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[Agron Alibali]

  Florian Bieber <bieberf at gmx.net> wrote: From Florian Bieber Thu Jul 11 04:22:38 2002
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From: Florian Bieber 
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 13:22:38 +0200
Subject: [balkans] CfA: International Policy Fellows, 2003

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

CENTER FOR POLICY STUDIES
INTERNATIONAL POLICY FELLOWSHIPS, 2003

All applications must be submitted online at http://www.osi.hu/ipf by
August 1, 2002
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The Central European University Center for Policy Studies (CPS) is calling
for proposals for its year 2003 International Policy Fellowships (IPF)
program, which is affiliated with the CPS and the Open Society
Institute-Budapest. Broadly speaking, an open society is characterized by a
reliance on the rule of law, the existence of a democratically elected
government, a diverse and vigorous civil society, and respect for
minorities and minority opinions. Launched in late 1999, the CPS works with
a broadening circle of policy analysts and institutions to promote the
development of policy center networks throughout Central and Eastern
Europe, the former Soviet Union, and Mongolia, as well as countries in
South and Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa. The Center
undertakes policy research and advocacy that furthers the open society
mission and disseminates quality analyses in accessible formats.

The CPS International Policy Fellowships are intended to support the
analytical policy research of open society leaders and to provide these
Fellows with professional policy training. The program aims to improve the
quality of analysis in countries where the Soros foundations work by
ensuring that these leaders are able to conduct research in their home
region while maintaining local affiliations and a high degree of mobility
and intellectual freedom. Fellows participate in four training seminars in
Budapest over the course of the fellowship year conducted by professors of
public policy from around the world and gain vital skills including how to
write professional policy documents, identify appropriate policy
instruments, and effectively advocate policiesskills that are
underdeveloped in countries where the Soros foundations work. Good policy
analysis is characterized by elements including a reliance on
well-researched data; comprehensive, non-ideological assessment of relevant
factors and options; explicitly stated criteria for assessing options;
consideration of the interests and groups affected; and the clear
presentation of feasible recommendations for action as well as how these
recommendations should be communicated and implemented.

Outstanding Fellows from Eastern Europe may be nominated to participate in
additional training and research opportunities including a three-month
International Junior Public Policy Scholar Fellowship in Washington, D.C.
in affiliation with the Woodrow Wilson Center's East European Studies
program. The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the United
States' official memorial to President Wilson, was established by
congressional legislation in 1968. Meant to reflect and continue Woodrow
Wilson's commitment to a deeper understanding of issues crucial to global
peace and stability, the Center serves as an international,
interdisciplinary, non-partisan scholarly institute which fosters
scholarship in the humanities and social sciences and encourages dialogue
between the academic and policy communities. East European Studies, housed
at the Woodrow Wilson Center, provides a non-partisan forum for bringing
historical and contemporary understanding of the former communist states of
Eastern Europe and the Baltics to the nation's capital and throughout the
country. For more details on the Wilson Center and its East European
Studies program, please see further details at the end of this announcement
and visit the Center's website at www.wilsoncenter.org.

Applicants are encouraged to submit individual, practical and
policy-oriented research proposals in the following subject areas. The
product of each fellowship will be a detailed analysis of a major issue to
be published in English and translated into other languages:

2003 Fellowship Issue Areas
Note: Although the topics Conflict Prevention in Southeast Europe and The
Future of the Caucasus are not included in this year's announcement, IPF
remains especially interested in receiving applications from these regions.
Please apply according to the relevant topic rather than region. Also
please note that applicants interested in Gender Policy as it relates to
education, the media, and health should apply in the education, media, and
health categories.

The Policy Process
Building Institutions
Cross-Border Cooperation Outside the European Union
Cultural Policy
Education Policy
Enhancing the Learning Experience in Central and East European Higher
Education
Primary and Secondary Education Policy
Environmental Policy
International Climate Change Policy
Strategic Environmental Assessment and Sustainability Appraisal as
Policy-Making Tools
The Future of Central and Southwest Asia
Gender Policy: Intra-Enterprise Level Gender Inequalities in Post-Socialist
Societies
Information Policy
Media Policy
Public Health Policy
Tobacco Economics Research and Advocacy
Policy Priorities in Public Health
Social Responsibility in Global Governance Structures
State Capacity and the Leading Economic Sector in Post-Socialist Eastern
Europe
State Responses to the Challenge of Multiethnicity

Terms of the International Policy Fellowship Award

Fellows will be provided with a one-year stipend, expenses including
travel, and needed communications equipment to work full-time on research
of their design in one of the above areas. The amount of the award will
vary depending on standards in the Fellow's country of residence and the
budgetary needs of the proposal.

To Apply: Application Requirements and Procedures

All initial queries must be entered online via the internet directly into
the IPF application database found at http://www.osi.hu/ipf. Those who have
no possibility to access the internet (including from public libraries,
internet centers, or national Soros foundations) should send an e-mail to
fellows at osi.hu or call the IPF offices at (36 1) 327-3863 to discuss the
best alternate application solution. Finalists will be interviewed by
telephone at the expense of IPF. Successful applicants will be notified in
November or December 2002 and no later than January 15, 2003. The
fellowship research cycle will approximate the period from March 2003 to
March 2004. Applications sent by mail, fax or e-mail will not be considered
unless you received prior approval from IPF staff to use an alternative
method of application.



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