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Balkan SAYS Security Architecture Youth Seminar is youth oriented international security seminar. Its mission is to connect students and young professionals, to discuss important security topics with distinguished speakers and search for fresh views and new solutions to the most pressing issues of the Balkan region. The 7th annual Balkan SAYS seminar is looking for
Read more →The 12th edition of the Black Sea NGO Forum aims to continue the discussions started last year in Brussels and highlight the progress made in advancing the Black Sea Synergy European policy, such as the adoption of the Common Maritime Agenda and the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda for the Black Sea, focusing on how
Read more →Through a series of roundtables, panel sessions with prominent speakers and guests from the countries of the European Union and the Western Balkans region, during the years, the Belgrade Open School provides a significant contribution to improving the understanding of the European integration process and providing guidance, recommendations to decision-makers on the need for regional
Read more →The three-day conference, co-hosted by the UN Department of Global Communications, Salt Lake City, and the NGO Executive Committee, will feature opening and closing plenary sessions, interactive thematic sessions, NGO-sponsored workshops, exhibits and a youth hub. Speakers and attendees will include leaders and other representatives from NGOs, UN agencies, academia, faith traditions, the public and
Read more →The Summer School will be organized within the framework of the project FreeMedia4WesternBalkans: Promoting Legal Education in the field of Media law, Democratization and the EU accession process of the SEELS network faculties and the Europa-Institut of Saarland University (Germany), financially supported by DAAD and Federal Foreign Office of Germany. The project fosters media freedom
Read more →KCSF’s second edition of its Executive Program, which is being delivered in close collaboration with the College of Europe on “Civil society involvement in the EU accession process”, is a unique 3-day executive program to be held on 2-4 October 2019, in Prishtina. The program targets top-level executives of CSOs in the Western Balkan countries,
Read more →The international youth conference “European Values for the Future of SEE countries” will bring together up to 58 participants from the countries from the SEE region and Turkey and guests from youth organizations partners from Germany, France and Poland in the role of mentors. Over the last 16 years, the conference has closely followed the
Read more →The Swiss National Youth Council is organizing an international activity for youth participation and civil society with a focus on informal and local forms of organization. We make democracy – Youth for participation and inclusion is a project where young people from 8 countries (Western Balkans, Switzerland and Moldova) will share their models of youth
Read more →HRAP’s comprehensive program of advocacy, networking, skills-building, and academic coursework provides advocates the opportunity to hone practical skills, develop a deeper understanding of human rights, and foster mutually beneficial relationships with organizations and individuals in their fields. Each Advocate is assigned a Columbia University professor as mentor. After completing the intensive four-month program, Advocates are
Read more →Dedicated to international exchange, the Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program offers five-month fellowships to leading democracy activists, journalists, civil society leaders, and scholars from around the world. During their time in residence at NED’s International Forum for Democratic Studies, in Washington D.C., fellows reflect on their experiences and consider lessons learned; conduct independent research and writing;
Read more →Application is open for the Preparing Global Leaders Forum that will take place from 11th to 18th August it the American University in Bulgaria (AUBG), in the city of Blagoevgrad. The program for young leaders will gather talented students and young professionals from all around the world alongside with leading professors from top universities such as Georgetown, Oxford and the Sorbonne
Read more →The European Civic Forum is looking for victorious stories of activists, associations, movements or groups of citizens who fight for fundamental rights and justice for all, while also resisting attempts to deny their rights to associate, protest, speak out and act. The Call is particularly interested in the transformative and emancipatory potential of these struggles,
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