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Send to friendNEW TACTICS IN KAZAKHSTAN AND RUSSIA
[ÐОВЫЕ ТÐКТИКИ Ð’ КÐЗÐХСТÐÐЕ И РОССИИ]
Kazakhstan: New Tactics resources provide practical application for efforts regarding a moratorium on the death penalty
Yuliya Vasilyeva, a lawyer, trainer, educator and human rights advocate in Kazakhstan, provided another wonderful example of how she has been putting New Tactics methodology and tools to work. On May 29 a coordination meeting of NGOs "Kazakhstan from the Moratorium on Death Penalty Toward the Adoption of the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR" took place in Almaty. About 30 NGOs leaders from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan participated in the discussion, as well as experts from Italy, Austria, United Kingdom, Norway, and from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
In order to develop the campaign, the New Tactics methodology "Developing Creative Tactics and Strategies" was used. This resource from the New Tactics in Human Rights: A Resource for Practitioners is available free from the New Tactics website. (Portions available in Russian, see "New Tactics Materials Available in Russian" below)
[Read the meeting results using the "Developing Creative Strategies and Tactics" tool]
Russia: Call for Russian speakers to participate in "news-flash" pilot project
The Youth Human Rights Movement (YHRM) in Russia is seeking interested Russian speakers to participate in a pilot project to develop a New Tactics network of people in Russian-speaking space. YHRM plans to publish regular "news-flash" using combination of materials from the New Tactics e-Newsletter with additional news by and for Russian-speakers.
For those interested in being a part of this pilot and receiving New Tactics information in Russian, please contact the New Tactics team of YHRM at this e-mail address: newtactics [at] hrworld [dot] ru
YHRM has created some parts of the New Tactics website in Russian. We invite you to visit and share your feedback with us. You can connect with the site directly (http://www.newtactics.hrworld.ru/) or using the Russian link on the New Tactics website. Visit also the YHRM website: http://www.yhrm.org
New Tactics Materials Available in Russian
The New Tactics project now has a number of materials available in Russian along with a series of materials that are currently being translated into Russian and will be available soon. Please check the New Tactics website, or contact newtactics [at] cvt [dot] org regarding your interest to be notified immediately of newly translated materials into Russian.
[See the listing of Russian Materials]
IN THE NEWSROOM: Conference, Funding Opportunity, Fellowships and Awards
Upcoming Conference
CONECTAS: VI International Human Rights Colloquium, "Strengthening Human Rights in the South"
Applications are now open for the VI International Human Rights Colloquium!
The VI International Human Rights Colloquium will take place in Sao Paulo, Brazil from 11 to 17 November, 2006. The Colloquium is an annual capacity building and peer-learning event designed for young activists from the Global South (Africa, Asia and Latin America). The objective of the VI International Human Rights Colloquium is to strengthen the impact of human rights activists work and to offer the opportunity to build new collaborative networks among activists, academics and the Organization of the United Nations (ONU). Application to the Colloquium can be made directly online at its website www.conectas.org/coloquio or through an offline application. The application period is now open and the deadline for receipt of the application is September 3rd, 2006. For more information, write to: coloquio [at] conectas [dot] org
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Funding
CALL FOR PROPOSALS: Open Society New Response Projects--Think Tank Fund
The Think Tank Fund aims to support independent policy centers in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia to promote policy research and alternatives on political and social issues critical to effective and accountable democratic governance in their own countries. Open Society New Response Projects should reflect the core values of the applicant organization as well as tackle key social and political policy areas. In line with the aim of the Think Tank Fund of fostering inclusive policy change, Open Society New Response Projects should increase public participation in policy discussions, influence public policy discourse, and help to shape the policy agenda. Projects should aim to address the full policy cycle and reach out to relevant stakeholders. Priority will be given to research and policymaking that directly respond to threats to liberal democratic governance and promotes open society values. For more information please go to http://www.soros.org/initiatives/hrggp/news/response_20060706
Fellowships
Non-Governmental Public Action http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/NGPA/
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Research Programme
Director: Professor Jude Howell
The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Non-Governmental Public Action Programme is issuing a second call for applications for practitioner fellowships (formerly named user fellowships). These fellowships are aimed at members or representatives of practitioner groups (including NGOs, global coalitions, voluntary sector groups, cooperatives, human rights groups etc) that are not directly funded by specific research projects in the programme. The practitioner fellows will be based with one of the NGPA project teams (each of which is attached to a different UK university department or research centre/institute or with the London School of Economics) for up to three months. Further information about the fellowships is given in the Call for Applications for Practitioner Fellowships. For more information about the current research projects please see under Research Projects The deadline for applications is 25th September 2006.
http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/NGPA/fellowships.htm
http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/NGPA/pdf/
Call%20for%20applications%20for%20Practitioner%20Fellowships.pdf
The Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (CPCS): Spring 2007 Emerging Leaders International Fellows Program. Source: Civicus and CPCS
The Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society is pleased to announce a unique fellowship opportunity: the spring 2007 Emerging Leaders International Fellows Program. The program provides leadership training through applied research and professional mentorships for young scholar-practitioners in the nonprofit sector. The research topic for applicants to the spring program, including the program’s Diversity Fellowship, is community foundations. A limited number of fellowships for research on diaspora philanthropy or corporate philanthropy are also available for applicants based outside the United States. Please note that only research proposals that address the topics of community foundations, diaspora philanthropy or corporate philanthropy will be given consideration. Application materials must be received no later thanSeptember 15, 2006. For more information please go to:
http://philanthropy.org/programs/intnl_fellows_program.html
http://philanthropy.org/programs/ifp/application.html
ColumbiaUniversity Human Rights Advocates Program (HRAP) Applications Open
Application for the 2007 session of the annual Human Rights Advocates Program (HRAP) at ColumbiaUniversity is now available. The completed application is due by October 3, 2006.
Activists working on issues related to intolerance, marginalization, and xenophobia as relates to globalization are invited to apply to the 2007 HRAP. The Program remains open to activists working exclusively on human rights issues related to the global economy. The four-month Program focuses on the following key issue areas: Environmental injustice; Labor rights violations; Abuses by multinational corporations; Ramifications of resource extraction; Public health crises; and Unsustainable development. Special attention is given to the above issues and their intersection. For further information or to download the application, please refer to the ColumbiaUniversity website at:
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/humanrights/training/adv/hradv_pgm.htm
Additional information can be requested by email from hradvocates [at] columbia [dot] edu or by phone at +1 212 854 3014, or by fax at +1 212 854 6785.
Award Nominations: Nomination deadline: October 31, 2006
In December, 2000, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced the establishment of the International Gates Award for Global Health. The Gates Award has been established to recognize an organization yearly 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 1 million dollars.
