International Summer School:

TAKE A STAND! STOP DISCRIMINATION!

Sibiu, Romania, 2-8 July 2007

Deadline for application: 15 April 2007

The Department for Interethnic Relations of the Government of Romania invites 20 young people from Romania and 10 from other European countries to participate in a Summer School organized between the 2^nd and 8^th of July in Sibiu, the European cultural capital 2007. There they will have the possibility to study the European policies on combating discrimination and the institutions that deal with this topic, within the broader context of international promotion of human rights.

The Summer School is organized by the Department for Interethnic Relations of the Government of Romania and is mainly financed through a grant offered by the European Commission.

The applicants should be:

* below 26 years of age;

* students (preferably in their last year of study), involved in master or doctoral studies in the field of socio-humanistic science;

* part of an NGO which promotes human rights, equal opportunities for various vulnerable categories or fundamental European values.

The invited lecturers are teaching in well-known European Universities and are specialized in human rights and anti-discrimination issues. Practitioners in the field are also invited.

The Summer School will be structured on theoretic lectures, case studies, training modules on fundamentals of human rights, international legislation and specialized institutions, relationship human rights – mass media – civil society, European policies and institutions dealing with prevention and combating of any form of discrimination. The Summer School curricula will also include a study tour to the central part of Transylvania to document the good interethnic neighborhood relationships that have existed for centuries in the area.

The training programme will be in English. Participants will receive attendance diplomas.

For all selected participants, the organizers will cover all the costs related to the course, accommodation, meals and study tour. The participants from outside Romania will receive pre-paid tickets. The participants from Romania will have to cover their own transportation expenses from their native town to Sibiu and back.

To be part of the competition, you are expected to submit the following documents:

(1) your CV of one page maximum

(2) a letter of intent indicating

-         the reasons why you want to attend the training programme and the topics in which you have a special interest

-         how you intend to apply the knowledge and information received from the courses.