ETC Human Rights & Democracy
Dear colleagues and friends,
I would like to announce our summer academy which is now part of the project HUMSEC - Human Security in the Western Balkan region: the impact of transnational terrorist and criminal organisations on the peace-building process of the region realised in the 6th Framework Programme. Please feel free to distribute this call. Looking forward to reading from you!
Barbara Schmiedl
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"Human Security can no longer be understood in purely military terms. Rather, it must encompass economic development, social justice, environmental protection, democratization, disarmament, and respect for human rights and the rule of law."
(Kofi Annan, Towards a Culture of Peace, 2001)
INTERNATIONAL SUMMER ACADEMY ON HUMAN SECURITY
SPECIAL FOCUS ON THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN TRANSNATIONAL TERRORIST AND CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS IN THE WESTERN BALKAN REGION
28 August - 6 September 2006
ETC
EUROPEAN TRAINING AND RESEARCH CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY
GRAZ | AUSTRIA
BACKGROUND
The International Summer Academy on Human Security is part of the HUMSEC project and will be held in the Human Rights City of Graz. The project is designed to contribute to a better understanding of the connection between transnational terrorist and criminal organisations in the peace-building process of the Western Balkan region not only on the scientific level: through the organisation of an annual summer academy, the network aims to bring the scientific discourse closer to the civil
society, to strengthen democratic principles and to raise awareness by means of human rights education and education for democratic citizenship on the danger that transnational terrorist and criminal organizations are for the society and for the reconstruction process in the Western Balkan region. The summer academy will be mainly held by experts nominated by the HUMSEC partner institutions, but also by external experts. The programme is drafted in order to give general information on the topics of transnational terrorism, organized crime and peace-building, on the
linkages between these three factors themselves as well as the linkages between these factors and the goals of human security and the respect for human rights. The focus however will be posed on the connections between transnational terrorist and criminal organizations in the Western Balkan region (the leading topic of the first year of the project).
The participants will partly be selected among the HUMSEC partner institutions and partly among those who apply, following the public call for application. Participants will be selected on the basis of their field of interest and their personal motivation to be involved in the programme.
TOPICS
. What is Human Security - Definitions and Analysis
. Defining Terrorism - Manifestations of a political Nightmare
. Crime as a Spider's Web - the Anatomy and the operating Modes of Organized Crime
. Exploring the Connections between Terrorism and Organized Crime - sociological and historical factors
. Cases and Examples for criminal Cooperation: Focal Issue Money Laundering
. Cases and Examples for criminal Cooperation: Focal Issue Corruption - When Crime creeps into States
. Cases and Examples for criminal Cooperation: Focal Issue Trafficking - The Permeability of Borders
. A View from the Inside - Victims' Perspectives on Terrorism and Organized Crime
. Synthetic Approach and Conclusions
METHODOLOGY
The summer academy draws on the expertise of a selected group of academics who represent the project partners from sixteen universities and academic institutions, as well as of the expertise of legal practitioners and decision-makers from various sectors. This guarantees a broad approach to the human security issue and the special focus on terrorist and criminal organisation. The training is based on lectures, discussions and workshops; to assure sustainability and multiplying
effects, the training methods put particular emphasis on the interactive approach. The academy is designed as a modular course, covering one topic per day, which allows the transfer of knowledge, the acquisition of skills and the shaping of attitudes as well. Working language of the summer academy is English.
TARGET GROUP
The summer academy is designed as ten-day-course for
. postgraduate students,
. young professionals,
. young researchers
. and representatives of NGOs
whose work agenda focuses on the topics of terrorism, organised crime and peace-building. Special focus will be made on the selection of participants from South Eastern and Eastern Europe.
DEADLINE: 31 May, 2006
APPLICATION
For details please consult the Summer Academy's homepage http://www.summeracademy.etc-graz.at or send an email to summeracademy@etc-graz.at
Barbara Schmiedl
Head of the Education Section
barbara.schmiedl@etc-graz.at
European Training and Research Centre
for Human Rights and Democracy
Schubertstrasse 29/I
A-8010 Graz
T +43 316 322 888-23
F +43 316 322 888-4
http://www.etc-graz.at
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