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MangoBanana fast & share invitation

By Isabelle | Published: 31 March 2012
Are you a healthy adult and you can eat every day as much as you like? Then this is an invitation for you – but not for another meal. You are invited to share your meals with a starving child or refugee. Through responding to this mangoBanana fast & share invitation, you can share your [...]
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Special Grants Initiative for Civil Society Organisations and Commonwealth Associations in partnership UNAOC

By Isabelle | Published: 5 March 2012
DEADLINE: MARCH 9 The Commonwealth Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of a Special Grants Initiative for Civil Society Organisations and Commonwealth Associations in partnership with the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) to undertake strategic and innovative projects that will promote the Commonwealth theme for 2012, “Connecting Cultures”. The Commonwealth Foundation’s mission is [...]
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PLURAL+ 2012 Youth Video Festival on Migration and Social Inclusion

By Isabelle | Published: 7 February 2012
The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) again invite the world’s youth to submit original and creative videos focusing on PLURAL+ themes: migration, diversity and social inclusion. Recognizing youth as powerful agents of social change in a world often characterized by intolerance, and cultural and religious divisions, PLURAL+ [...]
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World Interfaith Harmony Week: Message from President Sampaio

By Isabelle | Published: 24 January 2012
Message from the United Nations High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations on the World Interfaith Harmony Week, From 1 to 7 February 2012 Dear friends, The UN Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) seeks to reduce tensions across cultural divides that threaten stability and peace among and between communities and societies. The Alliance welcomes efforts by [...]
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Aspen Romania Young Leaders Program

By Isabelle | Published: 20 December 2011
The Young Leaders Program, has reached its 6th edition. The 2012 Young Leaders Program will bring increased regional participation and create additional diversity and relevance for a growing Network of Aspen Fellows already covering 12 countries. The Young Leaders Program gathers each year 20 high profile regional young leaders with a clear two-fold goal: to [...]
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Third annual Graduate History Conference

By Isabelle | Published: 1 November 2011
The History Graduate Student Association at Louisiana State University is pleased to announce its third annual Graduate History Conference, to take place on March 23 and 24, 2012. The conference is an opportunity for graduate student scholars to present original research and receive critical feedback from peers and experts in their respective fields. The keynote [...]
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Youth and Social Inclusion

By Isabelle | Published: 19 October 2011
An event entitled ‘Youth and social inclusion’ will take place from 17 to 18 November 2011 in Brussels, Belgium. This conference will present, a policy review on the topic of ‘more opportunities, better access, and higher solidarity for youth on the margins of society’ under the initiative of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and [...]
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Peacemakers in Action and Women’s Peace Initiative awards

By Isabelle | Published: 14 October 2011
Tanenbaum is again ready to name the next Peacemakers in Action and Women’s Peace Initiative awardees. We hope that you’ll take the opportunity to nominate religiously motivated women and men who put their lives at risk to advance peace in areas of armed conflict around the world. Tanenbaum is particularly interested in finding unknown female [...]
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Job offer – South Sudan

By Isabelle | Published: 14 October 2011
Background Forcier Consulting is a research firm based in South Sudan conducting short-term research projects for various UN agencies and NGOs working in the field of development in addition to the Government of Southern Sudan. We conduct needs assessments, impact evaluations, mid-term project evaluations, and recommendations for program development for organizations such as the ILO, [...]
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The 2011 UN Day photo contest

By Isabelle | Published: 10 October 2011
2011 marks the 66th birthday of the United Nations. On this occasion, the United Nations in Serbia in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Youth and Sports, and the UN Alliance of Civilizations announces The 2011 UN Day photo contest Theme: Alliance of Civilizations and Serbia – “Embracing Civilizations’’ The contest [...]
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