Call for participants - "Antigypsism - Mobile books" (04-12 October 2015), Macedonia

Roma rights are violated every day in Europe. The European Union’s Fundamental Rights Agency concluded that the Roma are the most discriminated against group in the EU: “Every second Roma respondent said that they were discriminated against on the basis of their ethnicity”        

 

The activity will equip participants with specific methodology Living Library. The context of the real situation on the ground with the Roma people in different EU counties will be addressed in a creative way.

The main aim of this TC is to raise awareness of and enable dialogue about discrimination and Antigypsyism that lead to social exclusion of Roma young people.

30 Young people over 18 years who are MOTIVATED, INTERESTED to develop idea for local initiative and READY for local changes from:

 

- Macedonia,
- Greece,
- Romania,
- Hungary,
- Estonia,
- Turkey,
- France,
- Slovenia,
- Slovakia,
- Italy and
- UK

All interested young people should complete the application form and send to us no later than 31/08/2015 

Email: mobilebooks_tc@yahoo.com

Contact:

Anife Sabedinovska

Executive Director
Roma Youth Centre
address: Toso Angelovski Zidar 2,
1300 Kumanovo, Macedonia
Email: info_romayouthcentre@yahoo.com
Phone: +38931613691

CALL FOR ENTRIES / FESTIVALS: 11th Roma Festival "Golden Wheel"

The 11th Roma Festival "Golden Wheel" will take place in Skopje, Macedonia in April 2014.

The festival is dedicated to the production about the Roma population worldwide. All video production (documentaries and TV films) produced by Roma or non-Roma producers are eligible for applying.

The deadline for submitting films is March 25^th, 2014.

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B. Regulations for the 11th Roma Film Festival “Golden Wheel” - 2014

1.    General Festival screening and playing requirements

Documentaries and TV films treating Roma issues that have been or haven't been screened or broadcasted before on other festivals

It is strongly recommended that the programs are not longer that 30 minutes

Videos can only be shown either if they have English commentary and / or English dialogues, or if the original version is subtitled in English

"Golden Wheel" festival accepts the following screening formants: DV CAM PAL, Mini DVCAM PAL, SVHS PAL, VHS PAL and DVD-s.

There is no limit for the number of submitted programs - every producer, production house or TV station can submit as many programs as they think is appropriate

Once submitted documentary cannot be redrawn.

2.     How to enter your program

 "Golden Wheel" festival must receive the tape/CD for film’s screening/playing, completed and signed entry form with a VHS preview cassette (PAL)/CD as soon as possible. We will highly appreciate if you enter your programs as early as possible

The preview tape/CD as well as the tape/CD for screening/playing has to have English voice-over and/or dialogue and/or subtitles

The following information must also be provided at the time of entry:

·         English script of the program

·         A title- list of the languages (Roma, Macedonian and English)

·         A biography of the director(s)

·         A filmography of the director

·         Short history of the production house

·         Promotional materials (photographs, posters etc)

·         Dialogue list in English

·         If you want to enter two or more programs at the festival, make a copy of the entry form for

        each one of them

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Entries, preview tapes / CDs and documentation materials, as well as all correspondence should be addressed to:

TV BTR Nacional

 

376 Street, No.108,

1000 Skopje, Macedonia

tel./fax: + 389 2 3216 000

e-mail: tvbtr@tvbtr.com.mk  (for  “Golden Wheel - 2014 ” film festival)

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NEWS: PRIX JEUNESSE training in Macedonia

The Macedonian story

by Angela Dimitrovska, OXO, Macedonia

In December 2009, Barbara Kolucki came to us and said: “You are making such good children educational programmes in Macedonia; you have to visit PRIX JEUNESSE – it is the most inspirational place in the world for people doing this kind of media!”

Six months later, we were on a plane to Munich wondering what awaited us. It was beyond our expectations – 6 days of watching programmes, no sleep (because we wanted to socialize with everyone), endless discussions, laughs and tears. These were our production’s most inspirational days outside the office and the television studios.

Since 2010, we’ve become closer to the world’s biggest children’s media research center and had the honor of meeting the PRIX team. We produced videos for the Guessing Games and organized a PRIX JEUNESSE International Youth Jury in 2012.

Prix Jeunesse - 2013

OXO’s production, the “5+” children show, is celebrating its 6th season, and “Who is Raised by Whom” – the show for parents – is celebrating one year of existence. Both were supported with fresh ideas and trends adopted in Munich.

Next, it was the Suitcase time!

With the support of Goethe institute Skopje, OXO brought the PRIX JEUNESSE Suitcase to Macedonia. Jens Ripke from ZDF/Germany guided us through the two-day workshop, “Watch, Learn and Grow with Children’s TV”.

We had faith in everything except in the number of participants. Macedonia suffers from a lack of children’s shows and TV products, thus, there are few experts working in the field. But, look what happened! 30 people visited the event: producers, actors, hosts, teachers, directors, psychologists, musicologists, and more.

Read the full story in the Prix Jeunesse WATCHwords Winter Edition 2013/2014
http://www.prixjeunesse.de/themen/newsletter/pdf/2014_1.pdf

NEWS: Balkans gets tough on Internet crimes against children

September 11, 2012

Countries throughout the region are considering ways to protect children from pedophiles and other unseen dangers on the Internet.

Regional data shows that 20 percent of children who use the Internet become the target of an online predator or pedophile. Of those targeted, 77 percent are 14 years old or older and 22 percent are 10 to 13 years old. Of those children who encounter sexual content online, 93 percent fail to inform their parents, said social media consultant and software producer Darko Disoski.

Several countries are taking differing approaches to the problem. Serbia created a task force two years ago to deal with online pedophiles, and has arrested 40 people to date.

In Bulgaria, meanwhile, authorities are giving parents more control over what their children see online by offering software that tracks webpages and keystrokes and sends a daily report to parents. The effort is designed to make it easier for parents to keep children away from sites where they could be approached by unwanted adults.

Macedonia's ministry of information technology and administration announced plans for a helpline to educate parents and children on ways to minimise exposure and to report illicit online material. NGOs were also asked to join the effort.

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OPPORTUNITIES: Internship in digital marketing and website content management (UNICEF SKOPJE)

Internship in digital marketing and website content management

BACKGROUND:  Internships in the UNICEF country office in Skopje offer a small group of outstanding university students the opportunity to acquire experience working in an international development environment. The programme provides the opportunity to contribute to the UNICEF mandate and the country’s development efforts.  Furthermore, it provides individuals the opportunity to gain an understanding of UNICEF’s development policies, thematic priorities, and technical cooperation activities with practical experience in an international work environment.
Recognising that interns can be a significant asset to the organization - since they can potentially offer excellent academic credentials including the most recent thinking and research tools in their area of study - the UNICEF country office in Skopje is offering internships within the Communication Sector.
More specifically, this internship will provide qualifying candidates the opportunity to further develop their skills and gain practical work experience in implementing internet communication outreach activities. 

SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 
• Research, develop and implement digital initiatives to increase traffic and engagement on the UNICEF website (unicef.mk) and other UNICEF supported websites (beznasilsvo.mk and prvite5.mk).  
• Research, develop and implement systems to monitor online activities. 
• Following the corporate UNICEF requirements and using content management systems, the intern will be trained and gain experience in carrying out on-time technical update of web-sites, as guided by relevant UNICEF staff. 
• Assists in the organization of other related activities within the Communication Sector, as needed.

WHAT TO EXPECT:  Supervision in development and technical practices: 
• Enhanced or marketable job skills in the development field and specific technical field.
• Be part of a world knowledge network of development and technical practitioners.
• Letter of reference to certify internship. 
• Additional training in specific content management systems as required.

The internship is not intended to lead to further employment within the UN system, but to complement the intern’s studies or provide additional job experience. The internship will provide certain reasonable work accommodations to successful applicants, adjusted according to individual needs and in the context with the resources of the programme.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:

The following minimum qualifications are required:
• Be a current undergraduate, graduate or post-graduate student in a field related to information technology; digital marketing; communications or relevant field.
• Be proficient in English and Macedonian.  
• Have excellent academic performance as demonstrated by recent university or institution records.
• Computer literacy in standard office software applications.
• Demonstrated keen interest in the work of the UN, and of UNICEF in particular, and a personal commitment to child rights and to the ideals of UN Charter.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully interact with individuals of different cultural backgrounds and beliefs, which include willingness to try and understand and to be tolerant of differing opinions and views.

More details here

EVENTS: Roma Film Festival “Golden Wheel” - 2012

The ninth edition of the Roma Film Festival "Golden Wheel" - 2012 will take place in Skopje, the capital of the Republic of Macedonia, in early April 2012. 

Eligible are any films: (a) Documentaries or TV films presented by film companies, film studios, independent producers, distributors or any other copyright owners of the films and (b) Films that portray Roma people - their life, culture, traditions, language, etc.

Those who would like to participate in the Ninth Roma Film Festival "Golden Wheel" should fill out the entry-form and e-mail it prior to March 15^th, 2012.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact:

Organizing Committee of the Ninth Roma Film Festival "Golden Wheel" 2012

tvbtr@tvbtr.com.mk

Link: http://www.romabuzzmonitor.net/2012/02/ninth-roma-film-festival-golden-wheel-2012/