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Youth Producing Change

mety_ety — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:21:35 GMT

The Human Rights Watch International Film Festival in partnership with Adobe Youth Voices seeks youth-produced film, video and animated works on human rights issues made by youth ages 19 and under for its third annual YOUTH PRODUCING CHANGE program.
Armed with digital cameras, computers and their own boundless creativity, young people across the globe are bravely exposing human rights issues faced by themselves and their communities. YOUTH PRODUCING CHANGE provides a platform for youth to share their perspectives with audiences worldwide.
To learn more and to submit your film please visit: http://www.hrw.org/en/iff/youth-producing-change! /call-for-submissions

To watch the films from the first yea r! of YOUTH PRODUCING CHANGE please visit: http://www.adobe.ca/cfusion/ayv/index.cfm?event=detail&ayvid=223

Deadline: 2009/12/10

International Day of Youth, 12 of August 2010

mety_ety — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:16:48 GMT

The UN General Assembly on 17 December 1999 in its resolution 54/120, endorsed the recommendation made by the World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth (Lisbon, 8-12 August 1998) that 12 August be declared International Youth Day.
The International Day is a great opportunity to rally support and get key actors involved - Governments, non-governmental organizations, academic institutions, businesses, and young people - to focus on what has been done to further the World Programme of Action for Youth.

Email us your plans and ideas on how you will be commemorating International Youth Day in your country: youth@un.org.

For more information please visit www.un.org/youth

Global Youth Service Day (GYSD), 23-25 of April 2010

mety_ety — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:15:51 GMT

The Global Youth Service Day is a time in the year to come together to focus the world's attention on what young people are contributing every single day.
During Global Youth Service Day, millions of youth around the world organize community service projects to address the needs of their local communities through service, to be recognized for their contributions, and to be a part of a global youth service movement.

For more information please visit: http://gysd.org/

The 5th Global Youth Employment Summit (YES) Dalarna, Sweden, 13-19 June, 2010

mety_ety — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:15:04 GMT

The summit is organized by YES together with Tillberg Foundation and the Swedish Government as the official host. The Summit will bring together 2000 leaders and entrepreneurs from all over the world around the issues of "Youth, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability."

A signature goal of the event will be to generate and capture project ideas that are capable of generating two million 'green' enterprises or employment opportunities worldwide by 2012.
The achievement of this goal will ! be a two-part process conducted in tandem. The team will work with the YES Country Networks and other partners to identify project ideas and successful models, and to seek investments and funding. In addition YES will work with country stakeholders to create the local capacity to fulfill the goals - through the YES Fund model.

For more information please visit:http://www.reworktheworld.org/

Country or region: Sweden

Divergence & Convergence: People, Events, & Ideas that Have Shaped the World, USA, February 27-28, 2010

mety_ety — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:14:14 GMT

The 2010 Conference of the World History Association of Texas will focus on historical and interdisciplinary approaches to understanding the people, events and ideas influential in globalization. Conference organizers welcome proposals that connect world history teaching and research.
Dr. Christie Sample Wilson
WHAT 2010 Conference
St. Edward’s University
3001 South Congress Ave
Austin, TX 78704
email: christiw@stedwards.edu

Email: christiw@stedwards.edu

Visit the website at http://faculty.stedwards.edu/kathyb/WHAT/ConferenceAnnouncement.htm

Deadline: 2009/12/05
Country or region: United States

Fourth International Graduate Legal Research Conference, 15 - 16 April 2010, King’s College London

mety_ety — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:13:27 GMT

The Conference is hosted by the King's College London School of Law and all proceedings will take place at the King's Strand Campus on 15th and 16th April 2010.  
- Receipt of abstracts: TUESDAY, 15th DECEMBER 2009. Abstracts should
be no more than 350 words in length and accompanied by the applicant’s
brief CV. Abstracts can ONLY be submitted via the online submissions
form at www.iglrc.com

- Successful applicants informed: 1st February 2010 
- Submission of completed papers due: 15th March 2010 
- Conference: 15th and 16th April 2010

ELIGIBILITY
- Participants: MPhil/PhD students of any educational institution worldwide. 
- Public attendance is open to anyone with an interest in legal research. For planning purposes, we invite those wishing to express an interest in attending to contact register@iglrc.com

SUBJECT AREAS 
The topics to be covered by the Conference include, but are not limited to:
• Criminology and Criminal Justice
• European Union Law
• Medical Law
• International Law and Human Rights
• WTO and International Trade Law
• Competition Law
• Constitutional Law and Theory
• Family Law
• Commercial and Contract Law
• Intellectual Property Law
• Legal Theory

PUBLICATION
The Conference committee will endeavour to secure publication of the best papers at the Conference.

REGISTRATION & FEES
The registration fee of £20 will be payable at the beginning of the Conference at the latest.
For more information please visit www.iglrc.com

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Deadline: 2009/12/15
Country or region: United Kingdom

Networking Democracy? New media innovations in participatory politics, Romania, 25-27 June 2010

mety_ety — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:11:48 GMT

Democratic politics worldwide are increasingly being conducted and re-configured through the domain of digital communications networks. The socio-technical developments, such as Web 2.0, facilitating these media-saturated public spheres are in little doubt. What is highly contested however is the interpretation of what these profound changes offer for democratic governance in the twenty-first century. At its heart is the recognition that these new media networks are themselves the crucial site for a historical confrontation between opposing political and/or business interests and discourses intent upon forging new forms of social relations.
We will address questions such as:
What new forms and relations of power are produced in the digital network society? Who are the key social actors shaping the new public sphere and what are their respective strategies, framing, and repertoires of action? What is the democratic potential of Web 2.0 applications such as social networking, blogging and twittering? What empirical evidence do we have to understand and assess these developments? How is networked democracy influencing new democratic societies?

What are its consequences for human rights, social sorting, migration, e-government, community politics, surveillance, protest, participation, culture, identity, mobilization, representation, nationalism, security,
citizen journalism, trust, regulation, both exogenous and self-regulation and much more?
Website: http://www.brisc.info/NetDem/index.php?page=networking-democracy

Deadline: 2009/12/07
Country or region: Romania

Networking Democracy? New media innovations in participatory politics, Romania, 25-27 June 2010

mety_ety — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:09:37 GMT

Deadline: 2009/12/07
Country or region: Romania

International Human Rights Law Short Course

mety_ety — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:08:45 GMT

The course is aimed at government officials, lawyers, human rights field workers and other NGO and IGO personnel and gives a full overview of international human rights standards in practice around the world.

Our three month course gives students an in-depth understanding of international human rights standards and the international machinery of the United Nations, Council of Europe, the OAS and the African Union. The course also shows how these standards are implemented and how they work in practice. There are two programmes each year: January to March and September to December.

Further information about the course

If you would like to be sent further details of the course please reply to this email or visit www.nottingham.ac.uk/law/hrlc.

Please feel free to forward onto anyone in your organisation who you think might be interested.

Please contact Kobie Neita at +44 (0) 115 846 6309 or kobie.neita@nottingham.ac.uk

for further details. The next course application deadline is 10 December with the start date on 7 January.

Kind regards,

Bailey Grey
Coordinator
Human Rights Law Centre
University of Nottingham
bailey.grey@nottingham.ac.uk

Deadline: 2009/12/10
Country or region: United Kingdom

World Youth Conference, Mexico City, Mexico, 23-28 of August 2010

mety_ety — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:07:44 GMT

The conference is an initiative of the Government of Mexico, in partnership with the United Nations system and civil society organizations. The conference will bring together government representatives and civil society organizations to identify priorities of action on youth to be addressed in the international development agenda beyond 2015.

With five years to go before the deadline set by the ! international community to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, Mexico, in partnership with the United Nations system, invites all countries to participate in the World Youth Conference 2010.
For more information please visit: http://www.youth2010.org/

Country or region: Mexico