Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Macedonia, Moldova, Ukraine and Kosovo are invited to nominate candidates to the above mentioned programme scheduled to take place September 6 – 24 September 2010. The training is administered by SIPU International AB http://www.sipuinternational.se/international/?PageID=540

International Training Programmes (ITP) are organised by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). These short term (2-8 weeks) trainings are organised in a number of technical and administrative fields where Sweden has a considerable level of expertise to offer. Participants will receive full scholarship while in Sweden as well as in the regional follow up of the programme this means Sida will be covering the cost for participants concerning the participation fee, meals and accommodation. Sida will also subsidise the flight to Sweden with 500 USD, all travel costs related to the regional face of the programme will be carried by Sida. Personal expenses are not included.

The training programme will be conducted in English. Participants should hold an academic degree and should have at least three or preferably five years of relevant practical experience from work in the field of Local Environmental Management. The Brochure provides further details of the training programme.

Eligible participants for the programme are people working with environmental administration on the local level at municipalities, at NGOs or in the private sector. Participants should hold an academic degree and have at least three years of professional experience.

Closing date for applications is June 25, 2010 and the application forms should be sent directly to the programme organiser.

Source: Office for Democratic Belarus

Election Observation: Theory and Practice Application Form 2010\2011

To take part in the Election Observation: Theory and Practice Project implemented jointly by United Centre of Initiatives for Belarus (JuBIC), Swedish International Liberal Centre (SILC), European Humanities University (EHU) and Belarusian Human Rights House in Vilnius (HRH), please fill in this form. The deadline for submission of the application form is 20 June 2010.

Please, note - organizers have the right to change the dates of the project in case of the lack of funding.

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The Nordic Council and Nordic Council of Ministers have close co-operation with a number of international, regional and national organisations outside the Nordic region.

The Council of Ministers' guidelines for co-operation with North-West Russia in 2006-2008 expand the framework for the Council of Ministers' work eastwards to include border co-operation with Belarus and activities to meet political challenges there. The objective of the work in Belarus is to contribute to the development democracy and to open pluralistic relations across borders.

For more information, please see:
www.norden.org

The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation is a private foundation based in Flint, Michigan.
Grants from the Foundation are made in four different programs: Civil Society, Environment, Flint Area and Pathways Out of Poverty.