Category Archives: Upcoming Opportunities

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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Gulen Institute Youth Essay Contest

By Isabelle | Published: 20 October 2011
In its first year, the Gülen Institute Youth Platform has received more than 600 essays from 53 countries and 35 states in the U.S. Students from all over the world responded to the topic “The use of military means as a solution to today’s international and national political issues: Diplomacy or war, democracy or military [...]
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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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United Nations Programme on Youth holding e-consultation on youth employment

By Isabelle | Published: 6 October 2011
The United Nations Programme on Youth is organizing a four-week e-discussion on youth employment — from 11 October to 7 November — to contribute directly to the online 2011 World Youth Report. The e-discussion is intended to serve as a forum for young people and youth-led organizations to share their own views, experiences and recommendations [...]
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Youth Policy: Grant Guidelines

By Isabelle | Published: 20 September 2011
The Youth Initiative requests proposals for up to $10,000 in funding to develop and curate thematic pages on a new global youth portal and community YouthPolicy.org. The site aims to consolidate knowledge and information on youth policies across the international sector, ranging from analysis and formulation to implementation and evaluation. Potential themes for website pages [...]
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