TakingITGlobal is offering an exciting new opportunity for personal involvement this fall! The Community Connector Internship was created with the aim of providing our members (you!) with an opportunity for personal and professional development, both on-line and off-line. We want to encourage inter-cultural dialogue and multilingual participation on TIG, as well as give youth an opportunity to affect change in their community.

An internship with TIG is a great opportunity for members to become personally involved in our international organization and to play a role in inspiring, informing and involving other young people around the world. This internship gives you a chance to affect change and get involved in your local community, strengthening youth networks and mobilizing youth to participate in their local area.

The Community Connector Internship is a six-month position, starting in mid-August 2008 and ending in mid-February 2009 for a weekly rate of 5-8 working hours. It is an unpaid Internship, but will afford the opportunity to gain valuable experience working within an international NGO, using Web 2.0 tools to engage youth, and making connections with local groups and organizations.

We are looking for motivated and outgoing members who are between the ages of 18 and 26, and living in:
- Europe
- Latin America
- Central America and the Caribbean
- as well as the following countries in Africa: Senegal, Mali, Benin, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda.

More information about this Internship will become available during the next couple of weeks, so I encourage you to join this project page:

http://projects.takingitglobal.org/communityconnector

….and come back often for updates! (The job description is already available on the project page.)

Stay tuned for more updates - the application form and other important documents will be uploaded on the project page very soon. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at this address: internship@takingitglobal.org

In friendship,

Chiara
http://profiles.takingitglobal.org/chiaramente

and Giorgio
http://profiles.takingitglobal.org/giorgiotinelli

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Open Society Fellowship
Application Deadline: Rolling basis
Open Society Institute, New York
The Open Society Institute ( OSI ) has recently launched a new fellowship program to support outstanding idea entrepreneurs from around the world. The Open Society Fellowship enables innovative professionals including journalists, activists, scholars, and practitioners to work on projects that inspire meaningful public debate, shape public policy, as well as generate intellectual ferment within OSI. The fellowship focuses on four areas: National Security and the Open Society; Citizenship, Membership and Marginalisation; Strategies and Tools for Advocacy and Citizen Engagement; and Understanding Authoritarianism. Fellows’ projects may include books, articles, outreach for documentary films, online media, and efforts to seed new campaigns and organizations. For more information http://www.soros.org/initiatives/fellowship/focus_areas/guidelines

Alfred Friendly Press Fellowships
Application Deadline: 1 July 2008
The Alfred Friendly Press Fellowships (AFPF), an American non-profit, non-governmental organization, is a cultural and professional exchange program for journalists. Through AFPF, journalists and their readers gain a broader view of the world and journalism thereby creating mutual understanding and peaceful relations between Americans and people of other nations. Fellows return home with new journalistic skills and knowledge, and a desire to advance a free, responsible press in their own countries–without which democracy does not exist. For more information http://www.pressfellowships.org/application.html

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A Comissão Européia, o órgão Executivo da União Européia, acaba de lançar a convocatória para a décima-sexta edição do Prêmio Lorenzo Natali de Jornalismo, que se destina a premiar as melhores reportagens publicadas por jornais dos mais diversos países sobre temas como os direitos humanos, a democracia e o desenvolvimento. Este ano, pela primeira vez desde sua criação, em 1992, o Prêmio Lorenzo Natali de Jornalismo estará aberto a todos os meios de comunicação: rádio, televisão, imprensa e internet.

Ao lançar oficialmente a edição de 2008 do Prêmio Lorenzo Natali de Jornalismo, o Comissário da UE para Desenvolvimento e Ajuda Humanitária, Louis Michel, afirmou que “o Prêmio Lorenzo Natali é um símbolo da liberdade de expressão e cabe a nós lutar por sua expansão. Sem informação, sem os meios de comunicação, o mundo deixa de ter consciência do passado, conhecimento do futuro e não existe debate sobre o seu futuro. Por essa razão a Europa, através do Prêmio Lorenzo Natali, se compromete apoiando os jornalistas que lutam em prol do desenvolvimento, da democracia e do respeito aos direitos humanos em todo o mundo”.

Aberto ã participação de jornalistas de todo o mundo, o Prêmio Lorenzo Natali foi lançado em 1992 e ano passado contou com a participação de mais de 1.500 jornalistas de 164 países. Este ano, pela primeira vez, o concurso se abre ao conjunto dos meios de comunicação utilizados pelos jornalistas do século XXI: o rádio, a televisão, a mídia impressa e também a internet.

Os jornalistas brasileiros interessados em participar este ano do Prêmio Lorenzo Natali de Jornalismo poderão inscrever suas matérias (versando sobre a temática do desenvolvimento, democracia e direitos humanos) até o dia 30 de junho (http://www.premionatali2008.eu/es).

Em seu conjunto, os cinco vencedores do concurso serão agraciados com prêmios em dinheiro no total de 50 mil euros (aproximadamente R$ 130.000,00), divididos em cinco prêmios individuais no valor de 10 mil euros (equivalentes a cerca de R$ 26.000,00) aos vencedores do concurso em cada uma das cinco regiões geográficas (África, Europa, Magreb e Oriente Médio, Ásia e América Latina e Caribe), além de diploma e medalha alusivos à conquista.

A cerimônia de premiação dos ganhadores do Prêmio Lorenzo Natali de Jornalismo será realizada em novembro, em Estrasburgo, por ocasião das Jornadas Européias do Desenvolvimento, com a presença do Comissário europeu Louis Michel.

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Estão abertas inscrições para bolsas de pesquisa em TI da Fapesp

Instituto Virtual de Pesquisas selecionará cinco projetos de pesquisa sobre inclusão digital com remuneração de até R$ 250 mil.
http://ct.idg.com.br/cgi-bin/redirector.cgi?rnd=0.69208393669&uid=72b839dc5d5c051e2d0ceeb697cc9e3f&site=computerworld&origem=computerworld_diario_txt&url=http%3A//computerworld.uol.com.br/carreira/2008/04/23/estao-abertas-inscricoes-para-bolsas-de-pesquisa-em-tecnologia-da-fapesp&title=Est%E3o%20abertas%20inscri%E7%F5es%20para%20bolsas%20de%20pesquisa%20em%20TI%20da%20Fapesp&type=newsletter

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Bridges Across Borders 2008 Legal Studies Internship Programme
Application Deadline: 20 February 2008
The Bridges Across Borders (BAB) Southeast Asia Community Legal Education Programme is preparing to host the 5th Annual BAB International Legal Studies Internship Programme from May through August, 2008. The internship programme seeks to connect the skills of aspiring lawyers and paralegal persons from around the world with a project that will give them insight into social justice and public interest law internationally, and specifically in Southeast Asia. The internship aims to produce a tangible work product that will be utilised in the communities in which BAB works, and will directly result in disadvantaged populations gaining greater awareness of and access to their legal systems, as well as helping to provide support to partner universities and organisations. For more information, click here.
http://www.babsea.org/programs/clep/clep.htm

Olave Award for outstanding service to the community 2006-2008
Application Deadline: 28 February 2008
Olave Award is awarded by WAGGGS to groups of Girl Guides/Girl Scouts who have contributed to positive change in the community. This could be a community service or community development project which may be long or short-term; small or large; within the country or in another country. The Olave Award is a fantastic opportunity to recognise the girls who have been taking part in such community projects. Member organisations are encouraged to send nomination forms, and the winners will be announced at the World Conference in July 2008. For more information, click here.
http://www.africanstudies.ox.ac.uk/southern_africa_students.htm

Southern African Students Fund 2008
Application Deadline: 14 March 2008
St Antony’s College, University of Oxford, is offering a scholarship for a student from Southern Africa for the academic year 2008-9. The scholarship is available only for study on the MSc in African Studies. The scholarship is open to university students in South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Zambia, and Malawi. Applicants should have a good equivalent undergraduate degree, and show evidence of a capacity for independent research as well as excellent writing skills in English. The scholarship will cover University fees, college fees, and a stipend. For more information, click here.
http://www.africanstudies.ox.ac.uk/southern_africa_students.htm

The American Young Ambassadors Programme
Application Deadline: 3 March 2008
The American Young Ambassadors Programme is an unprecedented global leadership programme for 25-30 exceptional high school students, ages 15-18, recognised for the work they have accomplished in their communities. The youth selected for this programme are of significant accomplishment academically, athletically or through public service efforts in their community. They will represent the United States as Young Ambassadors-at-large at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China on 4-17 August 2008. By combining the dynamics of leadership, service and learning, the American Young Ambassadors put forth to the world this country’s greatest asset of youth empowerment. For more information, click here.
http://www.ysa.org/awards

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Women’s Leadership Scholarship
Application Deadline: 14 March 2008
The Women’s Leadership Scholarship programme creates educational opportunities for women activists, grassroots leaders and organisers from the Global South and/or from indigenous groups. This scholarship supports study, research and leadership training to assist women in their pursuit of solutions to the critical social, environmental, health and economic problems facing their countries and communities. The selection committee awards four to eight scholarships a year and recipients may enroll in programmes of study at accredited institutions worldwide that cover a range of human rights and development issues at the non-doctoral graduate level including gender, reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, child exploitation, human trafficking, infant and maternal mortality, conflict resolution, environmental justice, global fair trade, agro-ecology and sustainable development. For more information
http://www.nativeleaders.org/how.html
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International Visiting Fellowships
Application Deadline: 7 February 2008
The ESRC Non-Governmental Public Action Programme (NGPA) is calling for applications for senior International Visiting Fellows to be taken up between May 2008 and March 2009. They are available from 3 months to 6 months. Fellowships must be hosted either by a UK higher education institution with a current NGPA project or the London School of Economics with the NGPA Programme Director. The ESRC research programme on non-governmental public action seeks to develop existing theory on non-governmental public action, generate new empirical data and develop beneficial links between researchers and users through international, comparative and multi-disciplinary research. http://www.civicus.org/new/media/IntVFCall5.pdf
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H.J. Heinz Company Foundation Fellowship 2008-09
Application Deadline: 3 March 2008
The Global Studies Programme of the University Center for International Studies at the University of Pittsburgh requests applications for the H. J. Heinz Company Foundation Fellowship Programme. The programme runs from 1 August 2008 to 31 July 2009. The Heinz Fellowship was established in 1982 by an endowment from the H.J. Heinz Company Foundation to the University of Pittsburgh’s University Center for International Studies (UCIS). The Fellowship provides for one year of practical, professional, non-degree educational experiences through the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, USA. Heinz Fellowships are granted to individuals from developing countries who have already demonstrated potential as future leaders in the government, non-profit or private sectors. For more information
http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/global/heinz/index.html

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]WomenR17;s Leadership Scholarship
Application Deadline: 1 January - 14 March 2008
The WomenR17;s Leadership Scholarship (WLS) (formerly the Native Leadership Scholarship) programme creates educational opportunities for women activists, grassroots leaders and organisers from the Global South and/or from indigenous groups. WLS invests in women’s leadership by supporting non-doctoral graduate education in human rights, sustainable development and public health in many places around the world. Pre-applications for the 2008-2009 academic years will be available on their website on 1 January 2008. For more information
http://www.nativeleaders.org/

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Transatlantic Post-Doctoral Fellowship for International Relations and Security
Application Deadline: 15 February 2008
The Transatlantic Post-Doctoral Fellowship for International Relations and Security is open to candidates who have recently received their doctorate in social and political sciences or economics and whose research focuses on topics of international relations and security. Fellowships are granted for a duration of 24 months to prepare Fellows for a career in policy-oriented and international research at renowned think tanks and political consulting research institutes. Fellows spend three eight-month stays at research institutions or think tanks participating in the programme - at least one on the Eastern and one on the Western side of the Atlantic. For more information
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/tapir-cfa08.pdf

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Abertas as inscrições para a edição 2008do programa UOL Bolsa Pesquisa
Terça-feira,04 de Dezembro de 2007, 20h11

O processo seletivo do UOL Bolsa Pesquisa2008 está aberto de 3/12/2007 a 31/1/2008. O programa tem o propósito deincentivar o desenvolvimento de tecnologias e conhecimento de ponta sobre ainternet no Brasil. As bolsas tiveram seu valor reajustado e agora vão de R$539,91 (iniciação científica) a R$ 2.699,54 (doutorado).

A iniciativa é destinada ao desenvolvimento de pesquisa em qualquer área queseja relacionada à internet, como computação, comunicação, economia,jornalismo, direito ou mesmo sociologia.

As pesquisas poderão englobar questões sobre modelos de redes sociais nainternet; o impacto dos blogs no jornalismo digital; disseminação de vírus;mecanismos de combate ao spam; sistemas de busca na internet; estudos jurídicossobre privacidade e spam; substituição da mídia tradicional pela online eferramentas de busca de conteúdo, entre vários outros.

A edição 2008 do UOL Bolsa Pesquisa financiará os alunos dos cursos dedoutorado (R$ 2.699,54/mês), mestrado (R$ 1.619,72/mês) e graduação (R$539,91/mês). Os orientadores dos alunos contarão com um incentivo de R$1.079,82 mais 15% do valor da bolsa de cada estudante.

O programa também servirá para que o UOL possa aumentar o auxílio que presta apesquisadores que tenham interesse em dados reais sobre a internet, de forma afacilitar o entendimento dos problemas que afetam o setor no país e no mundo. Oportal espera ainda contribuir para a inclusão digital brasileira e para ocrescimento da Internet em nível global.

Desde 2005, 34 projetos já fizeram parte do Bolsa Pesquisa gerando 41publicações internacionais e 34 nacionais, incluindo projetos muito premiados.Em 2007, o trabalho “A Hypergraph Model for Computing Page Reputation onWeb Collections”, do professor Dr. Edleno Moura e do aluno de mestradoKlessius Berlt, da Universidade Federal do Amazonas, ganhou o prêmio de BestPaper do Simpósio Brasileiro de Banco de Dados, realizado em João Pessoa,Paraíba. O projeto propõe novos modelos para ranking de páginas de internet embuscas, com resultados superiores ao PageRank do Google.

Os resultados de 2008 serão divulgados em 22 de fevereiro e os formulários e oregulamento para inscrições e seleção, bem como mais informações e uma lista dealguns títulos de pesquisa que já tiveram o apoio do UOL, podem ser acessadosno site www.uol.com.br/bolsapesquisa

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Cursos para jovens carentes na área de Turismo

A ONG Colmeia - Instituição a Serviço da Juventude, há 65 anos no Terceiro Setor, oferece cursos para jovens carentes na área de Turismo - para trabalhar em hotéis, restaurantes ou agências de viagens.

Esse curso conta com a parceria de várias empresas e principalmente do Ministério do Turismo. O Projeto se chama Trilha Jovem e que pela primeira vez chega a São Paulo, pois sua origem é em Salvador.

Fone/Fax (11) 3881-1545 / 1536 / 1538

O Curso é GRATUITO para jovens entre 16 a 24 anos, de baixa renda e que estejam cursando o Ensino Médio no ano de 2008 (ano que acontecerá o curso). O curso tem uma carga horária de 580 horas divididas entre teoria, prática e vivência na área (de janeiro a julho de 2008).

Os jovens poderão optar pelo período que querem cursar - Manhã (das 8 às 12), Tarde (das 13:30 às 17:30) ou Noite (das 18 às 20) de Segunda a Sexta com alguns Sábados alternados.

Para fazer a inscrição deverão comparecer a Colmeia (Rua Marina Cintra, 97 - Jd Europa) - altura dos 4.800 da Avenida Nove de Julho, munidos de documentos e caneta para assistir uma palestra sobre o curso, preencher a folha de inscrição e depois passar por uma entrevista individual.

As próximas datas das Palestras são: 22/11/07 as 9:00 h e as 14:00 h e dia 23/11/07 as 9:00 h e 14:00 h.

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ICNL-Cordaid Civil Liberties Prize
Application Deadline: 31 January 2008
The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) and the Catholic Organisation for Relief and Development (Cordaid) announce a $25,000 prize competition to encourage scholarship on the legal and political environment for civil society, with a focus on civil liberties. Manuscripts should contain between 5,000 and 25,000 words. The general theme of this competition is the legal and political environment for civil society, with a focus on civil liberties. For more information http://www.icnl.org/prize/rules.htm

Sport for a Better World Competition
Application Deadline 12 December 2007
Join Nike and Changemakers in the global search for the most innovative solutions that use sport to unleash social potential and transform communities for the better. If you are passionate about sports take up this challenge - enter the collaborative competition and take part of the global online movement. Share your ideas, networks and resources. Let’s play - together we can make a difference. For more information http://www.changemakers.net/en-us/competition/sports

Best Practices in Global Health Award
Application Deadline: 15 February 2008
The Health Award is given annually to celebrate and highlight the efforts of a public health practitioner or organisation dedicated to improving the health of disadvantaged and disenfranchised populations, and to recognise the programmes that effectively demonstrate the link between health, poverty and development. The person or organisation selected for this award must be able to demonstrate the success of the programme(s), measurable results in the field, as well as possess the ability and expertise to share, inspire and extend best practices for improving health. For more information
http://www.globalhealth.org/conference/view_top.php3?id=743

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Centro Cultural del BID anuncia su convocatoria para propuestas de pequeños proyectos
El Centro Cultural del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo lanza su convocatoria de 2008 para propuestas de ayuda financiera a pequeños proyectos de desarrollo cultural. Las solicitudes deberán enviarse antes del 31 de enero de 2008 a las representaciones del BID en los 26 países de América Latina y el Caribe miembros prestatarios del Banco. Estas donaciones, que sólo se pueden recibir una vez y pueden oscilar entre US$3.000 y US$7.000, se otorgarán sobre la base del cumplimiento de una necesidad local, de la contribución a valores culturales, del estímulo de una actividad económica y social de forma novedosa y exitosa, del apoyo a la excelencia artística, y de la contribución al desarrollo juvenil o comunitario.
http://www.iadb.org/NEWS/articledetail.cfm?artid=4078&language=Sp

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The John Smith Fellowship Programme 2008
Application Deadline: 6 November 2007
(Countries in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russian and Ukraine)
The John Smith Memorial Trust is currently seeking applications from potential candidates for its 2008 Fellowship Programme, to take place in June/July next year. The Programme aims to strengthen and deepen democratic awareness and good governance through a study programme in the UK and placements that show the workings of democratic organisations and their role within a democratic society. The Fellowship Programme is open to political leaders, government or local government officials, journalists/media experts, lawyers and influential young leaders from civil society or the NGO sector. For more information
http://www.johnsmithmemorialtrust.org/Web/Site/Programme/how_to_apply.asp

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Women’s Law and Public Policy Fellowship Programme
Application Deadline: 30 November 2007
The Leadership and Advocacy for Women in Africa (LAWA) Fellowship Programme was founded in 1993 at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington DC in order to train women human rights lawyers from Africa who are committed to returning home to their countries in order to advance the status of women and girls throughout their careers. Over 50 women human rights advocates from Botswana, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe have participated in the LAWA Programme. For more information, http://www.wlppfp.org/lawa/

Oak Human Rights Fellowship
2008 Focus: Human Rights and Journalism
Application Deadline: 15 December 2007
The Oak Institute at Colby College in Waterville , Maine , US , is pleased to issue a call for nominations for the 2008 Oak Human Rights Fellowship. The Oak Institute seeks one front line human rights practitioner working as a journalist outside of the United States for residence at Colby in the fall of 2008. The Oak Fellowship annually offers an opportunity for one prominent practitioner in international human rights to take a sabbatical from work to spend the fall semester (September - December) in residence at Colby College . This programme provides the fellow time for respite, reflection, research and writing. For more information
http://www.colby.edu/academics_cs/goldfarb/oak/

Millennium Volunteers funding programme 2008-11
Application Deadline: 14 November 2007
The Volunteer Development Agency is delighted to announce funding for the Millennium Volunteers programme to develop youth volunteering in Northern Ireland from 2008 to 2011. Applications will be considered from voluntary, community, statutory and non-profit organisations that are seeking to increase the number of young volunteers and volunteering opportunities for young people, increase the diversity of volunteers, develop dynamic and creative approaches to the involvement of young people, enhance the quality of volunteering practice including learning and skills of individual volunteers as well as benefit the local community through volunteering. For more information, e-mail to mvgrants@volunteering-ni.org

Echoing Green Fellowship
2008 Focus: Social Entrepreneurship
Application Deadline: 3 December 2007
Echoing Green is seeking entrepreneurs with an idea for social change and the desire to create a new organisation to turn this idea into action. Echoing Green Fellows receive up to $90,000 in seed funding, powerful technical support opportunities and access to a network of hundreds of the world?s most accomplished social entrepreneurs. This opportunity is open to entrepreneurs of any nationality, working in any field of social change. For more information
https://apply.echoinggreen.org/

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2008 Gates Award for Global Health
Application deadline: 31 October 2007
The Gates Award for Global Health was established by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to reward and exemplify organisations that have made major and lasting contributions to the field of global health. The award includes an honorarium of $1 million. The Council invites you to nominate an organisation from any country in the world that has substantively improved the health and the lives of people in need. The organisation may be a charitable institution, a private company or a public entity. For more information
http://www.globalhealth.org/conference/view_top.php3?id=745

Nike and Changemakers Competition: Sport for a Better World
Application Deadline: 4 December 2007
This competition rewards leading innovators who believe in the power of sport in unleashing social potential. Join Nike and Changemakers in the global search for the most innovative solutions that use sport to transform communities for the better. If you are passionate about sport, enter the collaborative competition and share your ideas. Approximately 12 finalists will be chosen and three winners will receive cash awards of $5,000 each. For more information
http://www.changemakers.net/competition/sports

International Seminar: The Future of Participatory Democracy
Application Deadline: 15 November 2007
The International Society for Third-Sector Research (ISTR) and the Rockefeller Archive Center (RAC) are pleased to announce the first International Research Fellowship. This fellowship will be awarded to a scholar from outside the U.S. and Canada , for research using the RAC and attendance at the 8th International Conference of the ISTR. The fellowship award is US $5,000 intended to cover the cost of travel to and attendance at the ISTR conference in Barcelona, Spain (9-12 July 2008), and to the RAC in Sleepy Hollow, New York, for research at the Archives. For more information,
http://www.istr.org/conferences/barcelona/ISTR.RAC.fellowship.htm

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II Convocatoria del “Concurso Internacional on line de cortos por la Cultura de la Sostenibilidad” por la Fundación Ecología y Desarrollo
La finalidad del concurso es difundir los valores de la sostenibilidad, entendida como la conjugación de la protección del territorio, y del medio ambiente que lo sustenta, con el desarrollo social y económico de la sociedad que habita ese territorio. Las obras presentadas al concurso deberán tener como hilo conductor los temas vinculados a tal concepto: eficiencia en el uso del agua y de la energía, reciclaje, solidaridad, compromiso con las futuras generaciones, cooperación con los países del sur, consumo sostenible, etc. Los cortos no podrán tener una duración superior a los 90 segundos. Se aceptan trabajos hasta el 30 de noviembre de 2007. Para más información visitar:
http://www.ecodes.org/concurso/objetivo.asp

Convocatoria para Someter Propuestas de Presentaciones para el 9° Encuentro Internacional (20° Nacional) de Educación y Pensamiento, Puerto Rico. Del 16 al 19 de abril de 2008
La Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Rio Piedras invita a la celebración del 9° Encuentro Internacional (20° Nacional) de Educación y Pensamiento. Esta ocasión es muy significativa pues marca 20 años consecutivos en que ha tenido lugar el evento. El 9° Encuentro proporcionará un foro de reflexión crítica y creativa para que educadores e investigadores puedan intercambiar ideas y experiencias en torno a las limitaciones, logros y lecciones de intentos de reformas educativas que han tenido lugar en nuestros países durante los pasados 20 años. De igual modo se analizarán experiencias, tendencias actuales y grandes retos que deben asumir los educadores que buscan contribuir al desarrollo de una nueva cultura educativa de carácter humanística, constructivista, histórico-cultural, crítica y emancipadora. Más información en el siguiente enlace: http://www.pddpupr.org/

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Joseph Himes Award for Lifetime Achievement
Application Deadline: 1 April 2008, for consideration for the August 2008 award
The purpose of the Joseph Himes Award for a Career of Distinguished Scholarship is to honour members of the Association for Black Sociologists ( ABS ) who have worked over a lifelong career to enhance the status of theory and research specifically related to the social condition of African-Americans broadly in the context of a framework of sociological construction and to recognise the contribution of the individual to the support and growth of the Association for Black Sociologists as an institution and an activist network of scholars and academicians. For more information, see www.blacksociologists.org/awards.htm

Fall 2007 Undergraduate Research Assistant Programme
Application Deadline: 1 October 2007
The Office of Academic and Research Programmes of the Earth Institute at Columbia University is pleased to announce the research positions for the Fall 2007 research programme. Students interested in getting first hand research experience with Columbia University faculty and researchers can now submit applications. The students will be paid $15 per hour for up to ten hours per week for twelve weeks. For more information, see www.earth.columbia.edu/sitefiles/File/education/Fall2007UndergraduateRA_Announcement.doc

Global Opportunities Fund: Climate Change and Energy
Funding available for financial year 2007-08
Funding is granted in order to contribute significantly to UK climate change and energy security ( CCE ) objectives: ‘Achieving climate security by promoting a rapid transition to a sustainable low carbon, global economy and access to clean, secure and affordable energy supplies for the UK’ through project work. For 2007/08 onwards, the Global Opportunities Fund (GOF) programme will concentrate on the following priority countries: Algeria , Azerbaijan , Brazil , China , India , Indonesia , Japan , Kazakhstan , Mexico , Nigeria , Russia , Saudi Arabia , South Africa , Turkey and the USA . For more information, see www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1059131211423

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Concurso para jóvenes de 15 a 24 años “¿Qué es la Democracia?”
La Asociación Danesa para Cooperación Internacional está organizando este concurso en nombre de la campaña global del Día de la Democracia. El objetivo principal del concurso es concienciar a la sociedad sobre la Democracia y promover que el 18 de octubre sea declarado el Día Mundial de la Democracia. Para ello, se invita a jóvenes de entre 15 y 24 años a mandar sus impresiones (positivas o negativas) sobre la democracia y lo que representa para ellos de forma artística (mediante fotos, dibujos, obras teatrales etc). Todas las obras participantes pasarán a formar parte de una exposición virtual. El primer premio consistirá en un viaje de cuatro semanas a El Salvador, Zanzíbar o Goa. El concurso cierra el próximo 25 de septiembre.. Más información en el siguiente enlace:
http://www.globaldemocracyday.net/default_sp.htm

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Civil Society Practitioners Programme (CSPP)
Application Deadline: 26 September 2007
The Oxford Internet Institute (University of Oxford) invites applications from the global South to fill two places in its Civil Society Practitioners Programme. This visitor programme is intended for civil society practitioners of distinction or outstanding promise who wish to visit the Institute for a period of six weeks between February and December 2008 to undertake research concerning the social impact of the Internet and related ICTs. For more information, see www.oii.ox.ac.uk/microsites/cspp

Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law 2008 Human Rights Award
Application Deadline: 1 February 2008
The Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law has announced that the topic of its 2008 Human Rights Award will be “International Human Rights Law and the Protection of the Environment.” The Human Rights Award is an annual competition sponsored by the Academy that seeks to stimulate the production of scholarly work in international human rights law. The Academy will grant two awards: one for the best article in English and one for the best article in Spanish. For more information, see www.wcl.american.edu/hracademy/2008/hraward.cfm

Applications for Asian Regional Learning Programme on Budget Analysis and ESC Rights
Application Deadline: 15 November 2007
The programme’s goal is to encourage groups in the human rights, development, social justice and applied budget fields to use budget analysis as a tool for monitoring economic, social and cultural rights (ESC) observance. The programme aims to equip civil society activists from these fields with the initial knowledge and skills in using an ESC rights framework and, within that framework, applying budget analysis techniques to their work. For more information on the call for application, see www.civicus.org/new/media/Call-AsiaRegional-ESCRlearning-programme.doc. To download application forms, see www.civicus.org/new/media/ApplicationForm-AsiaRegional-ESCRLearningProgramme.doc

Young journalists for Human Rights Watch fellowship
Application Deadline: 5 October 2007
Recent journalism graduates worldwide have the chance to apply for an international fellowship with Human Rights Watch. The fellowship is also open to recent graduates from law, international relations or area studies, and those with comparable relevant work experience. The next round of fellowships starts in September 2008 and is open to graduates with relevant degrees received after January 2005 and before August 2008. For more information, telephone +1 212 290 4700, ext. 312, or visit www.hrw.org/about/info/fellows.html

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Curso gratuido de telemarketing

[29/8/2007 - 17:18] - ABFM e Instituto Cooperforte promovem inclusão social de jovens de baixa renda

A ABFM (Associação Beneficente Fraternidade de Maria), em parceria com o Instituto Cooperforte, irá promove o treinamento gratuido “Qualificação e Capacitação Profissional em Telemarketing”. O curso, que começa no próximo dia 03 de setembro, faz parte do Projeto Reeducando para a Vida da ABFM. O objetivo é promover a inclusão social e empregabilidade de jovens, de 17 a 21 anos, de familias de baixa renda do Jardim Damasceno, em São Paulo. O treinamento conta ainda com o apoio da ABT - Associação Brasileira de Teleserviços, AM3 Call Center Service e Univoz - Consultoria e Treinamento em Marketing da Comunicação.

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Humphrey Fellowship Programme
Application Deadline: Varies by country
The Humphrey Fellowship Program offers a ten-month stay at a journalism college in the United States to study journalism and undertake professional affiliations at US news organisations. The programme includes financial support for studies, travel, workshops and seminars, a monthly stipend, funds for books and a computer subsidy. Applicants should have a minimum of 5 years of substantial professional experience. For more information, see www.iie.org/Template.cfm?&Template=/programs/hhh/fellinf.htm

Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development
Application Deadline: 17 September 2007
Recognises 2 recipients with prizes - one for US$30,000 and another for US$5,000 - plus travel expenses, to present proposals at the Ninth Annual Global Development Conference, Brisbane, Australia, in January 2008. Awards will be granted for outstanding research proposals that provide new dimensions to development research on any of the 5 selected themes. For more information, see www.comminit.com/awards2007/awards2007/awards-1646.html

Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) Grants
Application Deadline: Rolling deadlines
OSISA is calling for funding proposals to support projects in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe that are both national and regional. The programmes broadly focus on education, media, information and communication technology (ICT), human rights, and democracy. For more information, see www.osisa.org/osisa/guidelines

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Sol Plaatje Postgraduate Diploma in Media Management
Application Deadline: 26 October 2007
The Sol Plaatje Institute for Media Leadership (SPI) at Rhodes University’s School of Journalism and Media Studies in South Africa invites applications for three scholarships from women wishing to register for the SPI ’s Postgraduate Diploma in Media Management (PDMM) in 2008. This course is specifically designed to provide people working in the media industry with the skills and knowledge they need to perform more effectively in their organisations and to fast-track their careers to management positions. For more information, see www.civicus.org/new/media/OSISAScholarshipInvite2007-2008.pdf

Oxford Internet Institute applications for Civil Society Practitioners Programme
Application Deadline: 26 September 2007
The Oxford Internet Institute (OII) at Oxford University is accepting applications from the global south to fill two places in its Civil Society Practitioners Programme. This programme is intended to serve as a model for similar initiatives of universities and civil society, fostering an exchange of ideas and collaboration between Internet researchers in university-based settings, such as the OII, and Internet policy advocates active within civil society in the global south. For more information, see www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/CSPP_Application_Information.pdf

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Civil Society Practitioners Programme (CSPP)
Application Deadline: 26 September 2007
Applications are invited from the Global South to fill two places in the Civil Society Practitioners’ Programme of the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) at Oxford University. This visitor programme is intended for civil society practitioners of distinction or outstanding promise who wish to visit the Institute for a period of 6 weeks between February and December 2008 to undertake research concerning the social impact of the internet and related information and communication technology (ICT). For more information, see www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/CSPP_Application_Information.pdf

2007 Integrity Award
Application Deadline: 30 September 2007
This award honours the “unsung heroes of the fight against corruption.” Three awards recognise individuals and organisations from around the world who have risked their lives and their livelihoods in the name of justice, transparency and integrity to unmask corruption and challenge people and institutions that wield enormous power. For more information, see www.transparency.org/news_room/award/integrity_awards/call_for_entries

Communications for Sustainable Development Award
Application Deadline: 30 September 2007
This award recognises excellence in the field of communications, demonstrated through clear impacts and real changes in support of sustainable development. Two awards of US$10,000 will be presented in December 2007, one award for a campaign that communicates science for people and the planet, and the other for a climate change campaign. For more information, see www.cgiar.org/awards/awards_communications.html

2008 Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize
Application Deadline: 06 November 2007
You can nominate organisations that have made extraordinary contributions toward alleviating human suffering anywhere in the world. The US$1.5 million prize is presented annually to an established non-profit, charitable, or non-governmental organisation. The prize is not a grant based on future goals, but an award for recent and historic accomplishments. For more information, see www.hiltonfoundation.org

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The Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship
Application Deadline: 24 September 2007
The Skoll Foundation is now accepting applications for grants awards on a year-round basis, with new award winners celebrated once each year in March at the annual Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship. The Skoll Awards provide later-stage, or mezzanine, funding, which is generally structured as a $1 million award paid out over three years, subject to payment limitations under Budget Guidance. To be considered for funding in advance of the 2008 Skoll World Forum, applicants must submit their Online Application. For more information, see www.skollfoundation.org/skollawards/index.asp

Gates Award for Global Health
Application Deadline: 31 October 2007
The Gates Award has been established to recognise annually an organisation that has made a major and lasting contribution to the field of global health. The prize consists of a distinctive award sculpture and a prize amount of a million dollars. The Gates Award for Global Health was established by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to reward and exemplify organisations which have developed processes for improving health, especially in resource poor settings, with measurable results. The Gates Award for Global Health recognises past achievements and the promise of continuing activity and improvement. For more information, see www.globalhealth.org/conference/view_top.php3?id=745

Global Young Social Entrepreneurs’ Competition
Application Deadline extended to 9 September 2007
Over 500 people have so far applied under the Global Young Social Entrepreneurs’ Competition 2007 and more are doing so every day; young women and men that have latched onto the vision of changing the world through business with a social or ecological twist. Given the tremendous interest, Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP) is extending the Competition deadline to 9 September 2007. The Competition is supported by GKP members, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Microsoft, International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). For more information, see www.civicus.org/new/media/YoungSocialEntrepreneursCompetition.doc

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Learning and Skills Council: New Funding Announced
Application Deadline: 31 August 2007
NIACE has announced a new Learning and Skills Council (LSC) funding opportunity for the Voluntary and Community Sector. The funding is available to voluntary and community organisations with direct contracts with the Learning and Skills Council to deliver learning (lead bidders must have an LSC Unique Provider Identification Number). Applicants may submit a bid for between £2,000 to £10,000. Expenditure in both streams must meet an audit definition of capital expenditure. For more information, see http://aclearn.qia.org.uk/display.cfm?resID=35015

APC Cris Nicol FOSS Prize 2007
The final decision will be announced in September 2007
Recognising initiatives that are making it easy for people to start using free and open source software (FOSS). In September, Association for Progressive Communication (APC) will award the $4,000 USD prize to up to three of the outstanding initiatives. The seven Chris Nicol FOSS Prize finalists in 2007 are currently under consideration by an international jury of experts. For more information, see www.apc.org/english/chrisnicol

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Human Rights Fellowship Programme
Application Deadline: 20 August 2007
The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) & Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) will be organising the 2007 Human Rights Fellowship Programme for Students from Least Developed Countries from 1 October to 31 January 2008 . The overall objectives of this project are to increase the understanding of current human rights issues at the international level and give an insight into the work of the United Nations and OHCHR. For more information, see www.ohchr.org/english/about/ldcfellowship.htm

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EVENTOS CULTURAIS - O Ministério da Cultura encerra, nessa segunda-feira, dia 30, o recebimento das propostas de recebimento de custeio de transporte para participação em eventos culturais que acontecerão no mês de setembro de 2007. Será disponibilizado o valor máximo de R$ 100 mil para viagens individuais e de grupos no âmbito do do Edital nº 3/2007 do Programa de Intercâmbio e Difusão Cultural (http://www.cultura.gov.br/upload/Edital_3_2007_
1176999573.doc). Os pedidos podem ser apresentados por pessoas físicas, grupos (reunião entre artistas, técnicos e estudiosos da cultura brasileira para apresentação de trabalho conjunto em evento cultural promovido por terceiros) ou entidades culturais privadas e sem fins lucrativos. A nota do Ministério da Cultura sobre o assunto, com acessos para os formulários de solicitação específicos, dicas e outras informações, está no endereço http://www.cultura.gov.br/noticias/noticias_do_minc/
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Synergos Institute’s Senior Fellows Programme
Application Deadline: 20 August 2007
The Synergos Institute’s Senior Fellows Programme is an international network of distinguished philanthropic and other civil society leaders committed to collaborative efforts that address the underlying causes of poverty and inequity. The Institute is currently accepting applications for the next class that begins January 2008. Synergos Senior Fellows participate in a three-year learning and action programme that aims to build skills, spread knowledge, and deepen impact. For more information, see www.synergos.org/programs/fellowsapplication.htm

Disney Minnie Grants available to Support Youth Service Projects
Application deadline: 30 August 2007
The Walt Disney Company (www.disney.com) and Youth Service America (www.ysa.org) have announced grants of up to $500 each to support youth-led service projects. These grants support youth (ages 5-14) in planning and implementing service projects in their community. Teachers, older youth (15-25), youth-leaders, and youth-serving organisations are eligible to apply, provided that they engage younger youth (5-14) in planning and implementing the service. Service projects must take place between 1 October and 26 November 2007 . Projects can address themes such as the environment, disaster relief, public health and awareness, community education, hunger, literacy, or any issue that youth identify as a community need. For more information, see http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd

Second edition of the Journalist Prize for Cultural Dialogue
Application Deadline: 31 October 2007
The Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue between Cultures and the International Federation of Journalists announce the launch of the second edition of Journalist Prize for Cultural Dialogue. The Journalist Prize aims at encouraging journalism that effectively contributes to open dialogue between cultures and people by spreading awareness of diversity and tolerance. In a region where globalisation and the emerging information society are having a tremendous impact on people, the media play a key role in depicting the challenges Euro-Med people face in their daily lives. For more information, see www.civicus.org/new/media/PressRelease-EuroMed-JournPrize2007-EN.doc

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Nieman Journalism Fellowships invites applications
Application deadline: 15 December 2007 , Worldwide
Non-U.S journalists who show a capacity for growth and leadership can apply for the Nieman International Fellowships to study at Harvard University . International candidates must find financial support from sources outside the Nieman Foundation. Qualified applicants are encouraged to apply even if they haven’t received full funding by the deadline. The Foundation then works with fellows to secure the necessary funds. Completed application forms should accompany work samples and two short essays: a statement of career plans and aspirations, and a proposal for study. Fellows begin their academic year at Harvard in mid-August 2008. For more information, contact nieman_applications@harvard.edu or visit www.nieman.harvard.edu/about/how/international.html

Global Competition seeks innovations in Health Digital Games
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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Concurso “Sistematización de experiencias de participación de grupos tradicionalmente excluidos en nuevos mercados rurales no agrícolas” por el Grupo Chorlaví
El Grupo Chorlaví convoca a las organizaciones públicas y privadas y de la sociedad civil interesadas en la problemática rural de América Latina, a participar en su Concurso de Proyectos correspondiente al año 2007. El tema del concurso es “Sistematización de experiencias de participación de grupos tradicionalmente excluidos en nuevos mercados rurales no agrícolas: Servicios personales y sociales (transporte, alimentación, deportes, educación y salud no tradicionales), pequeña industria, artesanía, turismo rural, servicios ambientales, entre otros”. En este concurso, el Fondo asignará la suma aproximada de US$175,000 entre alrededor de 10 a 12 proyectos. Para mayor información, sírvase visitar el sitio Web www.grupochorlavi.org o escribir a concursochorlavi@rimisp.org

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Grant Competition for Georgian NGOs and Media Organisations
Application deadline: 30 July 2007
A Georgian project has announced a grant for media outlets or NGOs that either campaign for policy changes or cover major policy issues. The Civil Society Public Policy Reform (CSPPR) Project is offering the grants, which range from US$30,000 to $50,000. The funds are for campaigns that promote policies that protect the poor and vulnerable, or to support media coverage that influences those policies. For more information, see www.ijnet.org/Director.aspx?P=Article&ID=306483&LID=1

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 www.civicus.org/new/media/2007TRGANNOUNCEMENT.doc. To download the application forms, see www.civicus.org/new/media/2007Application-Form.doc

Child Rights Award to recognise best TV coverage in Asia
Application Deadline: 10 August 2007
Asia-Pacific broadcasters and producers can submit films to the Asia-Pacific Child Rights Award 2007. Programs can cover any child rights issue and may be aimed at child or adult audiences. Entries can include documentaries that detail the plight of children, dramas that help break down stereotypes and discrimination, or animation that teaches and entertains. The awards are given jointly by the Asian Broadcasting Union (ABU), Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) and UNICEF. The award will be presented at the CASBAA convention in Hong Kong on 02 November. For more information, see www.childrightsaward.org

Meet the 2007 Echoing Green Fellows
Echoing Green Fellows confront some of our world’s most daunting challenges such as clean water access, failing schools, and human rights abuses. Instead of turning away from the enormity of these problems, they have taken a bold stand to create imaginative solutions that have great potential to create waves of change in communities, cities, and nations across the globe. For more information, see www.echoinggreen.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.ViewPage&PageID=809

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Convocatoria a premio de Articulo de Investigación sobre Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional
A través de la Iniciativa América Latina y Caribe sin Hambre, la Oficina Regional de FAO convoca a investigadores, académicos, universidades, centros de estudio y público en general a participar en el premio anual de artículos de investigación en temas de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional (SAN) en la región. Se espera que con iniciativas como esta, se enriquezca el debate público, político, técnico y social respecto a la Seguridad Alimentaria, los retos que se enfrentan, las oportunidades que se abren y las posibilidades que se podrían construir. El premio consistirá en la entrega de la Medalla del Día Mundial de la Alimentación de la FAO y cinco mil dólares americanos a cada uno de los cinco mejores trabajos La fecha máxima para enviar los resúmenes de artículo es será el 31 de julio de 2007. Para más información visitar: http://www.rlc.fao.org/iniciativa/redsan.htm

Programa de becas de Investigación UNESCO/KEIZO OBUCHI
En el marco del Proyecto de Fondos Fiduciarios del Japón para el desarrollo de recursos humanos, el gobierno de Japón ha decidido financiar 20 becas de investigación por octavo año consecutivo en memoria del difunto Primer Ministro del Japón, Sr. Keizo OBUCHI. El Programa de Becas de Investigación UNESCO/Keizo OBUCHI promoverá trabajos de investigación post-universitarios en los cuatro ámbitos siguientes, identificados por el Primer Ministro Obuchi, a saber: (i) Medio ambiente (con atención particular en Ciencias del agua), (ii) Diálogo intercultural, (iii) Tecnologías de la información y la comunicación y (iv) Solución pacífica de los conflictos. Las candidaturas deberán enviarse antes del 11 de enero de 2008. Para más información visitar:
http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=14635&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

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2007 International ePhilanthropy Awards
Deadline extended to 16 July 2007
Self Nominations Encouraged. The goal of the International ePhilanthropy Awards is to honour those individuals, organisations and companies working in the ePhilanthropy field who have demonstrated extraordinary talent, creativity and insight in drawing the public’s attention to the important use of the Internet for philanthropic purposes and/or have created services or strategies that support this effort. For more information, see www.imakenews.com/ephilanthropy/e_article000851668.cfm?x=b9PJbl4,b5MJK9Lp

Southern Africa Drivers of Change Award
Application Deadline: 6 July 2007
The Drivers of Change award sponsored by Southern African Trust recognises individuals or organisations from across the southern Africa region that are making a real impact, especially in developing effective public policies and strategies to overcome poverty. It is awarded in three categories: civil society, government and business. The award has been established to hold up living examples of innovative practices, inclusive attitudes and effective processes that build social trust and create the best conditions to make a real and lasting difference in the lives of people living in poverty. For more information, see www.civicus.org/new/media/DriversChangeawardnominations-EntryForm.doc

International Human Rights Internship Programme
Application Deadline: 31 August/December 2007
The International Human Rights Internship Programme’s (IHRIP) mission and work are based on the belief that human rights activists have knowledge and skills, as a result of their day-to-day work, that are important to the success not only of their own work, but the work of other activists and organisations, whether in their own or in other countries and regions. The human rights movement in specific countries, regions and internationally is strengthened through the exchange of knowledge, experience and expertise. For more information, see www.civicus.org/new/media/InternationalHumanRightsInternshipProgramme.doc

SPI - MAP HIV and AIDS and Gender Media Awards
Application Deadline: 03 August 2007
The Sol Plaatje Institute (SPI) and Gender Links (GL) announce the SPI - MAP HIV and AIDS and Gender Media Awards to be presented at the Highway Africa Conference in Grahamstown , South Africa in September 2007. The partners SPI , which was established in 2002 and is associated with the Rhodes University School of Journalism and Media Studies is an innovative project that seeks to play a key role in the success and quality of African media that meets and contributes to global journalism standards and information flow through providing courses for present and future media leaders to improve their editorial and business skills.”. For more information, see www.civicus.org/new/media/SPI-HIVandAIDS-GenderMediaAwards.doc

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Fund for Global Human Rights
Application Deadline: 11 July 2007
The Fund for Global Human Rights seeks to increase the flow of financial resources to on-the-ground human rights organisations and to strengthen human rights movements and communities in countries around the world. Currently the Fund makes grants to human rights organisations based in 13 countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. The Fund aims to provide funding for human rights organisations over the longer term. To that end, they maintain a long-term focus on specific countries and regions where they believe strategic grant-making can make a difference in advancing human rights protections over time. For more information, see www.globalhumanrights.org/for-grantees/english

2007 Global Development Awards and Medals Competition
Application Deadline: 17 September 2007
The Global Development Network (GDN) is accepting submissions for the Global Development Awards and Medals Competition 2007. The largest international competition on development research, it is open only to researchers from developing and transition countries. The competition is in two categories such as research prizes (completed papers/proposals) and grants for development projects. Submissions for the 2007 round of the Global Development Awards and Medals Competition carry prizes in cash and travel of around US $180,000! Submissions can be for a new research proposal or for a completed research paper. For more information, see www.civicus.org/new/media/GDN_AwardsMedalsAnnouncement_2007.doc

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2007 Most Innovative Development Project (MIDP) Competition
Application Deadline: 20 August 2007
The Global Development Network (GDN) is accepting submissions for the Global Development Network’s annual competition for the Most Innovative Development Project, which carries prizes in cash and travel of over US $50,000! The finalists will present their proposals at GDN’s Annual Global Development Conference in Brisbane, Australia in January 2008. Submissions are accepted for an ongoing development project implemented in a developing or transition country. For more information, see www.gdnet.org/2007awards

Register now for the 2007-2008 Mondialogo School Contest!
Application Deadline: 1 November 2007
Over 2,500 teams from all five continents are expected to register for the third Mondialogo School Contest (2007-2008). As part of the launch, schools in 40 countries will organize a “Mondialogo Day” to present their projects and plans for the 2007-2008 contests. Participating schools are matched with a partner team from another country to prepare joint creative projects illustrating a dialogue between their two cultures. Launched to coincide with the World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development (21 May), the contest puts into practice the principles of cultural diversity and pluralism. For more information, see www.civicus.org/new/media/Register-MondialogoSchoolContest2007.doc

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2007 Asia Democracy and Human Rights Award
Application Deadline: 30 June 2007
In 2006, the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy (TFD) created the Asia Democracy and Human Rights Award (ADHRA) to support the work of individuals and organisations making substantial contributions to democracy and human rights in Asia . In accordance with the ADHRA guidelines, the TFD will present each year’s laureate with an award sculpture and a grant of US$100,000 to contribute to the democracy and human rights promotion work of the winner. The first ADHRA was presented to Reporters Without Borders (RSF), which has been very active in promoting press freedom in Asia . For more information, see www.tfd.org.tw/english/index.php

2007 MISA Press Freedom Award
Application Deadline: 30 July 2007
The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) is inviting nominations for its annual MISA Press Freedom Award which is brought to you in conjunction with Southern Africa Trust. The award, with a cash prize of US$2,500, is given to honor excellence in journalism. The Press Freedom Award is open to all forms of media e.g. photography, print, video, internet, or media associations and institutions. Eligible individuals or institutions should be based in the Southern African region. For more information, see www.misa.org/pressfreedom.html

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Red Eurolatinoamericana de Gobernabilidad para el Desarrollo llama a presentar trabajos para su V Reunión Anual en Paris en diciembre de 2007
La Representación en Europa del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo coordinadora de la Red Eurolatinoamericana de Gobernabilidad para el Desarrollo(REDGOB) y su núcleo rector conformado por la Universidad de Salamanca, el Instituto de Estudios Latinoamericanos (GIGA), Nuffield College de la Universidad de Oxford, el Instituto de Estudios Políticos de Paris - Sciences Po- y el Instituto Internacional de Gobernabilidad de Cataluña, invitan a personas interesadas a participar en la “Segunda Convocatoria de Documentos de Trabajo” (Call for papers), para seleccionar los textos que serán presentados en la quinta reunión anual de la REDGOB, que tendrá lugar en Paris en diciembre de 2007. Esta convocatoria pretende estimular a estudiantes, investigadores y formuladores de políticas, a presentar diversas experiencias innovadoras con el propósito de promover la formulación de programas con capacidad de efectivo impacto en el campo de la inseguridad ciudadana
http://www.iadb.org/europe/files/REDGOB%202007.Call%20for%20papers1.pdf

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Beca Manuel Velasco-Suárez en Bioética Convocatoria 2007 por la Fundación Panamericana de la Salud
La Fundación Panamericana de la Salud y Educación está aceptando nominaciones para la Beca Manuel Velasco-Suárez en Bioética. Esta Beca es uno de los cinco galardones otorgados por la Fundación a través del Programa de Premios a la Excelencia en la Salud Pública Interamericana, en sociedad con la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS). Con ella se busca estimular, entre los jóvenes docentes e investigadores, el desarrollo del análisis bioético. El ganador o la ganadora es reconocido/a con una beca de EUA $10.000, un diploma de honor y un viaje con todos los gastos pagos a Washington. DC. La fecha límite para recibir nominaciones es el 1 de agosto de 2007. Para mas información visitar www.pahef.org, o enviar un correo electrónico a info@pahef.org

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Procwork oferece formação profissional gratuita em gestão empresarial
Consultoria investe 2,2 milhões de reais em treinamentos e pretende preparar mil profissionais em 16 meses em sistemas ERP.
http://computerworld.uol.com.br/gestao/2007/06/01/idgnoticia.2007-06-01.5815676742

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