December 2002, Issue no 13
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1. Funding Opportunities

2. Announcements and Upcoming Events

Water Action Contest - Kyoto, Shiga, Osaka - Japan
Application deadline: December 20, 2002


Win a trip to Japan, earn the grand prize of $50,000 and demonstrate your valuable water project to water experts from around the world.
The 3rd World Water Forum will meet in Kyoto, Shiga and Osaka Japan from March 16-23, 2003. The Forum is sponsoring the Water Action Contest in order to highlight positive, innovative and replicable water projects.
The top 100 finalists in this contest will be invited to make presentations of their projects during the Forum, with all expense paid. Water experts will select the best project, which will be awarded the grand prize of $50,000.
All organizations that work on the grassroots level are invited to enter this contest, including, but not restricted to, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), community groups, universities, private sector companies, local governments and more.
The entries can include the actual implementation of projects, awareness-raising campaigns and promotion of community and individual participation on water related issues such as water supply and sanitation, water-related diseases, irrigation, drainage, dams, river and lake basins, wetlands, groundwater, poverty, gender and capacity building.

More information:http://www.worldwaterforum.org
actioncontest@water-forum3.com


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The New Europe College in Bucharest (Romania) announces
REGIONAL FELLOWSHIPS PROGRAM in the humanities and social sciences
Application deadline: January 22, 2003


Targeted are researchers and academics (preferably young) from South-Eastern Europe (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Moldova, Slovenia, Turkey, and Yugoslavia), who are in the final stage of completing a Ph.D. program or who already have the Ph.D. title. Duration of the Fellowship: one term or a full academic year (10 months)
a) October through February,
b) March through July, or
c) October through July.
Location: the New Europe College in Bucharest.
The Fellowship consists of: a monthly stipend (basic stipend of 460 EURO - tax free), accommodation, a one-month research trip abroad to an institution of the Fellow\'s choice (2,556 EURO for transportation, accommodation, and per diem), international transportation to and from the home country of the Fellows at the beginning and the end of the Fellowship, as well as for season holidays.
The Fellows are expected to work on a project to be published by the New Europe College after the end of the Fellowship (in English, French, or German), and to take part in the scientific events organized by the New Europe College (seminars, workshops, conferences, lectures held by foreign scholars, symposia, etc.).
Working languages: English, French, and German. A good command of English is desirable.

More information: http://library.nec.ro/regional
Irina Vainovski-Mihai, imihai@nec.ro


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Call for Application for Balkan Youth Partnership Program
Application deadline: January 26, 2003


Balkan Children&Youth Foundation is announcing a NEW deadline for the Balkan Youth Partnership Program and additional information.

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

The key programmatic areas for information exchange and learning covered by the Partnership Program are: employment, technology, non-formal education, health, civic education and democracy building. The areas of community service, culture, and the environment are also eligible. In addition, technical areas such as fundraising, sustainability, grantmaking, monitoring and evaluation, and project planning are eligible areas for exchange.

The Partnership Program is open to applicants from child- and youth-serving NGOs in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, and Serbia.

Applicants should be aged 18 or over. They should possess a certain level of experience in program development and be in a position to influence programming in their own organization based on what they learn during the exchange. The applicant organization should send no more than two participants.

More information : www.balkanyouth.org


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German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) announces
Grants for summer language courses in Germany
Application deadline: January 31, 2003


DAAD offers a variety of grants for summer language courses in Germany. These are available for study at:
(a) Goethe Institutes: An eight-week course for graduate students. Students in the fields of English, German, or any modern languages or literatures are not eligible. Applicants must have completed three semesters of university-level German and must be 18-32 years old. The award consists of tuition and fees, room, and partial board.
(b) Summer Language Course at Humboldt University Berlin: A Program offering North American students proficient in German the opportunity to live in the German capital for four weeks during the summer and to study at one of Germany's prestigious universities. The program offers intensive language instruction complemented by a variety of social and cultural activities. Excursions and field trips within Berlin and the region round out the program. Seniors and graduates enrolled full-time may apply. Applicants must have completed four semesters of college-level German at the time of application. The scholarship covers fees, some excursions, room and partial board.
(c) Various German Universities: Three to four week German Studies and language courses for 3rd year+ students in any discipline. Students must be 18-32 years old with two years of university-level German. The award covers tuition, fees, and living expenses, in whole or in part.
(d) Grants for German Language Courses in Germany: Grants for a four-week program that encompasses a language component and lectures on entrepreneurial culture and management from a German practitioner's perspective. Social and cultural activities, as well as excursions to different corporate campuses and regional landmarks will round out the program. Juniors and seniors enrolled full-time in an engineering program at a Canadian or US institution may apply. Applicants must have completed at least one semester of college-level German or equivalent at the time of application. The scholarship covers course fees, excursions, room and partial board.
(e) Learn German in Germany for Faculty: This scholarship allows faculty members to attend intensive language courses at Goethe Institutes. The courses run four to eight weeks from May to November. There are no courses for beginners and faculty who teach English, German or other modern languages or literature are not eligible. The scholarships include course fees, room and partial board.
Grants for information visits are also available for 7-21 day visits by groups of 15-25 students, accompanied by a faculty member. As an academic study tour, preference is given to groups with a homogenous academic background. Tours cannot be arranged during July and August, or in the winter holiday season. Applications should be submitted at least six months before the intended visit.

More information: http://www.daad.org
daadny@daad.org


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Regional Youth Grants Fund - Allavida
Application deadline: February 1, 2003 and May 1 2003


This grants fund was launched in November 2002, and covers the following territories: Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania and Serbia.
The fund's objective is to promote regional partnership-building and the transfer of skills and knowledge, and above all to encourage links between organisations at grass-roots level which have not had access to cross-border opportunities.
This is a programme concerned with long-term development issues - creating and enhancing capacities for young people to play greater roles as active citizens. We do not provide huge financial resources or seek to create structures that cannot be sustained, but instead are working to enable participants to secure local constituencies of support, public and private, at a realistic level.

More information: http://www.allavida.org/youth.htm
info@allavida.org


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Corporation for National and Community Service and the Woodrow Wilson International Center announce
Civil Society Nonprofit Scholars Program
Application deadline: February 3, 2003


Through an annual international competition, the Corporation and the Center will name up to three Civil Society Nonprofit Scholars who wish to spend nine months conducting applied research that will illuminate contemporary public policy issues and increase the body of research on the intersection of civil society, the nonprofit sector, volunteerism, and public policy. Scholars will receive a stipend based on their current salary, be located at the Corporation in Washington and develop relationships with other Washington area organizations. Each scholar will also have access to the extensive research resources afforded by the Corporation, the Center, and the Washington area. In addition, scholars will be encouraged to participate in Corporation-sponsored activities as well as seminars and other events offered by the Center for the larger community of fellows and scholars.
After the program period, scholars will be expected to disseminate their research findings through various public media, including presentations, open forum discussions, publications, and Web postings. Scholars from a wide variety of backgrounds (including government, nonprofit practitioners, the corporate world, the professions, and academia) will be chosen for their outstanding capabilities and relevant experience. Applications are welcome from any country, but research proposals must explore preferred themes within an American context. Applicants are encouraged to submit proposals that fit into three primary themes: (1) the relationship between democratic institutions and nonprofit organizations; (2) the role of service and citizenship in modern society and civil society; and (3) civic engagement and public policy. Proposals must explore these themes within an American context. For the 2003-2004 Civil Society Nonprofit Scholars program, the stipend ceiling has been set at $85,000.

More information: http://www.nationalservice.org/scholars/
scholars@cns.gov


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Tech Museum Awards
Application deadline: June 6, 2003


The Tech Museum Awards honour innovators and visionaries from around the world who are applying technology to profoundly improve the human condition in the categories of education, equality, environment, health, and economic development. Individuals, for-profit companies, and not-for-profit organizations are eligible. The Tech Awards showcase their compelling stories and reward their brilliant accomplishments. The purpose of The Tech Awards program is to inspire future scientists, technologists, and dreamers to harness the incredible power and promise of technology to solve the challenges that confront us at the dawn of the 21st Century. Each year, candidates are nominated and then invited to submit applications. International panels of judges carefully review the applications according to a set of criteria that emanate from the Awards credo — Technology Benefiting Humanity. At the Awards Gala each November, five Laureates in each category are honored, and $250,000 in cash prizes are awarded.

More information: www.thetech.org/techawards


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INTERNATIONAL TRAININGCOURSE FOR STARTING TRAINERS ON METHODS AND TECHNIQUES, USED IN TRAININGS - Belgium (EN)
March 2-9, 2003, Tongeren, Belgium
Application deadline: December 18, 2003


associations to competently prepare and run training sessions, specially focused on using different methods and techniques, taking into account some methodological principals and approaches.
During this trainingcourse, we will deal with: group dynamics; group as a source of learning - what is training - trainingaims - training in an intercultural context - learning styles - methodology and approaches in trainings - exchanging of methods - practising trainingtechniques

Profile of the participants
- People between 18 and 30 years old;
- who have already worked (in general) with youngsters in group on local, provincial, national or international activities;
- who: 1. want to become a trainer // 2. or just started to give trainingsessions to other youngsters or youthworkers // 3. or people who have conducted some trainings;
- from an association that organise trainings on local, provincial, national or international level;
- who can express themselves in English;
- who are be well informed about their organisation, institution or service and be prepared to explain to the other participants about the training activities in which they have been involved;
- be in the position to act as a trainer after the course;
- be committed to attend for the full duration of the course and be supported by a sending organisation, institution or service.
To assure the multiplying-effect, all the participants should have a sending-organisation that organise trainings or will organise them in the future. In this way, we work in the context that participants can fulfil concrete training-needs in the association.
The English language is foreseen as the working language of the course.
Numbers of participants: 25 .
Travel expenses and visa fees are 100% reimbursed (on presentation of the relevant receipts) if you travel in the cheapest way. Only the participants who attend the entire training course can be reimbursed. The payment will be made either by bank transfer after the course, or at the end of the course in cash (in Euros).
Board and lodging are provided and paid for by the organisers of the course, in cooperation with the national agency of Flanders-Belgium, and funded by the YOUTH-programm of the European Commission.
An enrolment fee of 75 Euros is payable by each participant. This amount will be deducted from the amount to be reimbursed for travel expenses.

More information: jan.vanhove@mja.be , Jan Van Hove
Fax: +32 2 511 07 13


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Building the Information Commonwealth: Information Technologies and Building Prospects for the Development of Civil Society Institutions in the CIS Countries
April 22-24, 2003, St. Petersburg, Russia
Application deadline: December 31, 2002 ( for abstracts)


Themes of the Conference
The Conference will be organized with an alternation of plenary sessions and panels following 12 main directions:
- civil society and information society in the CIS countries:identifying the problem area
- e-governance and participation of local citizens in the decision-making at the local, regional and national levels
- local communities in the CIS countries: typology, myths and realities
- new information infrastructure at local level: creation and ownership of Community Information
- participation of the countries of the region in international projects and programs directedtowards ICT usage for the development of the civil sector
- using ICTs for not-for-profit and civil society purposes in the CIS countries
- connectivity and software
- civil society/communities and digital economies
- Social, Psychological and Cultural Barriers to access.
- model legislation concerning information policy for the CIS countries and national programs.
- formation of the information society in the CIS and problems of Global Security
- how do ICTs influence local, national, and regional development?
Submission of papers
Proposals for papers should be submitted as abstracts of no more than 500 words, and should include details of the proposer's name, position, affiliation, and contact details. The abstracts will be reviewed by the Program Committee which consist of CIS and international members.
Participants in the Conference:
Leaders of the non-profit and civil society organizations performing projects in the area of ICTs in the CIS countries; deputies of national Parliaments; representatives of the executive structures of the countries of the region; specialists from governmental agencies and programs; representatives of international charitable organizations, NGO's and foundations; experts from International Organizations, academicians and practitioners from different countries.

More information: http://www.communities.org.ru/conference
irpnnis@mail.ru


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BALKAN YOUTH PROJECT: Training for Trainers
February 18-23, 2003, Kosovo
Application deadline: January 10, 2003


Aim of the Training for Trainers course is to provide opportunities for trainers in the youth NGO field in South East Europe, who are in the position to act as “multipliers”, to acquire further training experience in order to competently plan, implement, evaluate and follow up training activities of a non-formal educational nature in a multicultural environment. The training course runs over 6 days, including arrival and departure days. For the duration of the course, the participants will be introduced to different concepts of training, training in a multicultural environment, reflect upon democratic values and different methods of active youth participation, and will acquire a deeper understanding of group dynamics, planning, implementation, evaluation, and follow-up of youth NGO activities. The Training course is open to youth leaders from primary and secondary target countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania and Slovenia).
All participants must comply with the following criteria:
- Be age between 18-29;
- have conducted one training (minimum) so far;
- come from existing youth NGO from primary or secondary target countries ;
- be able to act as “multiplier” back home;
- Be committed to take active part in the whole activity.
All travel and accommodation costs will be reimbursed by the organizers upon receipt of documentation of expenses, according to existing financial guidelines.

More information: dp.carebl@blic.net, Darko Paranos (for applicants from Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo,
Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia
tel/fax: +387 51 211 309/ 214 146
mateja.prosek@youthforum.org, Mateja Prosek ( for others)
tel. +32 2 286 9428, fax +32 2 230 2123


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EUROPEAN DIPLOMA IN CULTURAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT
May 2003, Hungary and October 2003, Italy
Application deadline: January 15, 2003


The European Diploma in Cultural Project Management is a "nomadic" pan-European training programme arising from the will to foster cultural diversity and cross-regional exchanges in Europe. It is aimed at cultural project managers rooted in their countries and wanting to co-operate with other regions of Europe.
The objective is threefold:
- To strengthen the knowledge of cultural managers about European, national and regional cultural policies;
- To improve their management skills for co-operation cultural projects;
- To set up a network of regional cultural managers.
Cultural managers from public or private organizations who are actively involved in the management of cultural and artistic projects in their region, with at least 3 years experience.
The training languages being French and English, applicants must be fluent in one of these working languages and have a good passive knowledge of the other. The age limit is 45.

More information: www.fondation-hicter.org
contact@fondation-hicter.org


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Policy Analysis Skills for Transition Economies
14 May - 27 June, 2003, The Hague, Netherlands
Application deadline: January 15, 2003 (for those who apply for scholarship from Netherlands Fellowship Programme )


The course is designed to contribute to human resource development in the transition economies (Central- and Eastern Europe, the Former Soviet Union, China, Vietnam, Mongolia) and developing countries that are experiencing a similar transition from plan to market economies. The specific target groups are: Staff from policy development departments, analysis and implementation departments of central, regional and local governments; Researchers from universities/research institutes, independent 'think tanks', and NGOs; Consultants, Development Assistance specialists from OECD countries that are active in transition economies.The course aims at enhancing -in a relatively short time-participants' analytical skills in a number of policy areas that are highly relevant to the transition economies. These are: First, to be able to analyse the current macro-transition towards market- oriented economies, within a rigorous and comparative framework. Second, to improve quantitative policy analysis skills, using appropriate statistical techniques, databases, and relevant indicators; and specific tools for policy analysis, using case studies from transition economies. Third, to apply these tools to various policy areas, such as income generation, micro-finance, social security and poverty alleviation policies.

More information: www.iss.nl/cestrad


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CEU Summer University Courses
The UN, EU and Governance in a Globalizing World
June 30 - July 18, Budapest, Hungary
Globalizations, Anti-globalizations and IGO - Civil Society Partnerships in a Multi-ethnic World
July 14 - July 25, Budapest, Hungary
Managing Conflict and Fostering Democratic Dialogue
July 7 - July 25, 2003, Budapest, Hungary
Ethnic Relations and Democratization in Eastern Europe (Secession, Federalism and Minority Rights)
June 30 - July 18, 2003, Budapest, Hungary
Toleration and Multiculturalism: Western and Eastern Perspectives
July 7 - July 18, 2003, Budapest, Hungary
Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations and Local Financial Management
June 29 - July 5, 2003, Budapest, Hungary
Catastrophes and Globalization
July 14 - July 25, 2003, Budapest, Hungary
Violence and Culture: Rethinking Ethnic, Religious and Nationalist Conflict in the Post Cold War Context
June 30 - July 11, 2003, Budapest, Hungary
The Roma: Bringing Together Historical, Anthropological and Linguistic Approaches
July 7 - July 25, 2003, Budapest, Hungary
Application deadline: January 15, 2003


Applications are invited from all countries on a fully funded, partially funded or a fee-paying basis. Applicants must have a university degree and hold a teaching job at a university or college in their home country, or work as a researcher, an administrator or a professional. Doctoral students may also apply. Undergraduates without a university degree will not be considered. The language of instruction is English; thus all applicants have to demonstrate a strong command of spoken and written English to be able to participate actively in discussions at seminars and workshops. In some instances you may be contacted for a telephone interview. Accepted applicants may receive pre-course reading and/or writing assignments, the completion of which is a pre-requisite for course participation.

More information: http://www.ceu.hu/sun/sunindx.html


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SALTO Enable Training Course
March 30 to 6 April 2003, Slovakia
May 4- 11, 2003, Slovakia
Application deadline (for both trainings): January 20, 2003


The SALTO Enable Training Course aims to enable (more) young people with disabilities to take part in YOUTH programme projects and to stimulate mixed ability youth work. Therefore SALTO has put forward the following objectives:
- Bringing together youth workers that are planning to organise mixed ability mobility projects and exchange and introduce to existing working practices with young people with disabilities of various types from an international perspective.
- Providing a scope of different approaches and adaptations to make an international YOUTH project accessible for young people with disabilities
- Training youth workers to set up a stimulating learning environment about disability issues during a mixed ability mobility project.
- Enhancing the quality of international mixed ability projects within the YOUTH programme.
- Give an overiew of the special arrangements within the YOUTH programme for mixed ability projects.
- Addressing concrete follow up projects (your own mixed ability project) and multiplying the skilles and knowledge gained at the course (for example future training sessions with your NA)
- Document the outcome of the training course in the format of a toolbox to use in mixed ability work
This course is intended for youth workers, social workers, peer and other educators (or other persons) who are directly working with young people OR organising projects for young people (regardless if this is on voluntary or paid basis), AND who have the interest and possibility within their organisation (green light from their hierarchy/colleagues) to set up European mixed ability projects (international projects in which they wish to integrate young people with disabilities).
Travel costs (on the basis of APEX or 2nd class fare) will be reimbursed and board and lodging will be provided by the course organisers. A participation fee of 50 Euro will be deducted from the travel reimbursement.

More information: www.salto-youth.net/tcinclusion2003


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16th Bled eCommerce Conference eTransformation
June 9 - 11, 2003, Bled, Slovenia
Application deadline: January 30, 2003 (Submission of papers)


This conference attracts speakers and delegates from business, government, information technology providers and universities and is the major venue for researchers working in any aspect of Electronic Commerce. There will be a variety of key-note speakers from industry, government and academe.

More information: http://www.bledconference.org/


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CONTRACTING IN EUROPE Seminar
MARCH 3rd - 7th , 2003, Tromso , Norway
Application deadline: January 31, 2003


Elsa Tromsø invites you to a conferance about contracting in Europe.
- High skilled lectures from Norway and other Nordic contries
- Debates where the lectures participate
- Workshops with students from other countries in Europe

More information: www.elsa.no/seminar
seminar_tromso@yahoo.no


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Postgraduate course: FEMINIST CRITICAL ANALYSIS: Issues of/for Ethics
May 19-25, 2003, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Application deadline: February 10, 2003


The primary objective of the proposed course is to offer and examine new perceptions and contradictions around ethical issues and, or within feminism. The main focus will be on theoretical analysis and creative dialogues around the paradigms of ethical issues within science and research, ethics of care, ethical aspects of politics and practices of exclusion, as well as women's solidarity and activism. Some of the questions asked will be: is ethics 'situational, remedial' or are its principles a matter of principle? Is there, and even more importantly, should there be a feminist ethics? What is 'ethics of care'? Does ethics translate into politics? And, how do politics respond to ethical demands and expectations?IUC courses are conducted at a postgraduate level. All postgraduatestudents interested in the topic may apply for participation. The course will be limited to 25 participants, in order to provide sufficient space for discussion. Participants should seek funds from their own institutions to cover travel and accommodation costs. Limited financial support is available for participants from Central and Eastern Europe.

More information: zenskestudie@sezampro.yu
fax + 381 11 361 3916


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LEADERSHIP TRAINING programme
EU and later Eastern Europe
Application Deadline: February 15, 2003


ALTEMUS, a nonprofit educational organisation is pleased to announce its 2003 Summer Leadership Training Programme.
This programme provides a unique opportunity for young people to discover and develop their leadership potential. It consist of two parts: Part I - is 3 weeks long and takes place in the European Union, Part II - is 1 week long and takes place 6 -12 months later in Eastern Europe.
Their international team of leadership experts will train you in the core leadership skills:
Self understanding
Cultural awareness
Visioning and goal-setting
Communication skills
Problem solving
Conflict resolution
Teamwork
Stress management
Coaching & mentoring

Their methodology consist of short lectures, self-assessments, case studies, simulations, group work, meetings with role-model leaders and outdoor experiential learning. The training is highly participatory and interactive.
There is no cost for applying. If selected to attend the programme, the participant will be obliged to pay only a tuition fee of 50 Euro plus travel costs including visas if required. There are a limited number of scholarships. Altemus will provide board, lodging and instructional materials for the participants. Foundations, public agencies and corporations sponsor the rest of the programme costs.
The programme is open to young people between 20-26 years old who are nationals of Central & Eastern Europe, the Baltic countries, the Newly Independent States and South Eastern Europe.

More information: www.altemus.org


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Cultural Diversity and Human Identity
June 7 -14, 2003, Skopje, Macedonia
Application deadline: February 17, 2003


The organizers are looking for motivated, concerned, creative and communicative youngsters. Only youngsters of the following countries list can apply to this seminar: Austria - Hungary - Poland - Portugal - Bulgaria - FYROM - Croatia - Albania - Moldova - Ukraine. Profile of participants: Youngsters aged between 18-25, working or volunteering at an NGO or youth organization. Youngsters with less experience in international seminars will be taken first into consideration. As another aim of this youth exchange is to improve the communication skills of the participants, candidates with less foreign language knowledge will also be first on the list. There's a maximum of 60 participants to attend the seminar. Food and accommodation will be free of charge as EYE
Network will be responsible to book and provide food and accommodation for you.

More information: http://www.eyenetwork.org


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Participation and Citizenship of Minority Young People in Europe
July 1st to 7th, 2003, St Pölten - Austria
Application deadline: February 17, 2003


The organizers are looking for motivated, concerned, creative and communicative youngsters. Only youngsters of the following countries list can apply to this seminar: Austria - Poland - Netherlands - Spain - Portugal - Romania - Hungary - Croatia - Ukraine - Moldova - FYROM - Russia - Georgia - Belarus. Profile of participants: Youngsters aged between 18-25, working or volunteering at an NGO or youth organization. Youngsters with less experience in international seminars will be taken first into consideration. As another aim of this youth exchange is to improve the communication skills of the participants, candidates with less foreign language knowledge will also be first on the list. There's a maximum of 60 participants to attend the seminar. Food and accommodation will be free of charge as EYE Network will be responsible to book and provide food and accommodation for you.

More information: http://www.eyenetwork.org


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Interculturla Communication
Spain 18th August-7th September, Madrid-Sevilla-Barcelona, Spain
Application deadline: February 17, 2003


The organizers are looking for motivated, concerned, creative and communicative youngsters. Only youngsters of the following countries list can apply to this seminar: Spain - Holland - Ireland - Romania - Austria - Czech Republic - Italy - Denmark - Germany - Hungary - Sweden - Belgium - Greece - Poland - Finland - Luxembourg - France - England - Portugal - Slovakia. Profile of participants: Youngsters aged between 18-25, working or volunteering at an NGO or youth organization. Youngsters with less experience in international seminars will be taken first into consideration. As another aim of this youth exchange is to improve the communication skills of the participants, candidates with less foreign language knowledge will also be first on the list. There's a maximum of 40 participants to attend the seminar. Food and accommodation will be free of charge as EYE Network will be responsible to book and provide food and accommodation for you.

More information: http://www.eyenetwork.org


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HUMAN RIGHTS: ISSUE LINKAGES AND THE NEW HUMAN RIGHTS AGENDA
27 July - 9 August 2003, Yale University, USA
Application deadline: March 14, 2003


The workshop is designed specifically for junior international relations and law school faculty, advanced graduate students, post-doctoral scholars, lawyers and practitioners from policy circles and civil society, and human rights and development advocates. The purposes of this workshop are to encourage new directions in international organizations and related legal studies, establish and strengthen contacts amongst legal and international relations scholars and UN practitioners, and stimulate teaching and research in these subjects.
Participants are selected by a joint ACUNS/ASIL committee. Those selected will be expected to submit a ten-page draft of a research or policy paper to an assigned workshop director before the workshop. Directors will subsequently make suggestions about alternative readings, data, or arguments in order for participants to bring a more polished version of their paper to the workshop to be distributed in advance of their presentations. Participants will also submit a brief abstract prior to the workshop and make an oral presentation during the two-week conference. It is hoped that this workshop will provide valuable guidance in the final development of a dissertation, publication or policy piece. Selected participants receive the following:
- economy class roundtrip travel from the geographic location from which the participant applies to the workshop location;
- lodging and conference meals; and
- access to computing, library, and athletic facilities.

More information: www.yale.edu/acuns
acuns@yale.edu


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Global Youth Service Day
April 11-13, 2003, Global
Application deadline: on-going


Apply to be National Lead Agency for Global Youth Service Day 2003! Global Youth Service Day (GYSD) is an annual global event led by Youth Service America with the Global Youth Action Network as its key partner, together with a consortium of 34 International Organizations and more than 150 National Coordinating Committees. The goals of GYSD are to:
- Highlight the ways that young people improve their communities through service 365 days a year
- Recruit the next generation of volunteers and
- Promote the benefits of youth service around the world

More information: www.GYSD.net


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Euroregional Center for Democracy

Semenic Nr. 10
1900, Timisoara
Romania

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

http://www.regionalnet.org

Editor:
Alina Dutu

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