey of Slovenia (Slovenia), Szent István University (Hungary), National Agricultural Research and Innovation Centre (Hungary), State Geological Institute of Dionyz Stur (Slovakia), Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Institute (Ukraine), Tech.Uni. Of Cluj Napoca (Romania), North Uni. Center of Baia Mare (Romania), Tech.Uni. Of Cluj Napoca (Romania), North Uni. Center of Baia Mare (Romania), Tech.Uni. Of Cluj Napoca (Romania), North Uni. Center of Baia Mare (Romania), Tech.Uni. Of Cluj Napoca (Romania), North Uni. Center of Baia Mare (Romania); National Administration Romanian Waters (Romania), Suez University (Egypt) and ”Victor Gorduza” Mineralogy Museum, Baia Mare (Romania).