Dear colleagues and friends,
The DEADLINE for the HUMSEC Summer Academy on Human Security has been PROLONGED:
NEW DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 28 APRIL 2007!
Please feel free to distribute this last call.
Looking forward to reading from you!
Maddalna Vivona
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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 INFLUENCE OF TRANSNATIONAL TERRORIST AND CRIMINAL ORGANISATIONS ON STATE AND SOCIETY IN THE WESTERN BALKAN REGION
15 - 25 July 2007
ETC
EUROPEAN TRAINING AND RESEARCH CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY GRAZ | AUSTRIA
APPLICATION DEADLINE PROLONGED!!
NEW DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 28 APRIL 2007!
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 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 states, the societies and 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 human security and threats to security such as terrorism and organised crime, and to analyse the impact of terrorist and
criminal organisations on states and societies in transition. Societal factors such as poverty and corruption, but also rule of law or the influence of civil society will be studied in relation to the goals of human security and the respect for human rights. The focus will be posed on the impact that transnational terrorist and criminal organizations have on states and societies in the Western Balkan region (the leading topic of the second 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. Full or partial scholarships will be available in limited numbers (for eligible countries and details see under
www.summeracademy.etc-graz.at)
TOPICS
- What is human securty – Notes on human security as personal security, human security and human rights, and human security interlinked with development
- Human security and policing
- Concepts of terrorism and organised crime
- The relationship between terrorist and criminal organisations and society
- Poverty and corruption
- Rule of law
- Human rights and democracy
- Civil society and good governance
- 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 organisations. 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.
APPLICATION
For details please consult the summer academy's homepage
www.summeracademy.etc-graz.at or send an email to summeracademy@etc-
graz.at
NEW APPLICATION DEADLINE: 28 APRIL 2007!
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Maddalena Vivona
HUMSEC Project Manager
Schubertstrasse 29/1
8010 Graz
Austria
Tel: +43 316 322888 23
Fax: +43 316 322888 4
Website: www.humsec.eu
The HUMSEC Project is supported by the European Commission under the Sixth Framework Programme "Integrating and Strengthening the European Reserach Area".
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