Conflict Sensitivity Course
swisspeace, in collaboration with the University of Basel, offers a Conflict Sensitivity Course in Basel from 10 – 12 June 2020. Peacebuilding, development and humanitarian interventions aim at contributing to a positive impact on the contexts within which they take place. External interventions in volatile environments thus need to be sensitive to the context. This […]
Continue Reading...Preventing Violent Conflicts Course
swisspeace, in collaboration with the University of Basel, offers a Preventing Violent Conflicts Course in Basel from 06 – 08 May 2020. Despite increased international pressure and action to prevent violent conflicts and mass atrocities after the shocks of Rwanda and Srebrenica in the 1990s, the number of armed conflicts has increased in recent years. […]
Continue Reading...Open Call First Aid to Documentary Heritage Under Threat
The previous calls for proposals in 2017 and 2018 drew a resounding response. Now the Prince Claus Fund, through its Cultural Emergency Response (CER) programme and the Whiting Foundation announce a third round of the Open Call for First Aid to Documentary Heritage under Threat. We invite proposals for projects in Africa, Asia, Latin America, […]
Continue Reading...Meeting of the European National Committees of the Blue Shield just ended in the Belgian Capital.
Bruxelles, 6 October 2019. A meeting of the European National Committees of the Blue Shield just ended in the Belgian Capital The meeting represented a unique opportunity for representatives of BS national committees from various European countries and other stakeholders to exchange the experience made in the implementation of their work plans, to […]
Continue Reading...XXII General Assembly and Symposium “Building Peace through Heritage – World Forum to Change through Dialogue”
Abstract submission deadline extended to November 10. Following the Appeal to the International Community “Building Peace through Heritage” (www.lifebeyondtourism.org/appeal) defined with ICOMOS International Scientific Committee Interpretation and Presentation, and approved during the 21st General Assembly of the International Experts of the Foundation, this 2020 event will be developed along three subthemes dealing with economic, socio-cultural, […]
Continue Reading...Advanced Masters in Structural Analysis of Monuments and Historical Constructions
After 10 years of European funding, 400 students and 65 countries, applications for the Advanced Masters in Structural Analysis of Monuments and Historical Constructions are opened up to January 20, 2020. This is the leading international course on conservation of heritage structures, winner of the 2017 European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage “Europa Nostra”, and […]
Continue Reading...IPW 2020 International Probabilistic Workshop 2020
The 18th International Probabilistic Workshop (IPW2020) will take place in September 23-25, 2020, at University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal. This workshop aims at providing an international forum for the debate on topics such as the resilience, robustness and redundancy of infrastructure systems, risk assessment and management, climate change and loading uncertainties, novel decision-making frameworks, and […]
Continue Reading...Dealing with the Past Course
Learn how societies emerging from violence and conflict deal with the past and prepare for the future. In Partnership withUniversity of Basel Date 24 – 25 January 2020 Application Deadline 30 November 2019 Course Description Finding a way to deal with a violent past in the aftermath of civil war, the end of an authoritarian […]
Continue Reading...ISA TOPIC 2019 I 2020
The Institute of Advanced Studies of the University of Bologna presents the ISA Topic “Identity: one, none, one hundred thousand”, a cycle of initiatives dedicated to the problem of the continuous definition and redefinition of the different identities that characterize people, society and knowledge. The events will take place from October 2019 to summer 2020. […]
Continue Reading...WATCH October exploratory mission to the Middles East
An experts’ exploratory mission is currently ongoing at the initiative of WATCH in the Middle East. Started in Lebanon on October the 11th to continue in other countries of the region until the end of November, this mission aims to initiate or consolidate cooperation with national, international authorities, agencies and other relevant stakeholders in the […]
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