European Youth Media Days 2012

How to survive the crisis as an entrepreneur journalist? How to address the social effects of crisis? How to explain European policies in times of austerity? What is the impact of crisis on youth? If these are topics that interest you then we invite you to apply to become one of the 100 young journalists, aged between 18 and 30, reporting from inside the European Parliament in Brussels between 16-18 October, 2012.

The 2012 edition of European Youth Media Days organized by the European Parliament in collaboration with the European Youth Press will focus on the economic crisis that is currently threatening Europe. The European Youth Media Days is the biggest event in Europe dedicated to young journalists.

Participants will experience three days of media workshops, political discussions, hands-on media production and invaluable insights into the European Parliament and European media. They will interact with high-level European politicians, professional journalists and experts and engage in intercultural exchange through practical media production.

Over the course of the three-day workshop, each young journalist will work with his/her peers to produce a report on the topic of the seminar through their medium of choice - video, photo, radio, print or multimedia. The event is open to young journalists who are citizens and legal residents of the EU member states only.

Costs

Participants’ travel costs (specific conditions apply, more information will be given after you have been selected) will be reimbursed by the European Parliament 4 to 6 weeks after the event, upon submission of all necessary documents (that will be sent by the European Parliament prior to the event). The European Parliament will also pay a 360 Euros lump sum to working journalists (who need to provide a copy of a valid press card or a letter from their editor stating that they work as a journalist) and 180 Euros lump sum to journalism students or interns (who need to provide a letter from their university or from the organisation they are interning at) to cover accommodation, meals and local transport. The lump sums will be paid at the same time with the travel reimbursement, 4-6 weeks after the event. Attention: for participants living in Brussels no lump sum or travel cost will be paid.

The young journalists chosen to participate will have to arrange their own accommodation and travel and to provide the necessary documents to the European Parliament for reimbursement. EYP will charge a participation fee of 30 Euros for journalism students and interns and 60 Euros for working journalists prior to the event.

Application and deadline

The call is open to young journalists aged 18 to 30 who are citizens or legal residents of an EU country only. The event will be held in English, so a working level of the language is required to make the best out of your participation. Young journalists from any other countries can participate at their own costs and need to contact the organizers. Application deadline is 12th of August 2012.

Please send your application with a CV, a motivation letter and minimum 2 media clips (of any type) by August 12, 23:59 CET to Cristina Pruna at c.pruna@youthpress.org . Media clips that are not in English should have an English summary. When sending your application, please mention the country you come from in the e-mail subject. 

Workshop on Ukraine-EU Cooperatio​n in Crisis Management and Disaster Risk Reduction

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR INSTITUTIONAL STUDIES in partnership with University of Birmingham, UK, Harvard Black Sea Security Program, Harvard University, USA, European Security Journal, Routledge and financial support of Jean Monnet Program, European Commission invite you to take part in 2012 Jean Monnet International Seminar "Ukraine-EU Cooperation in Crisis Management and Disaster Risk Reduction:  Sharing Best Practices, Building Effective Capabilities".

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Cooperation in crisis management and disaster risk reduction (natural, man-made disasters, terrorism, conflict and conflict-related emergencies) is a priority and thematic platform of the Eastern Partnership and an important sphere of cooperation between Ukraine and the EU within the Ukraine-EU Action Plan, but it is an almost completely neglected topic in the academic cur-ricula on EU/European integration/security studies in Ukraine and other countries of the Eastern Partnership. Similarly, very little research has been carried out on diplomatic and politi-cal/institutional aspects of this subject, which further diminishes the prospects of high-quality modules and courses and effective education and training of current and future academics and professionals working in this area. 

By organising a workshop bringing together national and inter-national experts from a  variety of professional backgrounds with young scholars and advanced postgraduate students and publishing the proceedings of the event, a contribution will be made to improving the breadth and depth of higher education provision in the area, a Ukraine-based sub-ject-specific expert network will be established and consolidated, and interaction between profes-sionals in the area with academics will be enhanced to enable better-informed, evidence-based practice of effective and efficient crisis management and disaster risk reduction in Ukraine, the Eastern Neighbourhood and the EU.

The programme will be divided into 5 modules:
Module 1. Crisis Management of the European Union - Prof. Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham, UK
Module 2. Organizational Overlap and Crisis Management - Dr. David Galbreath, University of Bath, UK
Module 3 . Cooperative Mechanisms for Nuclear Counterterrorism in the Wider Black Sea Region - Dr. Sergei Konoplyov, Harvard University, USA
Module 4. Sociology of conflicts, crises and catastrophes - Prof. Anton Oleinik, Memorial University, Canada
Module 5. The Early Warning and Crisis Prevention Mechanisms - Prof. Tetyana Malyarenko, Donetsk State University of Management

To apply, please submit the following:  

a) Short CV and letter of motivation should be submitted via e-mail (application2012JeanMonnet@gmail.com) by 18 March 2012.
b) A registration fee of €20 will be payable by accepted participants to contribute towards costs for course materials, coffee-breaks and lunches during the seminar days.

Venue
The seminar will be held at Hotel Puscha Ozerna, Kiev, Ukraine. Accepted participants will have tocontact the hotel administration regarding their accom-modation requirements. The cost of accommodation with breakfast will be around € 25-30 per person per night.

Scholarships
A limited number of merit-based scholarships covering accommodation and board for the entire seminar (7-12 May 2012; twin room, breakfast and lunch) will be available for PhD students and early career researchers. If you wish to apply for scholarship, please attach case study on one of the main thematic areas of the seminar to your application.

Requirements for case studies
Case studies in English of innovative teaching materials, based on the results of applicant’s re-search, should be no longer than 5,000 words, including references. They should be structured as follows: introduction, the essential question to be discussed and a description of the problem to be analyzed and the key factors that contributes to the problem; background of the situation; narrative description of the situation, including important factors and events; key parties: descriptive analysis of the key parties and their motivations and objectives; results; conclusion: lessons learned.

Thematic priority areas for case studies
1) Cooperation between Ukraine and EU member states in crisis management and disaster risk reduction;
2) Cooperative preventive mechanisms for nuclear counterterrorism;
3) Humanitarian interventions;
4) Use of ICT-based learning in teaching of crisis management and European security.

Author of selected case studies will be asked to present the results of their findings. The selected case studies will be published in a special edition of the seminar.

Contacts:
International Association for Institutional Studies
Postal address:
Artema 58 Donetsk 83000 Ukraine
Head of the Association – Prof. Vyacheslav Dementyev
Executive director of the Association, academic coordinator of Jean Monnet Project

Prof. Tetyana Malyarenko
e-mail: Tetyana@correo.ugr.es
Project Manager (administrative questions)

Mrs. Ermolaeva Natalya +38 (095) 879 34 83
E-mail for questions and applications: application2012JeanMonnet@gmail.com

Website : http://ainstud.at.ua/
Email: application2012JeanMonnet@gmail.com