Regional conference – Sarajevo

Background information
The general objective of the project Technical Assistance for Civil Society Organisations (TACSO) is to strengthen the civil society within a participative democracy, to stimulate a civil society-friendly environment and culture, as well as to strengthen the overall capacities and accountability of Civil Society Organisations (CSO) within IPA beneficiaries (Western Balkans and Turkey), to guarantee the quality of service of CSOs and a sustainable role of the CSOs in the democratic process.


Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina: 12 – 14 December 2011
Please send your application to the email address of your local TACSO office (Contact details for all TACSO countries are listed below) by 15 November 2011 with the subject heading: REGIONAL CSO NETWORKS CONFERENCE.


Objectives and focus
The overall objective of the conference is to contribute to the structured participation of regional CSO networks in the accession process of the Western Balkan (WB) and Turkey to the European Union. More specifically, it is planned to bring representatives of the key regional CSO networks in the WB and Turkey and their constituencies together with other relevant stakeholders in order to initiate a dialogue related to demands for actions and services provided by the regional CSO networks and what they can actually supply in EU accession context.

The conference will focus on the following:
• Exchanging perspectives and identifying needs for the regional CSO networks interventions in bringing the Western Balkans and Turkey closer to the EU
• Learning about the best practices and challenges from some of the EU networks and regional networks in Western Balkans and Turkey
• Considering where the regional networks are now and how they should develop in the future in order to have greater participation in the EU accession context.
Conclusions and recommendations drawn will provide the basis for the follow-up actions to be undertaken regionally as well as in the individual countries in order to support the greater participation of the regional CSO networks in context of the EU accession and in implementation of the RCC strategy.

Who can apply?
Regional CSO network is eligible to apply if:
• a network is informal, or formally registered or is in the process of formalization, and
• its base country is one of the IPA countries, and
• an area of its actions include the countries of the Western Balkans and Turkey, and
• member organizations of a network come solely from at least two countries from Western Balkans and Turkey.

Each organization interested in this regional conference will nominate:
• an individual to participate as a representative from the network
• an individual to participate as a representative of a network’s member organization that is based in BiH.

- Application procedure you may find HERE.
- Application form you may find HERE.

Millennium Youth Camp Helsinki 2012

Deadline: 19 December 2011
Open to: Applicants who were born between 1993 and 1996 and have a good level of English
Venue: Helsinki Metropolitan Region, Finland in June 2012

Description

Technology Academy Finland and the Finnish Science Education Centre LUMA are going to organize the  2012 Millennium Youth Campto be held in Helsinki Metropolitan Region, Finland in June 2012. During this camp, about 30 talented and young people from different parts of the world will meet for a week to work together on different projects on mathematics, science and technology. These young people will also get a chance to meet famous scientists as well as the 2012 Millennium Technology Prize Winner during this event.

About the Camp

The Millennium Youth Camp is held on an annual basis, attended by students from all continents. In 2011, almost 1500 young people from a hundred different countries applied to take part. One of the camp’s primary goals is to encourage young scientists to network at an early stage in their careers and help them launch a career in science or technology.
During the camp, Millennium Youth Campers are presented with an overview of Finnish expertise and top-level research in the natural sciences, mathematics and technology. They are introduced to a number of Finnish companies and institutes of higher education. In addition to lectures, workshops and visits to Youth Camp partners, the camp programme includes project work supervised by top-level experts and carried out in small multi-national groups. The Millennium Youth Camp’s official language is English.
The week-long 2012 Millennium Youth Camp will take place in the Helsinki Metropolitan Region and start on 9 June 2012. Participation is free of charge. As in previous years, the project themes are climate change, renewable natural resources and energy, water, ICT and digitalisation, and applied mathematics.(to find out more about the project themes, please click here)
This international camp offers like-minded young people who are interested in mathematics, science and technology a chance to spend a week doing project work together and also meet top scientists, the 2012 Millennium Technology Prize winner and people working in Finnish companies and organizations. Participation is for free.

Eligibility

Anyone born between years 1993-1996 is eligible to apply for a place in the 2012 Millennium Youth Camp. Applicants must have good English-language skills as the camp programme and all related material are only produced in English.

How to apply?

The application process has 2 phases:
In the first phase, young people from all over the world who were born between 1993 and 1996 are eligible to apply for a place in the 2012 Millennium Youth Camp using the online application form. The names of the 100 applicants selected for the second phase of the application process will be published on 1 February 2012, and they will be given a period of four weeks to produce project plans. Some applicants will be interviewed by telephone in connection with their proposals. In order to apply, please click here to access the online application form.
In the second phase, the 30 camp participants will be selected by a steering group consisting of representatives of Finnish higher educational institutions and Millennium Youth Camp partners. The names of the successful applicants will be published on 15 March 2012.The 2012 Millennium Youth Campers will also be notified by e-mail. Queries regarding the application process should be sent at jenni.vastinsalo@helsinki.fi.

Contacts

For more information, please contact Project Coordinator Riikka Öörni, riikkaoorni@technologyacademy.fi.

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