OPPORTUNITIES / COMPETITIONS: International Video Competition for Young Artists THE 02

Deadline: 1 March 2014
Open to: students and graduates of art colleges and academies
Prize: 10 selected videos will be presented to the audience

Description

The International Competition for Young Artists THE 02 is organized by an independent artistic group – THE Video Community operating in Krakow, Poland.

The Competition for Young Artists is being held within the framework of the International Video Art Review THE 02. The review consists of 2 main parts, a special show of video works by invited artists and a competition show of video works that have been admitted to the final of the aforementioned competition.

The 10 selected videos by different authors will be presented to the audience of the International Video Art Review THE 02, the program of which includes a premiere screening in Krakow, screenings in other towns in Poland and on TVP Kultura television channel.

Eligibility

The Competition is open to students of art colleges and academies (institutions of higher education) or graduates of such institutions.

The videos made not earlier than 1 January 2011 are eligible for the competition. Artists may submit works that have received awards at other reviews or competitions. The preferred length of the video is up to 6 minutes, although videos up to 15 minutes lengths will be considered.

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EVENTS: 7th International Conference ‘Keeping Children and Young People Safe Online’

You are invited to attend the 7th International Conference 'Keeping Children and Young People Safe Online', which will take place at the Novotel Warsaw Airport Hotel, 1 Sierpnia 1 Street, on 18-19 September 2013. The conference is organised by the Polish and German Safer Internet Centres, which work together within the European Commission's Safer Internet Programme. The main partner of the event is the Orange Foundation.

The Warsaw conference will bring together approximately 500 representatives from the education sector, NGOs, law enforcement, government and industry. The event will address a wide variety of issues relating to children's and young people's safety online, such as privacy in social networking sites, managing online identity, educational strategies and emerging trends online.

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OPPORTUNITIES: Fellowship brings journalists to Germany [Eastern Europe]

Journalists from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Poland, Russia, Ukraine and other Commonwealth of Independent States countries can apply for this fellowship.

Internationale Journalisten-Programme (IJP) offers the Marion Gräfin Dönhoff Fellowship for young journalists. The aim of the program is to give young journalists an idea of the politics, economy, culture and social life of Germany, and give them an opportunity to gain work experience in foreign newsrooms.

Staff or freelance journalists ages 23 to 35 can participate in the program. Applicants must have excellent knowledge of the German language.

Fellows will intern in German newsrooms and work as foreign correspondents covering events in Germany for their countries’ media.

Participants will receive stipends of EUR€3,900 (about US$5,300) each, which will cover travel expenses, health insurance and accommodations.

The deadline is April 15.

For more information, click here.

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OPPORTUNITIES / EVENTS / SEMINARS: Young Media Makers Preach and Practice Peaceful Journalism (GEORGIA, ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN, BELARUS, BIH, GERMANY, ITALY, MACEDONIA, MOLDOVA, POLAND, ROMANIA, RUSSIA, SERBIA, SPAIN)

Kobuleti, Georgia, 19-26 June 2010

European Youth Press – network of young media makers in cooperation with Academy for Peace and Development invites you to participate in the seminar “Young Media Makers Preach and Practice Peaceful Journalism”. The implementation of the seminar is possible due to kind support of the European Youth Foundation, Council of Europe.

The aim of the seminar is to explore what peace journalism is and how it can be used by young journalists to foster peace building and conflict transformation.

The seminar will consider the ways in which peace and conflict transformation is to be represented in the media and will discuss the the role of young media makers in engaging in promoting peace building, conflict prevention and transformation. The participants will not only get a better comprehension of the peaceful journalism concept, but also will have the opportunity to put into practice their freshly gained skills. In addition to that, the seminar will tackle the issues such as Cultural Diversity and Intercultural Dialogue as major factors in supporting stability and intercultural understanding in Europe. The workshops will be led by CoE trainers’s pool and experienced journalists in field of peace and conflict reporting.

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Who can participate: 22 young people (age 18-27) interested in peace journalism, journalists, bloggers from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Germany, Italy, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Spain.

Where: Kobuleti (20 km north of Batumi), Georgia.

When: 19 – 26 June 2010

Costs: Accommodation and food will be fully covered by organisers. Travel costs – participants will be reimbursed up to 200 euro upon presentation of relevant proofs.

Participation fee: 100 euro

If you are interested send your CV + letter of motivation (max 200 words) to Andrei Ioniță ( a.ionita@youthpress.org This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) until Sunday 9 May 2010. Mention in the email subject: “Application Peace Journalism”

Applicants will be informed about the selection decision on 11 May and will be asked to confirm their participation in the seminar by 17 May.

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