September 2003, Issue no 19
http://resource.regional.net
impact@regionalnet.org

1. Funding Opportunities

2. Announcements and Upcoming Events

Balkan Trust for Democracy funds
Application deadline: on-going (starting September 2003)


The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF), USAID, and the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation have joined together in a public-private partnership to create the Balkan Trust for Democracy, a unique grant making initiative to support good governance in Southeastern Europe. The Government of Greece has made an additional contribution.

The Balkan Trust for Democracy supports the strengthening of democratic institutions in Southeastern Europe and promotes cross-border cooperation. The Balkan Trust is based in Belgrade and will make grants in Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, and Serbia and Montenegro, including Kosovo.

The BTD will accept proposals on a rolling basis and will start making grants in September. Grants will range approximately between $1,000 and $75,000, with most grants falling between $10,000 and $25,000.

http://www.gmfus.org/balkantrust


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New Call for Applications for Balkan Youth Partnership Program
Application deadline: September 30, 2003


The Balkan Youth Partnership Program provides opportunities for representatives from child- and youth-serving NGOs in different Balkan countries to visit organizations and institutions in order to improve the activity of their organization increase their efficiency and create better conditions for youth and children.

The NGOs serving youth and children that work in the area of employment, technology, non-formal education, health, civic education and democracy building as well as community service, culture, and the environment are invited to apply. In addition, technical areas such as fundraising, sustainability, legislation, networking and external relations are eligible areas for exchange.

The Partnership Program is open to applicants from child- and youth-serving NGOs in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, and Serbia. BCYF will give priority to those applications that will encourage partnership and exchange among young from the countries that had been in conflict in the past.

Applicants should possess a certain level of experience in program development and be in a position to influence programming in their own organization based on what they learn during the exchange. The applicant organization should send no more than two participants.

www.balkanyouth.org


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Allavida Grants Programme for Youth Co-operation within South East Europe
Application deadline: October 1st, 2003 and February 1st, 2004


The youthEXchange.SEE programme aims at promoting regional partnership building and the transfer of skills and knowledge, and above all at encouraging links between organisations at grass-roots level which have not had access to cross-border opportunities.

Groups (registered/unregistered) of young people aged 16 to 30 years may apply for funds. They and their chosen partner/s must be based in their local community, and come from at least two of the following countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Romania and Serbia and Montenegro.

Eligible activities to be funded by youthEXchange.SEE programme are:
* training workshops, seminars or study visits covering skills development;
* joint projects, campaigns or other events;
* volunteer placements/exchanges in other youth organisations;
* action-oriented joint research.

Participation by individuals in regional events, such as conferences where genuine grass-roots access is rare, may also be considered.

http://www.allavida.org


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European Youth Centers and the European Youth Foundation Grants
Application deadline: October 1st, 2003


The Directorate of Youth and Sport of the Council of Europe invites non-governmental youth organisations, networks and other non-governmental structures involved in areas of youth work relevant to the Council of Europe's youth policy to submit applications for:

- activities to be held in co-operation with the European Youth Centres (study sessions) between August and December 2004 and
- grants from the European Youth Foundation for international youth meetings and other kinds of youth activities taking place between 1 April and 31 December 2004.
To be supported, activities should contribute to the priorities and the programmes of the Council of Europe's youth sector for 2003 to 2005.

http://www.coe/int/youth


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Martin Ennals Award for human Rights Defenders- Call for nominations (individuals and organizations)
Application deadline: October 1st, 2003


Organized among others by World Organization Against Torture.
Themes: defence and promotion of human rights, working in conditions hostile to fundamental human rights.

www.martinennalsaward.org
email: info@martinennalsaward.org


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Fellowships in International Human Rights 2004-2005
Application deadline: October 1st, 2003


Human Rights Watch, the international human rights monitoring and advocacy organization, invites applications for its fellowship program for recent graduates of law schools or graduate programs in journalism, international relations, area studies, or other relevant disciplines from any university worldwide.

Fellows work full time for one year with one or more divisions of Human Rights Watch, based in New York or Washington, DC, monitor human rights developments in various countries, conduct on-site investigations, draft reports on human rights conditions, and engage in advocacy aimed at publicizing and curtailing human rights violations.

http://www.hrw.org/about/info/fellows.html


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Research Fellowships at The Institute of European History, Department of General History, Germany
Application deadline: October 10, 2003


The Institute awards ten fellowships for a six- to twelve-month research stay at the Institute in Mainz. The application is open to all young historians in Germany and abroad, who apply with a research project of their own in the field of German and European history since the 16th century. As a rule, the fellows work on their dissertation, but they can also work on a post-doc research project.

Applications for the next selection date should be sent in by October 10, 2003. Fellowships will be granted for 2005 and later (some remaining financial means will be available from October 2004). The selection is made by the department's fellowship commission, which meets three
times a year, in March, July and November.

During the time of the fellowship, fellows are not allowed to receive financial supporting from another side. Foreign applicants should have enough command of the German language to be able to take an active part in the scientific dialogues with the Institute's other fellows and permanent staff.

Applications should include:
1. Curriculum vitae, in which the applicant's date and place of birth, nationality, marital status, school and university degrees, knowledge of the German language, professional and teaching
experience are mentioned (please ask for our registration form)
2. Copies of his/her university transcripts
3. Brief description of the proposed research topic with a working plan and schedule for the intended sojourn at the Institute
4. Names and addresses of at least two scholars qualified to judge the merits of the research proposal, to be contacted by the Institute
5. List of publications.

http://www.inst-euro-history.uni-mainz.de
Professor Dr. Heinz Duchhardt, Institut fuer Europaeische Geschichte, Abteilung Universalgeschichte, Alte Universitaetsstr. 19, D- 55116 Mainz, Germany


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Joint NASPAA - NISPAcee Project- Grant opportunities
Application deadline: October 13, 2003


NISPAcee (The Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe) announces continuation in the NASPAA - NISPAcee project: "The Cooperative Governance Improvement and Technical Assistance Project" which has been developed in co-operation with NASPAA (National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration), USA and is funded through a grant by USAID.

The objective of the project is to implement a program of applied policy research and management studies, linking governments and high education in Central and Eastern Europe. Project teams have to be composed of individuals associated with NISPAcee institutions and a
partner ASPAA institution. An application for project support will have to come from a NISPAcee member institution (from the CEE, Russian Federation, Caucasus or central Asia).

www.nispa.sk
Email: zakova@nispa.sk (Elena Zakova)
Phone: + 421 2 6428 5435, Fax: + 421 2 6428 5557


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GKP/PANOS Media Award - Reporting on the Information Society
Application deadline: October 15, 2003


The inaugural GKP/PANOS Media Award, given jointly by the Global Knowledge Partnership and Panos, aims to encourage and bring to international recognition thoughtful and incisive reporting on developing countries' progress to becoming "Information Societies".
Four awards of $2,000 each will be made for published journalism by developing country journalists (print, radio, TV or web) that goes beyond describing projects or new investment initiatives to analyse broader questions such as the social impact of ICTs, particularly on rural or disadvantaged groups, or national and global communication policy issues.
The winning entries will be disseminated internationally and honoured at the World Summit on the Information Society in Geneva, December 2003.

Submission criteria and instructions
- Journalists who are citizens of or living in developing countries may apply ("Developing country" is as defined by the UN)
- The work submitted can be a piece of print, radio, TV or online journalism
- Types of print/web article that will be considered include news reports, features, analysis, interviews, opinion/think pieces, and editorials. Broadcast pieces can also include debates and phone-in programmes
- Submitted works should be stories or features relating to the concept of an "information society" and what this means for your country or region. The story can focus on any communication medium (from the internet to traditional songs) but it will extend beyond merely reporting an event to analysing its significance in the light of wider development issues and the concept of the information society
- The work must have already been published or broadcast, and you must provide evidence of this - a newspaper clipping, web reference or broadcasting schedule (or details of broadcasting - station, time, date, name of programme)
- Video material should be submitted in PAL format. Audio material can be submitted on cassette, or as MP3 files
- Print or online submissions can be in English, French, Spanish or Portuguese. Radio or audiovisual submissions in languages other than English must be accompanied by a full transcript in English
- Please give the following information with your submission:
o Name
o Sex
o Employment (eg "Business reporter with the Zambia Daily News")
o Postal address
o e-mail address
o Telephone number
- Your covering letter (in English, French, Spanish or Portuguese) should give some information about the medium in which your submission was published eg national or local newspaper, national or community radio
- If your submission was originally in a non-European language, please state what language it is in, and give some information about the status and users of this language (eg "It is the language of the xx people, who live in xxxx. This language is not the main language of the state, but there is one newspaper and two radio stations that use it")
- Please indicate briefly some other stories about communication issues that you would like to research and report on, for which you might use the award if you received it
- Reports that were commissioned by Panos are not eligible for this award
Selection criteria
- We will seek to make one award to a journalist from Africa, one to a journalist from Asia and one from another region; we will seek to award at least one to a woman journalist. However, these categories are not fixed.
- We are looking for journalism that builds understanding of the importance of communication for development; and that stimulates awareness of the impact of national and global communication policies on development.
To submit a piece of work for consideration, send a clipping, audio or video tape, transcript or web reference by email to: award@panoslondon.org.uk; or by post to: Kitty Warnock, Panos Institute, 9 White Lion St, London N1 9PD, UK

http://www.globalknowledge.org/
Kitty Warnock at kittyw@panoslondon.org.uk


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YouthNET seed money: Call for Proposals 2004
Application deadline: October 31, 2003


Eligible activities to be funded by youthNET seed-money are cross-border/cross-ethnic activities like bi-, tri- or multilateral exchanges, youth- or school exchanges. Preparatory meetings for cross-border activities can also be funded.

Non-profit youth organisations or schools from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro/ Kosovo are eligible for funds.

http://www.iz.or.at/youthnet


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Fourteenth Conference on Computers, Freedom, and Privacy (CFP2004) - Student competition, April 20-3, 2004, Berkeley, California, USA
Application deadline: December 12, 2003


For over a decade, the Computers, Freedom & Privacy Conference has been a leading venue for public discussion and debate on the effects of computer and telecommunications technologies on freedom and privacy in society. Each year, key representatives from government, business, education, and nonprofits including the legal, law enforcement, security, media, consumer, and hacker communities have gathered together to anticipate technology trends and policy issues, and to help map the future of our society.

We are seeking proposals on all aspects of computers, freedom, and privacy, especially those with an international perspective. While we will give all proposals careful consideration, we have identified three themes for CFP2004 on control mechanisms within the technological infrastructure and we encourage proposals that relate to them:

* The role of technology in providing national security and preserving individual privacy and freedom in the post-9-11 world: How has it enhanced or undermined public security, increased or decreased public access to information, helped or hindered military and law enforcement readiness and efficacy, and infringed or redefined individual privacy?

* The impact of new legal and technical developments on the Internet's utility as a medium for disseminating and archiving information, interacting with individuals, and culture: From digital rights management and trusted computing architectures to jurisdiction, intellectual property and tort law, how are the laws of government
and the laws of physics and mathematics altering our ability to
access, archive and interact with information?

* The role of computer and telecommunications technologies in the political process: What are their effects on grassroots activism, information dissemination, opportunities for informed participation, organizing, candidate and issue campaigns, citizenship and the voting process itself at the local, national, and global levels?

Full-time college or graduate students may compete for financial support to attend the conference and for cash prizes. Three $500 cash prizes will be awarded for the best paper, the best research proposal, and the best Web presentation exploring the three themes outlined above in the Call for Proposals or other aspects of computers, freedom and privacy, from the perspective of the rising generation that has grown up immersed in technology. Free CFP conference registrations and travel scholarships will be awarded to the top winners.

Papers
Papers should not exceed 3000 words. Papers will be evaluated for their relevance, coherence, clarity of expression, and originality. All papers should be submitted by December 12, 2003, via e-mail.

Web presentations
Web presentations are collections of Web pages linked together in a meaningful way. Web presentations will be evaluated for their content and overall effect. Web sites are expected to be platform-independent and easily accessible through low-bandwidth connections. To enter a Web presentation that you created in the competition, forward a URL for the home page of the presentation by December 12, 2003. Be sure to identify yourself as the author of the presentation.

Research Proposal
Research proposals may be entered as either papers or Web presentations.

Awards
The most outstanding student paper will be published in the conference proceedings, and the most outstanding Web presentation and most outstanding Research Proposal will be linked from the CFP2004 Web site. The authors will receive prizes of US$500. Prizewinners will receive travel scholarships to cover expenses of attending CFP2004.

How to Submit
Please email your submission to studentcomp@cpf2004.org indicating the type of
submission (paper, web presentation) in the subject line. Include papers and research proposals as attachments to the e-mail message. Web presentation submitters should forward the URL where the presentation can be found.

Submissions will be judged by a committee reflecting the diversity of FP.
Winners will be notified by February 1, 2004.

http://cfp2004.org
feedback@cfp2004.org


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Fulbright New Century Scholars - Toward Equality: The Global Empowerment of Women
Application deadline: December 15, 2003


The Fulbright New Century Scholars Program, an initiative of the Fulbright Scholar Program, brings together annually 25-30 outstanding research scholars and professionals from the U.S. and around the world. NCS fellows engage in multidisciplinary collaboration on a topic of global significance under the leadership of a Distinguished New Century Scholar Leader, an individual selected for expertise and standing in the area of the research topic as well as for the ability to approach the topic from an interdisciplinary perspective.
For the academic year 2004-2005, the research focus is "Toward Equality: The Global Empowerment of Women."

http://www.cies.org/NCS/


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Rockefeller Foundation Humanities Fellowship Program - THEORIZING CULTURAL HERITAGE 2004-2007
Application deadline: January 15, 2004


Rockefeller Foundation Humanities Fellows at the Smithsonian Institution Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage will help expand and refine theoretical framework for cultural heritage discourse that reflects the perspectives, activities, and participation of academic specialists, civil society groups, and public cultural organizations and that can inform dialogues across social, political, and disciplinary boundaries.

Cultural heritage is today a rubric of ever-expanding scope in the international arena, and increasingly so in the United States. Its meaning largely determined by experts, cultural heritage is used as a basis for multinational, national, state, and local programs. Cultural heritage is also the focus of ideas and programs generated by hundreds of non-governmental organizations, ethnic, regional, and community-based groups.

However, despite its growing popularity across official, community, and even business sectors, the concept of "cultural heritage" is vastly under-theorized. It has lacked an academic, disciplinary base, has generated only an attenuated theoretical literature, and has generally failed to accommodate terminologies and narrative representations developed by grassroots and advocacy groups. This results in the curious contradiction that cultural heritage discourse becomes a uniform globalized mode of apprehending the diverse localized cultural expressions that are ostensibly its subject, yet that elite discourse is insulated from the diverse localized conceptions with which it converges. The voices of the bearers and stewards of cultural heritage-often, the poor, excluded, and marginalized-are typically silenced in those very forums in which the discourse of cultural heritage is articulated and realized.

The Smithsonian will host up to six humanities-oriented scholar/analysts for each of three years to work on the theoretical development of the concept of cultural heritage and its intersection with theories of culture, class, race, ethnicity, gender, and globalization. Fellows will be drawn from three sectors of cultural engagement -- academic institutions, public organizations, and cultural communities - and approximately half of the fellows will come from outside the United States. The intention is both to cross-fertilize sectors of cultural heritage work and to expose international and U.S. thinkers to one another.

The primary focus of 2004-2005 fellowships is the relation between cultural heritage and political representation; of 2005-2006, between cultural heritage and economic pursuits; of 2006-2007, between cultural heritage and the arts.
Fellowships include a stipend in addition to an allowance for travel to and from Washington, D.C., as necessary, for the residency. Applicants need not be U.S. citizens to be eligible. These fellowships are not intended to support undergraduate or graduate studies.

The Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage-where cultural heritage is the subject of ongoing, daily intellectual and practical activity-will host the fellows. Given the Center's location within the Smithsonian and in Washington, D.C., and given its strong connections to international and national institutions, service organizations, NGOs, and community groups, fellows will partake of an incredibly rich environment and find colleagues strongly interested in their work.

Application: Submit a letter of interest (not to exceed three pages), in English. This letter should outline the proposed work and how it will further the theoretical development of the concept of cultural heritage. Applicants should attach a resume or C.V. and include the proposed dates of the residency. Based on letters of interest, a limited number of applicants will be notified and invited to submit full proposals by February 27, 2004. Full proposals will be due April 1, 2004, for the first year's fellowships.
Term: six weeks to five months, between September and July of each year

http://www.folklife.si.edu/CFCH/Rockefeller.htm
culturalheritagefellows@si.edu


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Erasmus Institute Fellowships 2004- 2005, USA
Application deadline: January 30, 2004


The Institute offers three types of residential fellowships: for dissertation students (advanced graduate students actually in the writing phase); for recent Ph.D.s and untenured faculty; and for more senior faculty.
Fellowships are provided for a complete academic year although applications for a single semester will be considered.
Fellowships are both stipendiary and non-stipendiary. Stipendiary dissertation fellowships provide $16,000; postdoctoral fellowships $35,000; faculty fellowship stipends vary according to the fellow's 2003-2004 salary at time of application. The Institute also welcomes applications for residence from scholars with funding from other sources.

All application materials, including letters of recommendation, must be received in hard copy format by January 30, 2004 at: Erasmus Institute, Residential Fellowships, 1124 Flanner Hall, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556-5611

http://www.nd.edu/~erasmus


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International Philanthropy Fellows Program, Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies - Center for Civil Society Studies
Application deadline: February 25, 2003


The International Fellows in Philanthropy Program promotes advanced study, research, and training at the Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies, Center for Civil Society Studies, for a semester (four months) or a full academic year (nine months), for up to eight persons each year. Program participants are involved in studying or managing private, nonprofit, or philanthropic organizations outside the United States, or serve as government or corporate liaisons to the nonprofit sector. Positions in the program are available at Senior and Junior levels of appointment, which are described separately below. The Program also sponsors a Fellows' conference each year in a host country overseas to encourage continuing interchange among Fellows and to assist in broadening understanding of this sector at the international level.
We are soliciting candidates who: 1) have demonstrated a high degree of interest, experience, and professional competence in research, management, or general leadership related to the voluntary, nongovernmental, nonprofit, or philanthropic sector; or 2) nonprofit liaison officers established by governments and multi-national organizations who play a role in linking with nonprofit organizations through project partnerships, legal reform initiatives, and a variety of other activities.

Candidates are expected to have attained a university diploma equivalent to the American Bachelor of Arts or Science degree and to be capable of carrying out independent research and inquiry. A high degree of English fluency is required as demonstrated by a score of 600 or higher on the TOEFL exam.

There are no restrictions as to nationality (except that U.S. citizens are excluded from eligibility). Fellows are required to attend the annual International Fellows in Philanthropy Conference prior to their fellowship year and are strongly encouraged to participate in subsequent annual conferences.

www.jhu.edu/~philfellow
Carol Wessner (cwessner@jhu.edu)


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2003 HESP Mobility Program- Call for Applications
Application deadline: three months before the visit


The Higher Education Support Program (HESP) is pleased to announce the continuation of the HESP Mobility Program for the 2003/04 academic year. The Mobility Program is designed to support visits to/from a HESP Network Institution (one of the institutions, sending or receiving, must be a HESP
Network Institution) with special conditions in each of the following categories:

Student Mobility
Students enrolled at higher education institutions in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union and Mongolia (the HESP region) who intend to spend a visiting semester in another country are eligible to apply. Applicants must be able to demonstrate that the mobility grant will be used to enhance the educational experience at the home institution and that the mobility grant will be used for purposes related directly to the studies undertaken at the home institution.

Please note that applications for study during the last academic year of a student's degree program will not be considered. Eligible disciplines: Humanities, Social Sciences and Business and
Management Length of visit: up to one semester (5 months)

Faculty Mobility
Faculty members teaching at higher education institutions in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union and Mongolia (the HESP region) who plan to use the mobility grant to develop a new course, revise an existing one or consult with colleagues on curriculum issues are eligible to apply.

Who is eligible: Humanities, Social Sciences and Business and Management faculty members who are nationals of countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union and Mongolia (HESP region), and non-national teachers resident in the region and with the explicit support of the home institution Length of visit: up to one month

Administrative Mobility
Administrative staff employed by higher education institutions in the HESP region who are interested in visiting another higher education institution in order to gain work-related experience to apply at the home institution are eligible to apply.

Length of visit: up to one week

Ineligible activities of the Mobility Program: travel to and from the Central European University- travel to an institution in the home country study at summer schools short course and seminar attendance participation in any kind of conference and congress

Eligible costs of the visit:
travel-related expenses (travel, visa, insurance)
living expenses (stipend)
accommodation
book allowance (for students and faculty)

Instructions to Applicants:
a) All application materials must be in English or accompanied by an English
translation.
b) Individuals may receive only one grant per academic year.
c) It is not allowed to apply to different institutions at the same time.

Deadline for Application
Applications may be submitted at any time but at least three months (student mobility) or two months (faculty and administrative mobility) prior to the proposed visit.

http://www.osi.hu/hesp
hespmobility@osi.hu


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Roman Herzog Research Scholarship for SEE Scholars
Application deadline: On-going


Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) and non profit Hertie Foundation(GHS) in Frankfurt a/M provide for young and highly qualified students with exceptional qualities of leader in research and lectures from Central Europe and SEE to implement projects of their choice in Germany (age limit is 35).
Applications can be submitted for long-term period of research, between 6 and 12 months. Research fellowships are offered on a regional competitive basis.

There are no quotas in respect of either country or academic discipline. Applications from the fields of law, economics and social sciences are particularly welcome since fellowships shall contribute to the further development of scientific policy in the home country. 12 research fellowships are available per annum.

http://www.avh.de/en/programme/stip_aus/rh.htm


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Common Ground Media Fellowships Scholarships
Application deadline: On-going


The fellowships seek to highlight techniques that re-enforce journalistic independence and also simultaneously promote public discussion on the search for common ground. Media Fellows will receive a stipend to research stories that bring new perspectives "on polarising issues or on the concept of common ground" for broadcast or publication anywhere in the world. The size of the grant depends on the journalist's experience, and the geographic reach of the targeted media outlet. The fellowship is open to working journalists from print or radio from anywhere in the world.

Fellowships are available to novices as well as seasoned journalists, freelancers, and regularly employed writers, both print and electronic. Those selected as Fellows will receive stipends ranging from $300 to $1000.

Applicants must submit 2 samples of work that have been published or broadcast, a 1-page summary of the proposed story that would be produced for the fellowship, and a letter from a news outlet expressing interest in the proposed piece.

Applications to be a Common Ground Media Fellow are accepted at any time of the year. You will receive a response within two weeks of those dates. If the subject of the proposal is time-sensitive, we will make every effort to accelerate the process.

http://www.sfcg.org
gkulick@sfcg.org


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South East European Youth NGOs Forum - 2nd edition
October 20-23, 2003, Timisoara, Romania
Application deadline: September 25, 2003


The Forum is to reunite youth NGOs from the South East European Region, for reaching the following objectives:
-Raising the capacity of the Youth NGOs in South East Europe trough direct contact exchange of good practices, access to information and opportunities
-The promotion of the methods for developing the youth policies in South East Europe through presentation of best practices and direct contact between the Youth NGOs and Decisions Making bodies in the youth sector
-The establishment of contacts and partnerships between the YNGOs in SEE region and not only
-The creation of network of local and national promoters for ensuring a fluent circuit of useful information for Youth NGOs.
The participants should represent YOUTH NGOs or NGOs with separate, concrete programs for YOUTH in South East Europe.

Eligible countries are: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia. In exceptional cases (important contribution to the success of the FORUM) applicants from Greece, Turkey, Hungary, Ukraine or other countries will be accepted.

Financial and practical conditions of participating
The accommodation and meals are covered by the organizers and will be provided starting with dinner in the 20th of September and ending with breakfast in the 23rd of September The materials, support and guides are free of charge. There is no participation fee. The transportation is to be covered by the organisers in the limit of available funds. Please use this opportunity with responsibility, as the funds for travel are limited.

Languages:
Working language is English. There are no translation possibilities.

Application, procedure and selection of participants
The participants' selection will be made on the basis of a standard application form. The selection will be made either by the FITT or the partner organizations in Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, and Albania. The standard application can be filled online at: www.see-rycid.org - the future events section, downloaded from the same site, or can be obtained directly by email from dan.diaconu@xnet.ro or office@see-rycid.org

http://www.see-rycid.org/


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(How) We SEE the Balkans and the Black Sea Region
October 9-13, 2003, Varna, Bulgaria
Application deadline: September 30, 2003


The main idea of this event is to gather young people from all the Balkans and the Black sea region- to discuss the present situation-in terms of integration and cooperation and future perspectives for these regions. It should be an open dialogue on different topics, concerning policy, economics, culture and other- everything that is related to the specific features of these two regions and their place and role in the SEE and the rest of the old continent.

Accommodation and meals provided for 4 days, during the conference
Lectures, round tables and discussions
Parties on the beach
BG night, Balkanian night, Black sea night (for the Balkanian and the Black sea parties you must bring something special from your country -food, drink, etc.)

Participants:
Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Romania, Macedonia, Serbia& Montenegro, Romania, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Moldova.

Fee:
20 euro (including accommodation for 4 days in the university campus, the meals and the trips)

http://free.bol.bg/aegee/see.html
aegee.sofia@rocketmail.com


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Trainee program for trainees from South East Europe at the Slovenian
National Agency of the YOUTH programme and the SEE YOUTH Resource
Centre in Ljubljana - Call for applications
Application deadline: October 1, 2003


The SEE YOUTH Resource Centre will be hosting 5 trainees from countries in South East
Europe at the office of the Slovenian National Agency of the YOUTH programme of the
European Commission and the SEE YOUTH Resource Centre in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Each traineeship will last for 2 months during the period between September of this year
and the end of 2004. The trainee program is taking place with the support of the Office for Youth of the Republic of Slovenia.

The trainee program should offer representatives of structures in the field of youth from countries of South East Europe the opportunity to receive an inside view of the functioning of a
National YOUTH Agency and the SEE YOUTH Resource Centre and an overview over the implementation of the YOUTH programme in Europe. Following the trainee program the trainees will be able to act as informal or formal contact and information points about the YOUTH programme in their countries.

The trainee programme will offer the selected trainees possibilities for learning while completing their own project.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
In particular, the trainees will
- Get to know the SEE RC, its role, tasks and functioning
- Learn how a National YOUTH Agency functions and get to know its role and tasks
- Receive an overview over the implementation of the YOUTH programme in Europe (including becoming familiar with application procedures, contractual relations etc.)
- Get to know the governmental structures in the field of youth, and receive an overview over the implementation of youth policy in Slovenia.
TASKS
The trainees will
- assist in the general work of the SEE RC according to their abilities and interests and be expected to support the work of the SEE RC by providing expertise about youth work and youth policy related issues in their country
In particular, they will
- be asked to draft a country profile about the youth work and youth policy of their country to be published on the SEE RC's web site
All trainees will be invited to an evaluation meeting, which will be held at the end of the last traineeship (around the beginning of November 2004).

Trainees will be accommodated in a small studio in Ljubljana. The SEE YOUTH Resource Centre will cover accommodation costs. Trainees will also receive a contribution to covering their living costs of 400 Euros per month. Travels costs to and from the traineeship will be reimbursed according to specific rules for traveling and upon presentation of tickets.

Who can apply?
Trainees from the following countries can apply: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro (including the UN Administrative Province of Kosovo)
Trainees should:
- Have a back-up non-governmental organizational or governmental structure, where they work either as an active volunteer or a member of staff
- Have sound knowledge of the situation of youth work and youth policy in their country
- Be available for the full period of the traineeship
- Have a good speaking and writing ability in English
- Be at least 18 years old.

How to apply?
Applications must include:
- A CV (with photo) indicating in particular the applicant's educational background, professional experience, experience in the field of youth, international experience and language abilities
- A letter of motivation for the traineeship
- Indication of the preferred period of the traineeship. Please indicate at least two periods in order of preference.
- A supporting letter by a back-up non-governmental organization or governmental structure, or both
- Indication of two reference persons (and their contact addresses).

http://movit.kivi-com.si/Datoteke/see_e_news/SEE-2003-06.pdf
Sonja Mitter sonja.mitter@mladina.movit.si


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Gender Assessment of the Impact of EU Accession on Women and the Labour Market in Central and Eastern Europe
November 7-9, 2003,Warsaw, Poland
Application deadline: October 15, 2003


The goal of the conference is the launch of four national studies of the impact of EU accession on women and the labour market in Central and Eastern Europe for Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland. The conference will also develop an understanding of the opportunities emerging from EU accession process in order to advance the social and economic rights of women. It will gather activists, policy and decision makers, as well as experts from CEE/CIS and EU.

This conference is organized by KARAT, a regional coalition of organizations, advocating for gender and economic justice in Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States Due to financial constrains Karat Coalition will only be able to cover the cost of participation of selected number of participants (conference fee, travel expenses and accommodation), with preference being given to CEE/CIS women from NGOs focusing on gender and economic justice. Others will have to utilise their own resources to cover expenses associated with their participation. The conference fee is 40 EURO.

karat@zigzag.pl (Malgorzata Tomaszewsk)


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14th Biennial Conference of Europeanists- Call for papers "Europe and the World: Integration, Interdependence, Exceptionalism?
March 11-13, 2004, Chicago, USA
Application deadline: October 15, 2003


The Council for European Studies announces a call for papers for its 14th International Conference of Europeanists. Since its first conference in 1979, the Council has brought together American and European scholars in the social sciences and humanities to foster scholarly exchange and collaboration. The Council strongly encourages interdisciplinary and trans-Atlantic panels that promote dialogue within the academy and policy communities, including Western and
Eastern Europe. Participation by graduate students is welcome. Proposals from all fields of study are invited, and the program committee especially welcomes proposals on the following themes:
* Reckoning with the European Past: Empires, the Cold War and Human Rights
* Europeanization: Prospects, Opportunities, and Challenges
* European Cities, European Regions
* New Party Politics: East and West, North and South
* Constitutions, Governance, and Citizenship
* Traveling, Trafficking, and Transnational Regulation
* Transformations in Work, Welfare, and Family: New Risks, New Politics

A limited number of subsidies may be available for scholars traveling from Europe and for graduate students, pending funding. These subsidies consist of reimbursement for scholars traveling from Europe of three nights at the basic conference hotel room rate and two nights for graduate students.

http://www.europanet.org/conference2004/call_papers.htm
Email: lray2@lsu.edu (Leonard Ray)


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The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC): Training for Young Environmental Leaders
January 12 - February 7, 2004, Hungary and Italy
Application deadline: November 1st, 2003


The Regional Environmental Centre for Central and Eastern Europe (REC) in co-operation with the Italian NGO L'Umana DiMora organizes a series of trainings for young environmental leaders, to be held in Hungary and Italy in 2004.

The training sessions consist of three weeks of theoretical training in a multicultural setting at the REC's head office in Szentendre, Hungary, and a one-week study tour in Italy, focusing on management skills, the latest environmental methods (e.g. information technologies and market-based solutions) and the transfer of these skills to peers.

Participants from different backgrounds throughout Central and Eastern Europe are eligible for the program. They should be between 20 and 30 years old, show a strong commitment to the environment in the CEE region, work in an environmental NGO, with citizenship of one of the participating countries, and speak and write English well.

For the 2004 sessions, the REC invites participants from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, FYRO Macedonia, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey and Serbia and Montenegro.

The REC will cover all costs related to travel, food, training fees and accommodation for participants from the countries listed above.

http://www.rec.org
acraciun@rec.org (Adriana Craciun)


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DRUGS and YOUNG PEOPLE - Czech Republic
Application deadline: November 1st , 2003


Alienteam.cz - youth club, Czech Republic is preparing a multi youth project under Action 1/Youth Programme. They are looking for suitable European partners.
Theme: DRUGS and YOUNG PEOPLE
Date: 28.Feb-7.March 2004 (9 days including travel)
Place: Mountain cottage, Czech Republic (winter season)
Participants: 7 young people aged 16/18 + 1 leader = total 8people per country
Number of countries: 5 (min 4)
Costs: 70% travel cost refund, accommodation, food, and programme activities covered by the grant
Programme activities: workshops, free-time activities
Any youth group interested please contact by mail for more info.

klub@alienteam.cz (Radovan Sikula), Phone/ Fax: +420581761424


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Eleventh World Congress of Social Economics- Call for papers- Social Economics: A Paradigm for a Global Society
June 8-11, 2004, Albertville, France
Application deadline: November 1st , 2003


Social economists think about economic affairs in ways substantially different than mainstream economists. Social economists view the economy as a social, cultural, and political institution. Social economics questions the traditional assumptions of homo economicus, rational economic man, and recognizes the interconnectedness of people's life and work- both paid and unpaid.

Proposals for the World Congress may include: (1) individual or co-authored papers; (2) entire sessions of 4 papers; (3) roundtables of 4-5 persons on a particular topic; and (4) pedagogical sessions on teaching in the social economics tradition. There will be no formal discussant assigned to papers/ sessions. Instead, we encourage participation and discussion among the panellists and participants. We encourage historical, theoretical, empirical, and policy papers. We are particularly interested in research that will help to develop a social economics paradigm.

Topics for papers/sessions could include:
Economic justice- economic sociology- values & ethics in economics- alternative development strategies- economic thought & methodology- health & welfare- inequality, poverty, & discrimination- economics of war & peace- gender, race-ethnicity, & class- supra-national institutions & trading blocs- labour standards in a global economy- EU social policy.

The Program Committee prefers to receive proposals by e-mail. In your proposal, include:
Author/ Panelist's name(s), postal address, telephone, fax, e-mail address; Paper, Panel, or Session title; A 100 word (maximum) abstract of the Paper, Panel, or entire Session.

Please send these materials no later than November 1, 2003, to each member of the Program Committee:
Betsy Jane Clary, College of Charleston, USA claryj@cofc.edu
Wilfred Dolfsma, Erasmus University, The Netherlands w.dolfsma@fbk.eur.nl
Deborah M. Figart, Richard Stockton College, USA figartd@stockton.edu
Phillip A. O'Hara, Curtin University, Australia philohara2@hotmail.com

http://www.socialeconomics.org/callMay30.htm


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International Symposium: Ideologies, Values and Political Behaviors in Central and Eastern Europe, 2nd edition
November 28-29, 2003, Timisoara, Romania
Application deadline: November 10, 2003


The Faculty of Political Sciences, Philosophy and Communication, Timisoara, Romania organizes the International Symposium: Ideologies, Values and Political Behaviors in Central and Eastern Europe, 2nd edition. The topics on which we would like to have your contributions are:

- Political Ideas in Central and Eastern Europe
- Political Parties and Electoral Behaviors
- Human Rights
- New Political Actors
- Challenges of Globalization. Central and Eastern European Perspectives

We regret that our institution is not able to cover expenses for traveling and accommodation. However, in case of exceptional needs, we might assist with partial support. Please contact us if you would like your proposal to be taken into consideration.

Please confirm your participation as well as the topic area on which you would like to contribute (including a maximum A4 abstract) by 10th November 2003.

Email: crudu@polsci.uvt.ro (Ionut Crudu), Phone/ Fax: + 4 0256 295298


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Economic Policies in the New Millennium
April 16-17, 2004, Coimbra, Portugal
Application deadline: November 21, 2003


The organisers of the conference welcome theoretical as well as empirical contributions within the theme of the challenges and opportunities facing economic policies at the beginning of the third millennium.

Papers (with a maximum of 25 pages) should be written in English, French, Portuguese, or Spanish. However, all sessions will be held in English. The papers written in a language other than English should include an enlarged summary of two pages in English.

The conference will be held over one and a half days.

An enlarged abstract with a maximum of 2 pages should be sent electronically in PDF format to the e-mail address 30years@fe.uc.pt no later than November 21, 2003. After a refereeing process, authors will be notified regarding the acceptance of papers in the first week of January 2004. The deadline for the final paper is 15th March 2004.

http://www4.fe.uc.pt/30years


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The International Institute for Political and Economic Studies
July 3 - 26, 2004, Greece
Application deadline: Early: January 30, 2004; Late: March 15, 2004


Experience Greece in a unique environment with 60 university students from 20 countries. IIPES is an academic program that explores major political, economic and cultural issues important to the Eastern Mediterranean region. Students attend courses in political economy, history, philosophy, and conflict resolution. In addition to classes, students participate in dialogue designed to promote international exchange. This combination of events leads to life-long friendships and an exchange of ideas that cannot be gained elsewhere.

Students from select nations in the Middle East and the Balkans join American students to study important principles of political and economic organization and how those ideas relate to international conflict and conflict resolution. The Institute is intended for the serious student who enjoys exploring ideas about politics, culture, and economics, and who is willing to be challenged by stimulating ideas and cultural exchange. The Institute teaches participants to understand individual liberty, the rule of law, and the price system within the contexts of cooperation, tolerance, and a civil society. In addition to these lessons, students participate in a conflict resolution workshop designed to teach students ways to break down the barriers between historical conflicts. Financial aid: selected participants will have to pay at least 550 USD.
Open to mature undergraduates and graduate students.

http://www.iipes.org


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6th Uddevalla Ssymposium on: Regions in Competition and Co-operation
June 17- 19, 2004, Fredrikstad, Norway
Application deadline: March 30, 2004


The symposium will be organised around four sub-themes: Territorial Competition and Substitution Processes, Regional Co-operation and Competition in Border Regions, Inter-regional Co-operation, Entrepreneurship in a Regionalized World

Following the tradition established by the previous symposia, starting in 1998, the Uddevalla Symposium is designed to bring together leading-edge views of academic scholars, researchers and insightful practitioners from the fields of international business/economics/entrepreneurship/economic geography/economic history/regional science/regional planning/business administration/political science and sociology in order to increase our knowledge as regards research questions related to “Regions in Competition and Co-operation".

To stimulate high quality papers a best paper award of 1.000 USD as well as a best PhD student paper award of 700 USD has been set up. The organising committee decides on which papers shall be awarded. It is the intention of the organisers that a selection of the papers presented at the symposium after a normal referee process will be published in an edited book by an international publisher.

http://www.symposium.htu.se


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12th Annual International Medical Students' Congress- Call For Papers
February 15-18, 2004, Cairo, Egypt
Application deadline: not available


Who should attend?
Medical students and young doctors who are interested in research and who have been involved in worthwhile medical research are all invited.

Awards
The winner awards for this year will be for the 1st two winners for Oral presentations and 1st two winners for poster presentations
- 1st Oral and 1st Poster presentation awards: 1000 Euros each
- 2nd Oral and 2nd Poster presentation awards: A place in our annual Summer School for each

How to apply?
You can either apply as an active participant or as an audient.

Congress Fee
The congress fee is 150 Euros (€)

http://www.ausss.eg.net
Email: ruausss@rusys.eg.net


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Global Village for Future Leaders
June 27-August 6, 2004, USA
Application deadline: On-going


Who Should Attend?
Young professionals and mature students from the ages of 21 to 35 who share the dream of a leadership career in business and industry. Global Village interns are a diverse group in many respects, coming from different backgrounds, cultures, countries, and languages.

Fin aid: the program costs USD 6000. We suggest that you apply anyway, as financial help is available. Open to young professionals and mature students from the ages of 21 to 35.

www.lehigh.edu/~village


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NEW SALTO RESOURCE CENTER ON YOUTH INITIATIVES


We are happy to inform you about the creation of a new SALTO Resource Center for supporting YOUTH INITIATIVES (Action 3) within the YOUTH Programme. This resource center will support the YOUTH National Agencies, but also young people and youth workers involved in the development of local youth initiatives and in networking between youth initiatives. As you maybe know, youth initiatives are an action within the YOUTH Programme, which has as special target group, young people with fewer opportunities.
The YOUTH INITIATIVES RESOURCE CENTER is based within BIJ, the Belgian (French speaking) National Agency and its project officer is Henar Conde.

www.salto-youth.net/youthinitiatives/


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Linking further- Useful links to actors in the field of non-formal European youth work in South East Europe


Looking for a trainer specialized in South East Europe?
The Trainers Online for Youth (TOY) database has a selection of experienced trainers in this field
http://www.salto-youth.net/trainerssee/

South East Europe - Resource Centre YOUTH
Promotes the participation of young people and other actors in the field of youth and non-formal education from South East Europe in the YOUTH programme. Find partners in this region, get an overview of the activities that are going on, subscribe to their newsletter, etc
http://mladina.movit.si/SEEintro.htm

youthNET
youthNet wants to create a platform for actors in the field of youth in the SEE region, including youth organizations and NGOs ( from the region as well as from EU-members), i.e. governmental representatives and administrators and National Agencies of the European YOUTH programme
http://www.iz.or.at/youthnet/

Balkan Youth Project
The European Youth Forum and CARE International will carry out the 3-year Balkan Youth Project to strengthen the youth sector and the development of youth NGOs in the countries of South East Europe. The Project will connect and integrate the youth NGOs in the region with youth organizations in other parts of Europe, and promote democratic values of youth participation and mutual respect and understanding among the multiethnic population in the region...
http://www.balkanyouthproject.net/

Balkan Youth
Balkan Youth supports young people in developing the values and skills they will need to fulfill their visions of a more hopeful and peaceful world in the Balkans to overcome years of ethnic strife and political and social upheaval
http://www.balkanyouth.org/

South East European Youth Network
The SEEYN is a network (funded by the Danish goverment) working to overcome differences in South East Europe. Youth (leaders) contribute to its overall goals such as peace, stability and democratic development in the region, through exchanging volunteers, organizing work camps, doing advocacy and outreach etc
http://www.seeyn.org/

Balkanidea - Virtual Office for Youth Non-Governmental Organizations from SEE
BINET offers lots of resources for youth work in South-East Europe NGO such as Manuals on NGO work, a calendar of events for/by young people/youth organizations, a list of non-governmental youth organizations, Grant Giving Institutions and Open Funding Opportunities, Media, Higher Education etc. Discussion forums and NEWS digests
http://www.balkanidea.org/

Allavida - South East Europe grants
For sharing skills, knowledge and experience between young people across South East Europe, in order to increase their visibility and to encourage and strengthen their involvement in their local communities and beyond
http://www.allavida.org/see.htm

OneWorld SEE NGOs web portal
OneWorld South East Europe in English, South Slavic and Albanian. Bringing together a network of people and groups working for human rights and sustainable development from across the globe. With lots of information, articles and resources
http://www.oneworld.net/see

PRONI Institute
The development aim of PRONI Institute is to improve democracy through social reconstruction using youth work, social education and community development as a focus for intervention. Part of its focus is on projects in the Balkans
http://www.proni.se/

CNIP - Commission New International Projects - Flanders Belgium
Empowerment of youth work in Flanders and Central and East Europe
http://www.cnip.jint.be/

Grupa "Hajde da..." (Group "Let's...")
Grupa "Hajde da" works on non-formal peace education, provides psycho-social support after the troubles in the region and undertakes positive social action
http://www.hajdeda.org.yu/

South East Europe - Refugee Assistance Network
SEE-RAN is a network of domestic refugee aid organizations in BiH, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, Kosova, Albania and Macedonia. Through regional collaboration and joint projects, SEE-RAN will play an active role in providing a better environment for the displaced people of the Balkans: through joint projects, exchange of experiences and best practises and capacity building programmes
http://www.see-ran.org/

Youth Information Agency - BIH
Youth Information Agency (OIA) is the first youth, information-resource association and think tank at national level for the youth policy development. OIA stimulates and advocates the process of youth policy development in Bosnia-Herzegovina, strengthens and supports mechanisms for its development and creates a positive environment for the rise and implementation of such a policy
http://www.oiabih.info/


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Euroregional Center for Democracy

Semenic Nr. 10
300035, Timisoara
Romania

Tel: + 40 256 221 471
Fax:+ 40 256 436 633

http://www.regionalnet.org

Editor:
Alina Dutu
Camelia Cocioba

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