Summer Academy on Human Security - THE INFLUENCE OF TRANSNATIONAL TERRORIST AND CRIMINAL ORGANISATIONS ON THE PEACEBUILDING PROCESS IN THE WESTERN BALKANS,
20 - 30 July 2008, ETC GRAZ/AUSTRIA
Dear colleagues and friends,
I would like to announce the HUMSEC Summer Academy on Human Security which is 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.
"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 THE PEACEBUILDING PROCESS IN THE WESTERN BALKAN REGION
20 - 30 July 2008
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 (www.humsec.eu) 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 organisations are for the peacebuilding and 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 influence of terrorist and
criminal organisations on the peacebuilding process. 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 influence that transnational terrorist and criminal organisations have on the peacebuilding process in the Western Balkan region (the leading topic of the third 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 security – notes on human security as personal security, human
security and human rights, and human security interlinked with post-conflict stabilisation
- The concepts of terrorism and organised crime
- The concept of peacebuilding
- Institution building, human rights and minorities
- Law enforcement
- Media and civil society
- The impact of economic development and corruption on peacebuilding
- Victims
- Synthetic approach and conclusions
METHODOLOGY
The summer academy draws on the expertise of a selected group of academics who represent the HUMSEC 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 peacebuilding. 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
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 15 April 2008
For Information please contact:
Ms. Barbara Schmiedl
Programme, Training, Public Relations
barbara.schmiedl@etc-graz.at
European Training and Research Centre
for Human Rights and Democracy
Schubertstrasse 29/I
A-8010 Graz
T +43 316 322 888-1
F +43 316 322 888-4
http://www.etc-graz.at
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