Subject: NGO News # 52
Georgia's NGO Sector News #52 04.08.1998
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Table of Contents
NGO NEWS
* IDP Women Association Organizes Multicultural Peace Camps for
Children and Training Sessions for Zugdidi IDP Community on Conflict
Resolution Issues
ANNOUNCEMENTS
* European Feminist Studies Organization WISE Invites Individuals and
Institutions to Become Members
NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR NGOs
*United States Institute of Peace Announces a Grant Program for
Conflict Resolution Related Issues
* Center for Advanced Study of Leadership Announces First Annual
Competition for Group Research Grants
* Open Society GeorgiaFoundation Announces Competition for Lawyers
Interested in Participating in Two Different Training Programs
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NGO NEWS
*IDP Women Association Organizes Multicultural Peace Camps for
Children and Training Sessions for Zugdidi IDP Community on Conflict
Resolution Issues*
The Association of IDP Women was created at the
beginning of 1995 and was registered officially in 1996. The
Association works in the following spheres: psychological, medical and
social assistance for IDP women and children, counseling, small-scale
employment proj-ects, training, and education. One of the main fields
of the Association's work is peace-building activities. This year the
organization sent 37 children from conflict zones in Georgia, Armenia
and Azerbaijan to a Bulgarian Peace camp. It is the third time that
the Association, with its partners from Sukhumi and Tskhinvali,
implemented this kind of project. This year, the Open Education
Center in Bulgaria was a partner and partial donor for the project.
The Center provided training in peace issues and intercultural
communications. The UNHCR offices in Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan
financed the camp. UNOMIG in Georgia and Swiss Red Cross provided
free transportation for children participating in this project. The
second multicultural camp project is currently being implemented in
Surami. 50 children from Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan will spend
one month together under the supervision of experienced teachers. The
UNDP GEORGIA office and international industrial foundation "Horizon"
are financing the project. The Association has also been implementing
a training series program for informal leaders from the IDP community.
The program was prepared last year and financed by the Berghof Center
for Constructive Conflict Management (Berlin). The project aims to
increase the capacity of IDP leaders to solve their own problems and
find peaceful alternatives for conflict resolution in Abkhazia.
Recently, the Association, together with the Georgian Committee of
HCA, conducted a training session on reconciliation and alterna-tive
conflict resolution issues for NGO leaders and informal leaders from
the IDP community in the Zugdidi region. The local partner of the
Association was Charity Center "Atinati." Two months ago, a similar
training session was conducted in the Imereti region. The local
partner for this project was the UNA. For more information, contact
the organization through e-mail:
ANNOUNCEMENTS
*European Feminist Studies Organization, WISE, Invites
Individuals and Institutions to Become Members*
Any individual or institution involved in women's studies and gender
issues is invited to join WISE. WISE, founded in 1990, is a Euro-pean
feminist studies organization that seeks to promote feminist critiques
of knowledge, and supports practices and research that will improve
the quality of women's lives. WISE has developed a number of projects,
such as the publication of a European Women's Studies Guide, the
establishment of the first European women's studies electronic
discussion list, and the publication of a WISE guide to fundraising
and the European Union. The second guide on fundraising and private
organizations is forthcoming. WISE members receive the regular
WISE-newsletter and the European Journal of Women's Studies published
by SAGE. For people interested in joining WISE, but having limited
funds or no access to hard currency, reduced-price memberships without
the journal subscription are available. These people will still
receive the newsletter and other publications. For more information
on this option, please contact the Secretariat, located at
Heidelberglaan 2, 3584 CS Utrecht, the Netherlands (fax +31 30
2531277). In addition to WISE-L (Web site:
http://www.helsinki.fi/~kris_ntk/wise-l/) WISE maintains a Web site
(http://women-www.uia.ac.be/women/wise). It also co-sponsors another
electronic discussion list, wild-list
(http://www.helsinki.fi/~kris_ntk/wild.html). For more information
contact Annette Geelink, WISE International Secretariat, Postal
address: Heidelberglaan 2, 3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands, phone:
+31 30 2531881, fax: +31 30 2531277, Email:
, WISE on-line:
NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR NGOs
*United States Institute of Peace Announces a Grant Program for
Conflict Resolution Related Issues*
Unsolicited grants are offere dacross a broad range of relevant
disciplines, skills, and approaches. Topic areas of interest to the
Institute include, but are not restricted to: internationalconflict
resolution, diplomacy, negotiation theory, functionalism and "track
two" diplomacy, methods of third-party dispute settlement,
international law, international organizations and collective
security, deterrence and balance of power, arms control, psychological
theories about international conflict, the role of nonviolence and
nonviolent sanctions, moral and ethical thought about conflict and
conflict resolution, and theories about relationships among political
institutions, human rights, and conflict. The Institute sets no
disciplinary restrictions. It welcomes proposals of an
interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary na-ture. There are two annual
cycles of competition in the Unsolicited Grant program: Deadline
October 1 (Notification: Early February), March 1 (Notification: Late
June) For the Application (60K) and Guidelines, contact the Grant
Program at the following address: United States Institute of Peace
Grant Program 1550 M Street, NW Suite 700 Washington, DC 20005-1708,
phone (202) 429-3842, fax (202) 429-6063, e-mail:
To contact USIP:
URL:
*Center for Advanced Study of Leadership Announces First Annual
Competition for Group Research Grants*
The Center for the Advance dStudy of Leadership at the James
MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership has announced the first annual
competition for research grants in Leadership Studies. Grantsfor
residence at the center will be awarded to groups of between two and
seven people -- scholars and practitioners -- so that they may engage
in intensive, collaborative work in Leadership Studies. Group grants
are awarded for five-day periods and cover the cost of travel,
lodging, and meals for each participant. Applications from any country
are welcome (although a good command of English is essential), and are
particularly encouraged from groups with members from different
disciplines, sectors (public, private, nonprofit), and specialties.
For more information contact: Center for Advanced Study of Leadership,
The James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership, Uni-versity of
Maryland College Park, Maryland 20742-7715 Tel: (301) 405-7920, Fax:
(301) 405-6402, E-mail: ,
*Open Society Georgia Foundation Announces Competition for Lawyers
Interested in Participating in Two Different Training Programs*
I. A two-week training program for law lecturers and postgraduate
students in Budapest, October 19-30, 1998. All funds are provided by
COLPI (Soros Supported Institute). The working language of the program
is Russian. The topics of the training are as follows: 1.
Constitutionalism and Theory of Law 2. International Commercial
Arbitrage Deadline for submission of applications is September 4,
1998. Application forms and detailed information are available at OSGF
of-fice, Ir. Abashidze 18, III flour.
II. A training Program for Human Rights Advocacy sponsored by Columbia
University. The program provides a four-month training session for
human rights activists to study international human rights issues and
to develop advocacy skills. The program will take place at the
Columbia University Center for Study of Human Rights, from January to
May 1999. Deadline for submission of applications is September 7,
1998. Application forms are available at OSGF office Ir. Abashidze 18,
III Flour, or at http:/www.columbia.edu/cu/humanrights/advocate.html.
OSGF does not fund this program; it only distributes information.
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Georgia's NGO Sector News # 52 (04.08.1998); Lia Chakhunashvili
(Editor), Maya Bitsadze, (Press Center Officer), Regine Spector
(Horizonti Intern) Horizonti Foundation Information Program.