SEMINARET / KONFERENCAT / MUNDESI STUDIMI

1st Regional Summer school on security studies, Tirana 8-19.09 2008
http://idmalbania.org/en/school/index.php

OSI Returning Scholars Fellowship Program 2008/9
http://www.soros.org/initiatives/hesp/focus/afp
Open society institute, International higher education support program, academic fellowship program 2008/9

Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Research and Studies on Eas
http://www.mirees.unibo.it.
We are pleased to announce that the call for applications for a new
generation of the two-year Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Research and
Studies on Eastern Europe (MIREES) has been launched. The deadline for
submitting applications on-line is May 15th, 2008. Attached endorsing
documents should arrive at the University of Bologna, Faculty of Political
Science “R: Ruffilli” at Forlì, Italy, by May 15th, 2008.

This summer the SLE plus: Berlin Training for International Development Cooperation at Humboldt-UniversitC$t zu Berlin is offering three short term courses: Decentralised Management of Regional Development (4.08.-15.08.2008)
Conflict Prevention and Conflict Managementb(18.8.-29.8.2008)
Project Cycle Managementb(1.9.-12.9.2008).The deadline for scholarship applications: 5th May 2008.
For all further information please check "SLE plus: Berlin Training" on the following website:www.berlinerseminar.de

Two fully funded PhD studentships in Politics at Queen Mary, Un
http://www.politics.qmul.ac.uk/research/index.html
The Department of Politics, Queen Mary, University of London, wishes
to award two full-time, fully funded, PhD studentships starting in
September 2008 to run for three years. These studentships cover fees
(home/overseas) and provide maintenance at research council rates...

Giving a stronger voice to civil society in the EU neighbourhood
http://www.ecas.org/
INVITATION to the international conference
Giving a stronger voice to civil society in the EU neighbourhood*
Development of civil dialogue and partnership relations between civil
society, national governments and EU institutions. Brdo, Slovenia, 2 April 2008

The Political Economy of Post-Communist Transition
http://www.ceu.hu/polscijournal
The CEU Political Science Journal is an online and printed peer reviewed periodical that emerged in the academic community of Central European University , Budapest. The Journal accepts now submissions for its third issue of volume two (2007).

New Project: Nation-building in Southeastern Europe
http://www.oei.fu-berlin.de/en/projekte/nation-building/*
This research project examines four specific nation-building processes
in South-eastern Europe after 1945: the Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim),
Macedonian, Moldovan and Montenegrin cases. The main focus of the
interdisciplinary research of the project is on popular perceptions of
nation-building.

Stability Pact Comprehensive Database on Post Graduate
http://www.stabilitypact.org/wt1/BHCscholarships.asp
Brussels ­ One of the most comprehensive databases on scholarships and grant opportunities for students in South Eastern Europe was launched today (15 February) by the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe as part of its
priority work in the area of Building and Fostering Human Capital.

Human Rights school for Future Desicion Makers
http://www.balkan-rights.net
Successful postgraduate or final year students of law, international relations, political sciences, economics, or young parliamentarians, government officials and officials of political parties, as well as young persons involved in the work of NGOs and media are encouraged to submit their applications. Deadline for application is March 31, 2007

Local Perspectives on democracy-building
http://watsoninstitute.org/muabet/2006/contest.html
With funding from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Muabet project at the Watson Institute for International Studies is organizing an open essay
competition to highlight the value of locally-grounded perspectives on international democracy-building efforts in the former Yugoslavia.

ASN Convention 2007 program on line
The preliminary program of the ASN 2007 World Convention can now be
downloaded at:
http://www.nationalities.org/ASN 2007 prelim program.pdf
Those interested in attending the convention are invited to register in
advance by accessing a registration form at:
http://www.nationalities.org/ASN 2007 prereg form.pdf

Balkan Studies, MA programmes, Faculty of History, Sofia
http://www.clio.uni-sofia.bg/EN/indexen.html
The Faculty of History at Sofia University is very pleased to announce a
call for applications for our MA programmes taught in English: Ethnicity
and National Relations in the Balkans and Power, Authority and Culture
in the Balkans. The application deadline is 01.05.2007. The approved candidates will be announced at 01.06.2007. The programmes will start in October 2007.

Institute for Policy and Legal Studies
http://www.ipls.org
The Institute for Policy and Legal Studies (IPLS), is a non-profit, operational NGO located in Tirana.

Regional research on Private Sector Development
http://www.academictraining.org
For research in the field of regional private sector development ATA is an independent not-for-profit foundation, based in Amsterdam, with field offices in Belgrade, Pristina, Skopje and Tuzla. Proposals of up to 12,000 euros will be considered...

The New Europe College - Institute for Advanced Study in Bucharest, Romania
http://www.nec.ro
The New Europe College-Institute for Advanced Study in Bucharest, Romania, announces the Europa Fellowship Program, sponsored by the VolkswagenStiftung-Germany. Applications from young Western scholars working on South-Eastern Europe are also welcome...

The Global Institute for Leadership and Civic Development             http://www.globalleaders.info                                                             
The Global Institute for Leadership and Civic Development have been running summer academic leadership programs in Prague , Czech Republic since 2000. The programs are open to university students from around the world and are designed to create future leaders...

European Regional Master's Degree in Democracy and Human Rights in SEE
http://www.cps.edu.ba 
The European Regional Master's Degree in Human Rights and Democracy in South East Europe is an intensive one-year course established through the joint efforts of the participating universities and coordinated by the Universities of Sarajevo and Bologna...

Balkan Case Challenge
http://www.bcchallenge.org
Is giving students the opportunity to participate in one of the four different case competitions: Model United Nations, Law Moot Court, Business Case Competition and information-communication technologies...

Jawa Council for International Understanding
http://www.iciu.org
ICIU is excited to announce that it has received a grant from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to implement a new project, "Building Peace in Kosovo: Closing the Gap of Distrust". The 18 month project will include a two-way exchange of Iowans and Kosovars. For more information, please see the press release or brochure with more information and ways to be involved!

The American Councils Southeast Europe Research
http://www.americancouncils.org                                              
The American Councils Southeast Europe Research program provides full support for graduate students, faculty, and post-doctoral scholars seeking to conduct research for three to nine months in Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, and Serbia and Montenegro.

ECMI Action-oriented Projects
http://www.ecmi.de/rubrik/32/action-oriented+projects/
ECMI has pioneered an informal approach to constructive conflict management. It maintains continuous links with groups and individuals in regions of tension or conflict. At the appropriate time, it organizes workshops and seminars in the regions of tension or at other venues.

The European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)
http://www.mba-cee.com
Announces this years Viadrina CEE Essay Contest. The essays topic is "What are today's challenges for the Management in CEE companies?"

Academic Network “Peace Research and Security Policy”
Scholarships available through:
www.daad.de/stipendien/de/index.html?land=72

Open Society Institute & SOROS Foundations Network
www.soros.org/initiatives/roma/focus_areas/internship/
The Open Society Institute, in association with the European Commission, offers internships for young Roma university graduates from all new EU member states (excluding Cyprus and Malta),  Bulgaria, Croatia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro (including Kosovo), and Turkey.

MIREES Series of Conferences                                                              http://www.eurobalk.net                                                                                             
The MIREES series of conferences is a specific opportunity for  undergraduate, Erasmus and MA students to broaden their knowledge of current analysis in politics, economics, history and sociology...