UNITED conference: 'What Can You(th) Do? Networking for Intercultural Dialogue'

01.09.2010 UNITED is holding a conference entitled 'What Can You(th) Do? Networking for Intercultural Dialogue' from 21 to 26 November 2010 near Moscow in Russia. The Conference will bring together around 80 participants from Russia and other European countries, and will provide a forum and working environment to promote the formation of civil society, active youth participation and a positive attitude towards cultural differences in Russia. Building the capacity of youth organisations and bridging European and Russian human rights activists will be at the heart of this forthcoming Conference. The deadline for nominations is 30 September 2010. http://www.unitedagainstracism.org/pages/underframeConf.htm

Annual course on international labour migration

01.09.2010 The international training centre of the ILO, together with the ILO’s Programme on international migration and FIERI (Forum Internazionale ed Europeo di Ricerche sull’Immigrazione), is organizing its annual course on international labour migration from 4 to 15 October 2010 in Turin (Italy). The main aim of the training course is to reinforce the main stakeholders’ knowledge on migration issues (governments, social partners, civil society) in order to assess opportunities and challenges in the field of international labour migration, both at the national and regional levels. The deadline for applications is 27 August 2010. http://www.itcilo.org/en/calendar/7365/?searchterm=None&language_id=2

Seminar on EU Funding for Migration and Asylum: New Call for Proposals and Best Practices

01.09.2010 The European Institute for Public Administration (EIPA) is organising a seminar entitled ‘EU Funding for Migration and Asylum: New Call for Proposals and Best Practices’ on 23- 24 September in Brussels. Using a bottom-up approach, the purpose of the seminar is twofold: to discuss with the Member States the type of guidance required from the Commission so as to succeed in receiving EU funding for migration and asylum as well as to effectively and efficiently apply the relevant legal bases on implementation, monitoring and evaluation; and to identify good practices and best funded projects. http://seminars.eipa.eu/en/activities09/show/&tid=4104

Call for tender: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights

01.09.2010 Access to Justice - A sociological study on cases of discrimination in the EU:
http://194.30.12.221/fraWebsite/about_fra/procurement/cft-dse1005_en.htm

Data collection and research services on fundamental rights issues:
http://fra.europa.eu/fraWebsite/about_fra/procurement/cft-fse1003_en.htm

WAVE CONFERENCE 2010

01.09.2010 The annual WAVE (Women against violence Europe) conference will take place this year in Poland from October 14th to 16th, and preparations are underway. The schedule and further information will be published as soon as it becomes available.