NORWAY - Student Peace Prize 2015

More info here: http://www.studentpeaceprize.org/en/

ITALY - EAEPE Summer School 2014

Inequalities

The 8th EAEPE Summer School 2014 will be held at University of Roma Tre, Rome, Italy, from 30 June to 4 July.

Application deadline 1 May 2014

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Local organisers: Pasquale Tridico and Sebastiano Fadda

The EAEPE Summer School is open to PhD students and early-career researchers working in particular in the field of institutional and evolutionary analysis, with a special focus this year on inequality. Participants will address this important topic from different perspectives, including: gender inequalities, income inequalities, regional inequalities, power inequalities, technological inequalities, racial inequalities, and so on.

In the spirit of pluralism characteristic of the EAEPE, many Research Areas are relevant: human development, environmental economics, methodology of economics, institutional history, comparative economics, transition economics, institutional change, innovation and technology, and labour economics. More generally, contributions from all fields using institutional, multidisciplinary approaches are welcome.

Lectures by internationally-renowned scholars will be given in the morning, while afternoons will be devoted to presentations by advanced PhD students and early-career researchers, who will thus benefit from comments and suggestions from experts in the field.

This year's Summer School Professors include (provisional): 

Marcella Corsi (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy)
Charles Dannreuther (Leeds University, UK)
Sebastiano Fadda (University of Rome Tre, Italy)
Giuseppe Fontana (Leeds University, UK)
James K. Galbraith (University of Texas at Austin, USA), TBC
Edeltraud Hanappi-Egger (Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria)
Gabriel Palma (University of Cambridge, UK)
Cristiano Perugini (University of Perugia, Italy)
Mario Pianta (University of Urbino, Italy)
Erik S. Reinert (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia)
Pasquale Tridico (University of Rome Tre, Italy)
Ulrich Witt (Max Planck Institute of Economics, Germany)

More info here: http://eaepe.org/?page=events&side=summer_school&sub=call_for_papers_2014 

ITALY - International Summer School on Regulation of Local Public Services

Turin, Italy
8th-19th sept. 2014

Application deadline 6 June 2014


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OverviewThe School is designed to offer two weeks “full immersion”  in user charges regulation of local public services (e.g. waste, water, public transport, district heating, sport facilities) and is addressed to undergraduate students at their last year, graduate students and officials from the Public Administration (municipalities, counties, regional bodies) and regulatory agencies.

The course lasts two weeks and is articulated in three parts:
- theoretical module
- industry analysis
- case studies (with a virtual regulatory final report prepared by attendants)

More info here: http://www.fondazioneambiente.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=146&Itemid=181

GEORGIA - Summer School on EU Law in the South Caucasus (EULISC)

12-23 July 2014

Application deadline 7 May 2014

The University of Graz (Austria) together with the Shota Rustaveli University Batumi (Georgia) is organizing the second annual Summer School on EU Law in the South Caucasus (EULISC). This summer school will host 25 students from all countries of the wider Caucasus region as well as from Europe and will offer a platform to discuss and elaborate on current topics in the field of EU law with legal and political relevance for the states of the South Caucasus. Academic experts from both Europe and the Caucasus will combine to teach EU law with the specific environment of the region in mind. The EU strives to define an overall strategy that combines the support for democracy in the countries of the region and a peaceful resolution to its protracted conflicts. Hence, a specific emphasis will be placed on the legal instruments of the EU at work in its Eastern Neighbourhood policy. In this way, this summer school will deal with those contemporary legal challenges which are both actual and relevant to the EU-South Caucasus context. The summer school is targeted towards young students of the South Caucasus and Europe as future practitioners and decision-makers dealing with the region.

About the programme

The teaching will provide concise, yet fundamental knowledge of the history and the legal aspects of European integration. In addition, a special focus will be given to the development of the EU as an international actor, specific external policies and the EU’s relations with strategic partners and international organizations on the global and regional level, especially the countries of the Southern Caucasus. The following lectures will therefore be held:

• Introduction to European Integration
• Foundations of EU Law
• External Relations of the EU, with special focus on the South Caucasus
• Security and Legal Aspects of Security in the South Caucasus

More info here: https://russian-east-european-eurasian-studies.uni-graz.at/en/forschen/projects/eulisc/eulisc-2014/

JAPAN - World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development

10-12 November 2014, Japan

Application deadline 1 June 

Are you between 18 and 35 years old? Are you involved in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)? Do you have success stories and innovative ESD initiatives you could share? Would you like to meet and collaborate with other ESD youth leaders from around the world? Do you want to add your voice to youth-focused recommendations that will be presented at the World Conference on ESD? 

The 2014 World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) represents a turning point for ESD.

To achieve sustainable development, political regulations and financial incentives are not enough. A fundamental change is necessary in the way people think and act. The international community has long recognized that education is crucial for bringing about this change.

ESD allows learners to acquire the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values necessary to shape a sustainable future. ESD means including key sustainable development issues such as climate change and poverty reduction in teaching and learning. It also requires participatory teaching and learning methods that empower learners to take action for sustainable development.

The 2014 World Conference pursues the following four objectives:

1. Celebrating a decade of action

2. Reorienting education to build a better future for all

3. Accelerating action for sustainable development

4. Setting the agenda for ESD beyond 2014

Some 1000 participants from all around the world are expected to attend. Participants will include representatives of UNESCO Member States, Non-governmental Organisations, academia, the private sector, individual experts, youth and UN agencies. UNESCO will invite Member States to nominate participants.

The 2014 ESD World Conference will take place at the Nagoya Congress Centre in the city of Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

More info here: http://www.unesco.org/new/en/youthconference

HAPPY EASTER!

For all of you who celebrate Easter this weekend, I wish you all a very Happy Easter and may it bring peace and love to you and to your families! 

For all of you who do not celebrate it, I wish you all a superb weekend, peace and love wherever you are! 

COMMONWEALTH Essay Competition 2014

Application deadline 1 May 2014

For 131 years, the Commonwealth Essay Competition has inspired thousands of young writers from all over the world. Run by the RCS, this international schools’ writing contest –  the world’s oldest and largest – is a highly regarded and popular international education project. In 2013, over 11 000 young people from 55 Commonwealth countries and territories took part.

Open to all Commonwealth citizens aged 18 and under, the Essay Competition offers young people the opportunity to make their voice heard on a global platform and engage with issues important to them. Every year, judges are impressed with the extremely high standard of entry as participants compete with their peers from every corner of Commonwealth.

For many bright and ambitious students, this is the ultimate competition!

Now run in partnership with Cambridge University Press, the competition remains an important means of expression for young people across the Commonwealth.

More info here: https://thercs.org/youth/competition/

The Intercultural Innovation Award 2014

Application deadline 30 April 2014

The Intercultural Innovation Award is a partnership between the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the BMW Group that aims to select and support the most innovative grassroots projects that encourage intercultural dialogue and cooperation around the world.

Not-for-profit organizations that are active in promoting intercultural understanding, with a track record of managing intercultural projects and willingness to expand their range of action, are elegible to apply. These organizations should be working in the fields of:

-migration and integration;

-intercultural awareness;

-education for intercultural citizenship;

-and/or the role of specific groups (faith-based; women; youth; media)

The Intercultural Innovation Award is bestowed upon ten organizations every year.  Winners will become members of the World Intercultural Facility for Innovation (WIFI) and the awardees get one-year support and consulting from the UNAOC and the BMW Group. 

The WIFI, a program initiated by the UNAOC in cooperation with the BMW Group, helps winners to become more efficient and to expand. WIFI also enables successful projects to be replicated in other contexts or settings where they might be relevant. The specific support received will depend on the individual needs of the projects.

A detailed needs assessment will be conducted in conjunction with each of the winners. The UNAOC and the BMW Group and a Mentoring Group will then mobilize resources to help those projects achieve their goals. After one year, a comprehensive evaluation will be performed in order to assess the impact of the Award on the winners.

More info here: http://interculturalinnovation.org/the-award/

MALAYSIA - ASEAN Youth Heritage Leaders Programme 2014

11 August - 15 September 2014

Application deadline 9 May 2014

Eligibility: Nationals of ASEAN countries, aged 18-30, fluent in the English language and have good leadership experiences

Objectives:

To promote awareness among youth of the importance of the ASEAN charter, the creation of an ASEAN identity and a better understanding of the value of interdependence of cultures across ASEAN

To develop knowledge about the rich history of cultural sites across ASEAN

To develop ASEAN youth heritage leaders who will replicate the cultural heritage conservation programmes with schools, universities and communities in their respective countries.

To create a new synergy among educators, heritage experts, environmental specialists, govt. and other stakeholders in the promotion of ASEAN cultural heritage conservation.

Programme:

1st Week at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)

Gaining knowledge & awareness of ASEAN history, culture and identity

Orientation to leadership qualities, volunteerism, community engagement & multi-stakeholder partnerships.

Understanding heritage promotion, conservation and preservation in the context of ASEAN.

2nd – 4th Week at Heritage Sites (UNESCO World Heritage Site, Melaka and Capital City, Kuala Lumpur)

The volunteers in groups of 25 will spend three weeks at Melaka and Kuala Lumpur engaging in community-driven conservation initiatives.

They will be conducting training and awareness workshops for local youth and community in Heritage preservation.

Volunteers will engage with the local schools and communities around sites to work collaboratively to ensure conservation and preservation efforts are sustainable and impactful.

Last Week at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)

This is a week of sharing of knowledge and critically reflecting on their experiences gained at the various biodiversity sites.

The volunteers will work on reports, consolidate the writing of their reflective journals, and develop plans for the replication of similar projects in their home countries.

More info here: http://asiaengage.org/v2/news-updates/member-news/apply-for-the-asean-youth-heritage-leaders-programme/

CZECH REPUBLIC & TURKEY - Bridge 2014

9-23 August 2014

Application deadline 30 April 2014

The BRIDGE Program is a professional development program designed for emerging young professionals in journalism. The goal of the BRIDGE program is to advance knowledge and access to reporting tools and networks of journalism students during a two week summer program, taking place in two geographical locations – Czech Republic and Turkey. Leading academics and scholars of journalism and media from the US, the Czech Republic and Turkey are developing the curriculum which will consist of three main components: academic coursework; new skills development; intercultural learning.

The summer program features academic coursework, mentorship of students’ research, workshops with experts on digital media, roundtables with journalists and policymakers, visits of local media and news agencies in Prague and Istanbul. The program’s mission is to promote greater understanding and create networks among students of journalism and media by learning about and discussing recent developments in Europe, the US and the MENA region.

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The successful candidates will receive full scholarship covering: travel cost, room and board and study materials related expenses. The summer program will take place in Prague and in Istanbul.

Eligibility Criteria - The candidates must satisfy the following requirements:

Current university students of media, journalism and related fields
Must have successfully completed minimum of two academic semesters
Overall excellent academic standing
Excellent oral and written English language skills (equivalent to TOEFL score of 550)
Citizenship of one of the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Kosovo, Morocco, Romania, Slovakia, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine or the USA
Passport valid until September 2015 and ability to travel to the Czech Republic and Turkey

More info here: http://www.bridge.zaostreno.org/