The Promo-LEX Association, in partnership with American Bar Association/Rule of Law Initiative takes great pleasure in inviting you to the Round Table „Human Rights in The Republic of Moldova. Contributing factors in 2007-2008 and the 2009 Situation”. The event will take place on November 24, 2009, starting at 10.00am at the Conference Hall SUMMIT (address: Chisinau, 49/3 Tighina str).

The event will focus on human rights situation in Moldova by making an analysis of the factors and systematic problems that can lead to the violation of rights guaranteed by international treaties to which Moldova is party.

The event is being organized with the support of the American Bar Association/Rule of Law Initiative, Moldova with USAID funding

For more details and to confirm your participation please contact us 449626, 069070800 or at email – [email protected]

Seminar “Be Active! Make a Change! – Training on Active Participation”

19 – 25 October 2009
Kobuleti, Georgia

Promo-LEX announces the selection of participants for the seminar “Be Active! Make a Change! – Training on Active Participation”, a seminar within Youth in Action Programme.

The Training Course “Be Active! Make a Change! – Training on Active Participation” will be organized for youth workers to improve the skills and raise knowledge about active participation, empowerment and involvement of young people as well as about the establishment of local self-initiatives.

Objectives:

• To improve knowledge and skills of youth workers in setting up local youth projects
• To improve knowledge of youth workers about the concept of civil society and
• active participation
• To bring together organisations working with young people in order to create new project ideas within the Youth in Action programme (Action 3.1)
• To establish new partnerships for cross country cooperation between organisations active in local community development
• To promote Eastern Europe and Caucasus region among participants from programme countries

Content:

• Concept of civil society and democracy
• Active participation and democratic education
• European Charter on Youth Participation on local and regional level
• Developing project ideas for local initiatives

Working language: English

Project participants:
• young people aged between 18-30 years;
• with an interest in the seminar topic;
• compulsory knowledge of English;

Costs:
70% from the travel costs of travel will be reimbursed;
Maximum 190 Euro from the total amount of travel expenses will be covered.
Accommodation and food is provided at 100% by organizers.

Interested persons can send their motivation letter (in English) and CV (Romanian or English) to the next email address: [email protected]

Contact person: Natalia Gligor, Promo-LEX Association

Deadline – September 23, 2009, 18:00

The Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program at the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) invites applications for fellowships in 2010–2011. Funded by the U.S. Congress and named in honor of NED’s principal founders, former U.S. president Ronald Reagan and the late U.S. congressman Dante Fascell, the program enables democracy activists, scholars, and journalists from around the world to deepen their understanding of democracy and enhance their ability to promote democratic change. Dedicated to international exchange, the program offers a collegial environment for fellows to reflect on their experiences and consider lessons learned; conduct research and writing; develop contacts and exchange ideas with counterparts in Washington, D.C.; and build ties that contribute to the development of a global network of democracy advocates.

Program: Based at the International Forum for Democratic Studies, the research arm of the NED in Washington, D.C., the program offers five-month fellowships for practitioners to improve strategies and techniques for building democ­racy and for scholars to conduct original re­search for publica­tion. Fellows are in residence at the Forum and work full-time on their projects, which may focus on the political, social, economic, legal, and cultural aspects of democratic development and may include a range of methodologies and approaches. Fellows make a presentation of their work and prepare a written product during their stay. The program organizes an active calendar of events for fellows, including an introduction to the NED and its partner institutions, roundtables, and seminars with leading democracy experts.

Eligibility: The fellows program is intended primarily to support practitio­ners and scholars from developing and aspiring democracies. Distinguished scholars from the U.S. and other established democracies are also eligible to apply. Practitioners may include activists, lawyers, journalists, and civil society professionals, and are expected to have substantial experience working to promote democracy. Scholars may include professors, researchers, and other writers, and are expected to have a PhD or academic equiva­lent at the time of application. The program does not pay for professional training or fund stu­dents working toward a degree. A working knowledge of English is a prerequisite for participation in the program.

Support: All fellows receive a monthly stipend, health insur­ance, travel assistance, and research support through the Forum’s Democracy Resource Center and the Reagan-Fascell Research Associates Program.

Dates: The program hosts two five-month sessions per fellowship year: Fall 2010 Session: October 1, 2010–February 28, 2011. Spring 2011 Session: March 1–July 31, 2011.

Application: For further details, including online application instructions, please visit www.ned.org/forum/reagan-fascell.html. Application materi­als must be in English.

Deadline: Applications for fellowships in 2010–2011 must be submitted no later than Monday, November 2, 2009. Notification of the competition outcome is in April 2010.

For more information, please visit www.ned.org or email [email protected].

Promo-LEX Association announces the third edition of the Summer School on Human Rights. The event is part of the Promo-LEX Association Human Rights & Civic Education Program. The program aims to promote democratic values and norms and international human rights standards through non-formal education.
Summer school aims to educate 25 young people from the Transnistrian Region on human rights and their vindication.
Summer School will be carried out with the financial support provided by the U.S. Embassy in Moldova.

Details

Period: August 17 – 22, 2009
Location: Resort „La Popas”, village Cocieri / Moldova

Participants
25 young people (aged 18-30 years) from the Transnistrian region of Moldova. Summer school participants are not required to poses a certain level of training in human rights area, although they must have a strong motivation and interest for human rights.

Working language (Romanian or Russian) will be set depending on the preferences of the majority of participants selected for participation. Participants will be notified in advance about the working language.

Training Program
The Summer School will include 2 modules: theory and practice.
Module 1 will focus on general concepts of human rights, means and mechanisms for human rights protection , and classification of human rights.
Module 2 will include practical activities like 4 games simulation focused on human rights topics.

Costs
All expenses related to summer school participation such as travel costs, meals, living arrangements will be covered by organizers.

Certificate of participation
At the end of the program, all participants will be awarded certificates of participation.

 Deadline for applications – July 31, 2009. Applications can be filled in in Romanian or Russian and submitted via email or fax (contact info indicated below).

For more details or to request the application form (also available on the web page www.promolex.md) please contact:
Olga Manole, Project Director
tel: (00 373 22) 449626
fax:(00 373 22) 450024
email: [email protected]

Promo-LEX Association organizes the training Financial Management for NGOs.
This training course is a part of the RDCT (Resource and Development Center for Transnistria) training program, which aims to foster the growth of the Transnistrian region non-governmental sector.
The course objective is to provide theoretical support and to develop the skills of NGO representatives from the Transnistrian region in financial management of projects and organization.

When: March, 21st – 22nd, 2009
Where: Resort Center “La Popas” Cocieri village, Dubasari District
Who is eligible to participate: initiative groups and NGO representatives from Transnistrian region, which are responsible for financial management and fundraising within their organization.

During the training will be discussed the following themes/key issues:

• Financial Management for NGOs – concepts and basic principles;
• Methods and tools of financial management;
• Fundraising for NGO;
• Budget planning;
• Project Budget (elaboration, management, reporting);
• Financial Reporting (to donor organizations / as well as to the competent state bodies).

All costs related to participation at the training (travel, meals, accommodation) will be covered by the organizers.
Working language of the seminar: Russian.

The deadline for application: March, 13 th, 2009, 18:00
Application forms can be requested by email at: [email protected]
or can be downloaded at: www.promolex.md

The completed applications must be submitted to the same address.
Contact person:
Natalia Gligor,
Coordinator of NGO Department, RDCT
tel / fax: 45 00 24

This project is implemented with financial support of National Endowment for Democracy.

Resource and Development Center for Transnistria
Small grants program

For the second consecutive year running, Promo-LEX Association organizes the Small grants program as within the project “Resource and Development Center for Transnistria”, implemented with financial support from the National Endowment for Democracy.

The main goal of the mini-grants program is to encourage civic activism at local level, to promote democratic values and to contribute to the consolidation of civil society from the Transnistrian region. Program priority areas are: youth, civil society development, human rights, promoting democratic values and volunteer service in Transnistrian region.

Within the program can be supported the following activities: seminars, trainings, workshops, round tables, informational/educational brochures and leaflets, publication, and other awareness raising activities, etc.

The granted amount cannot exceed 1000$ USD.
Eligible to apply –  Transnistrian region NGOs and initiative groups.
NGO Department will assist selected NGOs during their projects implementation.

The selected projects will not exceed the duration of 3 months.

The projects proposals can be written in Romanian or Russian languages.

Deadline for submitting project proposals – April, 18th 2008
The contest results will be announced by the end of April.

The application form for the project proposal can be requested at the following
adress: [email protected], or can be downloaded from the web site: www.promolex.md

Completed applications must be sent to the same email ([email protected]).

Contact person:
Natalia Gligor
Coordinator of NGO Departament, CRDT
Promo-LEX Association
Tel: (373 22)449626
Fax: (373 22)450024