Fw: GRANTS- OSI International Policy Fellowships, Ctr for Policy Studies

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> A distribution of: CentralAsia-L - Announcement List for Central Asian
Studies
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> GRANTS- OSI International Policy Fellowships, Center for Policy Studies
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> CALL FOR PROPOSALS
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> CENTER FOR POLICY STUDIES
> INTERNATIONAL POLICY FELLOWSHIPS, 2003
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> All applications must be submitted online at http://www.osi.hu/ipf by
August
> 1, 2002
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> The Central European University Center for Policy Studies (CPS) is calling
> for proposals for its year 2003 International Policy Fellowships (IPF)
> program, which is affiliated with the CPS and the Open Society
> Institute-Budapest. Broadly speaking, an open society is characterized by
a
> reliance on the rule of law, the existence of a democratically elected
> government, a diverse and vigorous civil society, and respect for
minorities
> and minority opinions. Launched in late 1999, the CPS works with a
> broadening circle of policy analysts and institutions to promote the
> development of policy center networks throughout Central and Eastern
Europe,
> the former Soviet Union, and Mongolia, as well as countries in South and
> Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa. The Center undertakes
> policy research and advocacy that furthers the open society mission and
> disseminates quality analyses in accessible formats.
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> The CPS International Policy Fellowships are intended to support the
> analytical policy research of open society leaders and to provide these
> Fellows with professional policy training. The program aims to improve the
> quality of analysis in countries where the Soros foundations work by
> ensuring that these leaders are able to conduct research in their home
> region while maintaining local affiliations and a high degree of mobility
> and intellectual freedom. Fellows participate in four training seminars in
> Budapest over the course of the fellowship year conducted by professors of
> public policy from around the world and gain vital skills including how to
> write professional policy documents, identify appropriate policy
> instruments, and effectively advocate policies-skills that are
> underdeveloped in countries where the Soros foundations work. Good policy
> analysis is characterized by elements including a reliance on
> well-researched data; comprehensive, non-ideological assessment of
relevant
> factors and options; explicitly stated criteria for assessing options;
> consideration of the interests and groups affected; and the clear
> presentation of feasible recommendations for action as well as how these
> recommendations should be communicated and implemented.
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> Outstanding Fellows from Eastern Europe may be nominated to participate in
> additional training and research opportunities including a three-month
> International Junior Public Policy Scholar Fellowship in Washington, D.C.
in
> affiliation with the Woodrow Wilson Center's East European Studies
program.
> The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the United States'
> official memorial to President Wilson, was established by congressional
> legislation in 1968. Meant to reflect and continue Woodrow Wilson's
> commitment to a deeper understanding of issues crucial to global peace and
> stability, the Center serves as an international, interdisciplinary,
> non-partisan scholarly institute which fosters scholarship in the
humanities
> and social sciences and encourages dialogue between the academic and
policy
> communities. East European Studies, housed at the Woodrow Wilson Center,
> provides a non-partisan forum for bringing historical and contemporary
> understanding of the former communist states of Eastern Europe and the
> Baltics to the nation's capital and throughout the country. For more
details
> on the Wilson Center and its East European Studies program, please see
> further details at the end of this announcement and visit the Center's
> website at www.wilsoncenter.org.
>
> Applicants are encouraged to submit individual, practical and
> policy-oriented research proposals in the following subject areas. The
> product of each fellowship will be a detailed analysis of a major issue to
> be published in English and translated into other languages:
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> 2003 Fellowship Issue Areas
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> Note: Although the topics Conflict Prevention in Southeast Europe and The
> Future of the Caucasus are not included in this year's announcement, IPF
> remains especially interested in receiving applications from these
regions.
> Please apply according to the relevant topic rather than region. Also
please
> note that applicants interested in Gender Policy as it relates to
education,
> the media, and health should apply in the education, media, and health
> categories.
>
> The Policy Process, Building Institutions, Cross-Border Cooperation
Outside
> the European Union, Cultural Policy, Education Policy, Enhancing the
> Learning Experience in Central and East European Higher Education, Primary
> and Secondary Education Policy, Environmental Policy, International
Climate
> Change Policy, Strategic Environmental Assessment and Sustainability
> Appraisal as Policy-Making Tools, The Future of Central and Southwest
Asia,
> Gender Policy: Intra-Enterprise Level Gender Inequalities in
Post-Socialist
> Societies, Information Policy, Media Policy, Public Health Policy, Tobacco
> Economics Research and Advocacy, Policy Priorities in Public Health,
Social
> Responsibility in Global Governance Structures, State Capacity and the
> Leading Economic Sector in Post-Socialist Eastern Europe, State Responses
to
> the Challenge of Multiethnicity, Reform of Monetary and Fiscal Policy with
a
> View Towards Enhanced Growth
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> Terms of the International Policy Fellowship Award
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> Fellows will be provided with a one-year stipend, expenses including
travel,
> and needed communications equipment to work full-time on research of their
> design in one of the above areas. The amount of the award will vary
> depending on standards in the Fellow's country of residence and the
> budgetary needs of the proposal.
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> To Apply: Application Requirements and Procedures
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> All initial queries must be entered online via the internet directly into
> the IPF application database found at http://www.osi.hu/ipf. Those who
have
> no possibility to access the internet (including from public libraries,
> internet centers, or national Soros foundations) should send an e-mail to
> [email protected] or call the IPF offices at (36 1) 327-3863 to discuss the
> best alternate application solution. Finalists will be interviewed by
> telephone at the expense of IPF. Successful applicants will be notified in
> November or December 2002 and no later than January 15, 2003. The
fellowship
> research cycle will approximate the period from March 2003 to March 2004.
> Applications sent by mail, fax or e-mail will not be considered unless you
> received prior approval from IPF staff to use an alternative method of
> application.
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