On behalf of the CIVITAS Foundation for Civil Society, Romania, we are pleased
to invite you to an international roundtable seminar Rural communities and
the Internet , which is planed to take place in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, on the 5
8 February 2004.
This seminar is financially supported by the Open Society FoundationsEast-East
program and targets several aspects of high interest for the rural area in
Central and South Eastern Europe. The event will have the aspect of roundtable
discussions with multiple objectives, such as establishing sustainable
partnerships and fostering the existing ones among those active in the field of
rural-development, focused on introducing modern communication technologies in
the rural communities. Representatives of different public administration
institutions, NGOs, Chambers of Commerce and representatives of the IT business
sector are expected to attend the event, coming mainly from Central and South
Eastern Europe, but not only. The participants are expected to prepare short (10
15 minutes) presentations in areas such as: local development initiatives,
best practices in the field of introducing Internet and communication
technologies in rural areas, models regarding efficient functioning of
public-private partnerships, other aspects for modernizing rural areas. The
program of the seminar is accessible on our site,
www.seminar.midanweb.com The
working language of the seminar will be English. The organizers will support all
accommodation and meal costs during the seminar. Participants from Central and
Eastern Europe may apply to their local Open Society Foundations East-East
program to cover their travel expenses. Registration fee: 50 euro for South -
East European countries, 75 euro for accession countries, 150 euro for EU
countries. If you would like to participate, please contact us or visit the web
site of the conference.
All application forms must be sent to us no later than the 10th January 2004.
Contacts:
Fax: + 40-264-590.554 or
e-mail: seminar@midanweb.com
We would appreciate if you forward this message to all your contacts that might
be interested by this conference.
Sincerely yours
Hajdó Csaba
Executive Director of CIVITAS Foundation
We invite you to apply for International Law School on Protection of Civilian
Population during Armed Conflicts -LAW IS BETTER THAN WAR!, organised by
Romanian Red Cross Society and The European Law Students'Association-ELSA
Bucharest.
....The Bucharest Law School 2003.Simply Surprising!!! A programme spread over
ten days involving courses on International Humanitarian and Criminal Law and
Human Rights Law, and a moot court competition allowing you to be lawyers of the
International Criminal Court and defenders of humanity principles. The program
gives special focus to the protection of children and women during armed
conflicts, as well as to the distinction between civilians and combatants.
10 courses, a three days moot court, speakers from ICRC, UNHCR and professors
from all over Europe, a 10th December Anniversary, a Bucharest Night Tour, a one
day trip to the Carpathian Mountains, a "fire" social programme, an OC you will
never forget and 30 participants with different cultural backgrounds.
You can be one of them if you apply now!
EVENT: International Law School "LAW IS BETTER THAN WAR! "
THEME: Protection of the Civilian Population During Armed Conflicts
DATE: 30th November- 11th December 2003
LOCATION: Bucharest, Romania
ORGANIZERS: ELSA Bucharest and the Romanian Red Cross Society
PARTICIPANTS:
20 participants from Universities of Law from Europe and 10 participants from
Law Universities from Romania.
Participants will be announced on the 15th, November 2003.
ELSA members will have priority in the selection process of participants.
In addition, the selection of candidates will reflect an equitable geographical
distribution.
CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPANTS:
- be a Law student;
- be fluent in English;
- be well versed in Public International Law;
- be involved in or planning to become involved in an activity which gives scope
for the promotion of International Humanitarian and Criminal Law.
DATE OF ARRIVAL: 30th, November 2003, in Bucharest.
FEE INFORMATION:
Members from favoured countries-10 Euro per day
Members from non-favoured countries-15 Euro per day
Non ELSA Members - 25 Euro per day
For further information visit
www.elsalawschool.unibuc.ro,
www.elsa.ro/lawschool or send us an
e-mail at bucuresti@elsa.ro. The
Organising Committee guarantees for the quality of courses and for the social
program( with parties included!). We are waiting for you!
Diana Crangasu
Lucian Vitelaru
Project Managers
LAW IS BETTER THAN WAR!
Women' s Association of Romania( Asociatia Femeilor din Romania) is pleased to
announce the 3- days intensive training programme,,Women's Visions for
Nonviolence and Peace '' scheduled from 29 to 31Oktober 2003 at Bucharest ,
Romania .
The project will be developed in collaboration with the International Fellowship
of Reconciliation -IFOR-from the Netherlands .We are looking and other partners
in our program.
The Women's Visions for Nonviolence and Peace is a value-based program designed
to endow participants with the necessary knowledge, reason and will for
non-violent conflict resolution aiming at prevention and diminishing of violence
in communities, by diffusing this mentality/practices on a wider social area.
The project has been created to help participants strengthen their knowledge and
understanding of the structures and dynamics of conflicts and all forms of
discrimination, injustice, and violence, and to develop skills, tools and
approaches useful for peacebuilding, conflict transformation, social
development and democratisation through the power of women
We would like to create an ideal network to promote non-violent and cooperative
values and mentalities and to encourage non-violent conflict resolution at every
level.
The Women's Visions for Nonviolence and Peace is designed to help practitioners,
policy makers, social workers, and NGO staff in addressing challenges to
community development, social empowerment and mobilisation, and the
transformation of direct, structural and cultural violence.
The seminar fee is 250 Euro/280$ per participant, which is inclusive of the
copyright materials (text book, seminar materials and pre-work material),
accomodation and breakfest, refreshments ,pick-up arrangements to and from the
airport,Welcome reception,social-cultural event and certificate.
Final registration deadline is 15th of September 2003.
To register, please send a filled registration form together with the payment of
the fee by 1st of September 2003. This advance payment is necessary to enable
us to procure and supply the above-mentioned seminar materials for the
participants well in time.
In order to participate, please fill in the enclosed:
REGISTRATION FORM
Title, forename and surname:
Current position and institutional affiliation:
Country of citizenship:
Current address:
Telephone:
E-mail:
Send an e-mail afr@afr.ro, or fax
to:40-21-3159859
