International Conference: Knowledge, Youth and Global Commons, Klagenfurt, Austria, 15.-16 September 2011, Travel Grants Available for SEE‏

International Conference

Knowledge, Youth and Global Commons

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Orienting Knowledge Systems and Inter-Generational Relations

towards Sustainable Development and Rio+20

Date:

15. & 16. September 2011

Venue:

Maria Loretto Palace, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee (Austria)

Organizers:

Austrian Science and Research Liaison Office Ljubljana <http://www.aso.zsi.at> www.aso.zsi.at

International Association for the Advancement of Innovative Approaches to Global Challenges <http://www.glocha.info> www.glocha.info

Academic Council on the United Nations System – Vienna Liaison office <http://www.acuns.org> www.acuns.org

General Information

"Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”

(source: World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED). Brundtland Report: Our common future. 1987)

Aiming for ‘sustainable development’ which would meet the needs of present generations without compromising the needs of future generations – this has been the promise of the heads of states and other global political leaders who gathered at Rio Earth summit in 1992.

Where do we stand 20 years later?

Progressing climate change and dead-locked post-Kyoto negotiations, biodiversity loss, ongoing extreme poverty in many places of the world, escalating sovereign debt crisis and resulting cuts in public investment in education, social welfare .. in times where the number of billionaires according to Forbes grew 20 % in one year alone etc. are indicators that humanity is far away from fulfilling the Rio 1992 summit promise and that something is systemically/radically wrong in the way we manage global wealth.

The population group most exposed to the non-delivery of global sustainable development governance are global youth and future generations in general. For sustainable development concept to function, it is crucial that global resources management decisively maps and safeguards crucial sustainable development resources, tame market economy forces and correct market failures where they lead to destruction/overconsumption of natural resources and mobilize innovative multi-stakeholder partnerships for global public goods/global commons like provision of sustainable development related knowledge and human capacity worldwide.

United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) in Rio de Janeiro in June 2012 seems to be the one big window of opportunity for global community to take stock of the “State of the future”, its many challenges and systemic risks for ecosystems degradation and governance failure and to forge – with substantial global governance innovations - a strong global problem solving alliance which provides a multilevel and multiactor governance framework for coherent collaborative action which would involve every global citizen.

At the ‘Knowledge, Youth and Global Commons’ conference youth from around the world will have a voice to contribute to the process of UNCSD preparation.

A special focus of the conference will be on ‘knowledge’ as the key global sustainable development governance coordination element.

Another specific focus of the conference will be the IAAI proposal to frame all those resources that are needed by present and future generations for sustainable development as ‘global commons’ and to launch in the context of Rio 2012 a multi-stakeholder partnership (and a related documentation and assessment system) for global commons growth based on a shared social responsibility for such global commons. This would provide a new institutional framework for civic engagement and multilevel governance and help strengthen the knowledge base for global governance.

There is no registration fee!

For further information (Agenda, Accomodation…) see <http://www.aso.zsi.at/aktuelles/3852.html> http://www.aso.zsi.at/aktuelles/3852.html

Registration and travel grant application form is available here: <http://www.aso.zsi.at/aktuelles/3852.html> http://www.aso.zsi.at/aktuelles/3852.html

Cal for Applications - Travel grants for participants from SEE

For participants from SEE countries there are 12 travel grants available. Please fill in the field application form ( <http://www.aso.zsi.at/aktuelles/3852.html> http://www.aso.zsi.at/aktuelles/3852.html) with information about your institutional background, relevant qualifications and motivations for attendance if you would like to receive support for participation in the conference till September 7, 2011 to aso-ljubljana@zsi.at.

The conference will be video recorded and will be made available as video-on-demand soon

2011-2012 Robert Bosch Fellowships on South Eastern Europe (for ex-communist countries), Austria

The IWM is accepting applications from countries of ex-communist South-Eastern Europe: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia,
Slovenia.
Applications are accepted from researchers who – are citizens of or permanently reside in one of the above-mentioned countries – or are affiliated with a university or research institution in the region.
Visiting Fellows must have obtained a PH.D. in the humanities or social sciences and must hold a senior academic or research position, at least Associate Professor level or equivalent. Junior Visiting Fellows must currently pursue their doctoral degree or have recently obtained a ph.d. in the humanities or social sciences.
Projects should be related to South-Eastern Europe and address political, social, or economic issues of topical relevance, in accordance with the research priorities of the IWM.
Scholarship Open for International Students: Yes
Scholarship Open for Students of Following Countries: South-Eastern Europe: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia.
Scholarship Description: Robert Bosch Fellowships will enable junior and senior scholars to spend six months at the IWM in Vienna to pursue their research projects while working in residence at the Institute. The fellows will receive a stipend to cover all expenses related to the stay in Vienna (travel, accommodation, health insurance, incidentals). The IWM will provide the fellows with a personal office with access to internet, in-house research and administrative facilities.
Visiting Fellows will receive a stipend in the amount of EUR 25,000 for the six-month term. Junior Visiting Fellows will receive a stipend of EUR 10,000 for six months. The 6-month research term must be completed between September 1, 2011 and July 31, 2012.
How to Apply: Online or by Post
Scholarship Application Deadline: 6 June 2011
Further Scholarship Information and Application

Social Media Intern European Health Forum Gastein Austria

Since 1998, the International Forum Gastein has been responsible for organizing the European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG), Europe's leading health conference.
To assist our ongoing activities at our office in Salzburg (Austria), from September to mid-October 2011 we are looking for a SOCIAL MEDIA INTERN.
Tasks include assistance in:
Updating and monitoring the EHFG website (incl. Gallery)
Maintenance of the Social Media channels (Facebook, Blog)
Implementation of a Twitter Wall
Edition of photos, interface between the photographer and the press
Preparation of a slideshow about the Congress
Required profile:
Experience with and active use of Social Media (Blogs, Twitter, Facebook etc.; if applicable, please indicate your own web presence in your application)
Interest in public health issues
Fluency in spoken and written English and German
MS Office (Word, Excel, Access)
Strong communication and teamwork skills
Stress resistance
Duration: min. 1,5 months/ 40 hours a week, paid internship.
Please send your written application by 20 June 2011 to: kathrin.ludwig@ehfg.org
If you have any questions, please call: +43 (0) 662 422 400 12
Homepage: www.ehfg.org

International Summer Academy on Human Rights and Human Security, 10 - 20 July 2011, ETC Graz, Austria

International Summer Academy on Human Rights and Human Security, 10 - 20 July 2011, ETC Graz, AustriaETC's ( European Training- and Research Centre for Human Rights and Democracy ) International Summer Academy on Human Rights and Human Security has been held since 2001, first in Montenegro and Macedonia, and since 2003 in the Human Rights City of Graz.
Following different topics in the past ten years - ranging from human rights and human wrongs in the Balkans over a culture of human rights to the question of threats that transnational terrorist and criminal organisations bring for the peacebuilding and reconstruction process in the Western Balkan region - it has never lost the focus on the interdependency of human rights, human security and human rights education. The 10th summer academy (re)turns to the local level, resuming different approaches to human rights implementation in cities and towns, discussing progress and setbacks and giving examples not only of the Human Rights City of Graz. The programme is designed to raise awareness on human rights challenges and possible solutions by means of human rights education and education for democratic citizenship, to strengthen democratic and human rights principles, to contribute to bringing the scientific discourse closer to civil society and to build future relations and include the participants in existing networks.
The programme further provides an introduction to the concept of human security which is set into relation to societal factors such as poverty and exclusion, but also racism and right-wing extremism and their effects on "old" and "new" minorities. Concluding the summer academy, human rights education strategies will be reviewed in relation to the goals of human security and the respect for human and minority rights.

TOPICS AND WORKSHOPS

* Concepts of human security
* The interdependency of concepts: Human rights, human security and human rights education
* Challenges to human dignity and human security: Poverty and exclusion
* Re-build my town!
* Challenges to human dignity and human security: Racism and the "old" and "new" minorities
* Challenges to human dignity and human security: Right-wing extremism
* Reasoning strategies against hate speech
* Human (in)securities in the past
* Local strategies for human rights and human security: The concepts of human rights cities and the Coalition of Cities against Racism
* Building a culture of human rights: Human rights education strategies
* Learning by doing: Interactive theatre as a participatory instrument

METHODOLOGY
The summer academy draws on the expertise of a selected group of international and local academics and practitioners who work on the topics of human rights education and implementation on the local level. Their broad professional orientation - from lawyers to human rights educators to theatre performers - guarantees the interdisciplinary approach to human rights and human security issues that has made our previous summer academies a success story.
The academy is designed as a modular course, covering one topic per day, which allows for the transfer of knowledge, the acquisition of skills and the shaping of attitudes as well.
The training is based on morning lectures and discussions and afternoon workshops. In order to assure sustainability and multiplying effects, the training methods put particular emphasis on an interactive approach, offering a week-long simulation game in one of the afternoon working groups and visits to numerous local institutions in the second working group. Working language of the summer academy is English. Participants who have actively taken part in the whole programme will receive a certificate of attendance. http://www.scholarshipandphd.blogspot.com/

TARGET GROUP
The summer academy is designed as ten-day-course for
. young professionals, especially in local administration,
. postgraduate students and young researchers,
. and representatives of NGOs
whose work agenda focuses on the implementation of human rights and democratic proceedings. Special focus will be laid on the selection of participants from South Eastern and Eastern Europe. The number of participants is limited to 30 in order to provide an intensive learning atmosphere. Participants will be selected on the basis of their fields of interest and their personal motivation to be involved in the programme.

INFORMATION AND APPLICATION
http://www.etc-graz.at/typo3/index.php?id=1118#c2421

APPLICATION DEADLINE PROLONGED UNTIL 15 APRIL 2011!!
"What is a human rights city? Imagine living in a society where all citizens learn about human rights and make a pledge to build a community based on economic and social justice, on equality and non-discrimination; where all women and men actively participate in the decisions that affect their daily lives guided by the human rights framework; where people have consciously internalised and socialised the holistic vision of human rights to overcome fear and impoverishment; a society that provides human security, access to food, housing, education, health care and work at liveable wages, sharing these resources with all citizens, not as a gift, but as the realisation of human rights. A human rights city is a practical, viable model that demonstrates that developing and living in such a society is possible."
(Shulamith Koenig, PDHRE)
INTERNATIONAL SUMMER ACADEMY ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMAN SECURITY
BRINGING HUMAN RIGHTS HOME
STRENGTHENING HUMAN SECURITY AT THE LOCAL LEVEL THROUGH HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION
10 - 20 July 2011

ETC | EUROPEAN TRAINING AND RESEARCH CENTRE
FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY
GRAZ | AUSTRIA

 

International Summer Academy on Human Rights and Human Security; bringing Human Rights Home, 10 - 20 July 2011, ETC Graz Austria‏

International Summer Academy on Human Rights and Human Security; bringing Human Rights Home, 10 - 20 July 2011, ETC Graz Austria‏

ETC's International Summer Academy on Human Rights and Human Security has been held since 2001, first in Montenegro and Macedonia, and since 2003 in the Human Rights City of Graz.
Following different topics in the past ten years - ranging from human rights and human wrongs in the Balkans over a culture of human rights to the question of threats that transnational terrorist and criminal organisations bring for the peacebuilding and reconstruction process in the Western Balkan region - it has never lost the focus on the interdependency of human rights, human security and human rights education. The 10th summer academy (re)turns to the local level, resuming different approaches to human rights implementation in cities and towns, discussing progress and setbacks and giving examples not only of the Human Rights City of Graz. The programme is designed to raise awareness on human rights challenges and possible solutions by means of human rights education and education for democratic citizenship, to strengthen democratic and human rights principles, to contribute to bringing the scientific discourse closer to civil society and to build future relations and include the participants in existing networks.
The programme further provides an introduction to the concept of human security which is set into relation to societal factors such as poverty and exclusion, but also racism and right-wing extremism and their effects on "old" and "new" minorities. Concluding the summer academy, human rights education strategies will be reviewed in relation to the goals of human security and the respect for human and minority rights.

TOPICS AND WORKSHOPS

* Concepts of human security
* The interdependency of concepts: Human rights, human security and human rights education
* Challenges to human dignity and human security: Poverty and exclusion
* Re-build my town!
* Challenges to human dignity and human security: Racism and the "old" and "new" minorities
* Challenges to human dignity and human security: Right-wing extremism
* Reasoning strategies against hate speech
* Human (in)securities in the past
* Local strategies for human rights and human security: The concepts of human rights cities and the Coalition of Cities against Racism
* Building a culture of human rights: Human rights education strategies
* Learning by doing: Interactive theatre as a participatory instrument

METHODOLOGY
The summer academy draws on the expertise of a selected group of international and local academics and practitioners who work on the topics of human rights education and implementation on the local level. Their broad professional orientation - from lawyers to human rights educators to theatre performers - guarantees the interdisciplinary approach to human rights and human security issues that has made our previous summer academies a success story.
The academy is designed as a modular course, covering one topic per day, which allows for the transfer of knowledge, the acquisition of skills and the shaping of attitudes as well.
The training is based on morning lectures and discussions and afternoon workshops. In order to assure sustainability and multiplying effects, the training methods put particular emphasis on an interactive approach, offering a week-long simulation game in one of the afternoon working groups and visits to numerous local institutions in the second working group. Working language of the summer academy is English. Participants who have actively taken part in the whole programme will receive a certificate of attendance.

TARGET GROUP
The summer academy is designed as ten-day-course for
. young professionals, especially in local administration,
. postgraduate students and young researchers,
. and representatives of NGOs
whose work agenda focuses on the implementation of human rights and democratic proceedings. Special focus will be laid on the selection of participants from South Eastern and Eastern Europe. The number of participants is limited to 30 in order to provide an intensive learning atmosphere. Participants will be selected on the basis of their fields of interest and their personal motivation to be involved in the programme.

INFORMATION AND APPLICATION
http://www.etc-graz.at/typo3/index.php?id=1118#c2421

APPLICATION DEADLINE
31 March 2011

http://www.scholarshipandphd.blogspot.com/