June 2006, Issue no 48
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1. Funding Opportunities

2. Announcements and Upcoming Events

3. Useful Links

New Europe College - Europa Fellowship Program 2006/2007
Application deadline: July 10, 2006


The New Europe College - Institute for Advanced Study in Bucharest, Romania, announces the Europa Fellowship Program, sponsored by the VolkswagenStiftung (Hanover, Germany).

The program targets researchers and academics from South-Eastern Europe as well as young Western scholars working on South-Eastern Europe. Applicants must be doctoral students, or hold a Ph.D. title.

Duration of the Fellowship: a full academic year (10 months, October through July); one-term fellowships (October through February, or March through July) can also be considered.

The Fellowship consists of: a monthly stipend of 600 Euro (tax free), accommodation, 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. Fellows who choose to stay for the whole academic year are offered a one-month research trip abroad to an institution of their choice (2560 Euro for transportation, accommodation, and per diem).

The Fellows will be invited as members of a team, working in the framework of a research theme entitled Traditions of a New Europe. A Pre-history of The European Integration in South-Eastern Europe. Each Fellow is expected to pursue his/her own research project, and to take part in scientific events related to the project, and in other events organized by the New Europe College. Fellows are expected to hand us at the end of their Fellowship a paper representing the result of their research work, to be included in a NEC publication.

Working languages: English, French, and German. A good command of English is desirable.

More information
Website: http://www.nec.ro/fundatia/nec/app_fell.htm
E-mail: imihai@nec.ro Irina Vainovski-Mihai, Program Coordinator


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United Nations Development Programme Romania - GEF Small Grants Programme (GEF SGP)
Application deadline: July 17, 2006


GEF SGP launched its fourth financing cycle INTERNATIONAL WATERS 2006-2007, in partnership with Coca Cola Romania. For this financing cycle, GEF SGP will finance projects addressing the International Waters (IW) GEF focal area. A project addressing IW can also address other GEF focal areas, such as: sustainable land management (SLM), biodiversity conservation (BC), climate change mitigation (CC), reduction of persistent organic pollutants' (POPs) impact.

Projects need to address environmental protection, poverty reduction, and local empowerment. They need to involve local communities in the project’s stages and to respond to the requirements in the Logical Matrix of the GEF SGP Strategy.

The maximum amount for a grant is 50,000 USD. Projects need to demonstrate a minimum 35% (recommended 50%) co-financing, cash and in-kind altogether.

The four geographic areas of the country tackled by GEF SGP in 2006-2007, together with the corresponding focal areas (in the brackets) are:
Maramures, Bistrita Nasaud, Suceava, Neamt, Harghita, Mures, Cluj, Salaj, Bihor and Satu Mare counties (BC, CC, IW, SLM, POPs)
Galati, Braila, Tulcea and Constanta counties (BC, CC, IW, SLM, POPs)
Caras Severin, Mehedinti and Hunedoara counties (BC, CC, IW, SLM, POPs)
The Low Danube Green Corridor (IW, BC).

Revised Application Guidelines in Romanian, revised Country Programme Strategy in English and a short version of the revised Strategy in Romanian are available online. Applicants are strongly encouraged to consult both the revised Application guidelines AND the revised Strategy.

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and Community-based organizations (CBOs) are invited to apply. Project proposals must be received by 17 July 2006, hours 16:00, at: UNDP, Casa ONU, Bd. Primaverii, nr. 48A, sector 1, Bucuresti, 'In atentia Programului GEF de granturi mici'.

More information
Website: http://www.undp.ro/environment/sgp.php


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E-Urbs: European Master in Comparative Urban Studies, 2006 - 2007
Application deadline: July 30, 2006


E-Urbs is based on the long lasting experience of a group of scholars of nine prestigious European Universities and Research Institutions, who jointly designed the curricula and are involved in its teaching activities: University of Urbino (Italy), University of Amsterdam (Netherlands), University of Barcelona (Spain), Humboltd University at Berlin (Germany), University of Birmingham (United Kingdom), University of Copenhagen (Denmark), Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium), University of Milan Bicocca (Italy), Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland).

Main objective of E-urbs is to create a truly “international virtual campus” for the study of urban issues from a multidisciplinary and comparative perspective using innovative learning techniques and instruments.

E-urbs develops a learning approach, based on the integration of virtual and physical mobility and the use of ICT devices, supporting new interaction methodologies. Face-to-face lectures are complemented by online teaching.

This years' EU funding will allow to cover the tuition fees for this first year.

More information
Website: www.e-urbs.net


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Institute for Social and European Studies - MA In International and European Studies Hungary
Application deadline: July 31, 2006


The Institute for Social and European Studies (ISES), in collaboration with the Corvinus University, Budapest, provides students with the opportunity to obtain theoretical and practical knowledge in the fields of international relations, economics, political science, history and sociology. The courses will include approximately 30 students and involve professors from around the world.

The course duration will be 3 semesters: 2 semesters of course work in Kõszeg and one semester elsewhere for the writing of the thesis. The application fee is 60 Euros, whereas the tuition fee is 2700 Euros/semester. A limited number of tuition scholarships may be available for the most outstanding and needy.

More information
Website: www.ises.hu


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MA in Advanced European and International Studies Istanbul – Nice – Berlin, 2006/2007
Application deadline: July 31, 2006


This is a nine months’ intensive academic program committed to the studies of European integration as well as international relations. Scholarships are still available for highly qualified candidates.

The program consists of academicians from various European countries, as well as experts from research institutions and international organizations. Over the last few years, the Institute has graduated 5000 students coming from more than 80 different countries.

This program receives the financial support of European Union.

More information
Website: www.iehei.org
E-mail: bgorak@bahcesehir.edu.tr (Burcu Gorak)


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Institute for Social and European Studies - Master in International Relations and European Studies, Koszeg, Hungary
Application deadline: September 1, 2006


Institute for Social and European Studies (ISES) in collaboration with Budapest Corvinus University (the degree issuing institution) is providing students with the opportunity to obtain theoretical and practical knowledge in the fields of international relations, problems of small states in Europe, the Balkans, international economics, regional integration and development, political science, European culture and sociology.

Why to study International and European Studies?
- You will gain useful knowledge about the EU and Central-Eastern Europe in the context of economic and cultural integration, what can be useful for decision-making, policies and programmes at the national and EU level.
- A large part of the development cooperation budget of EU member states is channeled through the EU’s various development programmes.
- The EU affects prospects for development through regional and global development, access to its own markets and through the impact of its policies.
- The EU is spending the largest amount on regional development in the world.
- It is intended for people who are making, or who have the potential to make, a significant contribution to the non-governmental sector in the developing world as analysts, policy-makers, researchers or practitioners.
- Major changes in global economic and political systems are occurring since the fall of the Soviet Union. Managers and planners of local development need the skills to consider global changes as well as local continuities. We find that changing economies prompt changes in social services and local development initiatives and so there is the need to acquire the skills necessary to play a key part in these developments.
- There is heightened national and international interest in and concern with international and local issues.
- In recent years, multi-lateral and bi-lateral donors have increasingly worked to influence development debates and to share information about their policies and activities; through websites, publications, video and inter-active multi-media. Non-governmental organizations have also become more sophisticated in using a range of media and communication strategies to lobby governments and multilateral bodies, to inform supporters and to build alliances and networks. As a result the demand for staff with skills in International and European Studies, allied to an understanding of international development issues, has increased offering a range of career opportunities for graduates of this programme.

This programme should be of special interest to the following people:
- Economics, political and social science graduates, especially those who wish to specialize in the field of Central-Eastern European issues in theory and practice.
- Those with work experience in the developing world, wishing to expand their knowledge of the role of the EU in international, regional and national issues.
- Government officials and non-governmental practitioners interested in working in or with the EU on regional and cultural development cooperation issues.
- State officials and non-governmental practitioners who wish to deepen their understanding of debates surrounding the role of the EU in a global context.

The Institute for Social and European Studies offers a variety of programmes and services during the academic year, which will make your stay in Hungary a rewarding and enriching experience. You will be part of an international student body of approximately 30 students and have the opportunity to meet outstanding professors from around the world. Credits are transferable to most universities.

Courses in English include: International Economic Organizations and Institutions, Change in the Theory and Practice of International Relations, Changing European Values, Philosophy, Psychology and Power, Regional Economics: Europe vs. Global, EU Diplomacy: From Theory to Actor, Comparative Study of Communism, Fascism, and Fundamentalism, Global Governance and Global Civil Society, Security, Peace and Democratization in the Balkans, History of European Integration, The Role of New Europe in the EU (Foreign Policy of the EU), The EU Integration Policies: The EU and World Development.

Application Fee: 60 Euros. Tuition Fee: 2700 Euros/semester (tuition fee is paid only for 2 semesters).

More information
Website: www.european-studies.hu
E-mail: isesmasters@gmail.com


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European Commission DG Education and Culture - YOUTH Support Measures
Application deadline: September 1, 2006


Support Measures are Action 5 of the YOUTH programme. This is the EU’s mobility and non-formal education programme targeting young people aged between 15 and 25 years. Support Measures aim to help all those involved in youth activities, or interested in youth matters to prepare and develop projects and initiatives related to the YOUTH programme objectives or Actions.

The following types of activity are eligible for support:
- Practical training experience (job shadowing) - to allow youth workers to acquire the skills for organising a transnational project by working in a partner organisation for a limited period of time
- Feasibility visits - for project managers to discuss a project idea before submitting an application under Actions 1 or 2
- Contact-making seminars - to bring together potential partners for YOUTH projects
- Study visits - to learn about youth work provisions in other countries
- Seminars - to exchange experience and good practice, consultations or policy development etc. with regard to the YOUTH programme and youth policy
- Training courses - to help those involved in youth work and non-formal education to acquire advanced skills and knowledge for their activities
- Youth information - to support the production and dissemination of information and training material relating to the YOUTH programme
- Transnational partnerships and networks - to create new networks under the YOUTH programme
- Support for quality and innovation - to support participation of young people with less opportunities in the YOUTH programme at national, regional and local levels.
All activities should be non-profit making.

Support measures are open to youth workers; support persons (e.g. youth advisers, assessors, EVS supervisors, mentors, etc.); trainers; information workers, youth officers, managers and policy makers; and all those involved in informal education. Organisations and groups from the statutory and voluntary youth sectors can apply for funding.

Countries eligible to apply:
The programme countries: Member States of the EU, EEA countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, Candidate countries: Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, Other countries also referred to as 'third countries', can participate in activities supporting Youth for Europe and European voluntary service actions, and projects must involve at least two EU Member States. A list of third countries can be found on: http://europa.eu.int/comm/youth/program/guide/other_countries_en.html.

More information
Website: http://europa.eu.int/comm/youth/program/guide/action5_en.html
E-mail: youth@cec.eu.int


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European Commission DG Education and Culture - YOUTH European Voluntary Service
Application deadline: September 1, 2006


European Voluntary Service is Action 2 of the YOUTH programme. This is the EU’s mobility and non-formal education programme targeting young people aged between 15 and 25 years. The European Voluntary Service gives the opportunity to young people between the ages of 18 and 25 to work as a volunteer in non-profit organisations active in social, environmental and cultural fields. The voluntary service takes place in another country, for a period of 6 to 12 months (long term).

The main aims of EVS are:
- To help young people become more integrated into society
- To develop a service that will benefit the community in humanitarian, social and cultural ways
- To link and strengthen organisations working for the benefit of the public throughout Europe.
Voluntary service activities can take place, for example, in the field of the environment, arts and culture, activities with children, young people or the elderly, heritage, or sports and leisure.

An EVS project involves a partnership between three partners: a volunteer, a sending organisation and a host organisation.
- Volunteers are aged between 18-25, and have to be legally resident in a programme country. There are no preconditions in terms of qualifications or social background for participants. One of the most important priorities of the programme is to give access to activities through short term EVS to young people with fewer opportunities. This is a minimum period of 3 weeks to a maximum of 6 months.
- Any type of non-governmental organisation, association, local authority or any other non-profit-making local initiative can be a host or sending organisation.

A project can take place within the programme countries, which are the EU Member States, the EEA (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) and the Candidate Countries - Bulgaria and Romania. Only a limited amount of projects can take place in other parts of the world also referred to as 'third countries'. A list of third countries can be found on: http://europa.eu.int/comm/youth/program/guide/other_countries_en.html.

More information
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/youth/program/guide/action2_en.html
E-mail: volunteers@socleoyouth.be


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European Commission DG Education and Culture - YOUTH Youth for Europe Youth Exchanges
Application deadline: September 1, 2006


Youth for Europe Youth Exchanges is Action 1 of the YOUTH programme. This is the EU’s mobility and non-formal education programme targeting young people aged between 15 and 25 years. Youth Exchanges offer young people the possibility to get in contact with other cultures and other realities. A Youth Exchange brings together groups of young people between 15 and 25 years old from different backgrounds from two or more countries. It provides them with an opportunity to meet and discuss various themes.

A Youth Exchange is prepared, planned and implemented by the young people around a certain theme; the exchange should have a thematic concept, e.g. anti-racism, arts, music, fight against drug abuse, information technology.

A Youth Exchange can last from 6 to 21 days and should have between 16 – 60 participants. Each exchange has a host group and one or more sending groups. Participants should be legally resident in a programme country, or countries in other parts of the world also referred to as 'third countries'. The number of participants from each country should be balanced.

Youth Exchanges between programme countries can be bilateral, trilateral or multilateral. They must take place in one of the partner countries involved in the project. Exchanges can be reciprocal, but do not have to be. Each exchange has to be applied for separately. In some cases, multilateral exchanges can be itinerant, i.e. the entire exchange group travels through several countries during the exchange.

The programme countries are: EU Member States, the EEA (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) and the candidate countries Bulgaria and Romania. A list of third countries can be found on: http://europa.eu.int/comm/youth/program/guide/other_countries_en.html.

More information
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/youth/program/guide/action1_en.html
Email: youth@cec.eu.int


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European Commission DG Education and Culture - YOUTH Youth Initiatives
Application deadline: September 1, 2006


Youth Initiatives are Action 3 of the YOUTH programme. This is the EU’s mobility and non-formal education programme targeting young people aged between 15 and 25 years. The Youth Initiatives Action aims to encourage initiative and creativity among young people. It can give young people the chance to try out ideas through initiatives which give them an opportunity to be directly and actively involved in planning and realising projects in their local community.

Group Initiatives are projects planned, managed and realised by young people aged between 15 and 25. Successful projects:
- Are youth-led and managed by young people within their local community
- May help young people develop and gain skills which will help them in their working life
- Should have at least 4 participants
- Should last between three months and one year
- Should encourage equal opportunities and co-operation and have a 'European Dimension'
- Should show a potential for networking and establishing partnerships with like-minded groups throughout Europe.
Successful applicants can receive up to EUR 10,000. The grant depends upon the area of priority in which the project falls.

Future Capital aims to give young volunteers the chance to use and build upon experience acquired during their European Voluntary Service (EVS). It is primarily aimed at individuals, but it does allow two young people to apply for the same project as long as they demonstrate the relevant link. The maximum duration of projects is one year. Applicants must apply within two years of completing EVS and show a link between the proposed project and experience they derived from participating in EVS. There are three categories:
- Professional Activity - non-profit-making projects or projects which in future intend to become profit-making
- One-off Projects - short-term activity focused around a particular event or producing a particular product
- Projects for personal development - projects which involve training and recognise skills the young person had begun to acquire during their EVS. Please note University Courses are not eligible and Language Courses only in exceptional circumstances. Funding cannot replace other sources at local, regional, national or European level.
Successful applicants can receive up to EUR 5,000. The grant depends upon the area of priority in which the project falls.

The EU Member States and the EEA countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) and the candidate countries Bulgaria and Romania. Turkey is expected to participate as a full 'Programme country' in the coming years. This action is not open for third countries.

More information
Website: http://europa.eu.int/comm/youth/program/guide/action3_en.html
E-mail: youth@cec.eu.int


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Council of Europe - Traineeships at the Council of Europe
Application deadline: September 15, 2006


The Council of Europe offers traineeships of three months. Traineeships take place in January/March, April/June, September/December.

Trainees undertake research, the preparation of draft reports and studies for meetings of experts and the drafting of minutes. They may also assist with current work. Trainees will be given an opportunity - especially through the induction course arranged for them - to find out about the Council's structures, activities and international co-operation procedures, including the implementation of the European Convention of Human Rights. They will also have the opportunity of attending lectures given in the Council of its activities, sittings of the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly and the European Parliament and meetings taking place during their stay in Strasbourg.

Eligible applicants:
- Nationals of one of the Council of Europe's 43 member states
- Trainees must have a very good knowledge of one of the Council of Europe's official languages (English and French). A good knowledge of the other language is desirable
- Candidates who have completed their higher education and/or have followed a course of higher education for at least three years (six terms)
- Candidates from national administrations or private firms who wish to find out about, learn more about or specialise in a particular field - lawyers, economists and political scientists. Their interests must have a direct bearing on the European aspect of the problems dealt with by the Council. They must have performed duties requiring knowledge of university or equivalent level for at least two years.

Trainees are usually not paid. Costs of travel and accommodation, as well as living expenses, are the responsibility of trainees or their sponsoring institutions. By the decision of the Committee of Ministers, remunerated traineeships may be offered - in a restricted number - to nationals of Central and Eastern European member States.

More information
Website: http://www.coe.int/t/e/Human_Resources/Jobs/11_Traineeship_opportunities/


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Summer School ‘The Quest for European Values’, August 20 – 26, 2006, Vama Veche, Romania
Application deadline: July 10, 2006


The Luxembourg Institute for European and International Studies is a forum of intellectual discussions and research as well as a platform of training and upgrading for undergraduates and young professionals from both western and eastern countries.

One of the Institute's constant themes of research and debate has been the European integration viewed as a particularly dynamic and challenging process. The topic has been explored for the last 12 years under the form of summer schools organized by the Institute in cooperation with the Black Sea University Foundation and later on with the European Cultural Centre, Bucharest at Mangalia and Vama Veche in Romania.

The 2006 seminar looks into the question whether there are, can and should be common values for the upcoming Europe, i.e. the European Union and beyond. Should the Europeans strive for a common ethos giving the continent a genuine impetus in its political, economic and social endeavours? How far will these values be different from those in other places of the world and how far will they be compatible with those? To what degree is the past of any guidance? Is it wise to have such a debate on values or might such an effort even prove counterproductive in the longer term? How far can a value debate contribute to the shaping of a common identity and thus also to the definition of a possible future role for Europe in the international system?

The cost of 365 Euro includes participation fee, accommodation in double rooms with own bathroom and all meals. Scholarships are available.

More information
E-mail: cti@clicknet.ro (Mrs. Maria Popescu, Executive Director, European Cultural Centre)


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World Youth Forum, August 10 - 15, 2006, Bucharest, Romania
Application deadline: July 15, 2005


The World Youth Forum (WYF) is the annual international conference of youth that will bring together 140 young persons from over 35 countries. This event is organized on the occasion of the International Youth Day and its main themes shall be those specific to youth policies.

The event shall take place over a five-day period, and shall include workshops, seminars, plenary sessions and case studies on various youth-related issues in the participant countries. The official language of the conference shall be English and all documents drafted during the conference shall be written only in this language.

General objectives of the World Youth Forum 2006
· Facilitating and achieving an exchange of experience and information between young persons
· Creating an International Youth Network that will include as many members as possible
· Increasing the awareness of the participants on their own condition and potential as young men and women, as well as on the condition and potential of youth all over the world
· Constructing a proper framework for developing partnerships between Youth Associative Structures from different states.
· Drafting a set of conclusions and recommendations for both the youth of the world and for the governmental authorities and international organizations that have youth agendas.

Participation fee: 119 Euros. It includes accommodation, meals and coffee breaks according to the program, excursion (Transilvania, visit to Dracula's Castle), conference materials, t-shirt. Participation fee does not include international transportation.

Eligibility
In order to participate at the World Youth Forum 2006 you have to be between 20 and 35 years old and have some experience in the field of youth policies.
As seen above, we encourage the participation of young NGO's representatives.
The maximum number of participants is 140 and there can only be at most 5 participants from every country.

More information
Website: http://www.youth-policies.org/
E-mail: office@youth-policies.org


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IRSH - Youth Camp 2006 ‘Active citizenship and participation’, September 3 – 10, 2006, Kune-Lezhe, Albania
Application deadline: July 15, 2006


The main topic of the camp will be ‘Active Citizenship and participative education’ and participants will have the opportunity to make personal experience in this field and discuss these experiences after the activities and at the end of each day.

Objectives of the IRSH Youth Camp give young people the opportunity to meet in an international environment and to:
· Demonstrate how we can overcome political, social and cultural barriers
· Test the educational concept practically
· Exchange experience among youth leaders, active in the field of non-formal education, working directly with young people
· Develop knowledge, attitudes and skills to play an active role in the wider community
· Work in groups, taking on different roles such as leader or organiser, taking responsibility forcarrying through a task with others, facing up to challenges and taking decisions democratically
· Develop a value for sensitivity towards individual differences
· Work on concrete follow-up activities from local to international level and multiplying.

Applicants are requested to have good knowledge of English, since it will be the working language of the Summer Camp.

Profile of participants:
· Young people involved in voluntary work at local, regional, national NGOs
· Young people not active in a formal NGO structure, but working in the field of education or social change
· Participant's age should be between 15 -30
· Participants are asked to carefully fill-in the application form.

Costs
The application fee for the summer camp is set at 30 EUR for international participants countries. For Albanian participants the fee is 3000 Leke. Accommodation and food will be covered by the organizers, but the travel is upon the participants. Concerning the food, participants will be divided in groups of 3 or more and will have as a duty to cook for all the participants, one group per day.

More information
E-mail: engjelli_i_erresires@yahoo.com or irsh_centre@yahoo.com.


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The Lost Highway Expedition, July 30 - August 24, 2006, Western Balkans


Centrala Foundation for Future Cities and School of Missing Studies organizes the Lost Highway Expedition, a massive movement of individuals that will pass through Ljubljana, Zagreb, Novi Sad, Belgrade, Skopje, Pristina, Tirana, Podgorica and Sarajevo, from July 30 to August 24 of 2006. Lost Highway Expedition (LHE) is about constructing and experiencing an experimental network-based civic society that navigates the new and dynamic territorialities of the Western Balkans and explores new modes of linking its different entities.

While on the road, Lost Highway Expedition will travel around the future of the Western Balkans and European Union and produce projects about borders as creative spaces, citizenship and negotiation of citizens rights, interactions between vertical authority and bottom-up initiatives, architectural inventions coming from transition, spatial instruments for new socio-political negotiations, parallel systems which exist in the Western Balkans and European Union, emerging networks between the cities in the Western Balkans, other missing studies.

At each city along the route, Lost Highway Expedition will interact with the projects of local organizations and groups about the issues they find relevant for the future of their own contexts. In tandem with a wide international network, participating local organizations so far include: SKUC (Ljubljana); Platforma 9.81, Kuda.org (Novi Sad), Prelom kolektiv (Belgrade), Belgrade SMS, Missing Identity (Kosovo), Press to Exit (Skopje) and Pro.ba (Sarajevo), and more participants will be added to this preliminary network.

The expedition program and events will result from the interaction between the local and the traveling participants. The collaboration between these different cultural organizations, artist groups and individuals may include very different forms of participation, discussion or production. By blurring the boundaries between the roles of host and guest, LHE aims to examine and negotiate emerging territorial concepts and societal networks in the Western Balkans and their implications for the future of the European Union.

As the Lost Highway Expedition is a self-generating open source network, you are encouraged to invite other people, groups or organizations to join in. You are expected to self-organize, support, and realize your journey. You do not have to travel or stay together, and you can enter and exit the expedition for any length of time and at any point. To start creating our temporary community even before we meet along LHE, we invite you to register and contribute to the expedition's exchange platform at www.europelostandfound.net. There you can find your possible project partners, travel mates, or practical information, and you can also help construct the infrastructure and the content of the platform with your projects, skills and contributed information.

Lost Highway Expedition is about participation, education, self-organization, networking and exchange of knowledge and resources. Many traveling minds will build a traveling consciousness, in which people are connected while staying individually different. Aiming to locate or invent the future, we will be moving in order to discover where we are going. Our voyage to the unknown territories of the future implies that the future is not only to be found, but also constructed, and this is what we would like you to do.

More information
Website: http://www.europelostandfound.net/
E-mail: info@europelostandfound.net


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Education Section UKanSEE.org – Call for articles
Application deadline: August 1, 2006


For the past few months you have enjoyed the news and experiences shared by different young people from the United Kingdom and Southeast European countries. I hope that all our efforts proved useful and offered you various opportunities to get in touch with interesting people and read about diverse experiences.

Now is YOUR turn to be part of your journalists' team and let us know more about YOUR stories:
Have you recently organized or taken part in any challenging program or educational project?
Would you like to recommend it to other interested young people so that they could also benefit?
Are you going to a summer school, seminar or training in these countries in the next summer months? Have you decided to learn a Southeast European language or to improve your English knowledge through a special course or certificate preparation?
Let us know about it! Share your stories with us, we want to hear and read them.

Things to be covered in your articles should be:
Why did you choose that particular event? What attracted you?
Where did you get the information? How was the application process?
Was the participation useful? Why?
We would also like you to send us contact details (e-mail and website) for the organisation which organised the event, or whose programme you took part in.

Your articles should have a minimum of 1000 words and have two photos attached to it. The most creative responses will be rewarded with 5 copies of 'The Sea' by John Banville, winner of the Man Booker Prize 2005. 'A gentle, slow-moving, sometimes whimsical study of love, loss, grief, belonging and the ageing process, as a recent widower returns to a seaside village where he enjoyed a holiday in his younger years'.

More information
Website: http://www.ukansee.org
E-mail: oanamarinache@yahoo.com (Oana Marinache)


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Network Migration in Europe - International Youth Forum 'Training on Human Rights Education', September 6 –10, 2006 and November 22 – 26, 2006, Berlin, Germany
Application deadlines: August 15, 2006 (Seminar September), October 31, 2006 (Seminar November)


Network Migration in Europe organizes a multinational Youth Forum 'Training on human rights issues' for students and multipliers who have an active interest in human rights education in the context of migration. The Youth Forum is devoted to the study and betterment of human rights and specifically the relationship between majority and minority populations in past and present. We invite applications from students and multipliers with interest in training, discussion and grass roots project work of human rights. The seminar in particular focuses on (forced) migration issues in Europe before 1989 and the new developments after the breakdown of the communist regimes during the nineties until now.

During the International Youth Forum Program in Berlin the participants will be offered one week of training and site visits on the topic of how societies deal with their various human rights issues in particular in respect to migration. The training program offers knowledge, methods and project work.

The Youth Forum intends to qualify students and multipliers for human rights education. At the end of the seminar a certificate will be given for successful participation. Participants can use the knowledge and experiences gained during the training seminar in their community work, their further education and their career paths in non-profit sector, in school teaching and youth work, in media and the private sector.

Good active and passive command of English is mandatory, knowledge of German is an advantage. The Youth Forum on Human Rights looks for particpants who are at ease with intense, constant group activities and
interaction.

Costs and expenses for accommodation and food are covered. Travel expenses up to 30 Euro have to be paid by the participants, additional costs are covered by Network Migration.

More information
Website: www.network-migration.org
E-mail: info@network-migration.org (Dr. Andrea Schmelz, Dr. Anne von Oswald, Tomasz Krolik)


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International Association for Southeast European Anthropology (InASEA) - 4th Conference 'Region, Regional Identity and Regionalism in Southeastern Europe', May 24 - 27, 2007, Timisoara, Romania
Application deadline: November 1, 2006


Over the last years, the 'region' has become an issue in southeastern Europe in a political, economic and a socio-cultural sense. The reasons for the growing relevance of regional policy and regional planning and for the increase in regional self-awareness and identity are manifold. SEE nation states have been and still are highly centralized, the fact that was taken to the extreme in the socialist period, while the growing regionalism or even autonomist movements may be a counter reaction to this concentration of resources in the capitals and big cities. Regionalism can also be attributed to the fact that regional disparities in SEE are growing: while urban regions increasingly attract people and resources, many rural regions are becoming marginalized and either depopulated or gradually turning into refuges of ethnic minorities or of (Western) old age pensioners. On the other hand, the strengthening of regions, particularly of the border regions, and of regional identities may already be a result of the EU policy of a 'Europe of Regions', or it may foreshadow a reaction to the growing impact of globalization on SEE. EU accession also leads to the creation of regional institutions that administer EU programs for disadvantaged regions, and these administrative realities may in the future also affect identities.

Whatever the reasons – which need to be studied in greater detail – the regions and regionalism are a problem not only of politicians and regional planners, of economists and geographers, of demographers and sociologists, but also of ethnologists, folklorists, anthropologists, and historians. After a period of emphasis on the 'deterritorialization of culture', the 'spatial turn' has brought the region back to the attention of the ethnological sciences - both as a construct and as a tangible (and often problematic) reality of everyday life.

The 4th conference of the International Association for Southeast European Anthropology (InASEA) wants to explore regions, regionalisms, regional cultures and identities in the southeast European countries from a predominantly ethnological/anthropological perspective. The association invites colleagues to present their empirical studies of present regions or their studies of historical regions with a focus on socio-cultural issues: on regional cultures and their construction, on regional identities, on the everyday 'functioning' of regions, including cross-border regions, on social and cultural consequences of regional disparities, etc. Scholars from neighboring disciplines, such as history, geography and sociology, are also invited to propose papers which deal with the topics of the conference and have a socio-cultural approach.

The Conference registration fee for the InASEA members will be covered from their annual membership fee. The non-InASEA members will be asked to pay the on-site registration fee equivalent to 15 EUR (participants from Southeast Europe, outside the European Union) and 30 EUR (other participants, including those from the countries that joined the European Union before 2006).

The organizers of the Conference will cover at least a part of the travel and accommodation costs of the participants from the countries of Southeast Europe that have not entered the European Union until 2006. Accommodation for participants who qualify for financial support will be pre-arranged. Other participants will also be assisted in making hotel reservations. More information about the accommodation in Timisoara will be given on the
Conference website in due time.

The paper proposal ought to contain the paper title, a 200-250 word abstract as well as the author’s name, institution, address, e-mail, and a very brief academic CV.

More information
Website: http://www-gewi.kfunigraz.ac.at/inasea/conference4.html
E-mail: ulf@zedat.fu-berlin (Dr. Ulf Brunnbauer) or ataliastefanescu@yahoo.com (Atalia Stefanescu)


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9th CEI Summit Economic Forum (SEF) 'Fostering Reforms and Innovation for Sustainable Growth', November 22 – 23, 2006, Tirana, Albania


The event, along with the Round Table of Ministers of Economy and the Summit of Prime Ministers of 17 CEI Member States, represents the most relevant occasion to promote the economic co-operation among the CEI Member States.

This year, the SEF will focus on reforms and investments for stimulating business development with particular attention to access to finance, innovation for competitiveness, regional integration and trade promotion. Lectures and discussions will address and analyse current economic challenges faced by the Region and will be complemented by presentations of related project proposals.
The event offers opportunities to establish business alliances and trade relations, investment projects' partnership, for networking with business leaders, SME community representatives, policy makers and government officials, as well as with representatives of International Organizations and Financial Institutions. 800 participants are expected.

More information
Website: www.ceinet.org/SEF
E-mail: info.sef@cei-es.org


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Europe & Balkans International Network – Journal Southeastern Europe


Eastern Europe has disappeared, first, in the reemergence of the distinction between Central and Balkan Europe, and second, in the integration of the former to the European Union. Eastern Europe is dead, long live Southeastern Europe. Transitology is out of fashion. What comes next? The Journal does not aim at constructing a new single paradigm but to be a pioneer in contextualization and conceptualization of Southeast European developments. Three pillars build its theoretical universe:
• Pluridisciplinarity – political science, history, sociology, law, anthropology, cultural studies
• Interdisciplinarity – issues like nationalism, ethnicity, human rights do not belong to any particular discipline and need the contribution of several of them
• Comparative approach often replaces verification in social sciences and gives a theoretical background for 'measuring' the uniqueness or commonness of the phenomena.

The journal has interest in both:
• Results of theoretical research
• Informed policy debate, implications of research for policy innovation, analysis of the outcome of previous initiatives.

The journal is published by Charles Schlacks in California. It has already issued 30 volumes and has been mainly distributed in the USA. The publisher offered the Europe&Balkans network to take on the leadership of the Journal. Our ambition is to develop it in a peer reviewed journal with high scientific visibility in both the USA and Europe. The journal has been published annually. From 2007 it will become biannual.

The content is structured in five parts:
• Editor’s essay focusing on a different aspect and encouraging the reader to explore the region within the parameters set by the editorial leadership
• Articles of 20-25 pages (36,000-45,000 signs) on variety of topics. Every article is accompanied by a summary
• Scholar interview in dept of a political personality, critically evaluated by another scholar
• Book reviews:
o Major review essay – two separate reviews of the same book and an author’s reply
o Books received – short presentations of books in non English and non western language publications
• News – information for the intellectual life in the region: innovative initiatives, new institutes, important international conferences, etc.

The structure includes also two types of information:
• Notes on contributors
• Notes for contributors.

More information
Website: http://www.schlacks.com
E-mail: info@schlacks.com


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UNDP Bratislava Regional Center – Roma professionals


UNDP Bratislava Regional Center is looking for professionals of Roma nationality and organizations, foundations, projects, initiatives, etc, dealing with Romani issues in Hungary, Slovakia, Macedonia, Romania, Bulgaria, and Czech Republic. We are currently at the stage of collecting contact information and compiling a general database in order to refer to it, when there are job openings at the Center.

More information
E-mail: yauheniya.boidak@undp.org (Eugenia Boidak)


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EMS Expert Search is looking for experts


EMS Expert Search specializes in recruitment for the international development field. We help consultancy firms and NGO's find exactly those experts they need. We are looking to strengthen our database in ALL international development related fields. We recruit both local and international candidates.

Fields that we are interested in include (but are not limited to): Rural Development and Food Security, Transport and Infrastructures, Telecommunications and information technologies, Energy and Nuclear Safety, Environment, Culture, Governance and Home Affairs, Health, Education, Employment and Social, Support to Industry/Commerce/Services, Macro economy, Public Finances and Regulatory Aspects, Standards, Humanitarian Aid, Crisis Management & Post-Crisis assistance.

More information
Website: www.europeansolutions.nl
E-mail: employment@europeansolutions.nl


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Mahalusa Community Development Training Initiative


Mahalusa are inviting all women in Bosnia and Herzegovina who are active in community/NGO work in either a paid or voluntary capacity to become involved in a new project: Mahalusa Community Development Training Initiative. Mahalusa is a new organisation that aims to promote women's equality in Bosnia and Herzegovina through community development work.

Mahalusa invites women internationally to become active in our work. Our connections are built through individual friendships, exchange visits, networking and training opportunities. We aim to form an active community of women that has a greater understanding of community development work in culturally diverse settings and confidence in their own ability to contribute to a better life for themselves and their communities.

The purpose of this initiative is to provide opportunities for women in BiH to develop as community leaders through professional community development training and networking. We hope to achieve this by providing introductory community development training for women in BiH who are active in their communities in either a payed or voluntary capacity. In the longer term we hope to develop access to women in BiH to accredited community development training, provide networking opportunities for women involved in community development work through gatherings and conferences and develop an online community through a Mahalusa website.

More information
E-mail: almqvist@eircom.net (Marja Almqvist) or aelezovic@gmail.com (Alma Elezovic)


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inter_youth_net


The International YOUTH Initiatives invites youth and youth NGOs to join the group and find interesting daily news in the field of youth works - trainings, seminars, conferenses, meetings, projects, etc.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/inter_youth_net/
E-mail: youth_int@yahoo.com or qabilaliyev@yahoo.com (Gabil Aliyev, Moderator, President of Association of Democratic Integration)


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http://www.idoc.ba/


The first digital archive of print media in Bosnia and Herzegovina, developed and maintained by the Mediacentar Sarajevo.
Simple, quick and efficient access to an archive of full-texts from the print media in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Quick analysis of print media coverage about a particular person, product or a company.
On-going monitoring of texts focusing on a particular field of your interest
Information on a particular person, event or a phenomenon.


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http://www.LabforCulture.org


LabforCulture, the dynamic, new interactive website aimed at all those in arts and culture who collaborate, create, share and produce work across borders in Europe, is now live.

The site is a vast source of current information and debate on European cultural cooperation, from case studies and inspiring stories of trans-border collaboration to the latest online cultural news and newsletters. From information and tips on how to fund a project to links to key cultural organisations and networks. There is an extensive resource section and research information includes topical cultural trends and debates in Europe.

You can even contribute your own experiences, resources and points of view through MyLabforCulture, an online meeting place for all those involved with cultural activities.

LabforCulture is unique online cultural concept, and was initiated by the European Cultural Foundation together with many partners. It is supported by all the leading European cultural organisations, by many Culture Ministries, and the European Commission.


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www.balkanlink.org


BalkanLink Network

A virtual network of professionals in the field of cultural management and cultural policies has been recently set up. BalkanLink is an initiative of three postgraduate students carried out within the framework of the MA in Cultural Management and Cultural Policy from the University of Arts in Belgrade. The network aims to link cultural actors coming from various countries of the Balkan region and more largely from Europe. Balkanlink wants to encourage cultural networking in the region by giving a greater visibility to cultural activities and supporting dialogue between the various actors. The platform hosts students, professionals, but also institutions and organisations interested to share knowledge and experiences.


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http://www.eurocult.org


The ECF website has a new look. The new ECF website is contemporary, creative and easy to navigate.


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Euroregional Center for Democracy

Semenic Nr. 10
300035, Timisoara
Romania

Tel: + 4 0256 221 471
Fax: + 4 0256 436 633

http://www.regionalnet.org

Editor:
Camelia Cocioba

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