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1. Funding
Opportunities
- GEMMA - Master in Women's and Gender
Studies
Application deadline: January 31, 2007
- Programme Roms & Voyageurs, Grants
for local projects in the sector of informal & non formal
education to improve Roma's inclusion
Application
deadline: February 15, 2007, 4 pm (local time)
- The Romanian Environmental Partnership
Foundation - Seak Up and Get Involved program
Application
deadline: February 15, 2007, 16:30 local time
- Institute for Human Sciences - Robert Bosch
Fellowships
Application
deadline: February 28, 2007
- Culture Programme 2007 -
2013
Application deadline: February 28, 2007
- NISPACEE - Translation of Selected
Publications into CEE National Languages
Application
deadline: February 28, 2007
- European Cultural Foundation - Project
Grants Programme
Application
deadline: March 1, 200! 7
- Delegation of the European
Comission in Romania - Democracy, human rights, the rule of law,
independence of justice and fight against
corruption
Application deadline: March 9, 2007, 16:00 local
time
- Delegation of European Comission in
Romania - Citizens Advice Bureaux. Consolidation of existent
CABs
Application deadline: March 9, 2007, 16:00 local
time
- Neighbourhood Programme Romania - Ukraine
2004 - 2006
Application
deadline: March 12, 2007, 16:00 local time
- Delegation of European Comission in Romania - The
Development of Community Mental Health
Services
Application deadline: March 22, 2007, 16:00 local
time
- Ohio Northern University - Democratic
Governance and Rule of Law LL.M.
Application
deadline: March 31, 2007
- SEE-ERA.NET Networking for Southeast
Europe - Pilot Joint Call for Research
Proposals
Application deadline: March 31, 2007
- The Global Fund for Women - Grants for
women’s groups
Application dea! dline:
a ccept proposals all year
2.
Announcements and Upcoming Events
- ‘Introduction to Foresight as an
Instrument for Policy Making’ training seminar, March 1 – 2, 2007,
Bled, Slovenia
Application deadline: January 29,
2007, 12.00 CET
- Journal of Civil Society 17th Issue –
Call for papers
Application deadline: January
30, 2007
- 'Financing Metropolitan Governments
in Transitional Countries'
Application
deadline: January 31, 2007
- United Nations Association of Serbia
– ‘Belgrade International Model United Nations – BIMUN’ Apr! il 25
– 29, 2007, Belgrade, Serbia
Application
deadline: January 31, 2007
- Ultrasound Foundation - UH Fest 2007,
SHARE workshop, March 19 – 25, 2007, Budapest,
Hungary
Application deadline: February 1,
2007
- Festival Break 2.4, November 5 – 18,
2007, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Application deadline:
February 1, 2007 (postmark)
- National School of Political Sciences
and Public Administration - ‘Globalization and the Politics of
Development’ international conference, May 17 - 19, 2007,
Bucuresti, Romania
Application deadline:
February 4, 2007
- The Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI) – ‘Teaching Law,
Human Rights and Ethics’ summer course, July 9 - 13, 2007,
Budapest, Hungary
Application deadline: February
14, 2007
- Central European University - Summer
University
Application deadline: February 14,
2007 (unless stated otherwise in the announcement of a particular
course)
- Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights
- 18th International Summer School on Human Rights, June 23 – 30,
2007, Warsaw-Miedzeszyn, Poland
Application
deadline: February 15,2007
- Balkan Case Challenge 2007, May 20 –
25, 2007, Vienna, Austria
Application deadline:
March 1, 2007
- ‘Dynamics of National Identity and
Transnational Identities in the Process of European Integration’
conference, June 7 - 10, 2007, Sofia,
Bulgaria
Application deadline: March 15,
2007
- ‘Second Conference On Human Security,
Terrorism & Organised Crime In The Western Balkans: Realities,
Risks And Responses’, October 4 – 6, 2007, Sarajevo, Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Application deadline: March 31,
2007
- ®enska Infoteka – ‘Women and Politics
- Class Differences in Feminism’ seminar, May 17 – 19, 2007,
Dubrovnik, Croatia
- CEU Summer University
- 'Multi-Disciplinary and Cross-National Approaches to Romany
Studies. A Model for Europe', July 2 - 20,
2007
- Institute for Strengthening Democracy
in Bosnia – ‘Democracy and Human Rights in Multiethnic Societies’
international seminar, July 9 – 13, 2007, Konjic,
Bosnia&Herzegovina
- EGOART – EGOART
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3. Useful
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GEMMA -
Master in Women's and Gender Studies Application deadline: January 31,
2007
Master in
Women's and Gender Studies is a joint European multidisciplinary
programme which provides high quality academic education and
professional competencies for students wanting to conduct further
research or intending to work in the areas of women's studies,
gender studies and equal opportunities. This European Master is
unique in the way it brings together approaches to feminism from all
cardinal points in Europe. Created as a result of concerted efforts
on the part of several universities working together within the
Socrates Thematic Network ATHENA, it brings together the expertise
on postgraduate studies of all the institutions involved. In its
composition the GEMMA consortium represents the harmonisation of
eight different institutions from seven different European
countries: University of Granada (co-ordinator), University of
Bolonia, Central European University of Budapest, University of
Hull, ! Institutum Studiorum Humanitatis, Ljubjiana (ISH),
University of Lodz, University of Oviedo and University of Utrecht.
The languages used by the consortium universities will be
English, Italian and Spanish.
Admission information a.
Students should be in possession of a University Bachelor degree or
its equivalence (180 ECTS, minimum 3 years of study). b. Students
should have proven knowledge of the language of instruction of the
host institution. Knowledge of the language of the mobility
institution will also be valued. c. Students should complete
application form in all sections. Applications can be completed in
English or or in any of the other two teaching languages (Italian
and Spanish). d. The mobility will be conducted in the third
semester e. Students should attach the following documents: 1.
Motivation letter. 2. Official copy of the student’s previous
academic record and diplomas (the candidate must provide a
translation into any of the GEMMA working languages). 3. A
photocopy of the candidate’s passport. 4. Two letters of
recommendation. 5. Certificates proving sufficient knowledge of
the language of instruction of the hosting institution (English
TOEFL or Cambridge Proficiency test, or equivalent, Spanish
Instituto Cervantes DELE certificate or equivalent and Italian Dante
Institute standard test or equivalent).
Complete application
and official copies of original documents must also be posted to the
GEMMA central office. The date of stamp will be considered.
Documents should be posted by express mail so that they are received
at the GEMMA consortium central office by February 9 at the
latest.
Master registration fee: 5500 EUR per year.
Scholarships available. Selection criteria a. Scientific
excellence. 50%, b. Prior relevant knowledge/experience 15% c.
Proven knowledge of one of the languages 5% d. Motivation
20% e. Social skills and competences 5% f. Other
5%.
More information E-mail:
cantero@eduser.be gemma@ugr.es
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Programme
Roms & Voyageurs, Grants for local projects in the sector of
informal & non formal education to improve Roma's
inclusion Application deadline: February 15,
2007, 4 pm (local time)
This
programme has been designed to be an operational collective
programme, following the work's basis of the Collective programme
for Roma and Travellers conducted between 2004 and 2005 by Comité
PECO. This programme of Comité PECO was co-funded by the French
Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It made an inventory-diagnosis of the
Roma' educative situation in five countries: Romania, Bulgaria,
Slovakia, Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro. Fnasat-Gens du voyage
(Fnasat), as a member of Comité PECO, was appointed by Comité PECO
for the realization of the 5 inventories of fixtures.
On
this basis, Fnasat is now launching a European regional programme to
develop local initiatives in the field of informal and non formal
education. This programme aims at supporting Roma and Travellers'
integration in Bulgaria, Slovakia, Romania and France. It follows
the objectives of the Roma's Decade and will involve a large range
of actors (NGOs, local authorities and governmental
service.).
An ad hoc transnational committee, representative
of the four countries, that we called the Transnational Pilot
Committee, will assure the respect of the programme's objectives.
The Committee members are responsible of the good implementation of
this programme as well as of the selection and the follow up of 6
projects conducted in Bulgaria, Slovakia, Romania and France by
local NGOs.
For its 1st year, this operational programme is
supported by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a close
cooperation is settled. Indeed, the French Ministry of Foreign
Affairs is careful of this group dynamics and, in this context,
Fnasat proposes to carry this aid development programme for NGOs
during the following three years.
Objectives of the Programme
Roms & Voyageurs: - To foster the implementation of national
policies for Roma and Travellers in Bulgaria, Slovakia, Romania, and
France - To promote the dialogue and exchange of knowledge
between the majority and Roma and Travellers - To reinforce
advocacy capacity of NGOs involved in non formal educational actions
which support Roma and Travellers' integration in Bulgaria,
Slovakia, Romania, and France.
Objectives and frame of the
grants: In the framework of this call for proposals, Fnasat
proposes to allocate grants for local NGOs from Bulgaria, Slovakia
and Romania. 6 projects will be selected and cofinanced. Later (Year
2), another call for proposals will be published for French NGOs.
This call for proposals is one of the main tools of this Programme.
It is made for NGOs from Bulgaria, Slovakia and Romania which are
developing informal and non formal educational initiatives. The main
goal of the grants is to reinforce capacity building of NGOs from
eastern countries which are fostering the implementation of
inclusion policies for Roma and Travellers. This grant is to support
their innovative or new actions, as well as to extend their projects
that are needed further development. But it carries also major
targets like: - Developing a regional network working for Roma
and Travellers' inclusion - Promoting the role of non formal and
informal education to further Roma and Travellers'
inclusion.
Furthermore, it is important to underline that the
Transnational Committee, as the pilot authority of this programme,
has been involved from the beginning of this programme. It has been
designing this call for proposals and the programme tools. This
Committee which has written these guidelines will meet again to
evaluate and select collectively the 6 projects. Later, the
Committee members will assumer the follow up of the projects
development in close cooperation with Fnasat and the national
coordinators. The mission of this Transnational Pilot Committee
(TPC) and Fnasat is to support NGOs all along the development of
their projects. They will also be promoting and communicating
projects results and good practices in order to bring changes into
local practices. National coordinators will be nominated to support
this work in each country.
More information E-mail:
romale@zahav.net.il (all the documents related to this call for
applications will be sent in a zip file (1.5 MB) upon request at
with the phrase 'Grants for local projects' in the 'Subject'
line)
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The Romanian
Environmental Partnership Foundation - Seak Up and Get Involved
program Application deadline: February 15,
2007, 16:30 local time
The program
adresses to the environmental NGOs of Romania and will be
implemented between 2006 - 2009. The mission of the program is to
enhance, strengthen and support the advocacy and watchdog activities
of Romanian environmental NGOs, for the purpose of increasing the
contribution of these organizations and their constituency to policy
shaping, law enforcement and legislation implementation (both EU +
national) monitoring.
The program is co-funded by the Trust
for Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe and it was developed
in order to contribute to the enhancement of the accountability,
transparency, and effectiveness of public institutions, as well as
to the strengthening of civic support for democracy, promoting
democracy of citizens and engaging other stakeholders.
Specific objectives: - To improve environmental law
enforcement and monitoring on local and national level - To
improve the public funding mechanisms for NGOs - To initiate
environmental policy analysis and dialogue between NGOs and local
and national decision makers - To raise awareness and take
action against illegal and unsustainable initiatives through NGO and
public involvement Beside grantmaking, the program will include
capacity building and networking components as well.
More information Website:
http://www.epce.ro/atituden.htm E-mail: csillad@fpc.topnet.ro
(Csilla Dániel)
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Institute for
Human Sciences - Robert Bosch Fellowships Application deadline: February 28,
2007
The
Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) awards four research fellowships
during the academic year 2007/08. The programme, which is generously
supported by the Robert Bosch Foundation, is focused on
South-Eastern Europe.
Conditions · Robert Bosch Fellows
are invited to spend six months at the IWM in Vienna to pursue their
research project while working in residence at the institute. The
fellows will receive a stipend in the amount of EUR 10.000 to cover
all expenses related to the stay in Vienna (travel, apartment,
health insurance, incidentals). · Robert Bosch Fellows will be
members of the international and multidisciplinary scholarly
community at the IWM. They are invited to present and discuss their
project in lectures or seminars. · The IWM will provide the
fellows with a personal office with PC, access to internet and
e-mail, in-house research and administrative facilities.
Eligibility Applications are accepted from Ph.D
candidates and Post-doctoral researchers who · Either are of
South-Eastern European origin, · Or are affiliated to a
university or research institution in the region, · Or,
independent of their origin, who pursue research on South-Eastern
Europe. The program is directed to graduates with a degree in
the humanities and social sciences, that will work in Vienna on a
research project of her/his choice that is related to one of the
IWM’s main research fields. Although there is no strict age
limit, preference will be given to applicants up to the age of 35.
Application Procedure The application consists of the
following materials: 1. Application form 2. Concise research
proposal in English (max. 4 pages) 3. CV and list of
publications 4. Two letters of reference from scholars familiar
with the academic work of the applicant. Applicants will be
given notice of the decision in April 2007.
More information Website:
http://www.iwm.at/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=491&Itemid=546 E-mail:
fellowships@iwm.at (Subject header: Robert Bosch
Fellowships)
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Culture
Programme 2007 - 2013 Application deadline:
February 28, 2007
The general
objective of the Programme is to help enhance the cultural area
shared by Europeans, the foundations for which lie in their common
cultural heritage, through the development of cultural cooperation
between artists, stakeholders and cultural institutions in the
countries taking part in the Programme, with a view to encouraging
the emergence of European citizenship.
The objectives of the
Programme are: · To promote transnational mobility of people
working in the cultural sector, · To encourage the transnational
circulation of artistic and cultural works and products, · To
encourage intercultural dialogue.
This call for proposals
aims to meet the objectives of the Programme by awarding Community
grants, following a selection process, to two types of actions from
any artistic or cultural field: · Strand 1.1 multiannual
cooperation projects · Strand 1.2.1 cooperation measures. The
intention is to strengthen European cultural cooperation by
supporting approximately 136 applications (around 16 multi-annual
cooperation projects and around 120 cooperation measures). In
general, particular attention will be paid to activities promoting
intercultural dialogue where some or all of the actions are intended
to be carried out in 2008, the European Year of Intercultural
Dialogue
Multi-annual cooperation projects (Strand
1.1) Funding will be provided for cultural cooperation projects
aiming to achieve sustainable and structured cooperation between
cultural operators from countries participating in the programme.
The funding is intended to support these projects during their
launch and structuring phase or during their geographical expansion
phase to enable them to develop over the long-term and achieve
financial independence. These projects must involve at least six
cultural operators from at least six of the countries participating
in the Programme. They must last between three and five
years. Projects that receive funding must start before 15
November 2007 without fail and finish by 14 November 2012 at the
latest. Grants will be awarded under item 15.04.44 of the general
budget of the European Union. Under the reserve of the credit
appropriation decided by the budgetary authority, the total budget
for 2007 will be approximately EUR 15, 5 millions for actions under
strand 1.1 (multi?annual cooperation projects). The intention is to
provide financial support for around 16 multi-annual cooperation
projects (strand 1.1). Community funding cannot exceed 50% of the
project’s total budget and it is degressive in nature. It must come
to between EUR 200.000 and EUR 500.000 per year. This funding is
given for a period of three to five years. It should be noted that
there is no obligation to allocate all the available funds.
Applicants who meet the following criteria will be subject
to an in depth assessment - Eligible establishments/bodies/types
of applicant · A public or private body with a legal status whose
principal activity lies in the cultural field and whose registered
office is located in one of the countries participating in the
Programme, · Have the financial capacity to complete the action
proposed, · Have the operational capacity to complete the action
proposed. The Programme is also open to non-audiovisual cultural
industries, and in particular small cultural enterprises, where they
are acting in a non-profit making cultural capacity.
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Eligible countries Cultural operators are eligible if their
registered office is located in one of the countries participating
in the Programme: · the Member States of the European
Union, · the three EEA countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein and
Norway) subject to the adoption of the appropriate decision by the
mixed EEA committee, · the candidate countries (Croatia, Former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey) and the western Balkan
countries (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia including
Kosovo (UN Security Council Resolution 1244)), subject to conclusion
of the appropriate Memorandum of Understanding laying down the
detailed rules for their participation.
- Eligibility
period The actions that receive funding must start before 15
November 2007 without fail and finish by 14 November 2012 at the
latest.
- Eligible actions Activities for which funding
can be granted must comply with the principles underpinning the
Community measures in the field of culture and take account of the
objectives laid down in Section 2.2 and the conditions defined in
Section 2.3.
- Eligible proposals · Only proposals
submitted in two copies, using the official application form, duly
completed and with the original signatures as required, and sent
within the specified deadlines will be accepted. · Application
files must include an official letter from the applicant, documents
certifying its financial and operational capacity and all the other
documents specified on the application form. · Applications must
be written in one of the official languages of the European Union.
However, for practical reasons and to speed up the assessment
procedure, it is recommended that applications be submitted in one
of the three working languages of the European Commission (English,
French or German). · Handwritten applications are not
allowed. · Applications sent by fax or e-mail will not be
accepted. · Applications must present a balanced budget
(expenditure = income), and comply with the maximum ceiling
Community co-funding set at 50% of the total eligible
budget. Only those applications that are complete and valid at
the closing date of the call for proposals will be
accepted.
More information Website:
http://eacea.cec.eu.int/static/en/culture/call092006/index.htm http://ec.europa.eu/culture/eac/culture2000/contacts/national_pts_en.html
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NISPACEE -
Translation of Selected Publications into CEE National
Languages Application deadline: February 28,
2007
NISPAcee's
accepts applications in the frame of a project with the aim of
translating selected publications from English into CEE national
languages based on requests and needs of governmental institutions
or NISPAcee member institutions from CEE countries.
How to
apply: · Eligibility is limited to institutions with
professional interest in public administration in Central and
Eastern Europe · Applicants will have to prove the utility of the
translated publications in their respective countries, the
distribution policy, quality of translation, and an ability to cover
the distribution costs · Priority will be given to institutions,
which will distribute the publication at their own expense ·
Applicants should determine clear overall calculation of costs of
translation (checking/editing) and publishing (priority will be
given to reasonable price quotes for translation and
publishing).
Applications should contain the following
information: · grant recipient (name of institution, address,
contacts, responsible person) · description of goals and
objectives (purpose of translation, who will use the translated
materials) · distribution (number of copies, distribution policy
– in details) · list of selected publications for translation (to
rank them according to their importance) · request for a grant
including detailed budget of translation and printed costs (maximum
price per page for translation could be 10 USD including
editing).
More information Website:
http://www.nispa.sk/_portal/page.php?sid=74
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European
Cultural Foundation - Project Grants Programme Application deadline: March 1,
2007
The European
Cultural Foundation - ECF promotes cultural co-operation in Europe.
It aims to contribute to an open and democratic Europe, which
respects the basic human rights and cultural diversity of its
people.
What projects are eligible: Cultural - The
project should have a strong cultural objective. We support the
creation of artistic work, media projects or cultural policy
development as well as capacity building of cultural organisations
or international collaboration of arts managers, etc.
Co-operation - The project should be concerned with European
cross border cooperation. In exceptional cases we also support
regional cooperation that does not transgress the national level,
when ECF considers it to be essential to achieve future European
cooperation. European - The project has to be organised by a
cultural organisation in Europe, or from across the Mediterranean.
Outcome - The project must have a clear end-result that can be
evaluated. Read here about the other fields of interest:
http://www.eurocult.org/we-support-cultural-cooperation/grants/what-do-we-like/
The
ECF provides grants that support projects developed by independent
cultural organisations. The objective of the grants is to encourage
small to medium-sized cultural organisations to work together across
geographical and cultural divides.
Candidates eligible to
apply are small and medium-sized independent cultural organisations
that work on cross-border and inter-regional projects.
Lead
organisations are: Independent cultural organisations (NGOs) from
western, central, eastern and south eastern Europe, including
Turkey, Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus and Russia.
Partner
organisations are: Independent organisations from the south
Mediterranean, including Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon,
Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Syria and Tunisia. Organisations from
these countries will be supported as partners, in projects submitted
by a European NGO. International projects will only be considered
if there is a strong European component.
The avarage grants
awarded by the ECF is EUR 10-15 000 and 80% of the project's total
costs.
More information Website:
http://www.eurocult.org/we-support-cultural-cooperation/grants/application-guide/ http://www.eurocult.org/we-support-cultural-cooperation/grants/apply-for-a-grant/
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Delegation of
the European Comission in Romania - Democracy, human rights, the
rule of law, independence of justice and fight against
corruption Application deadline: March 9,
2007, 16:00 local time
Programme
objectives: This Call for Proposals aims at further strengthening
the advocacy role of NGOs in supporting democracy, rule of law,
protecting fundamental human rights, access to information, freedom
of expression and related independence of media, independence of
justice and fight against corruption.
Eligible
activities: Under the current Call for Proposals, grants will be
awarded to actions that further strengthen the advocacy role of NGOs
in supporting democracy, the rule of law, protecting basic human
rights, access to information, freedom of expression and related
independence of the media, independence of justice and fight against
corruption.
Who can apply: Romanian non-governmental
non-profit organisations which may act individually or in consortium
with other Romanian non-governmental non-profit organisations and/or
Romanian local/national public authorities/institutions and/or
non-governmental non-profit organisations based in any other Phare
country or EU country.
Financing conditions: The value of
the grants is between 10,000 and 60,000 EUR/project (EU contribution
up to 90.00% of the total eligible costs of the
project).
Questions may be sent by e-mail or by fax no later
than 17 February 2007 indicating clearly the reference of the call
for proposals.
More information Website:
http://www.infoeuropa.ro/jsp/page.jsp?cid=197&lid=2&id=26619 www.fdsc.ro E-mail:
ileana-h@fdsc.ro
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Delegation of
European Comission in Romania - Citizens Advice Bureaux.
Consolidation of existent CABs Application
deadline: March 9, 2007, 16:00 local time
Programme
objectives This Call for Proposals aims at supporting the NGOs in
order to further strengthen the network of Citizens Advice Bureaux
(CABs) and increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the services
provided by CABs.
Eligible activities Under this
subcomponent the grants will be awarded for actions proposing to
consolidate the existent CABs and only for those that can clearly
demonstrate the existing need for continuous provision of services
offered, and also the efficiency of the functioning as a Citizens
Advice Bureau. CABs should continue the general line featured under
the 2000, 2001 and 2003 Civil Society programmes, and the proposed
actions must focus on their development in view of extending the
areas of assistance and improving the quality of services, ensuring
the efficiency and effectiveness of the provided services, in order
to reach sustainability and achieve sustainable impact.
Who
can apply - Non-governmental non-profit organisations from
Romania, which have already established CABs under 2000 Civil
Society Development Programme, 2001 Civil Society Programme or under
Phare 2003 Strengthening the Civil Society in Romania Programme -
CABs established under the above programmes that have been set up as
non-governmental nonprofit organisations distinct from the founding
organisations. The applicants must be members of the National
Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux. Applicants must act in
consortium with at least one local authority. The local authority
partner(s) may be a city hall, a local council, a county council, a
prefecture, a decentralised service of the central government at
local level, public institution that may be subordinated either to
city hall, local councils, prefectures, county councils, or
decentralised services of the central government. The applicant may
also act in partnership with other local authorities, and/or other
non- governmental nonprofit-making organisation(s).
Financing
conditions The value of the grants is between 8,000 and 18,000
EUR/project (EU contribution up to 80.00% of the total eligible
costs of the project).
Questions may be sent by e-mail or by
fax no later than 17 February 2007 indicating clearly the reference
of the call for proposals.
More information Website:
http://www.infoeuropa.ro/jsp/page.jsp?cid=197&lid=2&id=26620&changeLangEv=1 www.fdsc.ro E-mail:
stef@fdsc.ro Stefania Andersen
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Neighbourhood
Programme Romania - Ukraine 2004 - 2006 Application deadline: March 12, 2007, 16:00 local
time
Ministry of
European Integration is seeking proposals for activities in the
field of: Local socio-economic development - Priority 1 (with
Measures 1.1.-Expand and strengthen tourism and 1.2-Cross-border
economic cooperation) Cross border integrated infrastructure
systems – Priority 2 (with Measures 2.1.- Develop cross-border
transport and border infrastructure and 2.2.-Improve cross-border
environmental management) ’People to people’ actions - Priority
3 (with Measure 3.1.- Joint Small Project Fund) in the counties
Tulcea, Botoşani, Suceava, Maramureş, Satu Mare, located in the
Romania - Ukraine border region, with financial assistance from the
Neighbourhood Programme of the European Communities.
The full
Guidelines for Applicants and Annexes are available for consultation
at the Joint Technical Secretariat, established within the Regional
Office for Cross Border Cooperation Suceava (address: 8th Mihai
Eminescu Street, Suceava, code 720183, Suceava County, Romania), on
the website of the Regional Office for Cross Border Cooperation
Suceava (www.brctsuceava.ro) and on the website of the Ministry of
European Integration: www.mie.ro.
More information Website:
www.brctsuceava.ro E-mail:
brctsuceava@yahoo.com phare2005@brctsuceava.ro
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Delegation of
European Comission in Romania - The Development of Community Mental
Health Services Application deadline: March
22, 2007, 16:00 local time
Programme
objectives This Call for Proposal aims to develop and promote
community health services in the existent centres for mental health
(current laboratories for mental health) and independent centres
(community centres with activities in mental health) and also to
pilot mobile-type of intervention in rural areas and/or small town
area within one community centre with activities in mental health.
The actions to be supported under this Component should relate to
mental health promotion, mental health at workplace, advocacy in the
field of mental health, education and information on mental health
issues, community mental health services, etc.
Eligible
activities: Under this component the grants will be awarded for
actions proposing to facilitate the involvement of nongovernmental
organizations in increasing the quality, accessibility and
acceptability of mental health care services, through developing and
promoting community health services in the existent centres for
mental health (current laboratories for mental health) and
independent centres (community centres with activities in mental
health) and also through piloting mobile-type of intervention in
rural areas and/or small town area within one community centre
with activities in mental health.
Who can apply Romanian
non-governmental non-profit organisations which must act in
partnership with public authorities/institutions. The partnership is
mandatory with the public authority/institution that runs a mental
health centre or, in case of the independent centre a public
authority/institution that supports the activity of the centre or
activates in the area of interest/activity/domain of the centre. In
case of piloting mobile-type of intervention, the partnership is
mandatory with a public authority/institution having the
headquarters in the community in which the mobile pilot intervention
is applied. As an exception, only those public
authority/institutions established only at county level may have
their headquarters in other community, but in the same county as the
centre operates. The applicant may also act in artnership with
other Romanian non-governmental non-profit organization(s) and/or
other Romanian public authorities/institutions.
Financing
conditions The value of the grants is between 20,000 and 50,000
EUR/project (EU contribution up to 95% of the total eligible costs
of the project).
More information Website:
http://www.infoeuropa.ro/jsp/page.jsp?cid=197&lid=2&id=26618&changeLangEv=1 www.fdsc.ro E-mail:
cristina-maria.tauber@ec.europa.eu (Cristina Maria
Tauber) mihaela@fdsc.ro (Mihaela Mohorea)
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Ohio Northern
University - Democratic Governance and Rule of Law LL.M. Application deadline: March 31,
2007
The LL.M. in
Democratic Governance and the Rule of Law provides young lawyers
from emerging democracies with the training and tools to implement
law reforms that support stable democratic institutions and the rule
of law in a free-market economy. The LL.M. is a fully-funded,
one-year program of study designed for lawyers practicing in the
public sector whose first law degree was earned from a law school
outside the U.S. This program is not designed to help our students
pass the American Bar and/or practice law in the United States.
Students are required to commit to 2 years further public service
upon return to their home countries. Through small classes with
outstanding faculty, close interaction among the students and with
the faculty, and numerous short seminars and field observations,
students will receive an intensive education in practical democracy
and law.
Admission is open to lawyers with two to five years
experience in the public sector, working on governance and rule of
law issues. Additional criteria include a recognized law degree,
admission to the bar, a PBT TOEFL score of 600 or higher or a CBT
TOEFL score of 250 or higher, and recommendations (including those
from employers, and U.S. foreign aid offices and contractors). The
personal statement from the applicant will also be weighed heavily.
The final selection will be made by the director and LL.M. committee
at the law college.
Students accepted to the LL.M. program
will be fully supported during their studies. Tuition and fees,
books, room and board, travel, and a monthly stipend of $500 are all
provided. The objective of the program includes allowing young
lawyers committed to public service to have the benefits of a study
program not otherwise available to them for financial reasons.
More information Website:
http://www.llm.onu.edu/ Email: LLM@onu.edu
s-larrabee@onu.edu
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SEE-ERA.NET
Networking for Southeast Europe - Pilot Joint Call for Research
Proposals Application deadline: March 31,
2007
Background
and objectives The ERA-NET scheme is an innovative component of
the European Union’s Sixth Framework Programme addressing national
or regional research funding or managing bodies. Its intention is to
improve the co-operation and co-ordination of national research
activities and thus strengthen the European Research Area
(ERA).
Supported under the ERA-Net scheme, the SEE-ERA.NET
began its work in September 2004. SEE-ERA.NET aims at structuring
and expanding the ERA to the West Balkan countries (WBC) by
co-ordinating and supporting RTD activities so far conducted
preferably at bilateral level. SEE-ERA.NET is trying to develop a
systemic approach to joint activities, such as combining policy
development, capacity building, infrastructure development,
brokerage and networking activities, ending up with joint research
projects.
In order to establish a first pilot case of a Joint
Call, the SEE-ERA.NET Steering Board has decided to create a new
multilateral funding programme within the context of the SEE-ERA.NET
network.
All 14 countries in the SEE-ERA-NET project have
declared that they will participate with national financial
contributions to this first pilot joint call: Albania, Austria,
Bosnia&Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece,
Hungary, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro,
Romania, Slovenia, Serbia.
What kind of projects will be
funded? The SEE-ERA.NET Pilot Joint Call focuses on specific
thematic areas: - Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology: sub area
‘Sustainable production and management of biological resources from
land, forest and aquatic environments’ - Information and
Communication Technologies: sub area ‘Applications Research’ -
Environment: sub area ‘Environmental
Technologies’
Applications can be submitted for: 2.1.
Research projects These projects shall be conducted by a project
consortium with at least three participants from three different
countries and at least one of them must be from a Western Balkan
country. Applications should be submitted for small and short
term multilateral research projects and short preparatory activities
such as feasibility studies or pilot investigations with a duration
of up to 9 months including exchange of scientists in order to
prepare bigger and longer future research projects.
2.2.
Network projects The thematic network projects are preferably
aiming at the co-ordination and co-operation of scientists in one
specific scientific area based on mutual visits and small
Workshops. This specific type of projects shall be conducted by
at least five partners from three different countries of which two
from Western Balkan countries are mandatory. The docking of
scientific institutions/teams to existing networks and existing and
ongoing R&D projects (i.e. linking up teams of young researchers
to already existing successful multilateral projects or
institutional networks) will be possible. Research and network
projects might start in September 2007 with a duration of up to nine
months.
2.3. Summer Schools Summer Schools should be
organised by a project consortium consisting of at least three
participants from three different countries; among them at least one
from a Western Balkan country.
Who is funded? Applications
for project funding may be submitted by legal RTD entities eligible
according to the national regulations of the participating
countries. This funding scheme targets at institutional
collaboration: legal private persons may not apply.
What does
the funding cover? The National Funding Bodies (this is the
respective Ministry or agency acting on behalf of the responsible
Ministry for a specific country) of the countries eligible for this
call will promote the projects by providing non-repayable grants.
Expenditures have to be actual, economic and necessary. Mainly
expenses for mobility of researchers will be covered (for Romania
only mobility expenditures can be covered.). In addition,
expenditure for the following types is eligible for grants, if
justified by the nature of the project: - Staff for the
implementation of events and investigations of feasibility -
Cost of events and meetings, e.g. rental of venue, logistics -
Physical resources, e.g. consumables, printing costs, small
equipment, etc. Indicative budget per project will be up to EUR
20.000 for a period of maximum 9 months.
Applications will be
considered on the basis of the following criteria: - Scientific
quality of the work plan (relevance, originality). – A special
weight will be applied to this criterion. - Innovative potential
of the expected project results or networking or docking activities
for future utilisation or co-operation - International
competitiveness of participating research groups in the field(s) of
the proposal - Feasibility of the project (appropriateness of
the methodology, budget and timetable) - Level of collaborative
interaction between the groups and added value of the consortium
- Training aspects, if applicable - Involvement of young
scientists - Sustainability - Regional co-operation among
the West Balkan Countries - Southeast European capacity building
- 'Brain Gain and re-integration measures for mobile scientists
from the Western Balkan Countries.
More information Website:
http://www.see-era.net/pjc
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The Global
Fund for Women - Grants for women’s groups Application deadline: accept proposals all
year
The Global
Fund for Women supports women's groups that advance the human rights
of women and girls. We strengthen women’s groups based outside the
United States by providing small, flexible, and timely grants
ranging from $500 to $20,000 per year for operating and project
expenses. First-time grant awards generally range from $3,000 to
$9,000 per year. We value local expertise and believe that women
themselves know best how to determine their needs and propose
solutions for lasting change.
We welcome proposals that may
fall into, but are not limited to, the following broad thematic
areas: - Building Peace & Ending Gender-Based Violence -
Advancing Health and Sexual & Reproductive Rights - Expanding
Civic & Political Participation - Ensuring Economic &
Environmental Justice - Increasing Access to Education -
Fostering Social Change Philanthropy.
Application
criteria Please note that your group MUST meet all the following
criteria to be eligible for a grant: It is based in a country
outside the United States. We do not fund US based organizations.
Its primary focus is advancing women’s equality and human rights,
with these goals clearly reflected in its activities. It is a
group of women working together. We do not accept requests from
individuals. It is governed, directed, and led by women. Women
must fill all or most of the leadership roles.
Priorities: The Global Fund receives over 3,500 proposals
each year and awards about 600 grants annually. Unfortunately we do
not have the resources to provide funding to all the groups that
meet our criteria. We do, however, give priority to women’s groups
that might particularly benefit from our support. These include
groups that: 1. Are in the first five years of existence. Groups
do not need to be registered non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
to qualify for funding. 2. Do not have access to funds from
larger donor agencies. 3. Are located in a region or country that
has extremely limited access to funding resources. 4. Are working
on issues that are difficult or controversial for women to raise in
their communities, yet are critical to the realization of women’s
human rights. 5. Are organized and led by women from particularly
marginalized populations, including but not limited to: refugees,
rural women, economically disadvantaged women, women with
disabilities, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBTQI)
populations, sex workers, women affected by military occupation,
women in conflict and post-conflict regions, girls and young women,
and women from ethnic, religious, and cultural minorities. 6.
Actively include the perspectives of those served by or benefiting
from the group’s activities.
In addition, please note that
the Global Fund does NOT fund the following: 1. Individuals 2.
Scholarships 3. Government entities 4. Groups without a strong
women’s rights focus 5. Groups based and working primarily or
only in the US 6. International organizations proposing projects
with local partners.
Groups whose sole purpose is to generate
income or to provide charity to individuals Groups headed and
managed by men, without women in the majority of leadership
positions Political parties or election campaigns Women’s
branches/departments/projects of mixed gender organizations.
Exceptions: Women-focused projects within mixed-gender organizations
may occasionally receive support from the Global Fund if they work
with particularly marginalized groups: for example, women within
groups of people with disabilities or women within LGBTQI
organizations.
Review process You may submit a request in
any language, by e-mail, fax, or post. We usually accept proposals
all year, but grants are awarded only four times a year after
approval by our international Board of Directors. After you submit a
proposal, a notice of receipt will be sent within 3 weeks of its
arrival at the Global Fund. You will receive a decision on your
proposal or a request for additional information in approximately
4-5 months. Due to the large volume of requests we receive, final
grant awards may not be made for up to 7 to 9 months. In addition,
please note that the Global Fund is not able to award a grant to all
the deserving groups that apply and that we are also often unable to
award the total amount requested.
Urgent requests The
Global Fund for Women accepts urgent requests related to a crisis of
some kind, or for requests that pertain to organizing or attending a
conference, or other time-bound event. Such requests will be
considered outside of our normal grant cycle due to their
time-sensitive nature. Applications must be submitted by
organizations, not individuals, and must be received at least 8
weeks before the event. Funding for such requests is extremely
limited and preference will be given to past Global Fund grantees.
To apply for an urgent request please follow the directions at
www.globalfundforwomen.org/3grant.
More information Website:
http://www.globalfundforwomen.org E-mail:
ecis@globalfundforwomen.org (Angelika Arutyunova, Program Officer,
Europe and the Former Soviet States)
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‘Introduction
to Foresight as an Instrument for Policy Making’ training seminar,
March 1 – 2, 2007, Bled, Slovenia Application
deadline: January 29, 2007, 12.00 CET
The target
group for the training seminar & conference participation grants
are people interested in launching, carrying out or using Foresight
activities in support to policy-making within the SEE countries
(Albania, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia
(including Kosovo), FYR of Macedonia).
It will be organised
in cooperation with the FOR-LEARN project team of Institute
forProspective Technological Studies (IPTS) of the European
Commission's Joint Research Centre as a preliminary event to the
‘VIII. Bled Forum on Europe’. Participants of the training seminar
will also have the opportunity to participate in the VIII. Bled
Forum on Europe conference. The conference will take place on March
2 and 3.
The participants in the Seminar will receive basic
and practical knowledge on: - What is Foresight, - What it can
(and cannot) achieve, - How to design and carry out a Foresight
exercise.
Participants will have the opportunity to do some
practical exercises in small groups. Depending on the interest of
participants, specific topics such as the role of Foresight in
innovation policy or in regional development could be
addressed.
The organisers intend to cover the costs for
registration, travel (public transport) up to 400 Euros per person
and for accommodation (half board for the days of the training
seminar and the conference) for about 20 – 25 participants from SEE
countries (eligible countries see above) for the participation at
the foresight conference and at the training seminar.
More information Website:
www.aso.zsi.at http://www.bled-forum.org/index_eng.html E-mail:
aso-ljubljana@zsi.at
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Journal of
Civil Society 17th Issue – Call for papers Application deadline: January 30,
2007
Journal of
Civil Society is a peer reviewed and quarterly published academic
journal. It is the first and only journal in Turkish on civil
society. It not only accepts national, but also looks for
international contributions. The articles are published in Turkish
with English abstracts. Journal of Civil Society wants to review the
theoretical perspectives and practices together and produce original
ideas, techniques and critics for a progress in the field. The
Journal gives priority to original research papers.
The
journal is issue-based. Nowadays, we are preparing 17th volume of
the Journal which is on ‘City’. We want to publish articles about
‘city, urbanization, history of urbanization, modern city, the city
as a manifestation of civilization, governance, localization,
anomy, crime in the city, emigration, city planning’. The articles
contain between 4000-5000 word are welcome.
More information E-mail:
editor@siviltoplum.com.tr
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'Financing
Metropolitan Governments in Transitional Countries' Application deadline: January 31, 2007
After more
than fifteen years of transition the issues of managing large cities
has become increasingly significant and challenging. The laws on
capital cities were part of the decentralization process; in
countries where ‘fast decentralization’ took place new structures
were introduced at the beginning of the 90s (Warsaw, Budapest,
Bratislava, etc.). The emerging structure was under constant
criticism, mostly because of its fragmented nature (especially
Warsaw and Budapest), which is why, for instance, the two-tier
system of Warsaw was replaced in 2003 by a one-tier system.
‘Latecomer’ decentralizers are looking for the best model for their
capital cities: e.g. Skopje after the Ohrid agreement moved towards
decentralization and adopted a two-tier system, while Belgrade is
currently in search of a model.
The political weight of large
cities (typically capitals) has greatly increased in the Baltics,
the former Yugoslav republics and the Caucasus, as the share of the
population living in the capital cities of these transition
countries typically exceeds 20%, but in some cases even 30% (32% in
Riga; 39% in Tallinn; 40% in Tirana). Among the many problems
experienced in large urban areas is how such cities can be
integrated into the intergovernmental fiscal system in order to make
the capital city competitive and avoid the violation of local
autonomy (a principal element of
decentralization).
Eligibility and target researchers The
following cities are eligible for the research program: Belgrade,
Bratislava, Bucharest, Budapest, Chisinau, Kiev, Lubljana, Minsk,
Moscow, Prague, Riga, Saint-Petersburg, Sarajevo, Skopje, Sofia,
Tallinn, Tirana, Vilnius, Warsaw, Zagreb. In the project 8-10 cities
will be selected for case studies representing EU countries,
accession countries, and countries of the former Soviet
Union.
Researchers are normally civil servants, members of
advocacy groups or professional associations, policy researchers and
policy advisers. An advanced degree or equivalent is required.
Applicants should be citizens of the countries noted under the
topic. As a rule, Researchers will be based in their home countries
and will be required to attend two international workshops.
Researchers are expected to continue with their current employment,
spending only up to fifty percent of their time on the Research
program.
Target Researchers: 1. Current/former municipal
officials 2. Local government practitioners 3. Local
government association members 4. Former local government
practitioners turned consultants 5. Policy
researchers
Applications must include ALL of the following
materials: 1. Statement of interest (1 page maximum) 2.
Research proposal (2,000 words maximum) including a well-defined
research problem, topic justification, research methodology, and
expected outcomes of the research. 3. Professional CV/s (which
includes: full name, email and telephone number of the applicant/s,
country of origin and residence) 4. English language writing
sample (maximum 5 pages) 5. The name and contact information of
three people familiar with the professional capacities of the
applicant.
More information Website:
http://lgi.osi.hu/documents.php?id=1413 E-mail: lgprog@osi.hu
(please include in the subject line ‘Financing Metropolitan
Governments in Transitional Countries’)
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United
Nations Association of Serbia – ‘Belgrade International Model United
Nations – BIMUN’ April 25 – 29, 2007, Belgrade, Serbia Application deadline: January 31,
2007
BIMUN is a
youth conference designed to furnish a structure and forum for
students to work with the most pressing international issues from a
perspective outside of the classroom, and thus broaden their
awareness of the world of politics.
In this educational
exercise, students take over roles of UN diplomats, represent
different countries and discuss certain topics, which are on the
agenda. Participants, as delegates, elaborate strategy, prepare
resolutions, negotiate and resolve conflicts, following the UN
procedure.
’Belgrade International Model UN - BIMUN 2007’
will feature comprehensive simulations of the following UN bodies,
with focus on real-life agenda items: - The UN Security Council
’The Risk of Nuclear Proliferation : Situation in Iran’ -
General Assembly - VI Committee ’Strengthening the Role of the
United Nations - Reform of the Security Council’ - Human Rights
Council ’The Rights of National Minorities in Southeastern
Europe’ - UNESCO World Heritage Committee ’Protection of
Endangered Heritage in Conflict Areas’.
Students of social
sciences from all over the world are invited to participate. We
would particularly like to encourage students from the Southeastern
European to take part in the conference in order to develop regional
links and partnerships. Eligible to take part in this event are
social science students and postgraduates up to 29 years of age. The
working language of the conference will be English.
More information Website:
www.unaserbia.org.yu E-mail: unaserbia@gmail.com
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Ultrasound
Foundation - UH Fest 2007, SHARE workshop, March 19 – 25, 2007,
Budapest, Hungary Application deadline:
February 1, 2007
UH Fest 2007
will stage 40-45 acts from 10-13 countries between 22-25 of March,
2007. All the events will take place at one venue, Merlin theatre at
the heart of the city. Ultrasound Foundation can invite interested
participants (technicians, musicians, sound and video artists,
promoters, culture activists) from Hungary, Czech Republic, Romania,
Ukraine, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia Slovakia and Poland for a
weeklong stay in Budapest.
More information Website:
www.fest.uh.hu H/SK/PL/CZ http://fest.uh.hu/SHARE_application_Budapest2007_visegrad.doc UKR/SRB/CRO/SLO/RO http://fest.uh.hu/SHARE_application_Budapest2007.doc
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Festival
Break 2.4, November 5 – 18, 2007, Ljubljana, Slovenia Application deadline: February 1, 2007 (postmark)
The purpose
of the multimedia festival Break is to explore new artistic
expressions and contemporary topics and to emphasize emerging
poetics whose artistic discourse has not yet been deep-rooted within
firmly established standards, criteria and cultural
values.
We are currently seeking art projects, from
established, mid-career, and emerging artists, that address the
theme selected for the festival: Potemkin village. Definitions of
the Potemkin village: - Pretentiously showy or imposing facade
intended to mask or divert attention from an embarrassing or shabby
fact or condition - Something that appears impressive but is
ineffective and insubstantial - Any hollow or false construction,
physical or figurative, meant to hide an undesirable or potentially
damaging situation - Politically generated appearance that covers
a less impressive underside
The application must include the
completed application form, supporting material, and a project
presentation (visual and/or text) on A4 sheet. All the project
presentations on A4 sheet might be exhibited in this format during
the festival Break 2.4. For the selection of projects to be realized
and presented during the festival Break 2.4, decisions will be made
on March 1, 2007. Only successful applicants will be contacted.
Organizer: >From 1997 to 2000, the festival was
produced by the Student Organization of the University of Ljubljana
and had the primary function of presenting young emerging artists.
Since 2001, the festival has been the project of Zavod K6/4, a
non-profit institution operating in the area of contemporary art and
culture.
More information Website:
http://www.break-festival.org E-mail: info@break-festival.org
(Mateja Jurič)
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National
School of Political Sciences and Public Administration -
‘Globalization and the Politics of Development’ international
conference, May 17 - 19, 2007, Bucuresti, Romania Application deadline: February 4,
2007
In
co-operation with Babes Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania and the
European Institute of Romania.
In exploring this theme,
papers are encouraged along the following themes: the impact of
globalization on policy making and implementation; changes induced
by the shifting role of the state; contemporary actors of
development; globalization and European integration: consequences
upon national development policies; sustainable development policies
in the context of globalization; globalization and communication;
mass media as the drivers of globalization; European regional
development policy; development models of other economic regions
(the Pacific Rim, North America); development and modernization; the
situation of the new EU Member states from Central and Eastern
Europe; innovation, research and education: the magic triangle of
contemporary development; innovation management; project management
as a macroeconomic strategy of development; project-oriented
companies and the project-oriented nation.
Deadlines for
paper submission February 4, 2007: abstract submission; February 12,
2007: abstract acceptance; April 15, 2007: full paper submission;
April 30, 2007: full paper acceptance. The abstracts (max. 200 words
followed by 3-5 keywords) will be submitted for review in electronic
MS Word format. Please provide the full names, affiliations, mailing
addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail addresses of all
authors, indicating the contact author. There will be accepted only
one paper for each participant as a first author.
Conference
languages will be English and French. Abstracts, papers and paper
presentations will be made in English or French. The accepted papers
will be published in the conference volume. The conference fee is
EUR 100/participant and it includes: conference volume, conference
agenda, conference briefcase, welcome reception, coffee breaks, and
the conference banquet. The fee will have to be paid no later than
May 5, 2007.
More information Website:
http://www.conference.snspa.ro (guidelines for full paper submission
will be available on the website in due time) E-mail:
conference@snspa.ro alina.bargaoanu@comunicare.ro (Alina
Bargaoanu, PhD, PMP Faculty of Communication and Public Relations)
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The Public
Interest Law Initiative (PILI) – ‘Teaching Law, Human Rights and
Ethics’ summer course, July 9 - 13, 2007, Budapest, Hungary Application deadline: February 14,
2007
This is a
one-week course for junior law faculty and senior students
interested in pursuing academic career, who wish to learn more about
the use of innovative methods of teaching about human rights in
relation to various aspects of rule of law, ethics, including
experiential learning. The course is devoted to giving participants
knowledge on cutting-edge topics, specifically within the themes of:
(1) human rights and the rule of law, and (2) professional ethics.
The course will also provide skills development in new
methods of pedagogy. The ultimate goal of the course is to convey
challenging material, technical know-how and motivation to a group
of young academics who will be expected to have an impact on reform
of higher legal education through their own curricular innovations.
The course will consist of three components: 1)
Discussions about the relationship of human rights and rule of law
in general and some of the key concepts embedded in rule of law,
such as good governance and sustainable development as well as
strategies and methods of promoting them. Critical to the discussion
will be an understanding of the key role that civil society plays in
governance, policy formulation as well as social development and
poverty alleviation. The objective will be to encourage the
participants to develop their own ideas for enhancing participation
in governance and the accountability of the state to society and
their understanding about the role that contemporary legal education
has to play. Topics covered will include: human rights and the
promotion of the rule of law, the development of civil society
networks and their role in good governance and poverty alleviation.
Methodology: These topics will be examined using a case study
methodology. 2) Discussions about different ethical conceptions
of the role of the lawyer and the cultural contexts in which the
lawyer's role is defined. Topics covered will include the issues of
confidentiality and its boundaries, conflict of interests and its
definition, the duties that lawyer has towards the client, the
society, the court and others and the tensions between the interests
of the client and interests of the human rights groups. Methodology:
Hypothetical scenarios, role-plays and simulations will be used for
the sessions on professional ethics. 3) Teaching methodology
sessions aimed at integrating the conceptual discussion about human
rights and the rule of law and professional ethics into practical
pedagogy and curriculum development. Participants will share their
experiences with innovative teaching methodologies, their goals and
uses in different instructional settings (such as classroom,
simulations, case rounds, etc). They will also discuss ways of
incorporating them into the curriculum and will identify the
challenges that they may face. During the methodology sessions,
participants will work in small groups, divided according to
selected topics from the themes of human rights and the rule of law
or professional ethics in order to prepare a demonstration class for
the larger group. They will need to select a particular point in the
semester's syllabus where teaching human rights and the rule of law
and/or professional ethics would be appropriate. Each small group
shall choose: (1) an instructional setting (cl! assroom, small
group, case rounds, etc); (2) a methodology to portray the teaching
opportunity and (3) a plan or course outline for the suggested
course to be reflected in the curriculum.
More information Website:
https://online.ceu.hu/osun/
http://www.sun.ceu.hu/4Applicants/apply_now.php
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Central
European University - Summer University Application deadline: February 14, 2007 (unless stated
otherwise in the announcement of a particular
course)
The CEU
Summer University (SUN) program hosts high-level, research-oriented,
interdisciplinary and innovative academic courses as well as
workshops on policy issues for professional development in the
social sciences and the humanities. The one- two or three-week long
courses involve distinguished international faculty (including CEU
professors), and advanced doctoral students, junior or post-doctoral
researchers, teachers and professionals as participants. Financial
aid is available (see further details on the web site).
More information: Website:
http://www.sun.ceu.hu/3Courses/courses.php
http://www.sun.ceu.hu/3Courses/descriptions/Corruption-2007-detailed.pdf E-mail:
summeru@ceu.hu
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Helsinki
Foundation for Human Rights - 18th International Summer School on
Human Rights, June 23 – 30, 2007, Warsaw-Miedzeszyn, Poland
Application deadline: February 15,2007
The School
is intended for human rights activists, university teachers and
representatives of the institutions from all levels of public
administration dealing with human rights issues from Central,
Eastern European and CIS countries. We are sorry to inform that our
offer is limited in scope only to those who have not yet
participated in our Summer or Winter Schools. The program is open to
university graduates or last-year university students. Our programme
combines lectures and workshops on the historical and philosophical
background of human rights, domestic and international systems of
human rights protection as well as applicability of rights of
primary importance. The lectures will be given by renown professors,
university teachers and experts in the field of human rights and
international law. English and Russian are the working languages of
our Summer School. Ability to communicate freely in one of ! the
above is required.
Participants (65 people all together) will
be selected by a selection committee on a competitive basis. In case
of around 50 people the following expenses will be covered:
international round-trip travel expenses (train, air or bus -
economy rates) and accommodation in double rooms and meals during
the course. Around 15 people may participate in the School under the
condition that they partially cover the expenses themselves
(according to what is stated in the application form). Lectures and
workshops, translation of classes, educational materials, medical
insurance while on the territory of Poland are free of charge
provided that participants attend all classes. Visa expenses,
domestic travel expenses within participants' countries and
accommodation and meals while on travel will not be
covered.
Should you be interested in our offer please submit
an application pack consisting of: · Application form ·
One-page curriculum vitae · Reference letter from your
organization/employer.
More information Website:
http://www.hfhrpol.waw.pl/en/index_pliki/18ISSHR.html E-mail:
18summer@hfhrpol.waw.pl
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Balkan Case
Challenge 2007, May 20 – 25, 2007, Vienna, Austria Application deadline: March 1,
2007
WUS Austria
invites exceptional students from Albania, Austria, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, FYR Macedonia, Kosovo UNMIK,
Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia, who study law,
economics, political sciences, international relations, information
technologies or related disciplines to take part at the at the
Balkan Case Challenge 2007 Student Case Competition.
Students participate in one of the four different case
competitions: Business Case Competition (BIZ) offers a real
Business Case Study for students of business, economics, management
and marketing. Law Moot Court (LMC), a simulation of the
International Court of Justice for law students. Model United
Nations (MUN), a simulation of the UN Security Council Session for
students of political sciences and other students interested in
international relations, diplomacy and related
fields. Information Communication Technologies (ICT) Case
Competition presents a real ICT Case study and addresses therefore
students from information technologies or related fields.
The Balkan Case Challenge facilitates recruitment processes:
students prove their skills and present themselves to potential
employers and identify them. International companies get the chance
to recruit future staff from the region, who corresponds to their
standards in addition to having the necessary regional knowledge.
The BCC 2007 in Vienna consists of two parts: 1) The Case
Study Competition (May 20 - 23) 2) The Job Fair 'Day
South-Eastern Europe' (May 24)
Who can apply? - Students
of the above mentioned or related disciplines, graduates and
post-graduates from all state and private institutions of higher
education with excellent skills and academic performances -
Students with excellent English skills (the competition will be
conducted entirely in English) - Students below 28 years of age
at the time of applying (with an increase for female applicants with
children: 3 years /child) - Students expecting to complete their
studies within maximum 2 years from the moment of
application. Please note: The organizers will make every effort
to cover all travel and accommodation costs with full
board.
Important: Participants from Albania, Austria,
Bulgaria, Croatia, FYR Macedonia, Moldova, Romania and Slovenia
apply directly for the finals of the BCC in Vienna, whereas the
participants from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo UNMIK, Montenegro
and Serbia qualify through the respective sub
competitions.
More information Website: www.
bcchallenge.org E-mail: bcc-info@bcchallenge.org
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‘Dynamics of
National Identity and Transnational Identities in the Process of
European Integration’ conference, June 7 - 10, 2007, Sofia,
Bulgaria Application deadline: March 15,
2007
Conference
organised in frames of the Jean Monnet Action - Support for Study
and Research Centres 2006, Program of the European Commission by The
Balkan Ethnology Department of Ethnographic Institute and Museum,
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
Academic papers are invited
for the international conference on ‘Dynamics of National Identity
and Transnational Identities in the Process of European
Integration’.
The conference will include following
topics: - Theoretical and methodological framework for the
research of euro-integration, globalization and nationalism; -
The development of national and trans-national identities and the
challenges of EU integration; - EU integration, globalization and
national identification; - EU integration and creation of new
multiethnic states; - EU integration and
migrations.
Papers in frames of wide range of social sciences
and humanities are welcome. All abstracts will be reviewed by
members of a Scientific Committee and the authors of the approved
papers will be notified by 31 of March.
Conference language:
English.
A limited possibility for fellowships (travel costs
and accommodation) is available.
More information Website:
http://212.72.210.65/sr-www/JMC.html E-mail:
balkan_ethnobg@yahoo.co.uk
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‘Second
Conference On Human Security, Terrorism & Organised Crime In The
Western Balkans: Realities, Risks And Responses’, October 4 – 6,
2007, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Application deadline: March 31,
2007
The second
conference of the HUMSEC project focuses on the multiple
interactions among transnational illegal organizations, state
institutions, and the civil society in the Balkan region, and how
these influence post-conflict capacity building. Contributions by
regional experts, comparativists and theory-oriented social
scientists, as well as governmental and non-governmental
practitioners are particularly welcome.
Presentations may
cover one or more of the following: Thematic Bloc 1: The Rise and
Demise of Transnational Terrorist and Criminal Organizations 1.1
The emergence and proliferation of transnational terrorist and
criminal organzations 1.2 The role of external actors in the
Balkan region 1.3 Political and economic agendas of non-state
violent actors: Greed, grievance, or both? 1.4 Deconstructing and
reconstructing designations: ‘terrorism’, ‘organized crime’,
‘legality’, and ‘human security’. Thematic Bloc 2: Conflict
and the Transformation of State and Society 2.1 Public and
private responses to political violence and the Security Sector
reform 2.2 The strategic interactions of networks, international
and local actors, and the role of borderlands in post-conflict
societies 2.3 Peacekeeping, peacebuilding and conflicting agendas
in counter-terrorism and counter-crime policies 2.4 Legitimacy,
efficiency, and implementation gaps in post-conflict capacity
building Thematic Bloc 3: Strategies of Repoliticization and
Reintegration of Conflict Actors 3.1 Mechanisms of actors´
transformation during and after conflict settlement 3.2
Incentives to prevent conflict actors from becoming spoilers to the
peacebuiding process 3.3 The dynamics of institutional inclusion
and exclusion of conflict actors 3.4 Unintended Consequences of
counter-crime and counter-terror strategies.
Each
presentation at the conference will be in English language and will
be expected to take 15-20 minutes, before discussion. Please submit
your suggestion for a presentation (titles of proposed papers, plus
abstracts of approximately 300 words) by using the online form. You
may submit one or two proposals. It is unlikely that two
presentations would be accepted from the same person or institution,
however you may wish to offer alternatives. If wishing to submit two
proposals, please make two separate submissions.
More information Website:
www.humsec.eu Email: maddalena.vivona@etc-graz.at
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®enska
Infoteka – ‘Women and Politics - Class Differences in Feminism’
seminar, May 17 – 19, 2007, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Organized in
cooperation with Heinrich Böll Foundation and Inter University
Center Dubrovnik.
A practical change of women's position in
society requires action based on the understanding of the given
power relations, domination and (re)production of social roles. The
seminar 'Women and Politics' came out of the need for empirically
founded analyses of social phenomena significant for women's
position, as well as for the discussion grounded in such
analysis.
®enska infoteka, an institution that systematically
works on collecting and disseminating documentation and information
regarding women, and at the same time cooperates with the network of
activist women's non-governmental organizations, has chosen a
thematic ‘Women and Politics’ for a main pillar of the multiyear
project of international conferences and seminar discussions. The
term 'politics' is used in its wider sense - we regard as politics
all spheres of social life in which women appear (or not). As our
aim is to provide a comprehension needed for effective social
change, the seminar is designed as a working session of female
scientists, researches, politically engaged intellectuals and
activists. Each year seminar deals with a different aspect of social
life, which is relevant from the feminist perspective. The title for
this year is 'Class Differences in Feminism'.
In the last two
decades, the issue of class differences in feminism has been raised
by the feminists coming from the Third World countries (Spivak,
Jajawardena, Ray etc.). This discussion emerged as a result of
the intensification of the processes of globalization (followed
by unwelcome repercussions) on economical and political levels.
European feminisms (both Western and Eastern) did not have this
topic on their agenda for many reasons, above all, because feminism
itself was (its vast majority) rooted in intellectual, thus middle
class, social background. With the political changes after the fall
of the so called communism/socialism, the situation has changed and
we can notice class differences in feminism either within national
scopes or in the relations between Eastern European feminism and
feminism of ‘The Old Europe’ (Western). In sociology, the term
'class' has always had strictly economic connotations. Due to its
Marxist origin it has become a rather unpopular term during the
90's. It is still wildly used in its broader meaning, as category,
or a group with distinctive characteristics. Class in this sense is
convenient as a subject of our topic because it allows us! not to
omit any social category, which may turn out to have a considerable
impact on the social reality. However, political and cultural
changes across Europe are induced by the demands from the sphere of
economics. Therefore it seems to be wise not to let go the narrower,
Marxist and Weberian, meaning of the term too easily.
The
fact is that the political left and the civil society have nowadays
lost themselves and need to be redefined. For the feminist movement,
this implies that different means and, to a lesser amount, aims,
existing together under the joint name of the feminist movement,
must be put within the frame of the current economic and
political constellation. In this post-transitional moment, in time
of the growing new world order, when goals, strategies and allies
have to be articulated a-new, it is important to understand the
social categories accountable for the differences within feminist
approaches.
During the 11th seminar 'Women and Politics' we
intend to explore the ways in which the existence of the differences
- in employment and type of economic sector, economic power, social
status, type and degree of education etc. - among feminists,
influence the access to knowledge and social power to women as a
group in its own right. We seek to address the issues like: -
Which are the different feminist approaches relevant in the Eastern
Europe today? Which differences in priorities and understanding of
appropriate measures that need to be undertaken divide the feminist
movement? - To what extent do these differences emerge as a
result of the different social backgrounds? - Which of the social
categories play the most important role in formation of the
different feminist approaches? - How is the feminist struggle
influenced by the fact that one belongs to more than just one social
category and that these categories intersect and produce complicated
loops of privileged and deprived groups? - Which of the
marginalized groups and elites (with female members) are tend to
develop their particular interests, leading to divergence of
interests and mutual misunderstanding among feminists? On the
opposite, in what situations does this divergence of membership
expend the access to knowledge, power and wealth for women? - To
what extent is the division on the academic, professional activist
and grass-root activist feminism becoming rigid, and why? On the
opposite, in which fields do they successfully complement one
another, and why?
We invite you to submit your contribution
to the discussion centred on these questions (minimum 10 pages) on
the email. Please include in the application the name of your
organisation and/or your fields of interest.
The seminar
is orientated toward researchers/scientists and activists from the
Eastern Europe engaged with feminism and human rights of women, but
it is open for all interested to give a contribution to the
discussion. The criteria for the selection of the participants
will be the following: 1. Is the received paper concerned with
the proposed topic? 2. Scientific argumentation of the
thesis 3. A striving to cover the different approaches to the
topic.
More information E-mail:
zinfo@zamir.net
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CEU Summer
University - 'Multi-Disciplinary and Cross-National Approaches to
Romany Studies. A Model for Europe', July 2 - 20, 2007
Research
training objectives: The training we offer will take place in a
series of events over two-three years from May 2007 to summer 2009.
When you sign up to this programme therefore you are minimally
committing yourself to training between April 207 and April 2008 - a
partially self and partially staff selected cohort will proceed to
training in teaching methods and then the organization of their own
summer school in 2009. The series of events over the training period
includes electronic/distance seminars, visits to supervisors and,
above all else, three summer schools the first of which takes place
in Budapest July 2007.
The program offered here thus differs
in structure and goals from the other CEU Summer schools this year
and also previous 'editions' of this ('Plight of the Roma') school.
The fundamental goal is to turn those of you who apply this year and
who are willing and able to pursue this goal into the trainers of
the future. The summer school in 2009 will thus be taught, in
significant part, by the most ambitious and talented of the
successful candidates this year.
Our aim throughout is to
bring together young (mostly doctoral) researchers working on issues
that concern Roma and Gypsies so that you will be able to gauge the
development of Romany politics and culture over the past century
from the perspective of Romany Studies and from that of the social
scientific study of the countries of the region. Interaction with
leading senior researchers is the core of all training activities.
The experts will draw directly on their current research and
extensive international collaborations to offer you the opportunity
to hone your own skills.
Context Today, after sixteen
years of democratic politics and, to a greater or lesser extent,
reformed bureaucratic structures the plight of Romany populations in
the former communist countries shows little signs of alleviation.
The fundamental aim of this training is to enable you better to
understand the conditions of this stalemate situation. For some of
you it will help you better to act to create conditions that will in
the future break the current deadlock.
The
multi-disciplinary field of Romany studies forms the overarching
structure for the series of events we offer. The training is
designed to encourage you to engage with a broader intellectual
field than that you may have encountered so far within your own
doctoral programme within a particular discipline. We believe it is
impossible to teach coherently about Romany problems in any one
country outside of a broader comparative and transnational
perspective and so we will select teachers and trainers from a wide
pool.
We aim to influence both the way you carry out your
research in future and the ways in which you communicate and,
especially teach your findings. We recognise that there is a growing
demand for training and teaching in Romany studies across Europe
and, consequently, for materials for such courses. 'Romology' is
increasingly widely taught in schools and especially in the training
institutes of teachers, the police, social workers and other
agencies of the state. One aim of the training will be to provide
all the participants with the intellectual tools to take a critical
look both at current practice and, through an examination of
academic research, to consider what might replace current often
rather poor or even bad practice.
We will encourage you to
incorporate the new perspectives provided by our training into your
own research findings as well as into your own teaching materials.
In particular a 'cut' of the trainees (6 from the original 25) from
2007 will in turn become the trainers of the next generation of
'Romology' teachers for the summer school in 2009.
In the
course of your training you will confront a wide range of training
models and taught modules in the residential sessions. Approaches
from five main fields will be brought together: history,
linguistics, anthropology (including ethnographic film), public
policy and sociology (including demography). Senior staff will
provide training in their own field during the residential courses.
An important part of the training will be multi- and
interdisciplinary seminars in which participants doing PhDs in
different disciplines will be confronted with the diverse
perspectives of their senior trainers and will be encouraged to
think across these divisions. Cultivating the ground of
interdisciplinary collaborations is a time-consuming process
involving mutual tolerance and patience. The electronic
classrooms/seminars will also incorporate senior trainers from
different academic fields. The partner institutions (and trainers)
have been selected for their complementarity and diverse!
theoretical and empirical research backgrounds. The acculturation
offered by the project in multidisciplinary work will enhance your
research flexibility by offering you training in research methods
that can be used to conduct inter- and multi-disciplinary
cross-national research.
Our 'series of events' is not just
aimed at academic doctorands. We recognize that there is an urgent
need to develop more coherent policy approaches to the treatment of
the largest minority in Europe. (See below on
Eligibility).
Content Issues of language (rights),
economic exclusion (and specialization), the historical legacy of
persecution, the role of gendered images of the social order in the
maintenance both of radical social exclusion and of the Romany
social order as well as an examination of film as a means of
presenting Romany lives (both for research and 'entertainment'
purposes) will, amongst other topics, form core themes of our
workshops.
A unique feature of the summer school (and the
two that come in 2008 and 2009) will be a two-three day long field
trip and assessment-exercise to two Romany communities in
Hungary/Romania. This will provide you not only with a 'hands-on'
experience in 'rapid survey work' but also the opportunity to
reflect on the use of such methods in teaching. We will also,
finally, prepare the 'ethnographic film' training that will take
place in Cluj, 2008 with intensive film viewing and interpretation.
In some of this work we will collaborate with the Media
Globalization and Post-Communist European Identities Summer
School.
The first electronic seminar in April 2007 will allow
you to begin to appreciate the breadth of doctoral research in
Romany Studies today and to reflect on the state of your own
research. It will also enable you to participate in the structuring
of the first residential course, i.e. Budapest, July 2007. The
second electronic seminar in early Spring 2008 will offer training
in research methods through the discussion and critique of your
ongoing data collection. This is in effect a 'fieldwork' or 'data
collection' seminar. Professor Matras, for instance, might provide
further specialised guidance on collection of linguistic materials;
a historian might provide further training in archival
investigations etc.. The exact configuration of topics covered will
depend on trainee demand.
In the second year the residential
course in Cluj July 2008 will provide three parallel trainings in
research methodologies: the interpretation and use of linguistic and
socio-linguistic data (using the interactive website at Manchester
as a model); the use of ethnographic film in research and teaching
about Roma (using the extensive work done by our senior trainers,
Csilla Kato, Dumitru Budrala and Bogdan Neagota as well as other
highly qualified local academics); qualitative and quantitative
methods in examining poverty and the informal economy in Europe
today (using the expertise of several of our trainers). Once a day
an interdisciplinary seminar will bring the participants
together.
The further training program will also include two
more distance learning seminars as well as an ongoing electronic
classroom that will provide resources and a site for the exchange of
ideas and materials during the whole training program. The
electronic seminars will, in order: identify and explore the main
themes of the training through debating the trainees' research
projects; build methodological preparedness for data collection and
provide intensive mentoring on course preparation for the final
summer school. The format will normally involve five 70-minute
online seminars preceded by discussion board format debate about
circulated texts.
The last residential summer school in
Budapest, July 2009, will invite a new intake of early researchers
for training conducted partly by those of you who wish to experiment
in running a summer school and whom we deem ready and prepared to do
so. As with the first summer school (2007), the focus will be on
offering a multidisciplinary training as well as specialization
seminars in the second week with fieldwork incorporated in the
curriculum.
Eligibility a) Minimum requirement is a first
degree allowing the student to pursue doctoral studies. b) The
main target group is junior and postdoctoral researchers interested
in developing Romany Studies primarily involved in academic MA or
Ph.D. education. Other persons who are engaged in research in a
non-academic environment (think tanks, government departments, NGOs
and the like) are also eligible. Given the political and policy
importance of the topics we deal with we expect a significant
minority of our trainees to be researchers in NGOs, government or
other non-university public institutions. We expect the majority,
however, to be academically engaged researchers. c) Eligibility
categories: · Early-stage researchers with up to four years'
experience of their research career (engagement in a relevant
academic program or professional activity) Applicants in this
category will in general have precedence. · Experienced
researchers with up to ten years' experience of their research
career (engagement in a relevant academic program or professional
activity) · Experienced researchers with more than ten years'
experience of their research career (engagement in a relevant
academic program or professional activity), who have a 'European
Union' citizenship, but do not live in Europe at the time of the
events.
More information Website:
http://www.sun.ceu.hu E-mail: summeru@ceu.hu
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Institute for
Strengthening Democracy in Bosnia – ‘Democracy and Human Rights in
Multiethnic Societies’ international seminar, July 9 – 13, 2007,
Konjic, Bosnia&Herzegovina
Participants
are kindly requested to give formal acceptance of this invitation as
soon as possible, including your institutional affiliation, city,
and country. Working titles are also welcome at this stage.
Participants are also encouraged to propose and organize workshops
and panels. Any other initiatives on your part are highly
appreciated.
A number of grants for travel and accommodation
for participants from SEE countries might be available. The
organizer is endeavouring to provide necessary
funding.
Students, women, members of minority groups,
disabled persons, and senior academics are encouraged to participate
in the seminar.
More information Website:
http://www.rokkan.uib.no/bihdemocracy/ E-mail:
izjd-ko@bih.net.ba
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EGOART –
EGOART prize
In 2003 the
art group EGOART awarded for the first time the prize EGOART, as a
natural alternative to the other prizes in European region. The aim
of this prize is to appreciate the projects and the realizations of
artworks, performances, happenings or other creation of the widest
spectrum from artistic activities. The prize is focused on
contemporary art and also has the ambition to encourage projects
with unconventional character even if those works would cross the
frame of the established ethical, social or sociological rules. The
prize is been awarded annually. Any artist is eligible, no
conditions have been set.
· Application forms that do not
contain a picture of the work will not be accepted. The Egoart Group
and the jury will make a selection of entered works, so the number
of contestants doesn’t exceed cca75. · There are no fees or rules
for entering our competition and work only on Internet comunication
basis. · To register for the Art Prize you need to visit our site
www.egoart.sk, where you can find all instructions how to
register. · By registering for the comtetition you and sending
your materials (images) you agree that they can be used on our site
and for public presentation of Art Prize. · You can register only
once with the same first name + last name / group name and you can
send up to 5 images as the product/project documentation. We will
contact every applicant by e-mail with more information about the
dates and places of the realization and the presentation of the
project.
More information Website:
www.egoart.sk E-mail:
info@egoart.sk cenaegoart@yahoo.com
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www.personal.ceu.hu/PolSciJournal
CEU
Political Science Journal - Issue V
CEU Political Science
Journal is a publication emerged within the academic community of
Central European University, Budapest. It is primarily targeted at
graduate students from CEU, but valuable contributions from outside
are also welcome. The 4th issue approaches the topic of transition
viewed from different perspectives and emphasizes ore sub-fields of
social sciences: public policy, political economy, gender,
international relations.
5th issue - December
2006: Articles: Stoycho Stoychev, Types of Ethnic Minority
Representation in Central and Eastern Europe Ana Pejcinova,
Post-Modernizing Afghanistan Claudia Ciobanu, Sociallz
Constructed Scarcity on Lake Victoria, Tanzania. Inna Viriasova,
The Problem of Freedom in the Works of Michel Foucault
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http://www.labforculture.org
LabforCulture.org, the new website and community
dedicated to European arts and culture, is now live in five
languages: English, French, German, Polish and Spanish.
LabforCulture.org is calling for everybody involved in the sector -
including artists, managers, curators, producers and directors - to
visit and make use of this dynamic and comprehensive new
resource.
Developed and supported by some of Europe’s leading
cultural organisations, LabforCulture.org provides a vast,
unprecedented range of cultural information, debate and research.
The website also provides a platform for networking and cultural
collaboration and exchange, and is now Europe’s largest interactive
online cultural community.
Visit to: • Consult an
extensive cultural directory with links to key organisations,
networks and databases • Find out how to get funding for your
organisation, project or initiative • Access a wide selection of
online news sources to keep you informed about what’s happening in
arts and culture in Europe • Add your own content, to give better
visibility and access to your work • Join the online cultural
community, MyLabforCulture, a place to meet, exchange and
collaborate.
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http://lgi.osi.hu/newsletters.php
The Managing
Multiethnic Communities Newsletter is an initiative of the Managing
Multiethnic Communities Project (MMCP) of the Local Government and
Public Service Reform Intiative of the Open Society Insitute,
Budapest, Hungary.
The weekly Newsletter contains news,
information on upcoming events, competitions, publications and
resources, innovative policy initiatives, and research activities
relevant to ethnic relations, multicultural politics, conflict
prevention in multiethnic communities of Central and Eastern Europe,
Southeastern Europe and the Newly Independent States.
The
language of communication is English.
Subscribers are
encouraged to send information for posting:
lgiresearch@osi.hu.
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http://www.minorityrights.org/TrainingManuals/TrainingManual.asp?ID=39
Minority
Rights Advocacy in the European Union: A Guide for NGOs in
South-East Europe
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