ALTEMUS and VII- Training programme for young photojournalists, France
Application deadline: February 15, 2004

ALTEMUS (www.altemus.org) and VII (www.viiphoto.com) are pleased to announce a training programme for young photojournalists from Central-Eastern Europe, South Eastern Europe, the Baltics, the Newly Independent States and Turkey.
The goal of this programme is to help develop the leadership and photographic skills of young photojournalists from the target regions. The methodology employed includes brief theoretical presentations, case studies, role-playing, simulations, coaching and outdoor experiential exercises. Active participation and in-depth reflection are critical to the success of the training.
The programme will take place in late summer - early fall 2004 in France. It is 16 days in total and is comprised of: ten days of skills training in: self-awareness, visioning, goal - setting and positive thinking, concentration and visualization, cultural awareness, communication (including presentation skills), conflict management, stress management, organisational, planning and problem-solving skills, overview of International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law and five days of photographic training covering: expanding narrative skills, addressing issues in a comprehensive and sophisticated manner, editing and marketing work using traditional techniques and the latest technology.
Applicants selected for the training must pay their own travel costs return to the interview and the training. A limited number of scholarships will be available to cover travel expenses. Altemus and VII will cover all costs on site (food, lodging, travel expenses, film, processing etc).
The jury will apply the following criteria when evaluating applications. The applicants must:
1. Be between 20-35 years old at the time of the application deadline
2. Be a citizen or current resident of one of the countries targeted
3. Be working as a photojournalist (on staff or freelancer)
4. Be working in his/her country of citizenship/ residence
5. Speak English/ Russian
6. Show leadership experience or potential.

More information
Website: www.altemus.org 

Call for participants

On behalf of the CIVITAS Foundation for Civil Society, Romania, we are pleased to invite you to an international roundtable seminar – “Rural communities and the Internet”, which is planed to take place in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, on the 5 – 8 February 2004.

This seminar is financially supported by the Open Society Foundations’ East-East program and targets several aspects of high interest for the rural area in Central and South Eastern Europe. The event will have the aspect of roundtable discussions with multiple objectives, such as establishing sustainable partnerships and fostering the existing ones among those active in the field of rural-development, focused on introducing modern communication technologies in the rural communities.

Representatives of different public administration institutions, NGOs, Chamber’s of Commerce and representatives of the IT business sector are expected to attend the event, coming mainly from Central and South Eastern Europe, but not only.

The participants are expected to prepare short (10 – 15 minutes) presentations in areas such as: local development initiatives, best practices in the field of introducing Internet and communication technologies in rural areas, models regarding efficient functioning of public-private partnerships, other aspects for modernizing rural areas.

The program of the seminar is accessible on our site, www.seminar.midanweb.com The working language of the seminar will be English. The organizers will support all accommodation and meal costs during the seminar. Participants from Central and Eastern Europe may apply to their local Open Society Foundation’s East-East program to cover their travel expenses.

Registration fee: 50 euro for South - East European countries, 75 euro for accession countries, 150 euro for EU countries.

If you would like to participate, please contact us or visit the web site of the conference.
All application forms must be sent to us no later than the 10th January 2004.

Contacts:
Fax: + 40-264-590.554 or
e-mail: seminar@midanweb.com 

CfP: Death and Orient, Craiova (Romania), 5-8.5.2004

Dear Colleagues,

It is our great pleasure to let you know that, from 05 to 08 May 2004, The Centre for Studies in Folklife and Traditional Culture of the County of Dolj, an academic institute for studies in ethnology and anthropology, will organise in Craiova, Romania the international seminar "Death and Orient/La mort et l'Orient". Our seminar's aim is to create a debate framework for academics both from Romania and from abroad that are concerned with such a complex topic as death and its representations.

If in Western Europe death was the subject of some very interesting academic debates and papers, despite of a constant interest shown to this research topic by the scholars in the Eastern Europe, the results of the research work in this part of the continent are far from being known enough to the international academic community. The variety of documentation sources and the persistence of some funeral rituals and usage in this area which are far from having eroded their significance entitle the idea of constructing a research field at least as interesting as that one in the Western Europe. Only the comparative evaluation of the research results will offer a general view of the dialogue the European societies developed with the idea of death, this process specific features and joint aspects.

Our intention is that the participants in the seminar (ethnologists, anthropologists, historians, philologists, art historians etc.) should discuss the results of their research work stressing on: sources of their research, methodological aspects of their work, the usefulness of a multi-disciplinary approach of this field. Papers will be given in English or French and they are not to exceed 20 minutes of time. In order to improve communication we are going to edit and publish the volume of the seminar in advance, so that each participant should have it in its conference portfolio. That is why the paper to be presented during the conference, the in extenso copy, should be submitted to our editorial board by February 28th, 2004.

The submitters should send the papers to the publisher at the following address:

- Mihai Fifor, manager
- Nicolae Mihai, editor in chief
Centrul Creatiei Populare Dolj (The Centre for Studies in Folklife and Traditional Culture of the County of Dolj)
28 Alexandru Macedonski Street
1100 Craiova-Romania
Tel./fax. +40 251 524844, +40 251 523053
E-mail: mihai_fifor@yahoo.com

The organisers will cover all the accommodation expenses.
The deadline for registration and sending the tentative title of your paper is December 1st 2003.

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


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

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

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

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

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

http://www.rec.org

Location: Hungary and Italy
Deadline: Nov 1, 2003
Website: www.rec.org

Foundation Partners for Local Development (FPDL) Romania is announcing a call for applications for the new Training of Trainers program with the theme Ethnic Diversity and Conflict Management (EDCM TOT) that will be held in Romania, December 6 - 13, 2003. The deadline for submitting applications: October 24, 2003. Who we are? Foundation Partners for Local Development (FPDL) is a non-governmental, not-for-profit, training and consulting organization, established in 1994 by a group of experts in public administration and community development, having as mission to enhance the democratic processes of governance through local governments capacity building and to support the Romanian society and our region democratization process. EDCM TOT Framework Goal * to improve participants\' knowledge and skills in the design and conduct of participatory, interactive training programs using the manual \"Ethnic Diversity and Conflict Management\" developed in the frame of LGI - Managing Mul!
tiethnic Communities Program Design Who can apply? * Participants having training experience and knowledge in the topic, working for training institutions that have the capacity to multiply the program at national level and with good English language skills, from CEE/SEE countries How to apply? * By completing the application form on-line, on FPDL web site www.fpfl.ro, until October 24, 2003. Detailed information on EDCM TOT (selection procedure, program description, manuals etc.) are to be found on the same website, www.fpdl.ro Selected participants accommodation, meals and travel costs are covered by the program budget. If you have further inquiries regarding the EDCM TOT please use the following coordinates: Daniela Plugaru, FPDL Programs Coordinator Tel/fax: +40 21 313 56 64, e-mail: fpdl@fpdl.ro

Women's Visions for Nonviolence and Peace
Women' s Association of Romania (Asociatia Femeilor din Romania) is pleased to announce the 3- days intensive training programme,,Women's Visions for Nonviolence and Peace '' scheduled from 29 to 31Oktober 2003 at Bucharest , Romania .
The project will be developed in collaboration with the International Fellowship of Reconciliation -IFOR-from the Netherlands .We are looking and other partners in our program.
The Women's Visions for Nonviolence and Peace is a value-based program designed to endow participants with the necessary knowledge, reason and will for non-violent conflict resolution aiming at prevention and diminishing of violence in communities, by diffusing this mentality/practices on a wider social area.
The project has been created to help participants strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the structures and dynamics of conflicts and all forms of discrimination, injustice, and violence, and to develop skills, tools and approaches useful for peacebuilding, conflict transformation, social development and democratisation through the power of women
We would like to create an ideal network to promote non-violent and cooperative values and mentalities and to encourage non-violent conflict resolution at every level.
The Women's Visions for Nonviolence and Peace is designed to help practitioners, policy makers, social workers, and NGO staff in addressing challenges to community development, social empowerment and mobilisation, and the transformation of direct, structural and cultural violence.
The seminar fee is 250 Euro/280$ per participant, which is inclusive of the copyright materials (text book, seminar materials and pre-work material), accomodation and breakfest, refreshments ,pick-up arrangements to and from the airport,Welcome reception,social-cultural event and certificate.
Final registration deadline is 15th of September 2003.
To register, please send a filled registration form together with the payment of the fee by 1st of September 2003. This advance payment is necessary to enable us to procure and supply the above-mentioned seminar materials for the participants well in time.
In order to participate, please fill in the enclosed:
REGISTRATION FORM
Title, forename and surname:
Current position and institutional affiliation:
Country of citizenship:
Current address:
Telephone:
E-mail:
Send an e-mail afr@afr.ro, or fax to:40-21-3159859
We look forward to hearing from you.
Liliana Pagu, President of Women's Association of Romania
ASOCIATIA FEMEILOR DIN ROMANIA
National Coordinator of Women's NGOs Network form Romania
Bucharest POB 37-80, sector2 TEL/FAX 40-21-3159859 cell-phone
0744561431
Location: Romania
Deadline: Sep 15, 2003

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