The Albanian Council on Foreign Relations (ACFR), with the support of the NATO's Public Diplomacy Division, announces the organization of first Summer School on "Security Studies for Journalists" to be held in Tirana-Albania from the 21st to 28th of June. The aim of the summer school will be to enhance the critical role of journalists and media in the areas of peace, conflict and security.
CONTENT:
The participants of this summer school would be given the possibility of being trained on issues related to security and defense dealt by NATO, OSCE, EU and UN as well as be acquainted with the "cooperative approach" on the framework of these organizations of which the Albanian governmental policy is an integral part.
The curriculum will be taught by well-known academics and experts in the area of security and defense. The sessions are designed to cover the relevance and respective policies of the following organizations:
1) NATO and its principles, strategies, development of the new strategic concept, enlargement and the relations with South-Eastern European countries
2) EU and its security policy (CSDP, ESDP) and peacekeeping operations
3) UN; peace and security, peacekeeping, peacemaking and preventive action,
4) OSCE and its political-military, economic-environmen tal and human dimension
5) Albanian security and defense policy, its coherence and conformity towards these organizations
TARGET GROUP:
The call is open to journalist and students of journalism and communication in their last year of studies.
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS AND DEADLINE:
The interested applicants should send the following documents by e-mail at acfr@acfr-al. org until June 15th
1) Motivation letter of the applicant
2) Curriculum Vitae
Priority will be given to applicants interested in the issues of security and defense and have knowledge of English. Certificate of participation will be given with the successful completion of the summer school
Please quote 10 Academic Resources Daily in your application to this opportunity!
