EXTERNAL EVALUATIONS – SERBIA AND MACEDONIA

The European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI) is soliciting two external
evaluations to be conducted on its ongoing projects with Roms in the
Republic of Macedonia and the Republic of Serbia.


ECMI and Roms in South East Europe

In the context of conducting the first global needs assessment of the
Romani population of Macedonia in 2003, ECMI undertook a similar project in
Serbia &  Montenegro in fall 2004.  Follow-on initiatives in both Macedonia
and Serbia are currently underway. As the projects’ second and first years
(respectively) conclude with calendar year 2006, an external evaluation is
required to assess the projects’ success in generating the expected
results. For more information on ECMI and its activities with Roms, please
visit www.ecmirom.org.


Qualifications

·        A minimum of 2-3 years experience in substantive evaluation,
project design and/or project management;
·        At least a passive knowledge of Macedonian/Serbian;
·        Excellent written English;
·        Familiarity with the living conditions of Roms in Macedonia/Serbia;
·        The ability to work under time pressure.


Job Descriptions

Serbia: As the follow-on to ECMI’s assessment in Serbia and Montenegro
approaches the end of its first year, ECMI is in the process of organizing
an external evaluation to be conducted over the period 3-9 September
2006.  This evaluation involves extensive in-country travel and carries an
honorarium of € 2 000.

Macedonia: This evaluation is for a follow-on project nearing the end of
its second year. The timeframe for this evaluation is 24-28 October 2006,
with an honorarium of € 1 500.

For both evaluations, costs for international and in-country travel, hotel
accommodation, and a daily subsistence allowance in accordance with German
regulations will be covered by ECMI.


Contact

Application BY ELECTRONIC MAIL ONLY. A letter of application with the
reference "EE", accompanied by a c v, and a motivation letter should be
sent to friedman@.... All letters of application should indicate either
individual project evaluation or both.

Application deadline: 7 August 2006

Short-listed candidates will be contacted by 11 August 2006.

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   If you are young, full with ideas, crazy then you are one of us  because we
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                 If you like films, adventures, and TV life then you have to
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“All Different All Equal”.

   The project welcomes young people between 18-25 years old,  that are active,
creative and opened for intercultural dialog and intercultural exchange.
Priority will be given to young people with fewer possibilities and from
conflict areas.
   Eligible countries are: Moldova, Romania, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Georgia,
Bulgaria and Turkey. Other countries are also welcome to apply but priority will
be give to mentioned countries.

   The hosting organization will be responsible for the accommodation, meal and
loading. There will be a small reimbursement of international travel cost on a
state budget.
   The project will be held in Vadul lui Voda, Chisinau,  Moldova  between 10-17
September, 2006.
   Official language: English

   The project is organized by Youth Generation in partnership with OWH TV Studio
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   If you want to take part in the coolest project then fulfill the application
form and sent it back by 15 August, 2006.



   If you have any questions don’t hesitate to contact us!
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The Sixth International Congress on Cyprus Studies
Location: 	 Cyprus
Call for Papers Deadline: 2006-12-15
Date Submitted: 	 2006-07-24
Announcement ID: 	 152032

The Center for Cyprus Studies is organizing the Sixth International
Congress on Cyprus Studies at the Eastern Mediterranean University,
Famagusta, North Cyprus, on 24-26 October 2007. The aim of the Congress is
to open up a discussion platform for the analysis, development, exchange
and critique of ideas on Cyprus-related matters.

The Organising Committe will accept papers related to the Cyprus issue in
international politics, and other issues related to Cypriot history,
archeology, geography, language, literature, education, art, folklore,
law, economy, tourism, sports, and alike. Proposals can be submitted
either in English or Turkish.

Deadline for submission of proposals is December 15, 2006.

Proposals should include minumum 400, maximum 600 words. Also, a biodata
of maximum 100 words should be attached.

Those interested can submit their proposals as a word document attachment
to the following e-mail addresses: ulker.osam@... or
nihal.sakarya@...

Please forward this message to any person you know who would be interested
in the event.

Prof. Dr. Ulker Vanci Osam
Director, Center for Cyprus Studies
Eastern Mediterranean University
Famagusta, North Cyprus
via Mersin 10, Turkey
Tel: (90) 392-630 1327
Fax: (90) 392-630 2865
Email: ulker.osam@...

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Since the end of the troubled times over 10 years ago, tourists are
returning to Serbia
   Our friendly Serbian language school is offering you the priceless opportunity
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*Index: YIHRKS -07-2890-31-07-2006*

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*Call for Applications: *

*Youth Initiative for Human Rights Prishtina Office -Internships for
Students*

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* *

*The **Youth Initiative for Human Rights** Office in Prishtina* offers
internships for students and recent graduates during August –October 2006.
Descriptions of the general requirements as well as duties and
responsibilities follow below. Please find application instructions at the
bottom of the page.



All interns will gain a diverse experience during their work at YIHR,
engaging in a variety of activities, while also contributing to general
office tasks. Through their work, interns will have opportunities to gain
knowledge of human rights and advocacy issues, acquire and further put into
practice the knowledge they have acquired during their studies or
professional careers, and also will find opportunities to attend different
events as well as to make contacts during the course of everyday work.

* *

*General Requirements:***

    - Young people from all around Kosovo may apply
    - Candidates must have completed Highs School Diploma
    - Working knowledge of at least Albanian, English, and Serbian is
    required
    - Excellent communication and writing skills
    - Excellent computer skills.
    - Preference will be given to candidates with proven experience in
    civil society work.



*Duties and Responsibilities**:*

Interns will have opportunity to be involved in YIHR projects and
activities. Interns will learn about general idea of the Human Rights,
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knowledge and experience in practical skills such as in administration
skills (compiling information and documentation, replying to queries,
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skills (assisting in organizing public events and debates, street events,
conferences etc.).



Apart from working, the interns will have to develop their own ideas for
street actions to be presented, at the end of the internship, to the
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*Duration:*

Internships will last for two months. 20 hours per week. Monday to Friday.

Starting dates are *August 16, 2006* and *October 16, 2006*.



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  -CV

- Cover Letter (include dates of availability and what interests you most
about the internship)



After completing your application please email the CV and Cover letter to
ksoffice@... with *Internship Application* as the subject heading.

Or you can submit application directly to

YIHR Prishtina Office,

Fehmi Agani I 1/16

10000 Prishtina



Deadline for the submission of applications is* August 11, 2006.*

* *

Dear Colleagues:

Please find below the following International jobs in the Balkans
which would be of interest to colleagues in this list.

Forestry Officer
UNDP
Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Last Date: August 4, 2006
http://216.197.119.113/jobman/publish/article_24741.shtml

Short Term Assignment, Expert in Cross Border Business Co-operation
in SEE
EastWest Institute
Location: NY, Brussels, Skopje, Ohrid
Last Date: August 10, 2006
http://216.197.119.113/jobman/publish/article_24442.shtml

Organisational Development & Human Resources Management Expert
EU
Location: Bulgaria
Last Date: August 10, 2006
http://216.197.119.113/jobman/publish/article_24657.shtml

Independant External Review Expert
UNDP
Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Last Date: August 11, 2006
http://216.197.119.113/jobman/publish/article_25040.shtml

Experts - Implementation of Budgeting and Salary System Reforms
European Dynamics
Location: Podgorica, Montenegro
Last Date: August 25, 2006
http://216.197.119.113/jobman/publish/article_24709.shtml

Programme Manager
UNDP
Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Last Date: August 4, 2006
http://216.197.119.113/jobman/publish/article_24802.shtml

Communication Technology & Architecture Expert
EU / Eurecna
Location: Bulgaria
Last Date: August 10, 2006
http://216.197.119.113/jobman/publish/article_24656.shtml

Senior IT Consultant
European Dynamics
Location: Sofia, Bulgaria
Last Date: August 20, 2006
http://216.197.119.113/jobman/publish/article_24637.shtml

You will find the application details in the job description itself
or at the website http://www.DevNetJobs.org

We wish you good luck.

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Outreach Coordinator
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CALL FOR PAPERS

   Women, Gender and the Cultural
   Production of Knowledge

   8-12 August 2007,
   Sofia, Bulgaria

   Conference of the International Federation for Research
   in Women¡¯s History


   Cultural history deals with various ¡®artefacts¡¯ produced by human activity
throughout history: with both practices and representations, with written and
visual texts. It is interested in both written and oral (but also visual)
aspects of culture (understood in anthropological sense: cultural artefact as
locus of meaning).
   We welcome interdisciplinary contributions (coming from fields as diverse as
history and literary studies, cultural studies, art history, media studies,
anthropology, history of philosophy, historiography) dealing with historical
aspects of production, signification and reception of culture ¨C all from a
gender perspective. We aim to bring together scholars at different stages of
their careers from all over the world.


    We are interested in cultural production that deals with individual and
collective authorship, with modes of publication (i.e. with the ways that bring
cultural artefacts before the public), and with the historical context of
production;
    Cultural signification is important for the production and reception of
artefacts. It pays attention to the social conventions within which the
artefacts are produced (literary language, styles of painting, writing, film
genre, etc.);
    Cultural reception/consumption that studies how the artefact was
received/read/understood by contemporaries and the meanings it provoked later
under new historical circumstances;
   We are interested in studies that pay attention on the role gender, class,
ethnicity, race, age played in the process of cultural production, transmission
and consumption of knowledge, studies that consider:

    oral and written culture, both in traditional and modern societies;
    restricted and mass literacy;
    the role of literate culture in societies with predominantly oral culture;
    the role of oral culture in modern societies of mass literacy/high literacy
rate;
    the modes of reading and writing and their role throughout space and time, in
various places and historical periods;
    the role of traditional and modern media in the cultural production of
knowledge;
   We are interested:
   ¡ñ    in how cultural memory operates and in the related question about the
gender of that memory, and social and cultural production of women and gender in
history;
   ¡ñ    in the role religion/church, education and state play in the process of
cultural production and consumption.

     Submission of Abstracts  Abstracts in English (no longer than 300 words) +
short CVs (10-15 lines) should be sent to the organizers by e-mail:
ifrwh_bulgaria2007@... not later than October 15, 2006. Notification of
acceptance/rejection will be mailed to the corresponding author no later than
November 15, 2006.
      GENERAL INFORMATION

   Venue  The Conference will take place on August 8 ¨C 12, 2007 in Sofia,
Bulgaria. It will be hosted by St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia, the
oldest and most prestigious Bulgarian University.


   Web site
   A Conference web site www.ifrwh-bulgaria2007.org will be set up and will be
available after October 1st 2006.
   The web site will provide all the necessary information for
Online-Registration, Accommodation, Exhibition options, Social program, Pre and
Post conference tours, Important dates, etc.

      Registration
              Registration fee
   Up to January 31st 2007

   After January 31st / On spot
          Delegates       150 EUR       260 EUR  NB! Students and guests could
apply for reduction of the Registration fee.

   The Registration fee for Delegates and Students includes:
   ¡¤         Attendance to all scientific sessions
   ¡¤         Access to the exhibition area
   ¡¤         Delegate¡¯s kit
   ¡¤         Coffee breaks in the plenary days
   ¡¤         Luncheons in the plenary days
   ¡¤         Opening Ceremony followed by Welcome Reception on August 8th 2007
   ¡¤         Gala dinner on August 10th 2007

     Contacts  Local Organizing Committee
   Prof. Krassimira Daskalova,
   President of the International Federation
   for Research in Women's History
   Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences
   St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia
   15 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd.
   Sofia-1504, Bulgaria
   tel/fax (office): 00359-2-870-42-36
e-mail: krassimira_daskalova@...

   Official Agent of the Conference
   Company for International Congresses ¨C CIC Ltd.
   8, Ami Bue Street, 1606 Sofia, Bulgaria
   T: + 359 2 953 41 47; 954 55 47; 851 1698
    www.cic-pco.com
    F: + 359 2 953 41 81
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American Councils for International Education is currently hiring for
several full-time temporary Recruiting Assistant positions. The duration of
work will be September 1 to December 31st, 2006.



Recruiting assistants work with American recruiters and recruit for American
Councils' High School exchange programs. Recruiting assistants are
responsible for assisting with all aspects of participant recruitment
including, but not limited to: advertising competitions; making program
presentations; conducting testing; interviewing candidates; and associated
record-keeping and report writing. Recruiting assistants must also interact
with local professionals and local governmental and educational
organizations in dispersing information about the program.



For more information about our organization and programs, please visit
www.americancouncils.org.yu.



The Belgrade Program Hub is responsible for conducting recruiting in 8
cities in Serbia and 2 cities in Montenegro.  Each recruiting team,
consisting of one recruiter and one recruiting assistant, will be
responsible for recruiting in approximately 5 cities. This position will
therefore require at least 50% of the job to be spent on the road.



Qualifications:

·        University degree;

·        Native Serbian;

·        Conversational English;

·        Experience traveling under difficult conditions;

·        Strong organizational skills;

·        Outstanding interpersonal skills;

·        Demonstrated time management skills;

·        Knowledge of Microsoft Office programs

·        Knowledge of Albanian, Romanian or Hungarian a plus



All interested candidates should submit a resume and cover letter to Nathan
Truitt, Regional Coordinator for American Councils, by e-mail
(nathan@...) or by fax (011) 2657-940, no later than 18
August 2006. Interviews with select candidates will be conducted shortly
afterwards.



Anticipated Appointment Date: 1 September 2006

The EastWest Institute (EWI) seeks an experienced and
highly motivated Project Manager for Prespa/Ohrid
Transfrontier Project.
Department: EWI's Centre for Border Co-operation
Location: Ohrid, fYR Macedonia (another location may
be considered)
Expected Start: early September 2006
Position Summary:
EastWest Institute is working in close co-operation
with local stakeholders (local government, NGOs,
higher education establishments, businesses, and
others) to create a Euroregion that will formalize
cross-border co-operation in the Prespa/Ohrid region
of Greece, Albania and the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia. Work is now well advanced, and EWI is
seeking an experienced project manager to work with
key stakeholders to formalize the structures of
Euroregion bodies, deliver a package of training in
funding applications and project management, as well
as handing over the steering of the Euroregion to an
indigenous secretariat body.
The Project Manager will be responsible for the
overall management of the project, including its
implementation, financial management, oversight of
logistical preparations, running the project meetings
and other events, and any required follow-up activity.
The Project Manager will work in close cooperation
with relevant partners in the SEE region and elsewhere
as well as with potential sponsors and cooperators.
We offer a competitive compensation.
Requirements:
-- University Degree in a relevant field (political
economy; public policy; regional development),
Master’s level preferred; -- Experience of managing
economic or business development projects; --
Experience in trans-frontier cooperation is an
advantage; -- Minimum 3 - 5 years of managerial
experience (project management experience necessary;
people management experience is desirable); -- Minimum
1 year of working experience in the region, preferably
in Greece, Albania or Macedonia; -- Excellent research
and analytical skills; -- Excellent personal
communication skills; -- Excellent writing and editing
skills; -- Good organizational and administrative
skills; -- Excellent written and spoken English;
knowledge of local languages preferred; -- Sufficient
knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and work with the
Internet based information; -- Valid driver’s license
and willingness to travel across borders in the
Prespa/Ohrid Region; -- Good team player; active
approach and positive attitude towards work.
Applications including cover letter, CV and salary
requirements to be sent through www.ewi.info/jobs,
Ref.578, attention Mr. Pavel Prochazka, HR Manager.
Deadline for applications: August 18, 2006.




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Ad for Position title: Center for Research and Policy Making Analyst
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SUMMARY

Under direct supervision of the Chief Analyst, the Analyst will be
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• Willingness to travel and conduct field research

• Willingness to work five working days per week (minimum 30
working hours/week)

• Timely and effective execution of day-to-day tasks

• Proficiency in the usage of computer, Microsoft office
software packages
and Internet


QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED: (100 points total)

• A relevant university degree (a Master's degree), preferably
in economics. (Strong competency in applied econometrics and/or
quantitative methods.) Candidates with degrees in public policy,
development studies, political science, or international relations
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• Ability to develop and follow research methodology and
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• Professional experience in policy analysis.
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reports.
• Skills in the configuration and use of computerized database
programs.
• Knowledge of contracts and grants preparation and management
• Solid experience in all stages of project cycle management
(project identification and feasibility, project design, project
implementation, monitoring and assessment, project evaluation)
• A thorough understanding of the complex political and social
environment of Macedonia 5 points
• Good initiative to follow-up or proactively seek out and
verify information  5 points
• Ability to effectively communicate policy recommendations
(Ability to develop and deliver presentations in a lively and
accessible manner to a wide audience or to relevant government
decision-makers, business and civil society sector) 5 points
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the
ability to work effectively with a wide range of constituencies in a
diverse community.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in
Macedonian and English (knowledge of other languages of Macedonia or
other foreign languages is an asset) 5+3 points

CRPM is an equal opportunities employer. Salary is commensurate with
experience, academic background, and most of all by outputs.
Inquiries concerning salary and other financial matters such as
benefits, taxation, cost of living etc., can be addressed to the
CRPM office in Skopje (www.crpm.org.mk; crpm@...)








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you.

PLOTKI is a non-commercial project. All PLOTKI authors,
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European Yearbook of Minority Issues, Volume 4 2004/2005
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European Yearbook of Minority Issues, Volume 4 2004/2005

The European Yearbook of Minority Issues provides a critical and timely review
of contemporary developments in minority-majority relations in Europe. It
combines analysis, commentary and documentation in relation to conflict
management, international legal developments and domestic legislation affecting
minorities in Europe.

Part I contains scholarly articles, and, in 2004/5, features three special focus
sections on Ombudsman Institutions, The EU and Minority Protection, and The
Caucasus Region.

Part II reviews the implementation of minority legislation and international
standards at the universal and regional levels as well as new developments in
relation to them and contains a list of international norms.

Apart from providing a unique annual overview of minority issues for both
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international organisations.

The European Yearbook is edited in collaboration with the Minorities and
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will appear in early 2007.

General Editors
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Weller.

Managing Editors Volume 4
Emma Lantschner, Tove H. Malloy

Assistant Editors
Marnie Lloydd, Gabriel N. Toggenburg, Leonhard Voltmer, Matthew Ward

Table of Contents Volume 4

European Yearbook of Minority Issues

Table of Contents 2004/5




Foreword




PART I: ARTICLES



A. General Articles Section



Towards a New Paradigm of Minority Law-Making: A Rejoinder to Palermo and
Woelk’s Law of Diversity
Tove H. Malloy



Minorities and Religions in Europe. Case Study: The Assyro-Chaldeans of Turkey
Joseph Yacoub

Minority Rights in China: A Legal Overview
Joshua Castellino and Elvira Domínguez Redondo

Situating Federalism, Minorities and Communalism in the Indian Polity
Arshi Khan

Minority Representation within the Spanish Electoral System
Eduardo J. Ruiz Vieytez

Still No Place to Go: Nomadic Peoples’ Territorial Rights in Europe
Jérémie Gilbert




B. Special Focus: Ombudsman Institutions

Ombudsmen and Similar Institutions for Protection against Racial and Ethnic
Discrimination
Andrea Krizsán

Building up a Specialized Body
Mikko Puumalainen

The Ombudsman as Advocate
Philip Giddings

Removing Barriers – The Accessibility of an Ombudsman or National Human Rights
Institution to Vulnerable Communities
Marnie Lloydd

Towards Increased Cooperation between National Ombudsman Institutions and
International Minority Rights Mechanisms
Rianne Letschert


Ombudsman Institutions and Ethnic Conflict in Russia and Ukraine: A Failure of
Local Institution-building?
Bill Bowring

C. Special Focus: the EU and Minority Protection

Minority Protection and Anti-discrimination Policies: Synergies and Challenges
at the EU Level
Birgit Weyss and Alexander Lubich

Looking Back at Ten Years of EU Minority Conditionality vis-à-vis Central and
Eastern European Candidate States
Guido Schwellnus

Unravelling a Trade-Off: Reconciling Minority Rights and Full Citizenship in
Turkey
Dilek Kurban

Recent Developments on the Status of (Minority) Languages within the EU
Framework
Niamh Nic Shuibhne

The Long-Term Residents Directive
John Handoll

Integrating the Roma into European Society: Time for a New Initiative
Olivier De Schutter and Annelies Verstichel




D. Special Focus: The Caucasus Region

Integrating Minorities in Weak States: The Case of Georgia
Jonathan Wheatley

Building a New Regime of Interethnic Cooperation in Armenia?
Shavarsh Khachatryan

Ethnic Profile of Post-Soviet Azerbaijan
Arif Yunusov

Durable Solutions for Meskhetian Turks: The Issue Revisited
Andrei Khanzhin



PART II: REPORTS



A. International Developments



Review of the Monitoring Process of the Council of Europe Framework Convention
for the Protection of National Minorities
Alain Chablais

The Committee of Experts of the European Charter for Regional or Minority
Languages: June 2004 – June 2005

Vesna Crnić-Grotić

The Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights
Roberta Medda-Windischer

The Activities of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities:
July 2004 – June 2005
Krzysztof Drzewicki and Vincent de Graaf

Minorities at the United Nations: The UN Working Group on Minorities
Asbjørn Eide

Minorities and Indigenous Peoples’ Protection: The Practice of UN Treaty
Bodies in 2004
Nathalie Prouvez

B. National Developments

Recent Developments in Romania on the Draft Law on the Status of National
Minorities: Déjà Vu All Over Again?
D. Christopher Decker

The Referendum on Decentralization in Macedonia in 2004: A Litmus Test for
Macedonia’s Interethnic Relations
Joseph Marko

Democratization as a Means of Conflict Resolution in Moldova
Oleh Protsyk

Association for Democratic Prosperity - Zid

Invitation for Seminar:

"Status of Volunteers and Influence of the Youth Policy in SEE on Volunteerism
Development"

Country: Montenegro
City: Cetinje
Date: 23/10/2006 to 30/10/2006
Number of working days: 6

Aim of the seminar

Main aim of the project is to exchange information about position of
volunteerism in different countries members of CoE and to contribute to
reinforcement of suitable legal framework for national and international
volunteering.


Objectives:

q       To exchange information about position of volunteerism in some of the
countries members of CoE.

q       To build new partnerships and plan concrete actions and projects related
to establishment of the legal framework for volunteerism, on national and
international level, and plan future work on better recognition of volunteer
work.

q       To increase knowledge and skills about advocacy techniques and tools in
building of legal framework for volunteerism on national and international
level.

q       To increase level of knowledge about level of Youth Policy development
in SEE and correlation with future development of voluntarism in specific
countries members of CoE.


Main program elements
Themes of the workshops:

q       Position of volunteerism in CoE countries

q       Youth mobility and volunteerism as a part of Youth Policy, Structures of
decision making in countries present on the meeting

q       Elements of good advocacy campaign with concrete action planning for
future advocacy related to volunteerism.

q       Presentation of relevant documents adopted by Council of Europe, UN and
other institution.


NGO fair with the aim to present work of the organizations participating in the
meeting to local NGOs, members of local municipality and representatives of
Steering Committee for development of National Plan for Youth in Montenegro.
Idea is to give broader picture to all parties involved: member of national team
that is leading process of Youth policy development in Montenegro and
participants of the meeting it self, involved in similar work in heir own
countries.


Public awareness campaign in local community during meeting itself, members of
ADP - Zid will organize campaign about volunteerism on national level. It will
be called: WEEK OF VOLUNTEERISM and participants of the meeting would be invited
to help in PR activities.


Languages

English, Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian (for some lectures)


Participants
25 participants from Council of Europe member states or signatories to the
European Cultural Convention.


An important criterion for selection of participants will be previous
experiences in working on voluntarism development projects. Another criterion
will be their experience in youth policy development, desirable but not
mandatory.


Board and logging

Fully covered by organizer.


Travel expenses

Will be covered up to 70 %, but max 250 Euro for participants from EU. For
destination close to Montenegro, we shall be able to suggest for participants to
travel by train or bus.


Participation fee

For participants from EU country is 50 Euro, and for participants from candidate
and SEE countries is 30 Euro.


Application procedure

Interested candidate should send:
-          Application form,
-          Motivation letter, explaining why they are interested in this
particular subject and in which way they would implement acquired knowledge
after the meeting.

Optional:
-          Abstract about Situation related to voluntarism in the home country,
with overview of voluntarism legislation or/and Influence of the Youth Policy on
Volunteerism Development. Interested candidate would be invited to present their
work during the program of the seminar, and would not need to pay participation
fee.

Please send your applications on:
       see_zid@...
Contact persons:
       Aleksandra Zekovic and Marko Turk
Deadline for application:
       Wednesday, 20 September 2006.

For application form, please contact organizers on see_zid@..., or by phone on
+381 (0) 81 602 720, 602 721.


Best regards,

Aleksandra Zekovic

Association for Democratic Prosperity - Zid
********************************************
Bratstva Jedinstva 57/1, 81000 Podgorica
MONTENEGRO
tel/fax: +381 (0) 81 602 720, 602 721
voc@..., zid@...
www.zid.cg.yu

Dear list,

I'm forwarding this vacancy on behalf of a colleague of mine, so
please reply directly to Laverne at Oxford Research rather than to me
(I don't have any connection to the organisation).

(text follows)

An international company specialising in market research in developing
countries is currently starting a multi‑stage, six‑month project for
the United Nations in Bosnia. They are looking for professionals for
the following posts to assist with the work on a full‑ and part‑time
basis:

- Research Managers (relevant experience required)

- Data Analysts (with formal training in SPSS and chart production)

- Qualitative Researchers (to conduct in‑depth interviews and focus groups)

- Translators (Native speakers with near‑native English)

- General organisers (with proven organisational skills)


To apply, please call Laverne at +49 (0) 711 7272820 or forward your
one-page CV and cover letter to info@....

[cross-posting from aera-j]


BECOME A REVIEWER:

The Editorial Review Board is a key part of the Bulgarian Journal of
Science and Education Policy (BJSEP). Its role is to review and
comment
on manuscripts, thus providing the imput to the editors who make the
final decision which papers are accepted or rejected.

If you like to join the BJSEP Editorial Review Board, please give me a
sign for that. A short CV with your competencies and scientific
achievements would be of use. To help match papers to reviewers,
please
note one or more areas that you are most comfortable reviewing.

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==================

Professor B.V. Toshev,
University of Sofia,
1 James Bourchier Blvd., 1164 Sofia, BULGARIA

E-Mail: toshev@...

From the 25th until the 29th september 2006 an International
Conference is held in Vienna (25th-26th) and Venice (28th-29th),
organized by the
Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti
Balkan-Kommission der Oesterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Università Ca'Foscari di Venezia, dipartimento di studi storici
Oesterreichisches Ost- und Suedosteuropa-Institut
Institut fuer Osteuropaeische Geschichte der Universitaet Wien


FIRST PART/PRIMA PARTE/ERSTER TEIL:
Vienna, 25-26 settembre 2006/ Wien, 25.-26. September 2006

ARNOLD SUPPAN
Einleitung
Introduzione

GHERARDO ORTALLI
Beyond the coast. Venice and the Western Balkans: the origins of a
long relationship
Al di là della costa. Venezia e i Balcani occidentali: alle origini
di un lungo rapporto
Jenseits der Kueste. Venedig und der westliche Balkan: die
Urspruenge
einer langen Beziehung

MOMCILO SPREMIC
Demarcazione serbo-veneziana nella Zeta tra Serbia e Venezia nella
prima metà del XV secolo

DESANKA KOVACEVIC-KOJIC
La Serbie dans l'économie vénitienne
La Serbia nell'economia veneziana

OLIVER JENS SCHMITT
Das venezianische Suedosteuropa als Kommunikationsraum, Jahrhundert:
14.-16. Jahrhundert
Venezia nel Sud-est europeo: uno spazio di comunicazione, secoli XIV-
  XVI

ZDENKA JANEKOVIC ROEMER
Ragusa, between the Balkans, Venice and the Ottoman Empire, 14th-
16th centuries
Ragusa, tra Balcani, Venezia e l'Impero ottomano, secoli XIV-XVI
Ragusa zwischen der Balkanwelt, Venedig und dem osmanischen Reich,
14.-16. Jahrhundert

AUREL PLASARI
Terre albanesi e Venezia (secc. XI-XV)
Der albanische Raum und Venedig, 11.-15. Jahrhundert

LUCIA TRAVAINI
Western Balcans, Venice and the Adriatic: mints and coins (13th to
18th centuries)
"Der westliche Balkan, der Adriaraum und Venedig:
Muenzpraegestaetten
und Muenzen vom 13. bis 18. Jahrhundert"
Balcani occidentali, Adriatico e Venezia: zecche e monete tra XIII e
XVIII secolo

ERMANNO ORLANDO
Tra Venezia e impero Ottomano: paci e confini nei Balcani
occidentali (secoli XV-XVI)
Zwischen Venedig und dem osmanischen Reich: Friedensschluesse und
Grenzen im westlichen Balkan

HORST HASELSTEINER
Das Koenigreich Ungarn und die Adria zwischen Beharrung und Wandel
Il regno d'Ungheria e l'Adriatico tra persistenze e mutamenti

SANTE GRACIOTTI
Wechselbeziehungen zwischen den Schriftsprachen und Kulturen im
westlichen Balkan (16.-18. Jahrhundert)
Il mutevole rapporto tra lingue letterarie e culture nel Balcano
occidentale dei secoli XVI-XVIII


SECOND PART/SECONDA PARTE/ZWEITER TEIL:
Venezia, 28-29 settembre 2006/ Venedig, 28.-29. September 2006


MAURICE AYMARD
Le dimensioni adriatiche nei secoli XVI-XVIII
Adriatische Dimensionen vom 16. bis 18. Jahrhundert

EGIDIO IVETIC
Venezia e l'Adriatico orientale tra XV e XVIII secolo: i caratteri
di un rapporto
Venedig und die oestliche Adria vom 15. bis 18. Jahrhundert:
Grundzuege einer Beziehung

FERID DUKA
La continentalizzazione della costa albanese, secoli XVI-XVIII
Die Kontinentalisierung des albanischen Raumes, 16.-18. Jahrhundert

DRAGO ROKSANDIC
The Morlachs in the Eastern Adriatic from the 14th to the 18th
centuries: questions of identity?
Die Vlachen/Morlaken in der oestlichen Adria vom 14. bis 18.
Jahrhundert: Fragen der Identitaet
I morlacchi nell'Adriatico orientale dal XIV al XVIII secolo:
questioni di identità?

SURAIYA FAROQHI
Adria und westlicher Balkan als osmanischer Wirtschaftsraum, 15.-18.
Jahrhundert
L'economia adriatica e balcanica occidentale degli ottomani, secoli
XV-XVIII

JOSIP VRANDECIC
Islam immediately beyond the Dalmatian coast, 16th-17th centuries
L'Islam subito oltre la costa dalmata, secoli XVI-XVII
Der Islam im dalmatinischen Hinterland, 16.-17. Jahrhundert

PETER BARTL
Religionen und Konfessionen im montenegrinisch-albanischen Raum im
16. und 17. Jahrhundert
Religioni e confessioni nello spazio montenegrino-albanese nel XVI e
XVII secolo

MARKO TROGRLIC
Religion und Konfessionen in Dalmatien, 17.-18. Jahrhundert
Religione e confessione in Dalmazia, secoli XVII-XVIII

MARKUS KOLLER
Raeuberwesen, Gewalt und Migrationen im Vilayet Bosnien, 17.-18.
Jahrhundert
Brigantaggi, violenze, migrazioni nel vilayet di Bosnia, secoli XVII-
XVIII

FILIPPO MARIA PALADINI
Le società di confine nella Dalmazia settecentesca
Die Gesellschaft an der dalmatinischen Grenze im 18. Jahrhundert

VERA COSTANTINI
Commerci ed economie dell'Adriatico in età moderna

MICHAEL METZELTIN
Das linguistische Erbe Venedigs im Adriaraum
Il patrimonio linguistico veneziano nello spazio dell'Adriatico


N.B.: nelle giornate del 28 e 29 settembre sarà disponibile
un servizio di traduzione simultanea tedesco – italiano.



ELENCO DEI RELATORI

MAURICE AYMARD, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (Paris)
PETER BARTL, Abteilung fuer Geschichte Osteuropas- und Suedosteuropas
VERA COSTANTINI, Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia
FERID DUKA, Universiteti i Tiranes
SURAIYA FAROQHI, Universitaet munchen
SANTE GRACIOTTI, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
HORST HASELSTEINER, Universitaet Wien
EGIDIO IVETIC, Università degli studi di Padova
ZDENKA JANEKOVIC ROEMER, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
MARKUS KOLLER, Universitaet Bern
DESANKA KOVACEVIC-KOJIC, Srpska Akademija Nauka i Umetnosti
MICHAEL METZELTIN, Vorstand des Instituts fuer Romanistik
ERMANNO ORLANDO, Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia
GHERARDO ORTALLI, Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia
FILIPPO MARIA PALADINI, Università degli studi di Torino
AUREL PLASARI, Biblioteka Kombëtare e Shqipërisë
DRAGO ROKSANDIC, Sveucilista u Zagrebu
OLIVER JENS SCHMITT, Universitaet Wien
MOMCILO SPREMIC, Srpska Akademija Nauka i Umetnosti
ARNOLD SUPPAN, Universitaet Wien
LUCIA TRAVAINI, Università degli Studi di Milano
MARKO TROGRLIC, Sveuciliste u Zadru
JOSIP VRANDECIC, Sveuciliste u Zadru


COMITATO SCIENTIFICO

MAURICE AYMARD, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (Paris)
EGIDIO IVETIC, Università degli studi di Padova
OLIVER JENS SCHMITT, Institut fuer Osteuropaeische Geschichte
GHERARDO ORTALLI, Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia
JOHANNES KODER, Oesterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften

Kontact:
Prof. Dr. Oliver Jens Schmitt
Institut fuer osteuropaeische Geschichte der Universitaet Wien
Spitalgasse 2, Hof 3
A-1090 Wien
T.: +43 1 4277-41118
F.: +43 1 4277-9411
E-Mail: oliver.schmitt@...

Informations: www.istitutoveneto.it/balcani

HALCYON DAYS IN CRETE V: A Symposium held in Rethymno 10-12 January 2003:
Provincial Elites in the Ottoman Empire. Edited by Antonis Anastasopoulos,
Herakleio Kretes: Panepistemiakes Ekdoseis Kretes, 2005, 367 pp.
[Introducers: Hazai, Gyorgy – Vatin, Nicolas – Hathaway, Jane – Canba=
kal, Hulya
– Fotic, Aleksanar et al.]
ISBN 960-524-216-8
For table of contents see: http://www.drfourlas.de/doc/Contents/Proceedings=
  of
Congress/Halycon Days 5.pdf

Available for EUR 58,00 at

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Seventeen years after the onset of revolutionary
changes in 1989,Central and Eastern European societies
are still confronted with their histories. Memories
and recollections of the past are contested and the
past is painstakingly constituted through the
interplay of collective construction, political
bargains, reversals, rationalizing of refusals to come
to terms with it as well as attempts to recognize
the past and cope with it. Central and Eastern Europe
(CEE) have witnessed unprecedented spatial and
population shifts and splits which marked the 20th
century globally. Many minorities which were often
local majorities or equal in number were left in the
aftermath of wars as mere memories that quickly faded
due to the rapid intrusion of communism. The process
of building societies which are not just
ethno-culturally heterogeneous but also open to all
diverse groups has been contingent on coming to terms
with the past. This process became the arena for
opening ways to facing current challenges such as
migration, borders dissolution and violation of local
social and economic balances.
Since 1989 CEE societies have undergone unparalleled
social change,however, the expected reforms in the
spheres of law, public policy, culture, media, economy
and social policies have been substantially delayed
and compromised. The simultaneous emergence of
free-market economies and pluralist politics led to
situations in which the statequickly withdrew or
collapsed, and distinctions between state, collective,
and private domains became unclear. It has been in the
interest of those actors that emerged in this initial
phase of change to prolong a specifically
post-socialist culture between socialism and the free
market. This may have decisively contributed to the
Eurosceptic backlash in the ranks of particular
mainstream political forces and in specific cultural
segments and sections of societies in some CEE
countries. What is in this light the meaning of "the
big European switch" of 2004 and its upcoming
enlargement follow-up? How 'Central and Eastern
European' have the CEE countries stayed and Western
Europe become? What are the reconstituted boundaries?


Held by School of Social Studies, Masaryk University,
Brno, Czech Republic, 28th - 30th June 2007 and
organized in cooperation with the School of Slavonic
and East European Studies, University College London,
the conference presents a major opportunity for
postgraduate students and young academics to discuss
the events in Central and Eastern Europe also
including but not limited to Russia, Eurasia, the
Balkans, and the Baltic States. We invite submissions
and participants from a wide range of disciplinary
perspectives. Proposals should be sent, as email
attachments, to: tomasekm@... at the latest
January 31, 2007.

further details and particular themes:
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/announce/show.cgi?ID=152432

with kind regards
          Marcel Tomasek

School of Social Studies, Sociology Dep.,
Joštova 10,
602 00 Brno, Czech Republic
phone: 00420 549497611
fax: 00420 549 491 920
Email: tomasekm@...

CALL FOR PAPERS

Hannah Arendt Institute http://www.hait.tu-dresden.de/


In the framework of the project „Consolidation and Deconsolidation of
Democracy in the Transition Societies of Central and Eastern Europe"
the Institute is planning to issue a book:

Totalitarianism and Transformation:
„Consolidation and Deconsolidation of Democracy in the Transition
Societies of Central and Eastern Europe"

Contributions may be in German, Russian or English.

Topics considering the following issues are welcome
(Note that the list is not exhaustive and potential contributors are
encouraged to contact the editors to agree on a topic not listed
herewith):

• Coping with the totalitarian past.
• Antidemocratic parties, communist parties, nationalistic parties,
ideologies and forms of extremism in CEEC.
• Formation and development of antidemocratic elites and institutions.
• Legacy of Communist ideology in today's political mainstreams and
political decisions.
• Antidemocratic, illiberal, authoritarian or totalitarian attitudes
and political culture in Eastern Europe.

Main target countries are Poland, Russia, the Czech Republic and
Eastern Germany (former GDR). Therefore contributions should touch one
of these countries or propose a comparative analysis. Other countries
may be included as long as the research encompasses a comparative
perspective with one of the three target countries of the project.

If you wish to discuss a potential topic, or have any queries, you are
welcome to contact
Dr. Tytus Jaskułowski
Tytus.Jaskulowski@...
(for queries in German or Polish)
Abel Polese
abel@...
(for queries in English or Russian)

Submissions (from 5000 to 7000 words) should be sent
toTytus.Jaskulowski@... and abel@... ) and must
be received by the 31st January 2007. Earlier submissions are encouraged.
Please notice that we would prefer to receive an abstract of your
presentation before you start working, so that we can agree on
technical issues and inform you on whether the topic fits the project.
Manuscripts shall not have any formatting, references shall be in
footnotes (numbered 1,2,3) with bibliography (only cited works shall
be included) at the end.

URGENT OPEN EVS PLACEMENT IN SERBIA- NOVI SAD -FOR VOLUNTEER FROM AUSTRIA

   We are looking for EVS volunteer from Austria who would like to come and
volunteer in Serbia as a part of multilateral EVS project “Dreams of Youth
volunteers” in which 8 volunteers are already involved  from Macedonia, Serbia,
Austria and Slovenia.

   Short description of project:
   In the project ‘Dreams of youth volunteers’ six non-governmental organisations
from four different countries that work primarily in fields such as: youth
policies, youth issues in general, youth leisure and informal education, youth
in development of democracy, youth with less opportunities (Roma, refugees,
asylum seekers and other migrants, students in SEE and social excluded Youth),
youth information, youth in creative work (art & culture & anti-racism), will
participate. Each organisation will give the volunteers the opportunity to work
in the above mentioned fields.

   Volunteer will start with his/her work as soon as possible but not later than
25. September 2006 and he/she will volunteer for 6 mounts.

More information’s you can find in the attachment or you can contact host
organization by mail: igor_jezda@...


   Best regards

   Igor Jezdimirovic
   Students Union of University of Novi Sad

Dear all,

If anyone here is in contact with Raluca Soreanu of Central European
University and could ask her to get in touch with me, I'd be extremely
grateful: the organisers of a conference she attended in February need
to get in touch with her, and we've exhausted every other channel we
can think of.  (Or, if you *are* Raluca, please get in touch!)

Many thanks,

Catherine Baker
UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies

Turkey, Germany and the Wars in Yugoslavia. A Search for
Reconstruction of State Identities?

  Birgül Demirtas-Coskun
  ISBN 3-8325-1267-5
  319 pages
   Berlin, Logos, 2006

http://www.logos-verlag.de/cgi-bin/engbuchmid?isbn=1267&lng=deu&id=


  With the phasing out of the Cold War, not only the countries of the
former  Eastern bloc faced challenges in their internal and external
policies, but  also those of the Western bloc. Countries belonging to the
Western
  alliance had to deal with indigenous problems that emerged with the
end of  the bipolar world order on the one hand, and also cope with changing
  international circumstances in their foreign policies on the other
hand. Two countries of the western world emerged as the ones that were most
  deeply affected by the new phase of international politics and faced
  considerable pressure to transform their structures accordingly.
These were Turkey and Germany. This study aims to explain the attitudes of
  Turkey and Germany to Yugoslav conflicts, beginning with the wars in
  Slovenia and Croatia in the summer of 1991 to the end of the Kosovo
War. It tries to analyse how state identity or search for a new state
identity affected foreign policy of Turkey and Germany in the the post-Cold
War era in the case of the Yugoslav wars. It argues that during the conflicts
  Turkey wanted to prove that it was still Western-oriented, still  interested in
contributing to Western security by trying to acquire a  new
  identity of "regional power". On the other hand, Germany was
attempting to  show that it was not considering a renationalization of foreign
policy or  projection of power politics. Berlin also aimed at showing it was
still a  loyal ally and was concerned with not being behind the other
countries. In  other words, Germany remained committed to its European identity.
The
aim  of this study is to contribute to identity studies in the international
  relations discipline.





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New Book: Media and Minorities in South East Europe



By South East Europe Media Organisation / Oliver Vujovic & Thomas A. Bauer
(ed.)



As a first of its kind, the book covers the situation of minorities and the
media in: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus,
Greece, Hungary, Republic of Macedonia - FYROM, Moldova, Montenegro,
Romania, Serbia / Kosovo, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey and Ukraine. SEEMO has
tried to report on both officially recognised minorities in this region and
those that do not have an official minority status in some countries.

The book includes presentations by some minority media outlets, as well as a
contact list of selected media. There are also special reports on the
minority media of Roma and Aromanian in the region. Other special reports
cover the legal framework and the education of minority media
representatives. The book also gives an overview of minorities and the media
and reviews of several important international and regional conventions,
declarations, guidelines, instruments, conclusions and recommendations
regarding minorities, languages and media.

Ursula Plassnik, Austrian Minister for Foreign Affairs said in her
introduction to the new book: "The region of South East Europe, and
particularly the Western Balkans, constitutes one of the main foreign policy
priorities of the current Austrian EU Presidency. At our informal meeting in
Salzburg in March 2006 the Foreign Ministers of the EU and the countries of
the Western Balkan jointly adopted a declaration reaffirming and
strengthening the European perspective for the countries of the Western
Balkans. By doing so, we sent a strong signal of encouragement and of joint
political will to the whole region. Our common goal is to draw the countries
of the Western Balkans closer to European structures and, thus, to our
European community of values. The Western Balkans is part of Europe’s
history and will be part of our common future. In the last years the South
East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) has successfully built up a
reputation as a key actor of civil society, committed to promoting freedom
of the press and professional journalistic standards, and thereby
contributing to the development of democratic societies in the region."  She
added: "I therefore appreciate SEEMO’s commitment to fostering mutual
understanding between majorities and minorities."

The introduction by the Representative on Freedom of the Media of the
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Miklós
Haraszti, states: "The essence of the democracy assumes the full inclusion
and integration of all peoples into the life of the nation, no matter what
language they speak." About minority media he said: "We have identified some
key problems holding back the development of the minority media: Minority
media outlets are hardly ever economically viable; Low training in diversity
reporting; Lack of collegial solidarity between journalists from different
ethnic backgrounds. The results of our projects have also shown that,
despite all differences that are determining the working environment of the
minority media in the different countries, the following factors have
universal validity: 1. The role of public service broadcasters is still
vitally important. The private sector alone cannot guarantee per se a
pluralistic media landscape. 2. Support from the government is of crucial
importance for the survival of minority media. The practice of direct state
funding always leaves room for state control over media and should be
avoided. Following the examples of some multilingual democracies, mechanisms
of indirect support, such as tax benefits, reduced postage costs or
cross-subsidies, should be considered in order to enable minority media to
operate independently. 3. The media, both mainstream and minority, should
promote mutual understanding in multilingual societies by reflecting the
multi-ethnic and multilingual society instead of focusing only on their own
community.”

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Non-Violence

   History, Politics, Rights, International value?

   Trieste/Gorizia
   Italy
   27-29 November 2006


   THE EVENT:


   What do violence and non-violence mean in today’s world? What are the
historical, legal, political perspectives on these concepts? In connection with
the Universally recognised “Non-Violence Day”, yearly festivity of Gandhi
Jayanti (2nd October 1869 – Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday), and the National Day of
India, ASSP (Associazione Studenti di Scienze Politiche) and The Group of
Afro-Oriental Studies of the Faculty of Political Science of the University of
Trieste invite you to discover the answer to these questions within the IAPSS
Annual Academic Conference 2006.

The theme of Non-Violence will be presented and debated within
   ·         conference sessions, lead by important figures in the field, and
   ·         student panels, where students are invited to present their research
on the topic


   WHAT TO DO:

Candidates are required to submit an opinion essay of 4-5 pages  (Times New
Roman, 12, 1.5 lines) on the theme of Non-Violence, dealt with from one or
several of the political, historical,  religious and international politics
point of view.

   Applications will be received until 10th October 2006.


   Full accommodation will be covered.

   The Application Form as well as additional information on the Conference is
available at http://iapss.org/conference/aac06/aac.html
   For questions or observations, please write to us at aac2006@...

   We most proudly welcome you! Take the chance to better understand
Non-Violence, to learn and express your ideas in an exclusive international
environment of students and experts in the field. Apply to the IAPSS Annual
Academic Conference 2006!
     What are you expected to do in order to participate:

Candidates are expected to submit a Working Paper , maximum 5 pages on the
following themes:
- Non-violence, a political, historical and religious and international
politics point of view.
Maximum 20 students are going to be accepted to this AAC, selected on the
basis of their essays, which are going to be read by members of our
association in collaboration with some professors composing the scientific
committee of the conference.

Application form:

The student application form can be downloaded on the IAPSS website
www.iapss.org , or on our website, wich works are still in progress.

Deadline:

Applications will be received until the 2nd  September 2006.

Accomodations and participation fee:

The accommodation is going to be provided by our association.
The participation fee has still to be defined ( 80-100 Euros)
Travel costs are not included.

We are waiting for you!

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Yuliya Baranovska
IAPSS Volonteer
[t:+386 41 259 768]
[e: julybaranovska@...]

International Association for Political Science Students
Kongresni trg 12
Ljubljana, Slovenia

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