Projects

Grant for Women Journalists Projects The McCormick New Media Women Entrepreneurs program

J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism and the McCormick Foundation are seeking to fund four women-led projects that will rock the world of journalism. They will fund individuals who have original ideas to create new Web sites, mobile news services or other entrepreneurial initiatives that offer interactive opportunities to engage, inspire and improve news and information in a geographic community or a community of interest.

What is your juicy idea? What’s been stirring in your mind? What work do you feel compelled to do? How can you improve or redefine journalism? What new project would give people the information they need to make decisions or help make the world a better place? Whose voice isn’t being heard?

Grant
The McCormick New Media Women Entrepreneurs program will give one-time funding of $12,000 to women who have the vision, skills and experience to launch a new venture. These can be solo ideas or team projects spearheaded by women.

Eligibility
Funding is available for start-ups only.

1. Projects must launch (at least a live beta) within 10 months.
2. Projects must have a plan for continuing after initial funding has ended.
3. Projects must have journalistic value.
4. Projects may be independent or housed within traditional media.
5. Personal blogs or one-time documentaries will not be funded.
6. Awardees will receive funding through a subcontract if they are an individual or affiliated with a business; and through a grant if they are affiliated with a non-profit institution.

Application procedure
All interested applicants need to create online account to submit application. The deadline for submission is 12th April, 2010.

More detailed info: http://www.newmediawomen.org/site/proposal_guidelines

Grants for promoting social cohesion, employment and decent work

The thematic programme ‘Investing in People’ pursues a broad approach to development and poverty reduction, with the general aim of improving human and social development levels in partner countries in accordance with the United Nations Millennium Declaration and the Millennium Development Goals (MDG).

Part of the fourth theme of the programme ‘Other aspects of human and social development’ is dedicated to addressing inequalities and promoting social cohesion, fostering the ‘decent work’ agenda, and employment.

Overall objective
The overall objective of the call for proposals is to contribute to poverty reduction and to social inclusion for workers in the informal economy and vulnerable groups.

Specific objective
* The development of sustainable initiatives (including capacity building of local communities) to strengthen social protection and employment at community level for workers in the informal economy and/or vulnerable groups as well as the dissemination and exchanges of related good practices at local, national or transnational level.
* Cooperation and partnerships between non-state actors and government at local and national level are encouraged with a view to developing innovative, community-level schemes for social protection and employment for vulnerable groups and workers in the informal economy.

Expected results
* Sharing and learning from best practices in community level initiatives in the field of social protection and employment carried out;
* Local communities capacities to identify needs of the informal workers and vulnerable groups strengthened;
* Sustainable social protection and employment in the community-level improved.

Size of grants
Any grant requested must fall between the following minimum and maximum amounts:
* Minimum amount: EUR 500 000
* Maximum amount: EUR 2 000 000

For more specific information click here

Application procedure
All interested applicants need to fill out the Grant Application Form and submit it until 6th April 2010.

Before applying read carefully the Guideline for frant application.

More detailed info

22nd BIENNIAL OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

7 October–7 November 2010
Architecture Museum of Ljubljana, Fužine Castle
Ljubljana, Slovenia

Call for entries:
1 February–12 April 2010

The Biennial of Industrial Design (known by its Slovene acronym as BIO) is an international design exhibition that highlights current trends in contemporary design through its selection of well-designed products with an emphasis on quality, originality, and innovation. Every two years, designers, commissioners, manufacturers and students from all over the world exhibit their latest achievements at BIO.

The works presented in the BIO exhibition are carefully selected and critically evaluated. The BIO Secretariat, which is the organizer of the Biennial, issues a call for submissions for the exhibition, and the Selection Committee, specially appointed for each Biennial by the BIO Secretariat, chooses the works that will be exhibited. The exhibited products, concepts, and works in product graphics and information design are examined and evaluated by an international jury, who then select the best of these works and present them with awards.

The 22nd Biennial of Industrial Design will be a comparative international design exhibition at which the best design works will be presented. The works that will be exhibited will choose an international Selection Committee, composed of experts from various areas of design. The selection criteria are stated in the Rules for Participation in the 22nd Biennial of Industrial Design.

For further information and detailed application procedure visit http://www.bio.si/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=17&Itemid=110

Javni poziv Evropske komisije za podnošenje projekata – IPA 2010

Southeast European Student Initiatives (SESI) 2010

The International Higher Education Support Program (HESP) of the Open Society Institute (OSI) invites project proposals for cross-border student initiatives from the following Southeast European (SEE) university student communities: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, and Serbia.

The aim of the Southeast European Student Initiatives (SESI) is to empower students to address issues related to systemic change in higher education. SESI supports the involvement of students in the democratization of the educational process and in building issue-based transnational student alliances in Southeast Europe.

For 2010, SESI invites student organizations and groups to submit project proposals for the following new student project in the SEE region:

- Student Solidarity for Antidiscrimination and Access to Higher Education in SEE countries

We are inviting project proposals for cross-border initiatives that would study the current practices of exclusion and advocate for the access to and inclusion in higher education of students on the grounds of gender, race, ethnicity, disability, religion and sexual orientation.

More than the initiatives by any of the groups interested in advocating for the inclusion of their own representatives, we are looking for initiatives that are driven by the spirit of solidarity among various student groups, take a broad look at the practices of exclusion, discrimination, humiliation and hatred resulting in limiting particular student groups’ access to higher education and advocate for the access and inclusion of two or more excluded groups, while covering two or more SEE countries.

The project proposals must include all three key elements of a usual SESI project – education (awareness building), research (in-depth study of the current situation) and advocacy to aim at making a tangible impact on opening access to SEE universities for the excluded and underrepresented groups by means of cultural, policy and legislative change.

The project proposals must meet the following requirements:

• be initiated and implemented primarily by undergraduate students;
• involve cross-border cooperation among student organizations and/or groups.

Project proposals may cover the preparation and actual running of the proposed activities, including preparatory meeting and/or training for network building, in-depth study on discrimination at higher education institutions in SEE, advocacy campaigns, etc. The maximum length of the project is 2 years.

Full project proposal should be submitted electronically to sesi@osi.hu no later than 15 April, 2010. 

The submitted project proposal must include the detailed description of the project idea, the planned activities, the timeline of the project activities, expected outcomes of the project, short introduction of the partner organizations, CVs of the project leaders, estimated budget of the project.

Selection Procedure:

An International Expert Committee will perform the selection of the applications. The results of the selection will be announced in May/June 2010. Possible project start: September, 2010.

For additional information please contact:  

Ms. Krisztina Szeberin

Program Coordinator

Higher Education Support Program

Open Society Institute-Budapest

Phone: (+36 1) 882-3850

Fax: (+36 1) 882-3112

E-mail: sesi@osi.hu

Website: http://www.soros.org/initiatives/hesp

UN.GIFT’s Small Grant Facility

NGOs working to address human trafficking can submit proposals under the Small Grant Facility offered by the United Nations Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking (UN.GIFT). The purpose of UN.GIFT is “mobilize state and non-state actors to eradicate human trafficking by reducing both the vulnerability of potential victims and the demand for exploitation in all its forms; ensuring adequate protection and support to those who fall victim; and supporting the efficient prosecution of the criminals involved, while respecting the fundamental human rights of all persons.”

Although projects from all geographical regions are invited, 80% preference will be given to proposals from least developed countries, low-income countries and lower-middle-income countries.

A total amount of US $500,000 has been allocated under this call for proposals and each project may propose funding support between $30,000 and $50,000.

UN.GIFT aims to The following activities have been identified as priority lines for the current Call for Proposals:
- The empowerment of vulnerable groups and communities
- Direct victim support
- Cooperation between NGOs from countries of origin and destination
- Collection of evidence-based knowledge

There is online grant application form and a full project proposal to be completed under the application process. UN.GIFT will accept only the first 300 applications received on or before 5 April 2010. For more information, visit this link or download the application at http://www.ungift.org/docs/ungift/proposal_guidelines.pdf

Konkurs Kancelarije za mlade grada Beograda GRADSKA UPRAVA GRADA BEOGRADA

POZIV
ZA DOSTAVLjANjE PRIJAVA ZA FINANSIRANjE PROJEKATA KOJI SU USMERENI KA IMPLEMENTACIJI I PROMOCIJI CILjEVA DEFINISANIH NACIONALNOM STRATEGIJOM ZA MLADE I AKTIVNOSTIMA PREDVIĐENIM AKCIONIM PLANOM

Gradska uprava Grada Beograda, Kancelarija za mlade, na osnovu Zaključka gradonačelnika grada Beograda broj: 6-320/10-G od 9. februara 2010. godine, poziva sve zainteresovane da podnesu prijavu za finansiranja projekata koji su usmereni ka implementaciji i promociji ciljeva definisanih Nacionalnom strategijom za mlade i aktivnostima predviđenim Akcionim planom.

U obzir će se uzeti projekti koji doprinose realizaciji sledećih ciljeva:
1. afirmaciji mladih grada Beograda;
2. podsticanju aktivizma omladinskih organizacija;
3. unapređenju saradnje Gradske uprave i omladinskih organizacija;
4. ostvarivanju ciljeva Nacionalne strategije za mlade;
5. uspostavljanju veze između Univerziteta, državnih institucija i omladinskih organizacija

Podnosioci prijava mogu biti neprofitne organizacije i institucije sa sedištem registrovanim na teritoriji grada Beograda (nevladine organizacije, univerziteti, instituti, stručne asocijacije, sindikati, udruženja i druge neprofitne institucije), koje ispunjavaju uslove iz Uputstva za podnošenje prijava za finansiranje projekata koji su usmereni ka implementaciji i promociji ciljeva definisanih Nacionalnom strategijom za mlade i aktivnostima predviđenim Akcionim planom.

Ukupan iznos za finansiranja projekata koji su usmereni ka implementaciji i promociji ciljeva definisanih Nacionalnom strategijom za mlade i aktivnostima predviđenim Akcionim planom je 14.500.000,00 dinara.

Uputstvo za podnošenje prijava i prijava (konkursna dokumentacija), su dostupni i mogu se preuzeti sa ove veb stranice (na kraju strane), ili u prostorijama Kancelarije za mlade, Beograd, Masarikova 5/XIV, kancelarija 1401/1 svakog radnog dana od 09,00 do 16,00 časova. Za dodatne informacije možete se obratiti na telefon broj 3061-426 i 3061-739 ili putem E-maila: mladioffice@beograd.gov.rs.

Prijave se moraju dostaviti u zapečaćenoj koverti i to:
- preporučenom poštom na adresu Gradska uprava grada Beograda, Kancelarija za mlade, Masarikova 5/14, Beograd;
- posredstvom kurira ili ličnom dostavom u Pisarnicu Gradske uprave grada Beograda na adresu: Gradska uprava grada Beograda, Kancelarija za mlade, Masarikova 5/15, Beograd. Podnosilac prijave će dobiti dokaz o prijemu.

Koverat mora da sadrži naznaku FINANSIRANjE PROJEKATA KOJI SU USMERENI KA IMPLEMENTACIJI I PROMOCIJI CILjEVA DEFINISANIH NACIONALNOM STRATEGIJOM ZA MLADE I AKTIVNOSTIMA PREDVIĐENIM AKCIONIM PLANOM, a na poleđini koverte naziv, adresa i zavodni broj podnosioca prijave.

Koverat treba da sadrži: formular za prijavu sa pratećom dokumentacijom - original i 2 kopije.
Prijave poslate na drugi način (npr. faksom ili e-mailom) ili dostavljene na druge adrese, neće se razmatrati.

Rok za podnošenje prijava je 9. april 2010. godine do 16:00 časova.
Nepotpune i neblagovremene prijave neće se razmatrati.

Uputstvo
Prijava

Waves of Democracy 2010

Waves of Democracy 2010 je projekat koji sprovodi Međunarodni evropski centar (IUC-Europe) i Global Citizen u saradnji sa Evropskim pokretom u Srbiji, Evropskim fondom za Balkan, Balkanskim fondom za demokratiju, Danskom ambasadom u Beogradu, Beogradskim fondom za političku izuzetnost, Balkanskim fondom za lokalne inicijative i partnerima Evropske mreže za obrazovanje i obuku (EUNET).

Sto mladih Evropljana iz zemalja EU i zemalja Zapadnog Balkana će se u julu 2010 okupiti u Srbiji da razgovaraju o izazovima i mogućnostima sa kojima se zemlje Zapadnog Balkana suočavaju u Evropi i svetu, kao i da razgovaraju kako region može imati koristi od EU i obratno. Interkulturalna komunikacija između mladih ljudi iz različitih regiona Evrope će doprineti miru i razumevanju, kao i boljoj budućnosti za generacije koje dolaze. Učesnici će postati deo široke mreže mladih Evropljana. Tokom boravka Zbirka zaključaka/Agenda građana/ki će biti napravljena i predstavljena.

Pozivnicu, prijavni formular i program možete naći na: www.wavesofdemocracy2010.org

Pored popunjenog formulara treba dostaviti biografiju i motivaciono pismo.

European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights - International Video Competition 2010

Natječaj za studente-Institut za povijesnu pravdu i pomirenje i Centar za povijest, demokraciju i pomirenje

Institut za povijesnu pravdu i pomirenje i Centar za povijest, demokraciju i pomirenje pozivaju mlade znanstvenike koji žive i studiraju na području bivše Jugoslavije da pošalju svoje radove. Stručna komisija će odabrati tri najbolja rada, a njihovi će autori biti pozvani da ih prezentiraju. Tri najuspješnija autora biti će nagrađena iznosom od 100 Eura, te će im biti ponuđeno da se radovi objave.

Uvjeti sudjelovanja: Studenti s područja bivše Jugoslavije koji studiraju na BA nivou.

Teme: Koji identiteti i politički mitovi u društvu sprečavaju proces pomirenja, te samim time i ne doprinose jačanju civilnog društva na području bivše Jugoslavije? Zašto smatrate da ti mitovi nastavljaju biti prepreka pomirenju? Što po Vašem mišljenju civilno društvo, politički akteri i ustanove uključene u obrazovanje mogu poduzimati u svrhu podupiranja i poticanja pomirenja u regiji?

Radovi trebaju biti napisani na bosanskom, hrvatskom ili srpskom jeziku, a njihova dužina treba biti od 2500 do 3000 riječi. Rok: 01.05.2010.

Više informacija u prilogu.

• Natječaj za studente

Inspiracija Vazareli

Ambasada Republike Mađarske povodom izložbe radova Viktora Vazarelija raspisuje Konkurs, Inspiracija - Vazareli, za umetničke radove koji su inspirisani likovnom poetikom i umetničkim jezikom Vazarelija.

Pravo učešća imaju studenti umetničkih fakulteta iz Beograda. Umetnički  radovi i projekti mogu biti izvedeni u sledećim disciplinama: slika,  crtež, skulptura, objekat, grafika, video i digitalna umetnost,  fotografija, instalacija, intervencija u prostoru i dizajn.

Predloge umetničkih radova i projekata dostaviti u digitalnoj formi na  adresu: pr@humanmade.rs sa naznakom Za konkurs najkasnije do 20. marta  2010. godine.

Najbolji radovi biće predstavljeni u okviru izložbe Viktor Vazareli:  grafike i objekti, od 26. 3. do 2. 4. u Holu Narodne banke Srbije.  Abasada će dodeliti dve ravnopravne nagrade - tri dana boravka u Pečuju,  evropskoj prestonici kulture 2010.

BELDOCS 2010 - konkurs za sinopsis ili scenario za dugometražni film

Pozivamo i profesionalce i amatere da se pridruže Međunarodnom festivalu dokumetražnog filma BELDOCS 2010. Pošaljite nam scenario za dugometražni dokumentarni film. Odluku o nagrađenom tekstu doneće tročlani stručni žiri koji će činiti profesionalci iz oblasti dokumentarnog filma, a pobednik će biti proglašen na završnoj večeri festivala. Autoru izabranog scenarija biće omogućena produkcija dugometražnog dokumantarnog filma.

Prijave slati na mejl pro@beldocs.com sa naznakom „KONKURS BELDOCS 2010", a uz prijavu priložiti:

1. scenario, tritment ili sinopsis,
2. eksplikaciju,
3. kratku biografiju.

Rok za prijavljivanje na konkurs je 1. april 2010. godine.

GHOST PROJECT

Konkurs iz oblasti štampe, dizajna i fotografije

Studentski kongres grafičkih tehnologija, PDP convention, raspisuje konkurs internacionalnog karaktera iz oblasti štampe, dizajna i fotografije. Konkurs je otvoren za sve studente (osnovnih, specijalističkih, master ili doktorskih studija).

Krajnji rok za prijavu radova je 20.04.2010, a pravo učešća imaju svi studenti.

PDP convention je međunarodni studentski kongres grafičkih tehnologija koji za svoj osnovni cilj ima razmenu znanja i ideja među studentskom populacijom. Studentski kongres posvećen štampi, dizajnu i fotografiji, ove godine se održava od 26. 05. 2010. do 28. 05. 2010. na Fakultetu tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu, Republika Srbija. PDP convention kao ciljnu grupu nema samo studente, iako je njima posvećen, već i sve ostale čija struka ima veze sa temom kongresa.

U toku tri dana kongresa (26 - 28. maja) će se održati brojna edukativna predavanja iz navedenih oblasti, dok će na studentskom trgu biti postavljena izložba studentskih radova.

Kongres  je internacionalnog tipa i otvoren je za sve studente.

http://www.pdpconvention.com

The Ramsar Convention's Small Grants Fund

The Ramsar Small Grants Fund (SGF) was established in 1990 as a mechanism to assist developing countries and those with economies in transition in implementing the Convention and to support the conservation and wise use of wetland resources, with a strong human and social dimension. From 1991 to 2008 the Fund has provided a total of 7.5 million Swiss Francs to 227 projects from 108 countries, providing up to 40,000 Swiss francs (about US$32,000) per project.

Suitable project proposals are those which contribute to the implementation of the Convention's Strategic Plan 2003-2008 for the conservation and wise use of wetlands; provide emergency assistance for Ramsar sites; or provide 'preparatory assistance' to allow non-Contracting Parties to progress toward accession. Eligibility is restricted to countries on the List of Aid Recipientsestablished by the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), effectively meaning developing countries and countries with economies in transition. Projects may be proposed and implemented by any agency, NGO, or individual, but proposals MUST be endorsed and monitored by the Administrative Authority (the Ramsar implementing agency) in the Party's government, and seldom is more than one proposal approved from the same Party in any year. Successful proposals receive 80% of the allocated funds upon signature of the contract and the remainder upon submission of an adequate final report, but countries from which adequate final project reports have not been received may be denied further consideration for funding until those outstanding project dossiers have been closed.

The Secretariat's regional teams also offer an advisory service to help with the preparation of suitable proposals, for which drafts should be submitted to the Senior Regional Advisors by 30 April 2010. Please note that our advice is intended to help to improve project proposals for re-submission to the Small Grants Fund process, but it is not a guarantee that the proposals will be approved by the Standing Committee when it makes its decisions.

STEP beyond: mobility grants for artists

Mobility is the life-blood of cultural cooperation. Artists and cultural workers need to move easily across borders to meet their international peers, exchange views, cooperate, and influence one another.

S.T.E.P. (Supporting Travel for European Projects) beyond supports mobility fund stimulates and supports cross-cultural creative projects in a wider Europe, enabling artists and cultural workers to collaborate, exachange, network and explore unfamiliar ground and different ways of working.

With each Eastward enlargement, the European Union acquires new borders and therefore new neighbouring states. The European Cultural Foundation wishes to strengthen cultural ties between those European countries that are not currently members of the EU and the present EU countries through supporting individual mobility in the setting-up phase of cultural and artistic initiatives.

Eligibility
The mobility fund is open to individual artists, cultural operators, cultural researchers and cultural writers (art critics and cultural journalists, etc) travelling to/from EU countries to/from the European Neighbourhood. The STEP beyond fund also supports travel to/from the South Caucasus as well as Turkey.

Grant
There is no specific maximum, but grantees get on average between €300 – €700.

Application procedure
The interested applicants should follow these steps: 1. create a personal profile with CV/biography and a project page about your initiative
2. download and fill out the STEP beyond application form in English
3. submit your application online by uploading the application form

Deadline
Applicants can apply at any time of year, but always at least 8 weeks before the actual travel date.

For detailed info about mobility programme and application read the guideline
For further information visit http://www.eurocult.org/we-support-cultural-cooperation/grants/mobility/

Fundamental Rights Video Competition 2010

The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights invites young individuals to participate in free contest called the International Video Competition 2010. This is an opportunity to express the views on fundamental rights in the European Union, so whether they be about rights abused or rights enjoyed, we want the people to share them.

Topic
EU Fundamental Rights – What are your fundamental rights? Do you know how to protect your fundamental rights?

Awards
The 3 winners will each win a 5 day trip for 2 people to Vienna, from 6 May to 10 May 2010, with transportation and accommodation included.

Eligibility
- all work must be submitted by individuals, group work is not allowed;
- the video may not be longer than 2 minutes;
- participants must be citizens of EU countries between 18 and 30 years of age

Application procedure
To apply and submit the video to competition the applicants should use the online application form.

Submissions will be accepted until 2 April 2010.

For further information and application procedure visit http://fra.europa.eu/fraWebsite/news&events/video-competition/participate/participate_en.htm

Research project proposals social sciences - Serbia

Dear all

The Regional Research Promotion Programme (RRPP) Western Balkans, launched in 2007 and funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), aims at establishing and strengthening research capacities in the area of social sciences in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia and Serbia. For this purpose, and besides networking and capacity building, funding is provided for research projects conducted by researchers from the region.

The RRPP Management presently launches a call for proposals, open to researchers from and resident in Serbia. The research topics/project proposals to be submitted should be relevant to transition themes, and they should address and deal with specific issues at stake. Furthermore, the proposals must fit into the regional umbrella topic "Political, Social and Economic Change in the Western Balkans" and the research topic defined specifically for Serbia: "Governance, Social Change and Information Society".

Budget line: Swiss Francs (CHF) 25'000 maximum for one year per project

Deadline: 12 April 2010

For detailed information: http://www.rrpp- westernbalkans. net.

Thank you for widely disseminating this information.

Best regards,
Jasmina Opardija
Programme Manager
Regional Research Promotion Programme in the Western Balkans - RRPP
University of Fribourg / Interfaculty Institute for Central and Eastern Europe (IICEE)
Bd de Pérolles 90
1700 Fribourg/Switzerlan d
Phone: +41 (26) 300 7769
Mobile: +41 (79) 503 64 17
E-mail: jasmina.opardija@unifr.ch
www.rrpp-westernbalkans.net

FES, Welfare States in Transition (SEE)

The Friedrich Ebert Stiftung launches a CALL FOR PAPERS:
Welfare States in Transition: The Development of the Welfare States of Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia and Macedonia, after the disintegration of Yugoslavia up to present date (political and socio-economic transformations)

Deadline for applying: 25th February 2010!

This Call for papers invites researchers to apply for writing a paper which will provide a better understanding of the welfare states of Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia and Macedonia. Researchers will be expected to write about the case of a single country and provide information about either the political or socio-economic transformations in the last almost 20 years of (post-socialist) transition, on example of the welfare policies.

Candidates should apply for writing a paper within one of the two main groups of papers:

1. The political transformations OR

2. The socio-economic transformations and the welfare system.

Note that one paper could be proposed by more than one author. In that case the authors will be invited to share the honorarium, as well as decide among themselves who will present the paper at the regional expert workshop in October.

For more details please visit: http://www.fes.org.mk/pdf/FES_CfP-WelfareStates.pdf

For any questions contact: marija.stambolieva@gmail.com

Balkans: Foreign affairs, Politics and Socio-Cultures

EPOKA UNIVERSITY

CALL FOR CHAPTERS ON BALKANS: FOREIGN AFFAIRS, POLITICS AND SOCIO-CULTURES

One of the most important radical changes in the world arena is emerging new states in Balkan area in the post Cold War era. Radical changes and transformation process have brought new economic, political, socio-cultural and international relations problems in the Balkan agenda. Definitely, the most destructive and painful problem in the Balkan region was wars erupted in the 1990s. Building peace, democracy,
socioeconomic development and stability are still the most important issues and tasks for the Balkan states and nations. With aim of solving the existing problems and actualizing the existing huge socio-economic and cultural potential in the Balkans, socioeconomic cooperation among the Balkan countries should be developed and socioeconomic development process of the region should be continued successfully. In other words, socio-cultural, political and international cooperation and development
are major prerequisites for overcoming existing problems and for building sustainable peace, democracy and stability in the Balkans.

In order to supply these needs and be a general reference source for the experts of the area, it is planned to publish an edition book “BALKANS: Foreign Affairs, Politics and Socio-Cultures” by orchestrating of Epoka University and by bringing together academicians, experts and high level researchers from several countries. The aim of the book is becoming a primary research source for experts, academicians and researchers. The planned book is a collaborative project initiated by a working group
dedicated to these themes located within the Epoka University, Tirana, Albania.

Submissions are invited for an edited book provisionally entitled “BALKANS: Foreign Affairs, Politics and Socio-Cultures”. The book will be published by Epoka University Press as a first English book in the Balkan area in terms of encompassing three main issues of the Balkan countries and foreign affairs of the global actors toward Balkans. The book aims to be a main reference and primary source by bringing together
selective academicians, scholars and experts from the world. The book will focus on four main sections, Politics, Socio-culture, Foreign Policy and Balkans & World. Each section will include eleven Balkan countries’ situation on the sectional area. Authors are free to put article’s title.

Section I: Politics in the Balkans:
1. Politics in Albania
2. Politics in Bosnia and Herzegovina
3. Politics in Bulgaria
4. Politics in Croatia
5. Politics in Greece
6. Politics in Kosovo
7. Politics in Macedonia
8. Politics in Montenegro
9. Politics in Serbia
10. Politics in Romania
11. Politics in Turkey

Submissions should focus upon, as far as possible; engage with the following main- headlines within this section, some other headlines might be put under these headlines:

a) Historical background of the country’s politics
b) Current situation on the country’s politics
c) Main issues in country politics (solutions or suggestions) (optional)

Section II: Socio-Culture of Balkans
1. Albania’s Socio-culture
2. Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Socio-culture
3. Bulgaria’s Socio-culture
4. Croatia’s Socio-culture
5. Greece’s Socio-culture
6. Kosovo’s Socio-culture
7. Macedonia’s Socio-culture
8. Montenegro’s Socio-culture
9. Serbia’s Socio-culture
10. Romania’s Socio-culture
11. Turkey’s Socio-culture

The articles in “Socio-Cultural” section should include four main headlines; authors are free to put title and sub-titles under the following headlines:

a) Socio- cultural historical background of the country
b) National structure ( ethnic, religious, sects and other diversities)
c) Post Cold War developments on the Socio-Cultural situation
d) Socio-cultural (potential) Issues (and solution alternatives; optional)

Section III: Foreign Affairs of the Balkan States:
1. Albania’s Foreign Policy
2. Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Foreign Policy
3. Bulgaria’s Foreign Policy
4. Croatia’s Foreign Policy
5. Greece’s Foreign Policy
6. Kosovo’s Foreign Policy
7. Macedonia’s Foreign Policy
8. Montenegro’s Foreign Policy
9. Serbia’s Foreign Policy
10. Romania’s Foreign Policy
11. Turkey’s Foreign Policy
The articles in “Foreign Affairs” section should include three main headlines; authors are free to put title and sub-titles under the following headlines:

a) Post-Cold War era
b) Current foreign policy
c) Main issues on Foreign Policy
d) Futuristic Predictions on Foreign Policy (optional)

Section IV: World and the Balkans

1. US’s foreign policy toward the Balkans
2. Russian Federation’s foreign policy toward the Balkans
3. EU’s foreign policy toward the Balkans
4. Germany’s foreign policy toward the Balkans
5. France’s foreign policy toward the Balkans
6. UK’s foreign policy toward the Balkans
7. Turkey’s foreign policy toward the Balkans

Authors will be free to put title and headlines of the articles in this chapter.

At the first stage, the authors who desire to contribute to the book should contact with the editors by e-mail to authorize and allocate which they want to write above-mentioned articles. Second, the deadline for the submission of the articles will be 15 April 2010. Contributors might be required to amend their papers in accordance with the final concept of the edited book and the results of the editors’ meeting(s).
Third, after reviewing the articles and the amendments, the last day to send to the editors is 10 May 2010. Contributions should be around 5000-6000 words, excluding footnotes. Abstracts should be sent as e-mail attachment to c.yenigun@iku. edu.tr; fgjana@epoka. edu.al and should include one paragraph biography of the author, to put into the book. It is encouraged interested contributors to apply by e-mail to write an article on the relevant chapters as well as any other countries of concern in the Section IV: World and the Balkans that have been left out. Authors will receive a contribution certificate and 3 complimentary copies of the published book.

For further enquiries, please do not hesitate to contact with: Dr.
Cüneyt Yenigün, Editor,
Istanbul Kültür University & Epoka University
c.yenigun@iku. edu.tr
or
Dr. Ferdinand Gjana, Editor, Epoka University
fgjana@epoka. edu.al

Please also visit the website at http://www.epoka.edu.al/

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