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In 2010, Vienna-based Henkel Central Eastern Europe (Henkel CEE) announces - for the ninth straight year - its call for entries for the Henkel Art.Award. the only comprehensive art promotion prize for the Central and Eastern European and Central Asian region. The Henkel Art.Award. 2010, endowed to the sum of 7,000 euros, invites fine artists from 31 countries to participate and submit their entries. The prize winner of the Henkel Art.Award. 2010 will be invited to display his or her works of art within the framework of an individual exhibition in the "Museum der Modernen Kunst Stiftung Ludwig" (Museum of Modern Art - MUMOK) in Vienna, thus making the art accessible to the general public.
Without prescribing any pre-defined themes, the Henkel Art.Award. bestows prizes for outstanding and innovative entries from fine artists in the fields of painting, drawing, photography, video and installation. In a multi-phased selection process, a prominent, top-class international jury consisting of curators and museum experts will choose the winner from the submitted entries.
KulturKontakt Austria is the longstanding, tried and tested partner of Henkel CEE for this project. This association has been promoting and initiating art projects in Central, Eastern and South East Europe for 20 years. In 2009, Henkel CEE attracted the Viennese museum MUMOK as a further partner.
In addition to the prize money and an exhibition in his or her native country, this year's winner will be given the opportunity to display his or her works of art in a separate exhibition hosted by MUMOK in Vienna in the following year.
Numerous Henkel Art.Award. finalists or winners in recent years have been subsequently invited to international exhibitions and enjoyed international success. For example, the 2008 award winner Miha Strukelj was asked to take part in the 2009 Biennale de Venezia.
Henkel Art.Award. 2010 - Application materials:
- Curriculum vitae and description of artistic career (in English or German)
- Age limit: 40
- 5-10 reproductions of works of art: No originals!
- Artwork in the fields of painting, drawing, photography: reproductions in the form of photos and/or catalogues (Format: maximum A3). No slides, CDs or DVDs!
- Artwork in the fields of video and installation: Use video DVDs! (Maximum duration of presentation: 10 minutes)
- All works of art must have originated after the year 2007.
- Entries from the following countries will be accepted: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia,
Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.
The competition will be carried out in a two-step selection process. At the beginning of July, a local group of experts will convene in each CEE country to nominate three artists from the respective country. The works of art from these three nominees will then be presented to an international jury, which will meet in Vienna in the middle of September to select the finalists.
Artists from countries which do not have their own local jury send their entries directly to Vienna. The international jury meeting in Vienna will select the five best artists to be finalists in the competition. In their deliberations, the jury will choose from the group of entries consisting of the three nominated artists from the individual countries as well as the works of art submitted by artists applying directly to Vienna.
Within the context of an official gala award ceremony, the Henkel Art.Award., featuring a monetary prize of 7,000 euros, will be bestowed upon one of the five artists designated as finalists.
The winner of the Henkel Art.Award. 2010 will have the privilege of displaying his or her works of art in a separate exhibition to be held the following year at the Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig (MUMOK) in Vienna, including publication of an exhibition catalogue.
In addition, Henkel CEE will finance an exhibition of the prize winner in his or her native country.
The submitted works of art will be returned to the respective artists after the jury session.
Please note:
- No fees will be paid to the artists for participating in the competition!
- No liability can be assumed for any loss of or damage to the works of art.
- Artists will be reimbursed for transport costs of up to 150 euros.
All entries to the Henkel Art.Award. 2010 must be submitted by June 10, 2010 at the latest (date of postmark) to the responsible contact person at Henkel's offices in the respective country, or in some cases directly to KulturKontakt Austria (see enclosed list).
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The Heidelberger Pädagogium is a non-profit language institute, which was founded by two high school teachers in 1969. It is located conveniently near the city centre and has evolved as one of the outstanding educational institutions in Heidelberg over the years. Our German courses offer effective learning and individual tutoring by experienced teachers in small groups of 5 to 13 participants, from alphabetization to preparation courses for the university entrance tests.
The Heidelberger Pädagogium is a licensed test center all our exams are recognized worldwide.
Course Structure:
Beginners I (Level A-1)
Beginners II (Level A-2)
Intermediate I (Level B-1)
Intermediate II (Level B-2)
Advanced (Level C-1)
Upper Advanced (Level C-2)
DSH (DSH: language certificate as entry requirement for German universities)
TestDaF
Upper Advanced plus
The courses comprise 80 contact lessons a month (4 lessons a day from 8.50 to 12.15). The course fees amount to 270,00 EUR for Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced courses; the DSH and Upper Advanced plus courses are 290,00 EUR. Our course system is designed as to provide courses on all levels every month.
If necessary, we can offer accommodation in single rooms in students` apartments, which are reserved for our course participants. Rents are between 220,00 and 260,00 EUR including utilities.
International students who need a visa for the duration of their stay will be issued a certificate of attendance for the respective embassy.
GERMAN IN HEIDELBERG 
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The University of Southampton is carrying out a research project on foreign languages and peacekeeping in Bosnia-Herzegovina and would like to hear from present or former interpreters/ translators/ language assistants who were employed by UNPROFOR/IFOR/ SFOR, particularly between 1995 and 2000. We are aiming to collect oral histories of interpreters' experiences at all levels and to understand how language policy affects practice on the ground.
The study is part of a three-year project called 'Languages at War: Policies and Practices of Language Contacts in Conflict', funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council. Our project partners are the University of Reading (who are doing a parallel study on languages and the liberation and occupation of western Europe 1944-47) and the Imperial War Museum in London.
Participants may choose to contribute their interview to the IWM sound archive if they would like, but this is not a condition of participation.
I will be visiting Bosnia-Herzegovina in 2010 to do oral history interviews and I would be very grateful to hear from anyone who might like to take part.
Please contact me on c.baker@soton. ac.uk - and feel free to pass this message on to anyone else who might be interested as well. (If you're no longer based in BiH, please get in touch anyway - it's possible for me to arrange visits to other places as well.) I'm happy to do interviews in English or BCS.
We have also interviewed a number of peacekeepers and language trainers from NATO countries during the first phase of the project (in 2009). Although we are focusing on the experiences of local employees this year, we would still
be keen to hear from members of the peacekeeping force (whether or not they worked as linguists themselves) or language instructors who would like to take part in an interview.
For more information about the project, please visit http://www.reading. ac.uk/languages-at-war/
or send me an email.
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The Management of Public Services in South East Europe. Implications for quality, reliability, efficiency and equity
Deadline : 30/11/2009
The LSE´s South East Europe Unit (LSEE) and the Institut français des relations internationales invite researchers with a recognized interest in contemporary South East Europe to submit an application for funding in order to carry out a project on the theme highlighted above.
This call has been made possible by the funding generously provided by the Latsis Foundation, to which we wish to record our gratitude. This new initiative is consistent with LSEE´s mission to promote public policy research and to foster academic collaboration and networks. The Call is open to all researchers with an affiliation to a recognised University or research institute. Applicants should have a good command of English.
Applications from groups of researchers are welcome, but in this case all members of the research team should meet the eligibility criteria.
A grant of up to EUR12,000 (euros) in total will be awarded to the successful applicant(s) for research on the management of public services in South East Europe, to be undertaken normally within a period of one year. The participants will be required to present the results in a conference in Brussels, in late summer 2010.
They shall also send an interim report after 6 months to LSEE and Ifri, demonstrating the state of progress.
Payments will be made in two equal installments, the first on commencement of the project and the second on completion of the defined outputs. The successful applicant(s) mustprovide a relevant research account in their hostinstitution for the transfer of the grant.
Applications should be submitted electronically by the deadline of 30th November 2009 (5pm GMT) to euroinst.lsee@ lse.ac.uk. The subject line of the email should read "LSEE-IFRI Call 2009" only and all application material should be in MS Word format. Applicants who are unable to submit their application in this form must contact the LSEE Office on +44-20-7955- 7198 at least 10 days before the advertised deadline.
More information at:
http://www2.lse.ac.uk/europeanInstitute/Research/LSEE/PDF%20Files/Project%20Calls/Public%20Services%20Project%20Call.pdf
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CALL FOR PAPERS
First International Symposium on
Architecting Critical Systems (ISARCS 2010)
Prague, Czech Republic, June 23-25 2010
http://www.isarcs.org/isarcs2010
Federated with CompArch 2010
Submission deadline: 10 February 2010
Architecting critical systems has gained major importance in commercial, governmental and industrial sectors. Emerging software applications encompass criticalities that are associated with either the whole system or some of its components. Therefore, effective methods, techniques, and tools for constructing, testing, analyzing, and
evaluating the architectures for critical systems are of major importance. Furthermore, these methods, techniques and tools must address issues of dependability and security, while focusing not only on the development, but also on the deployment and evolution of the architecture.
This new symposium aims to be an exclusive forum for exchanging views on the theory and practice for architecting critical systems. Such systems are characterized by the perceived severity of consequences that faults or attacks may cause, and architecting them requires appropriate means to assure that they will fulfil their specified services in a dependable and secure manner.
The different attributes of dependability and security cannot be considered in isolation as architecting critical systems essentially means to find the right trade-off among these attributes and the various other requirements imposed on the system. This symposium therefore brings together four communities addressing the architecting of critical systems from their perspectives, and each one having their own respective dissemination forums, namely dependability, safety, security and testing/analysis for architecting systems. To this end the symposium unites the following three events: Workshop on Architecting Dependable Systems (WADS), Workshop on the Role of Software Architecture for Testing and Analysis (ROSATEA), and Workshop on Views On Designing
Complex Architectures (VODCA).
The aim of ISARCS is to bring together expertise from different communities in order to provide a comprehensive view on how to design, develop, deploy and evolve critical systems from the architectural perspective. We are interested in submissions from both industry and academia, including, but not limited to, the following main areas:
* Rigorous development: architectural description languages; architectural styles; architectural patterns; architectural support for evolution; integrators (wrappers) for dependability; model driven development; component based development; aspects oriented development; assurance based development;
* Testing and analysis based on architecture: testing; simulation; inspection techniques; type checking; run-time checks; model-checking; theorem proving; fault injection
* Fault tolerance based on the architecture: tolerating architectural mismatches; redundancy and diversity; error confinement; monitoring; exception handling; self-healing
* Safety-critical systems & architecture: hazard and risk analysis; safety case generation, evaluation for safety properties; formal methods;
* Secure systems & architecture: secure ADLs; secure architectural styles; secure connectors; verification of security properties; access control policies; intrusion detection;
* Combined approaches: integrated processes; combination of methods; interplay of techniques; integration of analysis techniques; the integration of tools;
* Relevant domains with critical systems: critical infrastructures; embedded systems; mobile and ubiquitous systems; automotive systems; avionic systems; e-commerce; e-business; e-government;
* Industrial needs: reports about industrial case studies, challenges, problems and solutions
Accepted contributions will be published in a volume of the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. Papers should not exceed 16 pages, must be written in English, and prepared according to Springer's LNCS style (guidelines: http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html).
Papers must not have been previously published or currently submitted elsewhere for publication. If accepted, the paper must be personally presented at the ISARCS 2010 by one author.
IMPORTANT DATES
Submission deadline: 10 February 2010
Author notification: 17 March 2010
Publication ready copy: 14 April 2010
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CALL FOR PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS
Education Policy and Equal Education Opportunities
18-21 March 2010
Tirana, Albania
Open Society Institute event jointly announced by:
The Education Support Program (ESP)
The Local Government and Public Services Reform Initiative (LGI)
Open Society Foundation Albania (OSFA)
Background
This workshop provides a venue for policy analysts, practitioners, and educational researchers to share their findings on the impact of changes in education management and finance policy on equal education opportunities in general education. It focuses on the countries of Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Byelorussia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kosovo,
Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Mongolia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. The workshop thus offers an important learning opportunity on the longer term effects of education finance policy choices on education justice and social
cohesion and a place for serious discussions between researchers and practitioners regarding the reform priorities and outcomes.
In the last twenty years, the countries under focus have embarked on fundamentally reforming their national educational systems – sometimes following similar models at other times going different ways. The scope of the changes includes all aspects of the educational systems from, for instance, the structure and content of curricula to the management and financing mechanisms of public educational services. Transformation is proving to be a long term process, which is all interrelated and often requiring corrections and plagued by derailments and set-backs. Consequently, this workshop questions the consequences of current education management and financing policy in different countries on equal access to education.
Virtually, no country in the world is free from unequal educational opportunities, but there are important cross-country variations in the forms, extent and degree of systematic inequalities of educational opportunity. Thus, while in some contexts the focal issue involves learning opportunity differentials of children due to different ethnic and linguistic backgrounds, in others this is a function of center-periphery disparities or the urban—rural divide, in yet others, it is mainly the issue of family economic and class backgrounds. Different aspects of inequality arise in preschool education and in access to primary and secondary schools. Mapping the institutional structure of national education systems that result from education
reforms would shed light on the nature and extent of the distribution of education opportunities and the way in which these are likely to shape social mobility and national growth. Moreover, an analysis of the relative successes and failures of national or local policies designed to reduce the inequality is extremely important for establishing what are the possibilities and limitations of available policy options.
Purpose of the Conference
• To learn about the state of affairs in education management and finance policy in Eastern Europe and the ways different options can be related to facets of educational opportunity.
• To bring researchers and practitioners to discuss educational equity problems, in a comparative context, in light of the education reform policies in their countries.
• To discuss what worked and what did not in a number of different contexts related to education reform policies in the target countries.
• To explore the ways in which education decentralization improves or damages equity and access in different contexts.
• To provide learning opportunity on the different country education policy choices and educational equity in the region.
• To identify ways forward (e.g. possible topics for new initiatives, etc.) in designing educational finance mechanisms for educational equity.
Academic papers and accounts relevant to the following themes are welcome:
1. The comparative effects of different financing systems for general public education on academic achievement and the generation of equal educational opportunity outcomes.
• Equity of education finance (in terms of per student or per class spending)
• Allocation funds' mechanisms – adequacy, availability and management, transparency and their impact on equity
• Local governments' delegation of funds to schools and the division of responsibilities between schools and municipalities
• Management of school networks
• Transportation of students to schools
• Funding for students with special needs
2. Education equity problems related to household participation in general education in the public sector.
• Methods of parental engagement in school life, in particular participation in the school level governance and management.
• What are the extent and effects of parental and/or other caregiver participation? How inclusive the participation is?
• Formal and informal parental contributions to schools and the equity issues.
• Equity implications of private tutoring in public education
• What are the instruments for their participation? How are they utilized?
• School boards versus local governments: the dilemmas of community participation in management of education; Different designs and experiences of post-communist countries.
• Community participation in management of preschools, primary schools, secondary schools.
3. The educational equity outcomes of the newly established public educational policy in the target countries.
• The organizational and institutional barriers faced by those disadvantaged in their access to, or participation in, education.
• The effectiveness of instruments to facilitate the access, or equal participation, by those who may be disadvantaged in their access to, or participation in, education.
• The extent to which the assessment and evaluation frameworks of programs focused on achieving educational equity is rigorous, valid and reliable.
Format and participants
The event will include panel and parallel sessions with time allocation for small group work. The target audience of the workshop consists of policy analysts, practitioners and educational researchers. The number of participants is limited to 80. The participation of young professionals and advanced post-graduate students is encouraged.
Those interested to present their research and accounts at the workshop are invited to submit their proposals following the guidelines detailed below:
• Abstracts should be written in English, be of a maximum of 200 words and submitted to espassistance@ osi.hu. Please also include: title of the paper, names, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses and affiliations of all authors.
• Submissions on topics other than those announced will not be considered.
• One abstract per author(s) only is permitted.
• The deadline for abstract submission is 15th of October 2009.
• Authors will be notified of the acceptance/rejectio n of their submitted abstracts via e-mail by 20th of October 2009.
Follow-up
The first follow-up activity will be the publication referred to above. One may conclude the conference with a list of priority activities, and organize some sort of review of progress in the priority areas a year after the conference, maybe including the same key experts. We also envision the start-up of a working group on the
discussed topics.
Key Dates to remember:
Presentation application form & abstract submission: 15th of October 2009
Notification of abstract acceptance: 20th of October 2009
Full papers due: 25th of November 2009
Notification of paper acceptance: 10th of December, 2009
Date of event: 18-21 March 2010
Venue and Accommodation
The workshop will be held in Tirana, Albania.
Registration Fee
No registration fee is charged for participants presenting papers. The organizers will cover economy ticket airfare, the accommodation and meals for paper presenting participants.
For more details, please contact:
Piroska Hugyecz
Education Support Program
Open Society Institute
E-mail: espassistance@ osi.hu
Phone: +36 1 327 3100, ext. 2070
Oktober 6. u. 12
1051 Budapest, Hungary
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FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPATION
5th Annual International Symposium on Economic Theory, Policy and Applications
26-29 July 2010, Athens, Greece
The Economics Research Unit of the Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) will hold its 5th Annual International Symposium in Athens, Greece, 26-29 July 2010. The registration fee is 250 euro, covering access to all sessions, 2 lunches, coffee breaks and conference material. In addition, a Greek night of entertainment, a dinner, a half-day tour to archaeological site in the Prefecture of
Attica and a special one-day cruise in the Greek islands are organized at extra cost. Special arrangements will be made with local hotels for a limited number of rooms at a special conference rate.
Papers (in English) from all areas of Economics are welcome. Sessions will be organized along the lines of the Journal of Economic Literature Classification Index:
· General Economics and Teaching,
· Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology,
· Mathematical and Quantitative Methods,
· Welfare Economics,
· Microeconomics,
· Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics,
· International Economics,
· Financial Economics,
· Public Economics,
· Health, Education and Welfare,
· Labour and Demographic Economics,
· Law and Economics,
· Industrial Organization,
· Business Administration & Business Economics - Marketing – Accounting,
· Economic History,
· Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth,
· Economic Systems,
· Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics,
· Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics,
· Cultural Economics.
Selected papers will be published in a Special Volume of Conference Proceedings or thematic books. Papers to be included are blindly peer reviewed.
If you think you can contribute, please send an abstract of about 300 words, via email, before 18th of January 2010 to: Dr. John Roufagalas, Professor, Troy University, USA & Head, Economics Research Unit, ATINER, 8 Valaoritou Street, Kolonaki, 10671 Athens, Greece. Tel.: + 30 210 3634210 Fax: + 30 210 3634209 Email: atiner@atiner. gr. URL: www.atiner.gr/docs/Economics.htm
Abstracts should include: Title of Paper, Family Name(s), First Name(s), Affiliation (Institution), Current Position, an email address and at least 3 keywords (or JEL Index Numbers) that best describe the subject of your submission.
If you want to participate without presenting a paper, i.e. chair a session, evaluate papers to be included in the conference proceedings or books, contribute to the editing, or any other offer to help please send an email to Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, gtp@atiner.gr Director, ATINER.
The Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) was established in 1995 as an independent academic organization with the mission to become a forum, where academics and researchers - from all over the world - could meet in Athens and exchange ideas on their research and discuss the future developments of their discipline. Since 1995, ATINER has organized more than 100 international
conferences and has published over 80 books. Academically, the Institute consists of four research divisions and nineteen research units. Each research unit organizes at least an annual conference and undertakes various small and large research projects.
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General Information
NYU Abu Dhabi is a highly selective liberal arts and science college that is fully integrated into major research university. The campus will draw top students from around the world and international faculty who are leaders in their fields.
A World of NYU Opportunity:
- A four-year undergraduate program in the liberal arts and sciences, leading to a bachelor’s degree from one of America’s most renowned research universities.
- B.A. degree offered with a wide range of specializations in the arts, humanities and social sciences. B.S. degree offered with integrated programs in the physical sciences and mathematics.
- Exciting opportunities for intellectual and professional development in a global setting, including advanced research and internships.
- Semesters abroad via NYU’s entire global network, including NYU’s anchor campus in New York City and its own academic centers in Africa, Asia, Europe and South America.
- Generous financial aid packages for qualified students.
- Residential and academic facilities located in the heart of downtown Abu Dhabi.
- Special opportunities to pursue graduate degree programs at NYU in New York.
View NYU Abu Dhabi website
NYU Abu Dhabi Undergraduate Admissions
In our endeavor to create a truly diverse and globally engaged student body for our inaugural class of 2010, NYU Abu Dhabi is looking for students from all backgrounds and from around the world. Additionally, we are seeking students who will fit comfortably at the very top of the world’s talent pool.
Students will study side by side with the heads of state, Nobel laureates, Tony Award winners, and business leaders of tomorrow. The combination of an international, high-caliber student body engaging in a rigorous curriculum taught by distinguished professors is a truly unique environment that NYU Abu Dhabi will provide.
Admission to NYU Abu Dhabi is highly selective. Students will be admitted based on the overall strength of their application, including academic excellence, extra-curricular activities, recommendations, and a demonstrated interest in global citizenship, service, and leadership.
Please let us know of your interest in NYU Abu Dhabi by joining our mailing list. We will then be able to keep you fully informed on every aspect of the admissions process through publications and emails, and let you know when new information is available on our Web site.
Deadline to submit application
Early Action Plan: November 1, 2009
Regular Decision Plan: January 1, 2009
Deadline to submit financial aid application
Early Action Plan: November 1, 2009
Regular Decision Plan: February 15, 2009
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Tricky Women
Since 2001 it has been held in Vienna each March.is the first and only festival of animated film that is dedicated exclusively to animation by women.
Tricky Women Award of the City of Vienna worth 4000 Euro Synchro Film & Video Material Prize worth 1,500 Euro
3-month scholarship in the artist-in-residence programme of quartier21/MQ Hubert
Sielecki Award worth 500 Euro (for Austrian animation)
Audience Award/Awards: Awards and prize monies will go to the directresses of the films.
The festival offers an international competition of animated short films realised by female artists and produced in 2008 or 2009. Each filmmaker, producer or distributor may submit as many films as they like. Each film submitted must be accompanied by an entry form and sent on a separate tape or reel. No films entered in prior Tricky Women Festivals shall be admitted. The deadline for applications for the preliminary selection is October 30, 2009. One application form must be filled in completely (2 pages!) for every competition entry. Applicants must enclose documentation material (at least two film stills as jpeg 300dpi and biographical information on the
directress and details of her filmmaking history - CD-Rom welcome). The selection committee shall refuse any entries that fail to comply with these conditions. For every film to be presented at the preliminary selection a clearly marked DVD must be sent in together with an application form. The DVD must CLEARLY show the name and the address of the directress as well as the running time of the production. Each DVD shall contain one work only. Applicants should enclose an English version of any non-English text, dialogue or commentary contained in the film. Films to be screened at the festival must be in 35 mm, 16 mm or Beta SP PAL and should be in master quality. Other projection formats won’t be accepted! The screening copy must arrive no later than February 1, 2010 at the festival office (Tricky Women, culture2culture, quartier21/MQ, Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Vienna, Austria). Film/video copies from abroad must bear the label “temporary import – for cultural purposes only – no trade value� on the package. Dispatches from non-EU states must contain a pro-forma invoice (amounting to a maximum of 20 euro).
The costs of transport (to the festival) as well as customs duties, etc. are the sole responsibility of the sender. DVD or VHS videos for selection will not be returned and will become part of the non commercial archive of the festival organization culture2culture. The festival organization will cover the costs of returning the screening
copies.
During the festival the productions are insured for their print value. The insurance is valid from the time of postal receipt of the film until it is sent back
http://www.trickywomen.at/index.php?id=12&L=1
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She's one classy old lady, with a colorful past and a challenging future. But what does Europe mean to you today? What exactly is it that you love about Europe and the European Union? And how would you express your feelings? If you're a graphic designer or a graphic design student, we would like you to show Europe some love for the EU's 2010 Europe Day poster. So get creative - can you make the lady blush?
This contest is organised by the European Commission. If your poster is chosen, it will be translated into the EU's 23 official languages and distributed in all 27 EU countries. You will also be invited to Brussels for an award ceremony to coincide with Europe Day celebrations. But that's not all. Designs will be judged by a jury of high-profile European designers and communication experts, the eventual winner receiving 2 000 euro and the two runners-up each receiving 1 000 euro.
The competition is organised in two phases:
1.. All submitted projects will be evaluated by a European jury which will select the 12 best designs
2. The 12 best designs will then be published on the competition website, where members of the public will be able to vote for their favourite. The jury will have no influence on the choice of the final winner.
Website: http://www.designeurope2010.eu/
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The Ss Cyril and Methodius University, Faculty of Law “Iustinianus Primus” - Political Science Department, is announcing a:
Call for Applications
Master Programme in EU Institutions and Policies and
Master Programme in Political Management
The MA Programmes are designed for students with background in the fields of public and government services, journalism, political science and social science research. Both MA Programmes will be conducted completely in English.
Entry requirements:
1. BA degree;
2. English language proficiency
3. Curriculum Vitae.
The deadline for applications is October 1st 2009. All applications should be sent electronically by email at: polsci.tempus@ gmail.com .
For more information regarding the MA Programmes, course content and staff, please visit www.pf.ukim.edu.mk/en .
The tuition fee is 600 Euros per semester. A smaller additional fee for the final thesis defense might be needed.
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We are a group of social filmmakers based in Finland. We are running a completely free course on social filmmaking. We would be grateful if you could include this information on your email list also. I am sure that many enthusiasts will benefit from it.
For more information visit:
http://www.silcreation.org/distancelearning.htm or simply
www.silcreation.org
Sincerely,
Manoj Bhusal
Chief-Editor
Silver Lining Creation
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We are a group of social filmmakers based in Finland. We are running a completely free course on social filmmaking. We would be grateful if you could include this information on your email list also. I am sure that many enthusiasts will benefit from it.
For more information visit:
http://www.silcreation.org/distancelearning.htm or simply
www.silcreation.org
Sincerely,
Manoj Bhusal
Chief-Editor
Silver Lining Creation
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Naziv firme:
Vox - studentski časopis
Grad:
Beograd
Email:
Rok prijave:
16.10.2009.
Opis firme:
Vox je časopis za studente. Bavi se aktuelnim studentskim pitanjima, kao i pojavama i ličnostima iz sveta kulture, sporta i zabave.
Tim Vox-a je tim entuzijasta okupljenih oko iste ideje, ideje da je život lep - čak i ovde kod nas na Balkanu, u Srbiji - i da ima toliko toga dobrog što treba prepoznati i o tome pisati.
Opis posla:
Studenti koji imate iskustva u pisanju i novinarstvu, ali i vi koji želite da se razvijate i napredujete u ovoj oblasti-priključite se i pišite! Tema je na pretek, samo se obazrite oko sebe.
Oglas:
Nudimo Vam:
- upoznavanje novih ljudi
- usavršavanje u oblasti pisanja
- iskustvo koje se stiče kroz volonterski rad
- prisustvo na manifestacijama, promocijama kao i mnogim događajima koje organizuju NVO Fokus i časopis Vox.
Kriterijumi za prijavu:
Da bi postao deo Vox tima potrebno je da si:
- student ili diplomac Univerziteta u Beogradu
- timski igrač
- organizovan i poštujes dogovorene rokove
Šta je potrebno poslati u prijavi:
Način projavljivanja:
Pošalji CV, kratko motivaciono pismo i članak na temu po izboru
na e mail adresu: voxmag@verat.net,
u cc maila: saradnja@razvojkarijere.bg.ac.rs
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One of the programmes offered by World University Service - Austrian Committee is the Brain Gain Program Plus (BGP+). Financed by the Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC) it targets to emigrated academics and enables them to come back to their country of origin, and give short-term lectures at state universities.
Since the establishment of World University Service - Austrian Committee (WUS Austria) as a non-governmental organisation committed to academic freedom and the right to education in Graz in 1983, it has been working on the promotion of higher education in various countries. Since 1994 WUS Austria has developed a regional focus on South Eastern Europe (SEE) and has set up local offices in Belgrade, Podgorica, Prishtina and Sarajevo. WUS Austria established its Belgrade Office in September 2001, and since then has been offering a variety of projects to the Serbian academic community. One of the offered programmes is the Brain Gain Program Plus (BGP+). Financed by the Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC) it targets to emigrated academics and enables them to come back to their country of origin, and give short-term lectures at state universities. In order to further the cooperation between Austrian institutions and the universities in Serbia, regardless of their citizenship Austrian guest lecturers who are employed in Austria are eligible for the BGP.
Whereas in the period 2002-2007, BGP included only guest lecturers, it has now been upgraded to BGP+ and consists of the following two components:
a) BGP+ Classic:
Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC) is providing funding through WUS Austria to enable Serbian universities to invite qualified academics originating from the region, to lecture courses which are not available at the faculties. Additionally, courses by Austrian guest lecturers can be funded. The supported period of stay should be between 1 and 3 weeks, with at least 15 teaching hours per week.
b) BGP+ with extended period of stay:
Where needed by the university, teachers have the possibility to stay for the whole semester, but in that case they are obliged to take over mentoring. Within this BGP+ type, two different possibilities are offered:
- Teaching and Mentoring: Guest lecturers take over "full teaching workload" (at least 15 teaching hours per week), as well as mentoring, i.e. supervising final theses.
- Teaching, Mentoring and/or Research: This component is aimed at supporting research work at the universities. Guest researchers can be invited to take over half of the teaching workload (at least 5 teaching hours per week), conduct research and supervise final theses (bachelor's, master's or PhD's). By doing this, they will not only transfer their knowledge, but also state-of-the- art research techniques.
No matter which one of those two options is chosen, lecturer's costs are covered up to a certain amount. WUS Austria reimburses travel costs up to 800 E, and pays out 500 E of weekly allowance within BGP+ Classic, or 1000 E monthly allowance if BGP+ with extended period of stay is chosen. The hosting university/faculty is responsible for the accommodation.
The Brain Gain Program call for applications is open until September 2010! For additional information regarding application procedure, selection procedure and money transfer effectuation please visit www.wus-austria. org or call WUS Austria Belgrade Office ++381 11 361 96 23 or 361 96 80.
Best regards,
WUS Austria Belgrade Office
World University Service Austria
A: Deligradska 22, 11 000 Belgrade
P: +381 11 361 96 23
P: +381 11 361 96 80
F: +381 11 265 63 18
E: belgrade@wus- austria.org
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Nivo studija: diplomske (master)
Zemlja studiranja: Srbija Jezik: Srpski
Oblast: Ekonomija
Rok za konkurisanje:
10-10-2009
Opis stipendije:
Takmičenje „MasterCard studija slučaja" je takmičenje za studente koje 24. oktobra 2009.
godine organizuje MasterCard i Ekonomski fakultet Univerziteta u Beogradu.
Takmičenje ima za cilj otvaranje mogućnosti i novih perspektiva za odlične studente ekonomije i srodnih oblasti i pruža im šansu da dobiju školarinu za Master studije na Ekonomskom fakultetu u Beogradu. Pored toga, takmičenje „MasterCard studija slučaja" nudi studentima šansu da iskuse rad na kreiranju pravog poslovnog plana, da budu kreativni i pokažu svoje veštine i znanje u rešavanju problema sa kojima se profesionalci susreću svakog dana.
Od učesnika se očekuje da izrade poslovni i plan publiciteta za MasterCard studentsku karticu u vidu Power Point prezentacije i da ga pošalju organizatorima najkasnije do 20. oktobra 2009. godine.
Poslednji dan takmičenja, 24. oktobar 2009. godine, će se održati na Ekonomskom fakultetu u Beogradu. Manuel Alekse, potpredsednik za Balkan, MasterCard Europe, će, između ostalih, kroz prezentacije i radionice pomoći učesnicima takmičenja da steknu predstavu o tome kakve su veštine potrebne da bi uspeli u poslovnom svetu. Nakon interaktivnih radionica, učesnici će imati šansu da prezentuju svoje poslovne planove pred stručnim žirijem i pobednik će biti nagrađen školarinom za Master studije na Ekonomskom fakultetu.
Kako da osvojite školarinu za Master program?
- Posetite nas na www.mastercard.com/rs.
- Informišite se o tome šta je potrebno da osvojite školarinu.
- Preuzmite prijavni formular i popunite ga.
- Pošaljite popunjenu prijavu na manuel_alexe@mastercard.com do 10. oktobra 2009. godine.
- Obavezno stavite MasterCard Case Study Competition u naziv e-maila.
- Pratite dalja obaveštenja.
- Izradite PowerPoint prezentaciju po zadatku i pošaljite nam je do 20. oktobra 2009. godine.
- Pridružite nam se 24. oktobra 2009. godine, pohađajte radionicu, upoznajte druge studente, iskoristite šansu da nam pokažete svoje znanje i osvojite školarinu!
Prijava
Prijava za takmičenje „MasterCard studija slučaja" je veoma jednostavna. Da biste učestvovali, pošaljite svoju prijavu sledeći uputstva sa www.mastercard.com/rs i mi ćemo Vas ubrzo obavestiti o tome da li je Vaša prijava prihvaćena, tj. Da li ispunjavate sve kriterijume.
Prijavljivanje počinje 10. septembra 2009. godine i završava se 10. oktobra. Ukoliko je vaša prijava uspešna, potrebno je da nam pošaljete Vaš poslovni plan najkasnije do 20. oktobra.
Kriterijumi za učestvovanje
Možete učestvovati u takmičenju ako ispunjavate sledeće kriterijume u trenutku kada se prijavljujete:
- Imate između 18 i 30 godina; i
- Redovni ste student ekonomije, menadžmenta ili organizacionih nauka; i diplomiraćete do oktobra 2009. godine; ili
- Diplomirani ste student ekonomije, menadžmenta ili organizacionih nauka koji nije diplomirao pre 1. oktobra 2007. godine; i
- Niste zaposleni niti radite praksu u kompaniji MasterCard Europe, Visa International, American Express ili u nekoj drugoj kartičarskoj kompaniji; i
- Niste zaposleni niti radite praksu u nekoj bankarskoj ili finansijskoj instituciji; i
- Niste zaposleni niti radite praksu u marketinškoj ili agenciji za odnose sa javnošću; i
- Ne učestvujete ni u jednom delu organizacije ovog takmičenja; i
- Niste član porodice (roditelj, brat/sestra, supružnik, dete) ili član domaćinstva osobe koja je zaposlena u kompaniji MasterCard, ili osobe koja je uključena u organizaciju ovog takmičenja; i
- Državljanin ste Republike Srbije.
Zbog čega učestvovati u u ovom takmičenju? Ne brinite ako niste upoznati sa sa ovim načinom razmišljanja o poslovanju. Naučićemo Vas kako da se suočite sa izazovima koje Vam predstavimo i pomoći ćemo Vam da predstavite Vaše rešenje kako biste postigli maksimalni efekat. Uz to ćete razvijati veštine kojie poslodavci traže kada zapošljavaju diplomce.
Studije slučaja su sjajan način da razumete izazove sa kojima se suočavaju kompanije i zasnivaju se na stvarnim problemima. Stavljaju Vas u situaciju da donosite odluke koje su jako važne za kompaniju. Studije slučaja se često koriste u MBA programima na vodećim poslovnim školama.
Ne morate studirati ekonomiju kako biste ih razumeli, ali morate brzo razmišljati i učiti, razmišljati o rešenjima i predstavljati ih. Ovo je sjajan način da testirate svoje veštine.
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Porodično savjetovalište - Poziv za učešće u projektu „MOJ IZBOR“ Kantonalna javna ustanova „Porodično savjetovalište“ poziva mlade od 18 do 28 godina da se uključe u projekt „Moj izbor“ koji ima za cilj unapređenje znanja, vještina i kompetencija za kvalitetniji izbor partnera i funkcionalniji partnerski odnos.
U toku su prijave kandidata za petu generaciju polaznika. Mogućnost učešća u ovom projektu imaju svi mladi koji žele da pozitivno utiču na svoje partnerske odnose i koji pokažu dovoljan stepen motivacije i interesovanja za uključenje u grupnu aktivnost. Projekt se realizira kroz 8 radionica (susreta) koje se organizuju jednom sedmično u periodu oktobar-decembar 2009.g.
Ideja projekta „Moj izbor“ je podrška i pomoć mladima da njihov partnerski odnos započne na dobar i zdrav način, što daje veće garancije za dalji tok veze i njen kvalitet. Projekt je osmišljen upravo na taj način da kroz edukativne i interaktivne radionice doprinese kvalitetnom izboru partnera i funkcionalnosti partnerskih odnosa. Radionice se izvode kroz grupni rad, iskustveno učenje, rad na sebi, te kroz interaktivne i kooperativne strategije podučavanja. To znači da voditelj radionica nije jedini izvor saznanja već i moderator koji stvara uvjete i podstiče učesnike da kroz razmjenu iskustva i međusobnu interakciju, steknu nova znanja i razviju svoje vještine i sposobnosti.
Sa svim zainteresovanim će se obavit intervju, na osnovu kojeg će se procijeniti motiviranost i zainteresovanost za učešće u projektu. Ukoliko ste Vi, Vaši prijatelji ili poznanici zainteresirani za učešće, molimo Vas da to potvrdite najdalje do utorka 13.10.2009. godine na e-mail savsar2001@yahoo.com ili na brojeve telefona 033/572–050 i 061/275–712.
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Scholarship / Financial aid: each scholarships worths $1,000
Date: one year renewable for four years
Deadline: January 15, 2010
Open to: students from all backgrounds
Announcement follows
Social Justice is an integral part of Canisius College and our Jesuit heritage, which is grounded in the philosophy of “men and women for others.” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was at the forefront of social justice in America and we honor his life and his dedication to peace and equality through the Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Program.
Students from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply for the scholarship; applicants will be evaluated on their personal achievements, their involvement in community service and their commitment to the ideals of Dr. King.
Scholarship recipients will be awarded $1,000 each, renewable for four years with a minimum 2.25 grade point average while at Canisius and participation in COPE office programming as described on the back of the application.
The scholarship deadline is Friday, January 15, 2010 – the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Students are encouraged to apply for admission to Canisius by January 8, 2010. Only first-time students admitted to Canisius prior to the scholarship application deadline will be considered for the scholarship.
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UMKC Offers Scholarships to International Students
The University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) awards over $2 million to international students each year. Scholarships are available at all levels of study, including English as a Second Language, Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctoral programs. The following scholarships are available.
Intensive English Scholarship
All non-government sponsored students studying in the English as a Second Language program at UMKC’s Applied Language Institute receive an automatic scholarship that waives a portion of the non-resident fees.
Chancellor’s Non-Resident Award
The Chancellor’s Non-Resident (CNR) Award is a renewable scholarship for new international students that waives non-resident fees (approximately $7,000 - $9,000* yearly).
Eligibility criteria include:
- Minimum 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale
- Minimum TOEFL score of 550 paper-based, 213 computer-based, or 79 internet-based
- Or minimum IELTS score of 6.0
- F-1 or J-1 visa holder
- Must be nominated by the UMKC academic unit (new applicants meeting the criteria are automatically recommended to the academic unit for consideration)
Dean’s International Computing and Engineering Award
The Dean’s International Computing and Engineering (DICE) Award is a renewable scholarship for new international students studying in the School of Computing and Engineering. The DICE Award waives a portion of non-resident fees (approximately $7,000 - $9,000* yearly).
Eligibility criteria include:
- Minimum 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale
- Minimum TOEFL score of 550 paper-based, 213 computer-based, or 79 internet-based
- Or minimum IELTS score of 6.0
- F-1 or J-1 visa holder
- Must be nominated by the School of Computing and Engineering (new applicants meeting the criteria are automatically recommended to the academic unit for consideration)
Doctoral Fee Waiver
All doctoral students are automatically awarded a non-resident fee waiver, for a total savings of approximately $8,000 - $9,000* per year.
Community College Leadership Award (CCLA)
Students who have a 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale and who have demonstrated leadership roles at a community college may be eligible for the Community College Leadership Award (CCLA). Awardees receive a non-resident fee waiver and an additional $1,500, for a total value of approximately $10,000* per year.
Assistantships
Assistantships are available for many graduate programs. Please contact the academic unit for assistantship information regarding specific programs.
Athletic Scholarships
UMKC offers NCAA Division I athletic programs with scholarships available. Information regarding the athletics programs can be found by visiting http://www.umkckangaroos.com/.
Other Scholarships
In addition to the financial assistance opportunities listed above, UMKC offers some departmental scholarships for specific programs.
For more information regarding these scholarship opportunities and all the opportunities available at UMKC, please visit http://www.umkc.edu/isao.
*All amounts are estimated based on most recent tuition rates. Tuition and fees are subject to change.
Contact infomation:
UMKC International Student Affairs Office
5235 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, Missouri 64110
USA
isao@umkc.edu
Telephone: 816-235-1113
Fax: 816-235-6577
Document Fax: 573-884-4894
http://www.umkc.edu/isao
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The Hague International Model United Nations Youth Network
The Hague International Model United Nations (THIMUN) Youth Network hosts annual Youth Assemblies in the Hague, the Netherlands.
THIMUN is an international network of youth that come together to learn how to create successful projects to raise awareness about different global issues.
The network will be hosting its next conference from January 24-29, 2010.
More information about the THIMUN Youth Network and its Assembly can be found here: http://www.thimunyouthnetwork.org/index.php?p=t_conf_14.
