Community Announcements
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Seminar: Managing and Transforming Global Conflicts in the 21st Century - May 22-23
Managing and Transforming Global Conflicts in the 21st Century
22-23 May 2008, Ottawa, Canada
22-23 May 2008, Ottawa, Canada
Call for Submissions, 2008 Eliav-Sartawi Awards for Middle Eastern Journalism - Due May 30, 2008
Search for Common Ground (SFCG) requests submissions for the annual Eliav-Sartawi Awards for Middle Eastern Journalism competition to recognize and encourage journalism that contributes to better understanding between people and to maintaining political dialogue in the Middle East.
2008 Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism - Deadline: June 1, 2008
The goal of the Kurt Schork Memorial Awards is to recognize and assist freelance and local journalists who make such a critical contribution to interntional understanding but whose work is often overlooked. The Awards include two cash prizes of $5,000 each to provide some financial support to help the winners continue
East Asia Institute Fellows Program on Peace, Governance, and Dev't (Korea) - Deadline: May 31, 2008
CIVICUS World Assembly - June 18-21
The 8th CIVICUS World Assembly will take place from 18-21 June in Glasgow, Scotland. This year, the World Assembly will focus on the theme of People, Power and Participation, looking at how civil society accesses, engages with and participates in all forms and spheres of governance at the local, national and international levels.
2009 Ford Fellowship of the 92nd Street Y - Deadline: June 30, 2008
Each year, a group of 20-24 emerging leaders from different regions of the world are selected to become Ford Fellows of the 92nd Street Y. Participating countries change each year. For the 2009 Fellowship, we
Arab Human Rights Fund (AHRF) accepting grant applications – Due by 30 June 2008
The Arab Human Rights Fund (AHRF) makes grants in the two areas:
* Methods: approaches or tools for realizing human rights;
* Emergent opportunities: new and promising developments that have the potential to promote the advancement of human rights.
* Methods: approaches or tools for realizing human rights;
* Emergent opportunities: new and promising developments that have the potential to promote the advancement of human rights.
Call for papers on WAR for disClosure, a journal of social theory - Deadline July 1, 2008
disClosure is a blind refereed journal produced in conjunction with the Committee on Social Theory at the University of Kentucky. The editorial collective of disClosure
MISA Press Freedom Award - Deadline: August 12, 2008
The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Press Freedom Award is co-sponsored in conjunction with the Southern Africa Trust. The award, with a cash prize of US$2,500, is given to honour excellence in journalism, described as the upholding of ethics of the profession at all costs and the relentless pursuit of the truth behind the bare facts.
2008 Integrity Awards - Nominations Deadline: 31 August 2008
Integrity Awards are offered by Transparency International (TI) honouring individuals and organisations that have demonstrated exceptional
courage and outstanding leadership in fighting corruption.
