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Target groups: 30 graduate and PhD students of law and related disciplines (under the age of 35); including a limited number of undergraduate students and young professionals from South East Europe, Europe and the US. Short Description: The Summer School aims: to empower future decision makers to establish the Rule of Law and Human Rights
Read more →Target groups: Civil society actors, academics. Short Description: The Academy will bring together leading academics and civic actors to discuss obstacles and ways forward or civic organizations and social movements in the current context, characterized by growing distrust in democracy and divisions inside the societies. Countries: Europe. Date: 2 June 2021. Link to the original
Read more →Target groups: Advanced students, young researchers, and civil society activists working on history, cultural heritage, memory studies, human rights, and related fields. Short Description: The summer school offers a unique opportunity for young individuals to deepen their knowledge on pluralism, historical trauma, and human rights in Turkey and the Eastern Mediterranean. The aim is to
Read more →Target groups: 18-30 years-old individuals from the Western Balkans. Short Description: The “Balkans Voices” Digital Media Program is part of the Balkans Voices project, financed by the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs and implemented by CFI in concordance with Cooperation and Cultural Action Services of the French Embassies in WB. The aim is
Read more →Target groups: Civic space defenders interested in the impact of digital technology. Short Description: The tach camp will address: the effects of artificial intelligence on the freedoms of association, peaceful assembly, and expression (“civic space”); the growth of digital authoritarianism and its influence beyond state borders; disinformation and threats to free expression online; and the
Read more →Target groups: Activists, students, researchers, theoreticians, journalists working in the fields of peacebuilding, dealing with the past, and human rights’ protection. Short Description: The course offers an excellent opportunity for learning about peacebuilding practices from the perspective of diverse divided societies. It is organized in cooperation between the Peace Academy which brings over 13 years
Read more →Target groups: Final-year undergraduate students, graduate students, young professionals and scholars up to and including the age of 28. Eligible countries: Western Balkans and Turkey Short description: Online school for youth to gain knowledge of democratic and European values, and actively participate in social and political processes, focusing on topics such as: EU and Enlargement;
Read more →Targets groups: CSO representatives from the Black Sea NGO Forum (in particular the CSO Sustainability and Resilience Working Group), from the EU member states and non-EU Eligible countries: Black Sea Region Short description: Capacity building activity to tackle CSO Development Effectiveness Principles, with an emphasis on transparency and accountability of the ODA financing. Five modules
Read more →Target groups: CSOs (esp. small local organizations) Eligible countries: North Macedonia Short description: Providing mentoring support, capacity building in the areas of: Strategic planning, Advocacy and participation in decision-making at the local level, Volunteering and organizing volunteer work, Visibility and communication strategy of organizations, etc. Date: N/A Link to original call (National Resource Center –
Read more →Target groups: 18 MA/Ph.D. researchers, practitioners, and civil society activists in the field of political parties and democracy working on OSCE post-communist member states. Eligible countries: OSCE post-Communist Member States. Short Description: Providing instruction and discussion on a broader range of issues in the study of political parties, party systems, elections, and democracy. Date: 30
Read more →Target groups: Candidates who have performed a unique difference in a given group’s human rights situation, have been conducive to revealing large-scale systemic violations, or have successfully mobilized public opinion or the international community for a cause Eligible countries: Europe and beyond Short description: Václav Havel Human Rights Prize. created in 2013, aims to reward
Read more →YPS is an annual flagship event hosted by the German Marshall Fund that connects the next generation of leaders with influential politicians, thinkers, journalists, and business representatives to discuss pressing policy challenges for the transatlantic community. YPS fosters dialogue, leadership training, and peer-to-peer learning through a tailor-made program for rising leaders and provides access to
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