New Tactics 2007-2008 Partner Organizations Announced



We are proud to announce the New Tactics – NED Sponsored Partner Grant Organizations for 2007-2008. We’ve provided a very brief summary of the goals and materials targeted for translation by each organization. We encourage you to visit the organizational websites, where listed, so you can explore the variety of human rights work in which they are involved. We are looking forward to sharing the results of their translations and efforts with the broad New Tactics network in the months to come.

Some of the materials translated into Bangla and Russian by 2006-2007 New Tactics NED and microgrant partner organizations.


[Brief summary of the goals and materials targeted for translation]

 

RESOURCES: Translations from Past NED and Microgrant Sponsored Partners

As part of the 2006 NED and microgrant partnerships, several New Tactics resources were translated into new languages. Examples:

Tactics presented in New Tactics in Human Rights: A Resource for Practitioners were translated into Russian by Youth Human Rights Movement (YHRM), Russia:

In addition, several Tactical Notebooks were translated into Bangla by the Coastal Development Partnership, Bangladesh. These include:

 

IN THE NEWSROOM: Exchange Program, Colloquium, Contest

Full details and other announcements in the Newsroom

Isis-WICCE International Exchange Programme Institute - Application Deadline: 30 July 2007
The theme of the Institute is “Human Rights, Human Security and Participation: Documenting Women’s Experiences in Situations of Armed Conflict”. The first phase of the Institute will take place in the last two weeks of October 2007 in Liberia, West Africa. The Second Phase is for the Implementation of plans, and takes place in the participants’ home countries. The action plans relate to documenting or investigating a specific human rights violation experienced by women in a situation of armed conflict. For more information, see http://www.civicus.org/new/media/2007TRGANNOUNCEMENT.doc. To download the application forms, see http://www.civicus.org/new/media/2007Application-Form.doc


VII International Human Rights Colloquium – Deadline: 5 August, 2007

The VII Colloquium seeks a diverse range of young activists and academics interested in peer learning and in contributing to the construction of collaboration networks among nongovernmental organizations, universities and the United Nations. The objective of the VII International Human Rights Colloquium is to strengthen the impact of human rights activists and academics work in Latin America, Africa and Asia. For more information, visit http://www.conectas.org/coloquio.


Global Competition seeks innovations in Health Digital Games – Deadline: 26 September, 2007
Ashoka’s Changemakers in partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation launched an online competition designed to find innovative ways that video games can be used to help people manage their health and improve how their care is provided. The competition, called “Why Games Matter: A Prescription for Improving Health and Health Care,” challenges game developers, researchers, health organizations and others to demonstrate how games can help improve health and health care. This latest contest will feature a panel of judges who will select approximately 12 finalists, after which online votes will determine the top 3 winners, each of whom will receive $5,000. Finalists will be given the opportunity to attend the “Why Games Matter” Change Summit at the upcoming 2008 Games for Health conference. For more information, see www.changemakers.net/competition/healthgames

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