Mrs. E. Mouameletzi, Coordinator of the State Aid Unit, and Mrs. K. Sgouridou, member of the State Aid Unit, participated in a training programme concerning “State aid policy in the EU”, which was organized by the European Institute of Public Administration in cooperation with the National Centre for Public Administration and Local Government (EKDDA). The programme was held in Athens from the 22nd until the 26th of September 2008 and was addressed to the students of the National Centre for Public Administration and Local Government. The members of the State Aid Unit referred, respectively, to the Services of General Economic Interest and the General Block Exemption Regulation.