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1. Funding
Opportunities
2. Announcements
and Upcoming Events
- International Youth Leadership Conference,
July 20-25th, & July 27-August 1st, 2003 , Prague
Application deadline : as soon as possible - Training Course: EUROPE ON THE INTERNET
3-4 April 2003, Maastricht , the Netherlands
Application deadline: March 10, 2003 - International open space training
May 25 - 30, 2003, Weimar, Germany
Application deadline: March 15, 2003 - FOURTH INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE "INVESTMENTS IN THE FUTURE 2003"
September 25 - 26, 2003 , Varna, Bulgaria
Application deadline: March 15, 2003 - Growing Your Organization: A Workshop on Financial Sustainability for NGOs
April 5-9, 2003, Borovets, Bulgaria
Application deadline: March 21, 2003 - Second Black Sea Youth Congress 2003 - "Corporate Social Responsibility for creating safe and stable future!"
May 9-11, 2003, Sofia, Bulgaria
Application deadline: March 24, 2003 - Call for Papers: Competitiveness of National Economies and the Efficient Economic Integration into the EU
September 19-21 2003, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Application deadline: March 28, 2003 - European Connection Conference (ECC) 2003 "Global Governance: The European Union, a model for the world!?"
April 28- May 3, 2003, Maastricht, the Netherlands
Application deadline: March 31, 2003 - Conference on Academic and Student Exchange in Europe
May 22-25, 2003, Zagreb, Croatia
Application deadline: April 15, 2003 - Working in international teams - Training course
June 2- 16, Bonn, Germany
Application deadline: April 22, 2003 - 4th International Information Communication Technologies in Education
July 3-5, 2003,Samos Island, Greece
Application deadline: April 30, 2003 - Call for papers : The Fourth International Conference of the Research Project "Triplex Confinium"
March 25-26, 2004, Padua, Italia
Application deadline: May 31st, 2003 - Call for LGI Research Interns
Fall-Winter 2003-2004, Budapest, Hungary
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Global Greengrants Fund
Application deadline: on-going
Global Greengrants Fund supports grassroots groups working for environmental justice and sustainability around the world. Our grants help fund grassroots action in some of the world's most despoiled and impoverished places where other sources of support often are not available. We believe that that grassroots groups are key to solving some of the world's most intractable problems and halting the cycle of poverty, powerlessness and environmental devastation. We make grants of $500 to $15,000 to grassroots groups in some of the world's most despoiled and impoverished places where other sources of support often are not available. Since our first grant in 1991, Greengrants has made more than 600 grants to groups in more than 60 countries.
More information: www.greengrants.org
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Global Fund for Women announces
Grants to Improve Women's Human Rights
Application deadline: ongoing
The Global Fund supports organizations which demonstrate a clear commitment to women's equality and female human rights; show concern about the way women are viewed and view themselves in society; are governed and directed by women; consist of a group of women working together (requests from individuals are not accepted); and are based outside of the United States. The Global Fund receives over 2,000 proposals and makes about 350-400 grants per year (grants are ranging from $500 to $15000). Due to this volume, it takes 4-6 months to review a request. Women's groups may apply for a grant by reading grant criteria and responding to application guidelines or by sending a letter providing information about the group, its work, its financial resources and needs, and the specific grant request.
More information: htt!
p://www.globalfundforwomen.org/
Phone: (415) 202-7640
Fax: (415) 202-8604
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Irish Peace Essay Competition
Application deadline: March 18, 2003
The competition for 2003 focuses on how an open society can contribute to the peace and reconciliation in conflicts throughout the globe. The Irish Peace Institute Essay Contest is open to all students who are interested in the themes of peace building and conflict resolution with a contribution to a free and virtuous society, regardless of religious denomination, affiliation or identity. Undergraduate and Postgraduate and students are welcome to submit an essay. Applicants are asked to submit a scholarly paper, op-editorial, article (published or unpublished), or treatise. The paper should expound on the themes of an 'open society' and conflict resolution with a particular focus on how an opens society can contribute to peaceful reconciliation of conflict. Award: EUR 1,000 for 1st place (special recognition 2nd & 3rd). 1st, 2nd & 3rd will be published on the Irish Peace Institute's Web site.
More information: matthew.cannon@ul.ie
Fax: +353 61 202572
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"Policies for Culture" programme - Call for proposals for innovative cultural policy projects
Application deadline: April 7, 2003
Policies for Culture supports the independent cultural sector (artists, cultural managers, producers, researchers, cultural organisations and other cultural professionals) and policy makers (ministries, cultural authorities and administrations, parliamentarians, local governments, city councils, municipalities, etc.) in the development of new policies and innovative strategies for culture together. Policies for Culture seeks active cooperation with pilot projects promoting a “ participative policy-making” approach by establishing a real working dialogue between cultural operators and the policy makers in their countries, regions, cities and municipalities.
Successful Policies for Culture action projects shall:
- raise awareness and understanding of the cultural sector's role in developing cultural
policies and strategies;
- encourage and support the cultural sector to become involved in developing cultural policies
and strategies;
- (re-)define current mechanisms of cultural policy-making by developing cooperation with
policy makers;
- establish real working platforms and sustainable dialogue between the cultural sector and
policy makers;
- embed in practice the concrete outcomes of this dialogue by setting up new structures
(information agencies, advisory bodies, cultural councils, lobbying forums, etc.) and
strengthening the existing infrastructure;
- develop lobbying and advocacy initiatives of the cultural sector towards policy making
institutions (parliament, ministry, public authorities on central and local level);
- contribute to developing and disseminating practical expertise and theoretical knowledge in
the field of cultural policy development in their local, national and regional environment;
Selected projects will be offered financial support and active cooperation with the Policies for
Culture programme. Within a close project partnership Policies for Culture will provide its knowledge and expertise available through the programme's network and its practical experience in South East Europe. This partnership will significantly increase impact and visibility of the supported initiatives on local, national and regional level. Successful examples of action projects can be consulted on the programme web page.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must be non-profit making and non-governmental organisations located in Albania, Bosnia- Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro or Serbia. Policies for Culture projects must be structured around the central issues of the programme namely participative policy-making, establishing a working dialogue, setting up new structures for the policy-making process, lobbying, developing and disseminating expertise and knowledge, etc.
Applications have to address these issues in the framework of innovative and exploratory pilot initiatives. Projects must be implemented between June and December 2003 and should preferably be developed in structural and financial cooperation and partnership with other organisations and policy-making institutions (parliament, ministries, local government, local authorities and administrations, etc.)! Financial support requested from Policies for Culture should not exceed a total amount of EUR 7500.
More information: www.ecumest.ro
www.policiesforculture.org
ecumest@pcnet.ro, oana.radu@ecumest.ro
Tel/fax: 40-21-21 22 100
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Irish Peace Institute Essay Contest
University of Limerick
Crossing Boundaries / Bremen Peace Award of the Threshold Foundation
Application deadline: April 30 and May 30, 2003
In 2003 three awards with 5000 Euro each will be given in the following categories:
A: The Unknown Peace Worker
B: Initiatives with a special commitment for justice, peace and integrity of creation in 2002/2003
C: Single persons (journalists, politicians, academics etc), which have considerably influenced the public debate about justice, peace, and integrity of creation.
Award for the Unknown Peace Worker
This category targets at little known, small initiatives/projects, but also at committed single persons working in the fields above with special emphasis for unconventional initiatives at the grassroots level of peace work. In this category the Threshold plans (beside the award money for one of the nominated persons/initiatives) an additional publication of a limited number of particularly convincing projects taken from the overall amount of nominations in a brochure of the Threshold.
Award for Exemplary Initiatives
In this category we seek for initiatives or organizations with exemplary commitment for the aims of the Threshold Peace Award described above.
Award for public contributions for justice, peace and integrity of creation
In this category an award will be given to persons in the public, who have shown sustainable and courageous commitment for peace and justice, like journalists or academics but also politicians or artists, regardless of their nationality.
More information: Luber@dieschwelle.de
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Regional Youth Grants Fund - Allavida
Application deadline: May 1 2003
This grants fund was launched in November 2002, and covers the following territories: Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania and Serbia.
The fund's objective is to promote regional partnership-building and the transfer of skills and knowledge, and above all to encourage links between organisations at grass-roots level which have not had access to cross-border opportunities.
This is a programme concerned with long-term development issues - creating and enhancing capacities for young people to play greater roles as active citizens. We do not provide huge financial resources or seek to create structures that cannot be sustained, but instead are working to enable participants to secure local constituencies of support, public and private, at a realistic level.
More information: http://www.allavida.org/youth.htm
info@allavida.org
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International Youth Leadership Conference,
July 20-25th, & July 27-August 1st, 2003 , Prague
Application deadline : as soon as possible
Attention all students between the ages of 18-24: We would like to formally invite you to Prague this upcoming summer holiday to participate in the 5th International Youth Leadership Conference. Join 150 fellow students from all over the world in a fun week-long forum on the future of world leadership and international relations. Conference dates are: July 20-25, 2003 and July 27-August 1, 2003.
All applications must be submitted online. Once submitted, you can expect to receive an email confirmation from us within 2-3 days that your application has been properly received.
More information : http://www.czechleadership.com
applications@czechleadership.com
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Training Course: EUROPE ON THE INTERNET
3-4 April 2003, Maastricht , the Netherlands
Application deadline: March 10, 2003
This is a new practical training course to help those who in their work need to find information about the institutions and policies of the European Union and the wider Europe. The course will demonstrate that it is possible to quickly and efficiently find a great deal of useful substantive information on the internet, in official as well as unofficial sources. The information covered will include legislation, case law, sources for keeping up-to-date, policies, contact information, sources of finance, bibliographical information, country information and search techniques.
The course will consist of a number of demonstrations of the most useful web sites, followed after each demonstration by opportunities for participants to develop hands-on expertise by answering some straightforward questions using the websites demonstrated. As an optional part of the course after lunch on the second day, participants will have the opportunity to compile a list of key information sources on the web in an area relevant to their work or interests under the guidance of the trainers.
The training course will be held in English. The number of participants will be limited to 25 maximum.
More information: http://www.eipa.nl
Ms Joyce Groneschild, Programme Organiser : j.groneschild@eipa-nl.com
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International open space training
May 25 - 30, 2003, Weimar, Germany
Application deadline: March 15, 2003
The training has three parts. All take place in the open space-format.
The first part is a full open space including finding the theme, identifying and working the issues, documenting results and planning next steps. You will experience yourself as a participant in open space, a key prerequisite of getting into the spirit and methodology of this technology.
The second part is an "open space on open space" for reflection and learning on the method and the "nuts and bolts" of open space against the backdrop of what you just experienced.
The third part is an open space on the role of the facilitator. This open space will be facilitated by participants.
Self organized reflection, reading and studying will be supported by an open space-"library", an open space-"cinema" with videos and CDs and an open space-workshop to put together your own handbook.
As the training progresses questions and answers are gathered for ongoing discussion and dialogue.
To sum up, the training is about 90% experiential, self organized learning in the open space mode, 5% coaching, 5% discussion and dialogue, 0% lecture, 0% case studies, pretty much 0% boredom and pretty close to100% fun. Participation, board and lodgings are free. Travel expenses are not reimbursed
More information: zirkel@ejbweimar.de, Ms Katrin Zirkel
Phone: + 49 36 43 82 71 06
Fax: + 49 36 43 82 71 11
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FOURTH INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE "INVESTMENTS IN THE FUTURE 2003"
September 25 - 26, 2003 , Varna, Bulgaria
Application deadline: March 15, 2003
CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES:
- To extend the possibilities for exchanging of opinions and attitudes to the live questions of the country economy development.
- To provide an opportunity to the scientific community to meet and discuss their experience and achievements in order to enhance the cooperation towards an improved investment policy.
- Based on the contemporary strategies and trends, to generate ideas and proposals the development of the economy and thus to give an assistance to the institutions in the decision making process and laying down the country investment policy.
CONFERENCE TOPICS:
А) Investments and investment policy
В) Strategic management, competitiveness and market policy
С) Innovation policy
D) Information technologies
E) Human resources and environment protection
F) Standardization and quality
More information: http://www.nts.tea.bg/
nts@nts.varna.net
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Growing Your Organization: A Workshop on Financial Sustainability for NGOs
April 5-9, 2003, Borovets, Bulgaria
Application deadline: March 21, 2003
Are you searching for ways to build the long-term financial sustainability of your organization?
If you are like many NGO leaders, you may face the ongoing challenge of how to diversify and develop new sources of support so your organization can provide needed programs and services. While skillful fundraising is essential, financial sustainability requires much more. Indeed, the most successful NGOs are able to put together all the pieces of the sustainability "puzzle": a clear, compelling mission and vision, strategies to diversify income sources, an understanding of where the challenges and opportunities are in the organization's environment, and ways to build a collaborative culture where sustainability becomes everyone's job in the organization. Most importantly, NGOs successful in financial sustainability understand they have valuable "assets" of interest to donors and work to develop mutually satisfying relationships with their supporters.
To help you learn more about the elements of NGO financial sustainability, Balkan Children and Youth Foundation (BCYF) is pleased to offer Growing Your Organization: A Workshop on Financial Sustainability for NGOs targeting those working in youth development. The workshop provides both a comprehensive overview of key concepts along with practical skills you can use to help your NGO grow and prosper. Throughout the three-day program, significant time is devoted to discussion and action planning to apply the content to your organization and identify next steps. The program is kindly supported by USAID and SIDA.
Enrollment is limited to provide the best learning experience possible for participants, so register early to guarantee your place!
More information: Ljupka Nikolovska at ljupka@balkanyouth.org
phone : 389 2 122 704, 122 705
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Second Black Sea Youth Congress 2003 - "Corporate Social Responsibility for creating safe and stable future!"
May 9-11, 2003, Sofia, Bulgaria
Application deadline: March 24, 2003
BSYC, organized under the leadership of AIESEC Bulgaria, Local Committee UNWE, Sofia, is the next step towards the establishment of the Black Sea Youth Forum. It aims to improve the economic, social and cultural cooperation in the region by getting together 90 students (AIESEC members or non-members), politicians, business sector representatives, NGO representatives and academicians from the 11 countries, members of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) - Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria, The Russian Federation, Greece, Armenia, Albania, Azerbaijan, Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine, plus Yugoslavia, Macedonia. Also, interested delegates from other countries are welcome to apply and join us! All the delegates should have good command of English, as it will be the official language. Eligibility: students and recent graduates.
Participation fee is 50 EUR and it includes accommodation and food.
More information: bsyc2003ocdelegates@yahoo.com
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Call for Papers: Competitiveness of National Economies and the Efficient Economic Integration into the EU
September 19-21 2003, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Application deadline: March 28, 2003
This call for papers is addressed to academics, scholars, and companies, central and local economic institutions, as well as to all those who are interested in the economic competitiveness matters concerning the cases of future EU members. Building on the acknowledged accomplishments, the conference aims to offer the opportunity of debating results of research, of case studies, share ideas and opinions, and make appropriate comparisons on the present contents of competitiveness on various levels. Evaluations on the state of competitiveness in accession countries, could be made in areas such as: competitive branches and enterprises, goods and services; national strategies on competitiveness improvement; the role of research and innovation etc.
More information : http://www.euro.ubbcluj.ro/conference
Cristina Gordan (cgordan@euro.ubbcluj.ro)
Sandu Hotima (shotima@euro.ubbcluj.ro)
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European Connection Conference (ECC) 2003 "Global Governance: The European Union, a model for the world!?"
April 28- May 3, 2003, Maastricht, the Netherlands
Application deadline: March 31, 2003
The below mentioned ten topics will be discussed within ten working groups, which will be headed by a tutor who is well experienced in the respective field. The working groups will determine the problems within their subtopics; discuss how they are solved in the European Union and whether this solution might be a model for global governance. On the final day the groups will have time to prepare a short presentation of the core questions and solutions, which came up in their debate, and present it in the closing ceremony to the other groups and representatives e.g. from the European Union.
In between, guest speakers will tell us their visions and worries concerning the way towards Global Governance according to a European way. After the speeches and debates in the groups, the participants will have got a deeper insight into potential worldwide improvements and difficulties of more global cooperation. For their participation they will get a certificate after the conference.
Which topics will be in the focus?
1) Democratic Political Cooperation
2) Ecological Sustainability
3) Globalisation and Inequality
4) Co-financing
5) Conflict Management
6) Juridical co-operation
7) Technological Transfer
8) Cultural consequences of integration
9) Control of worldwide capital flows
10) International migration flows
Practical Information
In order to increase the awareness for the European countries that are not yet members of the European Union, we would like to encourage students from these regions to bring information material about their native countries. At the opening ceremony of the conference they will get the chance to give it to their fellow Europeans.
More information: www.meufoundation.org
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Conference on Academic and Student Exchange in Europe
May 22-25, 2003, Zagreb, Croatia
Application deadline: April 15, 2003
OBJECTIVES of the conference
§ To enhance cooperation of the SE Europe with the European Union and with partners internationally;
§ To provide opportunity for the academic staff, university administrations, professionals internationally in higher education, and students to meet, exchange information about, and engage in each others' academic and scientific projects;
§ To consider possibilities and interests for international student and professor exchange;
§ To consider possibilities for standardization of university curricula within specific disciplines;
§ To consider existing legislature, and various local, regional, European and international initiatives devised to promote international academic exchange and cooperation;
§ To share views and experiences with regard to academic and scientific development and development strategies, modern trends in science and higher education, and opportunities and paths to overcome obstacles in international cooperation and exchange;
§ To build bridges for progress, and continuous and enhanced academic cooperation in Europe.
ELIGIBILITY
Individuals and organizations in the fields of computer science, mathematics, sciences (biology, ecology, chemistry, physics, geology, geophysics), International Relations, International Law, Sociology, independent administrative representatives and higher education professionals:
§ Academic staff & Scientists (professors and teaching assistants);
§ Independent administration representatives;
§ Undergraduate and graduate students;
§ Professionals internationally for higher education issues;
§ Representatives of commercial companies, foundations, and institutes;
§ National and International Agencies and Organizations involved with Higher Education (ministries, agencies, institutes, foundations, etc.);
§ National and international student organizations and student councils;
§ Other (individuals and organizations).
TABLES / TOPICS
1. Legal Framework and Infrastructure for Academic and Student Exchange and Cooperation: Analysis, Opportunities, Perspective
2. Inter-University Academic Staff/ Student Cooperation and Professor/Student Exchange in Europe and with South East Europe
3. Academic and Student Standards, Students' and Professors' Rights, Students' Participation in Academic Governing, and Professor-Student Cooperation
4. Cooperation of Economy and Academic Sector in South East and Central Europe
More information: http://www.mass-intl.org/
info@mass-intl.org
fax: ++ 385 1 - 3077 250
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Working in international teams - Training course
June 2- 16, Bonn, Germany
Application deadline: April 22, 2003
For her/him, who has experienced (co-)responsibility in projects within the scope of the EU-action programme YOUTH, e.g. as facilitator in Youth Exchanges, in leading European seminars, in realizing European Voluntary Service-projects, this seminar is the right place.
Leading behaviour and pedagogical self-image of colleagues in an international team not only differ specifically to training but also to culture. This is where this training course sets in, first of all by looking at the existing, in each case specific understanding of leading - guidance - assistance - communication in international teams. Accordingly, the seminar will go through the following aspects:
Optimum utilization of the team colleagues' potential and resources
Feedback and decisional process in international teams
Reflection on the experience of the teamwork and the pedagogical demands on international teams in conflict situations
Likewise group dynamic processes are discussed with regard to leading behaviour and commitment of the participants from the phase of planning to the qualitative evaluation of working in and as a team.
Participation, board and lodgings are free. Travel expenses are refunded on the basis of the cheapest possibility of travelling.
More information: ikab-bonn@t-online.de, Mrs Heidrun Boetzel
Tel: +49 2 28 63 64 60
Fax: +49 2 28 69 48
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4th International Information Communication Technologies in Education
July 3-5, 2003,Samos Island, Greece
Application deadline: April 30, 2003
The aims of the conference are to provide education and training to practitioners in social, industrial, and economic areas; to provide practitioners in these areas with ideas on integrating technology into all facets of education; and to provide a forum for intensive interaction. Encouraging high levels of academic rigour, the conference will offer keynote and plenary sessions, and workshops with internationally recognized educators and researchers in the theoretical and practical applications of technology in education. ICICTE 2003 will be an integrated event offering collaborative opportunities to educators, administrators, IT specialists, and others from all levels of education, from primary through post secondary.
More information : http://www.ineag.gr/ICICTE/
ineag@otenet.gr
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Call for papers : The Fourth International Conference of the Research Project "Triplex Confinium"
March 25-26, 2004, Padua, Italia
Application deadline: May 31st, 2003
The conference will discuss topics in the history of tolerance and intolerance on the triple border (the Triplex Confinium) between the Habsburg Monarchy, Venetian Republic and the Ottoman Empire with an emphasis on interdisciplinary and comparative approaches and methods. As far as interdisciplinary aspects are concerned, preference will be given to applications bringing together religious-historical and historical-anthropological approaches as well as papers based on new archival, library and fieldwork research. The conference is open to researchers as well as postgraduate students and doctoral candidates in history, the social sciences and humanities. In addition to the title of the paper, applicants are expected to submit a 250-word abstract and a short curriculum vitae. The working languages of the conference will be English and Italian.
More information: egidio.ivetic@unipd.it, Dr. Egidio Ivetic
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Call for LGI Research Interns
Fall-Winter 2003-2004, Budapest, Hungary
LGI is currently accepting applications for its research internship program. Interns will work on a voluntary basis at the LGI office (located in the Budapest headquarters of the Open Society Institute) in a diverse, challenging and exciting environment on various topics related to local public policy development, decentralization, public service reform, and multiethnic community management. Interns will contribute to LGI research and publications and participate in a variety of projects addressing Eurasia and beyond. The internship cycle will last for a period of four to six months, depending on the availability of selected applicants. Interns must have excellent writing, research and communication skills and must hold at least a BA degree (MA desirable) in an area related to public policy or political science. Interns should be knowledgeable about the Eastern European region, Southeastern Europe or Centr!
al Asia, able to work independently and computer literate. Familiarity with online research and a commitment to working in the region is a bonus. As the official language of LGI/OSI is English, excellent English written and oral skills are essential.
More information: http://lgi.osi.hu
Petra Kovacs at kovacsp@osi.hu
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