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"Essay Competition for European
Youth".
Students from the following countries can participate in the competition:
Albania- Andorra -Armenia -Austria -Azerbaijan -Belgium -Bosnia & Herzegovina
-Bulgaria -Croatia -Cyprus -Czech Republic -Denmark - Estonia -Finland -France
-Georgia -Germany -Greece -Hungary -Iceland - Ireland -Italy -Latvia
-Liechtenstein -Lithuania -Luxembourg -the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
-Malta -Moldova -Netherlands -Norway -Poland -Portugal -Romania -Russian
Federation -San Marino -Serbia and Montenegro -Slovakia -Slovenia -Spain -Sweden
-Switzerland -Turkey -Ukraine - United Kingdom
Essay Competition for European Youth
http://www.essaycompetition.org/
An essay competition is being sponsored by the Bank and the College of Europe
for people between 19 and 25 who reside in a European country, whether students
or not. Three essays selected by the judges will be published. Their winning
authors will receive paid Bank internships in Paris, prizes of 2,000 or 1,000
euros, and field visits to Bank projects. Essays should reflect on concrete
proposals to reduce world poverty and share new thinking on the role of
Europeans in development, as well as advocate greater European commitment in
this domain. Deadline for submissions is February 29.
Students invited to participate in European awards for innovation
Record Control Number : 20186
Date : 2003-05-02
Category : Event
General Information :
The European awards for innovation will take place during the annual Innovact
event, from 30 September to 2 October in Reims, France.
The aim of the award is to single out the best European innovation project in
terms of development, growth and employment. The competition is open to students
from European universities and higher education institutes similar to France's
prestigious 'grandes écoles'.
Projects related to the development of an industrial product or service for the
self-employed or enterprises are eligible for participation. Furthermore,
projects that have already been launched or are in the process of development
can be submitted.
The winner(s) of the competition will be awarded with the sum of 1,500 euro and
the winning project will receive media coverage by a reputable French magazine.
The jury presiding over the awards ceremony will include European Commissioner
for Research, Philippe Busquin, and French Minister for Research, Claudie
Haigneré.
Also taking place during the Innovact conference are a number of activities
aimed at helping enterprise and innovation projects, as well as companies,
resolve financial, technological and sales issues.
Data Source Provider : The Innovact group
Document Reference : Based on an event announcement
Programme Acronym : MS-FR C
Subject Index Codes : Innovation, Technology Transfer, Innovazione,
trasferimento di tecnologie, Innovacion, transferencia de tecnologias,
Innovation, Technologietransfer, Innovation, Transfert de technologies,
Industrial Manufacture, Produccion industrial, Industrielle Fertigung,
Produzione industriale, Fabrication industrielle, Social Aspects, Soziale
Aspekte, Aspectos sociales, Aspetti sociali, Aspects sociaux
Contact Person : For further information, please consult the following web
address:
http://www.innovact.com/concours.html
Call for Papers
ASEN (Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism) / Nations and
Nationalism (journal) Prize
Last year ASEN and Nations and Nationalism established a Prize to encourage
young scholars to publish original research in the field of nationalism and
ethnicity.
We are proud to announce the Call for Papers for the second year of the
competition.
The Prize will be awarded for the best article submitted to Nations and
Nationalism, and will be announced at next year's annual ASEN Conference.
It will include a sum of #250 and 2 years free membership of ASEN, and may lead
to publication of the article in the Journal.
Submission procedure:
1. All submissions and correspondence should be made to the Managing Editor of
Nations and Nationalism (see address below).
2. Submissions may be made by currently enrolled doctoral students and those who
have submitted their thesis within the last two years.
3. Submissions must be accompanied by an official letter from the author's
supervisor confirming status and eligibility.
4. Articles must be submitted in English and in the Nations and Nationalism
house style ('Harvard' system). Please refer to a recent issue of Nations and
Nationalism for full Instructions for Authors or contact the Managing Editor.
5. An author may only submit one article for consideration for the Prize. 6.
Co-authored articles will not be considered.
7. The Prize Committee reserves the right not to award a Prize in any given
year.
Deadline for submissions: 30 September 2003
Submissions and all enquiries to
The Managing Editor, Nations and Nationalism
ASEN
London School of Economics
Houghton Street
London WC2A 2AE
http://www.lse.ac.uk/asen
DM2003
Global Competition
Application deadline: May 2, 2003
The objective of Development Marketplace 2003 (DM2003) is to identify and fund
the most innovative ideas in development from around the world. The Marketplace
also brings together a variety of actors in development, staff from the World
Bank and other donor organizations, civil society groups, social entrepreneurs,
private foundations, academia, and private sector corporations, to promote
knowledge sharing and help form networks. The goal of the Marketplace is to
expose and engage the development community in productive and inventive
partnerships that will have a potentially powerful impact in poverty reduction
and economic development.
Theme
The theme for DM2003 is Making Services Work for Poor People. This theme
underpins a key World Bank Group priority in the fight against poverty. Basic
services in health, education, water and sanitation, roads and other
infrastructure, transportation, conservation and ecosystems, social protection,
and other services have often failed to reach the world's poor. Limited access
to financial services, information and communication technology, and knowledge
further marginalize poor people and keep them from participating in and
benefiting from mainstream economic life. Improving both the quality and reach
of services to the poor is essential to any effort to alleviate poverty and
encourage growth in the developing world
The World Bank Group will provide roughly US$4 million in Development
Marketplace Awards to the winners selected by an international jury. DM2003 is
open to all, including Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and other Civil
Society Organizations (CSOs), multilateral and bilateral development agencies
(including the World Bank), private foundations, universities and schools,
private sector groups, individuals, and local and municipal governments.
More information: http://www.worldbank.org/
$3000 Peace Prize For Research on Diasporas as Transnational Peacebuilders
The Cambridge Foundation for Peace (CFP) announces a call for papers that
explore the role of diasporas as transnational actors in preventing violence,
crisis response, or post-conflict peacebuilding. The competition is open to
public policy professionals and academics (including graduate students). A $3000
prize will be awarded for the winning proposal, which will be evaluated by CFP's
Officers and Program Staff. The CFP peace prize will recognize papers that
contribute to systematic research on diasporas. In particular, the paper should
concentrate on identifying and specifying the mechanisms by which diasporas can
be engaged in policy planning and implementation. The regional and/or country
focus is open, but preference will be give to Southeastern Europe and/or the
Eastern Mediterranean.
The CFP, whose Advisory Board members include the economists Amartya Sen and
John Kenneth Galbraith, Queen Noor of Jordan, and Greek Foreign Minister George
Papandreou, will distribute the winning paper it to its worldwide audience of
policymakers, political leaders, academics, and journalists. The winning paper
also will be posted as a working paper here on CFP-web.
The proposal deadline is April 1, 2003. Applicants will receive notice of the
prize award sixty days after the submission deadline. Papers should be 15-20
pages long. Submissions must include a biographical summary (c.v. or abbreviated
sketch) of the applicant; a one-page abstract of the paper; and a copy of the
paper. The proposal should be sent by mail only (emailed and faxed versions will
not be accepted) to the following address:
Cambridge Foundation for Peace
1770 Massachusetts Avenue, Box 303
Cambridge, MA 02140-2808
All materials submitted will become the property of the CFP.
http://www.cfp-web.org/proj.htm
The Tech
Museum Awards
Application deadline: June 6, 2003
The Tech Museum Awards honour innovators and visionaries from around the world
who are applying technology to profoundly improve the human condition in the
categories of education, equality, environment, health, and economic
development. Individuals, for-profit companies, and not-for-profit organizations
are eligible. The Tech Awards showcase their compelling stories and reward their
brilliant accomplishments. The purpose of The Tech Awards program is to inspire
future scientists, technologists, and dreamers to harness the incredible power
and promise of technology to solve the challenges that confront us at the dawn
of the 21st Century. Each year, candidates are nominated and then invited to
submit applications.
International panels of judges carefully review the applications according to a
set of criteria that emanate from the Awards credo - Technology Benefiting
Humanity. At the Awards Gala each November, five Laureates in each category are
honored, and $250,000 in cash prizes are awarded.More information:
www.thetech.org/techawards
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - IWMF Courage in
Journalism Award
Nominations are being sought for the International Women’s Media Foundation’s
2003 Courage in Journalism Award. The award honors women working in the news
media who have demonstrated extraordinary strength of character in pursuing
their profession under difficult or dangerous circumstances – including physical
danger, government oppression, political pressure or other intimidating
obstacles.
Founded in 1990, the International Women’s Media Foundation is a non-profit,
non-partisan organization whose mission is to strengthen the role of women in
the news media worldwide and help protect freedom of the press.
This prestigious award carries a US$2,000 cash prize and a sculpture which
symbolizes freedom and courage. Up to three recipients will be recognized in
ceremonies in New York and Los Angeles in October 2003.
Eligible candidates: Any full-time, part-time or freelance woman reporter,
writer, editor, photographer or producer.
To nominate a journalist: All nominations must be in English and include:
*Nomination form (available at
www.iwmf.org/courage/nominate.php ). This must be completed by the
candidate’s supervisor, colleague or other professional associate, and include a
statement on why the candidate should be considered for the IWMF Courage in
Journalism Award;
*Brief biography of the candidate highlighting her work as it relates to the
award;
*Resume or CV of the candidate;
*Examples of the candidate’s work (details on the nomination form);
*Letters of support from professional associates (optional).
Deadline: Nominations must be submitted between January 1, 2003 and March 14,
2003. Completed nominations, including all supporting documents, must be
received by the IWMF no later than March 14. Materials can be submitted by
e-mail, fax, regular mail or courier service. Winners will be announced on World
Press Freedom Day: May 3, 2003.
Questions?: Please contact Amy Johnson; Director of Programs; IWMF; 1726 M
Street, NW, Suite 1002; Washington, DC 20036; tel. (202) 496-1992, fax (202)
496-1977, e-mail: ajohnson@iwmf.org .
Brief bios of all previous award winners are available at
www.iwmf.org/courage/awardees.php
Rockefeller Foundation fellowships 2003-2004 - facing global capital, finding
human security: a gendered critique
Application deadline: January 31, 2003
The National Council for Research on Women and the Center for the Study of Women
and Society at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY)
announce a competition for at least two residential fellowships during the
2003-2004 academic year. Applications are invited from scholars, activists and
policy-makers conducting innovative interdisciplinary work on the intersections
of human security, globalization, citizenship, human rights, gender and agency.
The Program Facing Global Capital, Finding Human Security: a Gendered Critique
provides an opportunity to consider cross-disciplinary approaches to
understanding human security, a construct being newly addressed in the
international community. It will rethink the dynamics of women and girls'
activism in a context of increasing globalisation. Feminist discourses on
globalisation, human rights, citizenship, personal and collective agency will !
be examined with a view to analysing what constitutes human security at the
beginning of the 21st century and the role and potential of women's organizing
and engagement in social and political action. During their residencies,
Fellows, through individual and collaborative work, will explore the potential
of a human security framework for evaluating, promoting and sustaining women's
leadership and innovation. Drawing on experiences, theory, research, organizing
and advocacy, they will focus on the factors and forces that condition people's
social, economic, and political security. The Program will award fellowships of
varying lengths (from four to eight months). Fellows will participate in an
interdisciplinary seminar that brings together scholars, researchers and
advocates/policy-makers. Fellows will receive a stipend, access to libraries,
computer facilities, and office space and equipment. Fellows may draw on the
full range of resources offered by the National Council f! or Research on Women
and the Graduate Center/CUNY.
More information:
http://www.ncrw.org/initiatives/rockefeller_application_form.html
ncrw@ncrw.org
The University of Louisville announces
Grawemeyer Award in
Ideas Improving World Order
Application deadline: January 10, 2003
The University of Louisville is currently accepting nominations for the annual
Grawemeyer Award in Ideas Improving World Order. This award is administered by
the Department of political science and carries a substantial cash prize
($200,000). The initial submission process is relatively simple: nominators must
complete a one-page form (available in Word on the web page) and submit a
nomination letter. Self-nomination is also permitted. Any work published or
presented between January 1998 and December 2002 is potentially eligible.
Previously submitted nominations may be resubmitted.
More information:
http://www.grawemeyer.org/worldorder/index.html
http://apsanet.org/PS/dec98/payne.cfm
R.Payne@louisville.edu
European IST Prize -
20 winners announced
The 20 winners of the most competitive European Information Society
Technology (IST) prize in the contest's history have been announced.
Each of the winning teams will now look forward to the possibility of scooping
one of three grand prizes at the IST 2002 event in Copenhagen. With 200,000 euro
and international exposure guaranteed for each project to take a grand prize,
the teams are well aware of the commercial opportunities that success in Denmark
could bring.
The prize, sponsored by the EU Commission under the IST section of the Fifth
Framework Programme, is open to companies and institutions that develop products
representing innovation in IST. The 437 entries for this year's event is the
highest number in the prize's seven-year history, with the 20 winners
representing Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Romania, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
The 20 winners were judged on several key criteria: technical excellence,
innovative content, potential market value and capacity to generate new jobs.
Among the selected projects, the types of products developed include:
- A mobile network-based traffic information collection and distribution system
that enables the generation of a real-time traffic map without the need of a
special infrastructure.
- The first platform that fully integrates audio, video and web conferencing
services, accessible on demand through the Internet.
- An innovative hearing instrument that uses advanced digital signal processing
techniques to detect and prioritise the human voice in noisy environments, and
alleviate occlusion and acoustic feedback problems.
The three IST Grand Prize winners will receive their trophies from Mr Erkki
Liikanen, EU Commissioner for Enterprise and Information Society, during the
three day IST conference from 4 to 6 November.
Data Source Provider : European Commission
Document Reference : Based on information from the European Commission
Programme Acronym : IST
Subject Index Codes : Information Processing, Information Systems, Information,
Media, Evaluation
Contact Person : For further information, please consult the following web
addresses:
http://ist-prize.org
http://2002.istevent.cec.eu.int
http://www.cordis.lu/ist/home.html
The Evens Foundation announces
Evens Prize for
Intercultural Education
Application deadline: November 30, 2002
The Evens Foundation would like to invite applications from candidates for the
third Evens Prize for Intercultural Education. The Evens Foundation prize is
awarded to a project (or organisation) which has contributed to the integration
of European citizens in the field of intercultural education, and has
demonstrated determination and creativity. The Foundation calls upon a committee
of independent experts to choose the prize winner. The prize can be conditional,
if the jury decides so, and consists of a sum of 30.000 _ for the laureate and
5.000 _ for the second and third prizes, as encouragement for the work
undertaken. A further financial injection is envisaged in the second year.
The selection criteria
- Projects active in the field of intercultural education that have made an
important contribution to the development of harmonious relations in mixed
regions.
- Projects involving at least two EU member
or candidate member countries.
- Projects with a long-term vision and an innovating social influence.
- Projects that benefit a substantial number of people and preferably directed
towards more than one target group, e.g. youngsters, teachers, parents, and
between the majority and the minorities.
- Projects that recognise the dynamics in cultures.
- Projects in their implementation phase in order to allow for evaluation.
More information: www.evensfoundation.be
ef@evensfoundation.be
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