In Zhytomyr region an overview of the possibilities for journalists and the public. GRANTS,SCHOOLS,WORKSHOPS

we Invite you to be active members of the public and the media. To your attention we offer a weekly summary of relevant seminars, workshops, programs, grants and competitions. The fourth wave of the permanent grant competition "mass media for Pro-European changes in Ukraine" Announced the fourth wave of the permanent grant competition "mass media for Pro-European changes in Ukraine" project of "Promotion of reforms in the regions", funded by the EU programme "Support to civil society in Ukraine". Deadline - 6 March 2017 The aim of the competition is the creation and development of regional media for coverage of issues related to relations between Ukraine and the European Union, the introduction of SA, other commitments of Ukraine to the EU to inform the society about the essence of European integration and European values and to promote reform in the regional dimension, for leading regional media financial ability for continuous illumination the European theme, promoting public discussion and raising public awareness on topics related to the EU at local, regional and interregional levels. It is expected that the project implementation will contribute to raising the awareness of media executives and leading journalists on the relationship between the EU and Ukraine in the reform process, supported by the EU. The competition priority is given to mass media, which operate outside the capital. Requirements to participants of competition To participate in the competition are invited to the media that: • officially registered as a legal entity in Ukraine is not less than 1 year (the grant application from the PAYROLL are not accepted); • have at least year, preferably three years experience; • have experience of publications on the subject of the proposed project; • have a constant audience of one or several regions of Ukraine (except Kyiv); • have the ability to implement grant projects and reporting (including financial reporting). In the competition can participate in the regional media of all types (except state): Internet, print and electronic media (radio and television), converged media that combines several types. The maximum grant size – 375 000 hryvnia (optimal project budget 200 000 – 300 000 hryvnia, depending on the type of media, less funding will give the winners an additional opportunity to apply for the extension of the project). Project proposal applications should be sent to the address rfr@ier.kiev.ua. Annexes to the project proposal must be attached in the format .doc .xls or .pdf. The maximum size of each of the annexes to the project proposal may not exceed 2.5 Mb. Additional information: http://gurt.org.ua/news/grants/36403/. New video Contest on the topic of energy efficiency from the EU delegation in Ukraine The EU mission announces the acceptance of works for competition in the annual project "the EU: the choice of the young generation". The best videos will be awarded with special prizes and diplomas from the EU delegation in Ukraine, and each participant will receive a souvenir. This year, the Mission proposes to focus on energy efficiency and its importance in everyday life of the Ukrainians and for the welfare of the whole country. Works are accepted in two categories: professionals (those that have education and professional experience in the field of video production) and fans. Video requirements: • Last less than 3 minutes; • Be original and not use someone else's intellectual property; • Match the theme of energy saving and/or European integration of Ukraine Reception of works will last till may 23. From may 23 to June 5, 2017, the winners will be selected by jury members, including the adviser press and information of the EU delegation, Victoria Davydova, General Director of "Arthouse Traffic" Denis Ivanov, the former Executive producer of "New channel" Oksana Panasivska and founder of PIN-production, Yuri Panin. In June, the winners will be announced on the project website www.euroquiz.org.ua. Detailed information can be found on the contest page http://euroquiz.org.ua/video-contest. The project "the EU: the choice of the young generation" is an initiative of and funded by the European Union delegation in Ukraine. Master – class "Social events. Designer successful event" How to organize a social event that will resonate, will have a positive media coverage and strong social effect? The speaker of the master class: Alina Bocharov - project Manager of "Social consulting "Paragraph". Social events are an integral part of the work of public associations. The organization of a successful event involves detailed planning and great attention to detail, delegating tasks in the team, proper distribution of resources and building partnerships and other important aspects. Organization of social events requires special attention, because you need to design the event for a wide audience, solve social problems and make fundamental changes. Will talk about: 1. Cycle project implementation and process map in action 2. Development of the concept of social event 3. The preliminary calculation of the budget and required resources 4. Team formation, allocation of functions 5. Communication with the target audience, writing understandable messages 6. Planning and preparing locations 7. Sources of funding the event. Preparation of the sponsorship package 8. Working with partners and the media 9. The involvement of volunteers 10. Performance criteria and measure results of the event The speaker of the master class: Alina Bocharov - project Manager of "Social consulting "Paragraph". In 2016, was a co-organizer of more than 15 large-scale social events of various formats - a three-day IT-hackathon, the all-Ukrainian forum, charity concert, socially-oriented conference, a series of educational meetings, webinars, flash mobs and promotions. The cost - 200 UAH. Registration is required, space is limited. Training on facilitating change in communities (Lviv) OO "of Reforms together," is initiating the holding of the Second all-Ukrainian forum of sustainable community development: "Human development: people who change the world", which will be held on March 10, 2017 in the city. In the framework of the project training will be held: "Tools for working with communities and Facilitation in the community." For whom this module: community leaders, to those who are directly involved in the planning and implementation of projects in the community, who has experience of cooperation and is ready immediately after training to use the acquired skills in practice. Namely, ready to organize and conduct strategic vision development. For more information about training: On 10 March from 14:00 to 16:00 will be held a training on “Tools for working with communities” on the transfer of experience working with communities on forming a strategic vision, involvement and implementation of projects. Participants will learn: ? the importance of the strategy development work. ? why you need a strategic vision, who should be involved in the strategic vision; ? ways of activating citizens for life OTG; ? how to implement the strategy: obstacles and ways to overcome; March 11 from 10:00 to 18:00 participants will learn tools for working with communities, namely the methods ToP facilitation (establishment of a constructive dialogue in society, consensus building, involvement and mobilization for implementation projects). The training program includes: ? familiarization with the basic values of ToP-facilitation and technology of participation; ? atcually application of the method in working with the communities (when to use); ? study methods ToP facilitation, which can be used for the formation of strategic vision (demonstration and analysis technology); ? learning the basics of project management using the methods ToP facilitation. All participants will receive certificates of participation. Registration for training is required: https://goo.gl/a78emR. The organizers will provide Lunches and coffee breaks. Travel and accommodation paid by the participants. Seminar "Implementation of the Association Agreement EU-Ukraine" (Kiev/Rivne) March 14-15 2017 in Kiev and on March 21-22 in Rivne for regional journalists from all over Ukraine will host the seminars "Implementation of the Association Agreement Ukraine-EU: how to establish a regional journalist". Deadline - March 5, 2017 The event is organized by the Academy of Ukrainian press, with the support of the Representative office of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Ukraine. Trainers and experts: Valery Ivanov – doctor of philological Sciences, Professor, President of Academy of Ukrainian press. Author and coauthor of over 300 scientific works, including 28 monographs, 6 textbooks and 15 textbooks. Svetlana Chernetskaya, “Ukrainian center of European politics”, journalist, editor. Andrew Yurechko – media trainer and journalist, candidate of philological Sciences, lecturer of the chair of periodical press, Institute of journalism of Kyiv national University named after Taras Shevchenko. The electronic questionnaire can be filled here . Applications for participation are accepted until 18:00 on March 5, 2017. The participation in trainings is free of charge. Meals at the expense of the organizers. Participants from other cities is available at the hotel at the organizers ' expense. Payment of travel expenses is not possible. The selection of participants will occur on a competitive basis. III Scholarship program for University Kyiv initiative group of Alpbah announces III Scholarship program for internally displaced persons. deadline - March 31, 2017 This annual scholarship program, which is carried out with the aim of providing unique opportunities for youth to participate in the oldest European forum the European Forum Alpbach, which takes place from 16 August to 1 September 2017 in the picturesque village of Alpbach, Austria. The European Forum Alpbach consists of a workshop week and a series of workshops, the participants of which are teachers of some of the finest European, British and American universities, Nobel laureates, representatives of the highest EU institutions, politicians, journalists and business representatives. Seminars and symposia are held on topics related to international law, politics, Economics, Finance, and innovation in technical and exact Sciences, IT, medicine, healthcare, energy, environment, and the like. The program of the European Forum Alpbach posted on the website https://www.alpbach.org/en/forum2017/. The scholarship covers the participation and program of the Forum, training materials, manuals for workshop week and the programme of workshops, accommodation with Breakfast, DSA, dinners during receptions, transportation costs from Ukraine to Austria, Schengen visas without payment of consular fee at the Embassy of Austria. Participants in the Scholarship program must meet the following criteria: * citizens of Ukraine; * students 1-6 courses, alumni, researchers, graduate students, young professionals, representatives of public organizations, who are internally displaced persons from Donetsk, Luhansk oblasts, the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city Sebastopol, or are still living in these territories; * persons at the age from 18 to 30 years inclusive; * persons who speak English, the level of which must be at least B1 (intermediate level). Knowledge of German or another language of a member country of the European Union can be considered an advantage but is not mandatory. Participation in the Competition is open to only individuals who had never participated in the program FA. The list of documents required for participation in the competition: 1) cover letter an established pattern written in English (Appendix 1) (up to 2 pages of A4, 12 font, Times New Roman, extension .doc); 2) resume (CV) according to the established pattern, written in English and with photo attached (Annex 2) (up to 2 pages of A4, 12 font, Times New Roman, extension .doc); 3) scanned certificate from the place of study, in the case of graduation, – a scanned diploma, a certificate of employment; 4) in the case of – scanned certificate of registration of internally displaced persons in accordance with the Law of Ukraine "On ensuring rights and freedoms of internally displaced persons" and the decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine "On accounting of the internally displaced persons"; 5) a video in which the participant gives the answer to two questions: "Why I am the best candidate for a scholarship" and "How Russian soft power can help meet international challenges". The movie recording time to 3 minutes format – MP4. The entire list of documents and recording, as specified above, must be sent to OO "CGA" kiga.forum.alpbach.network@gmail.com until 23:59 on 31 March 2017. For convenience, ask for the documents and the video is not archived. By results of processing of received documents, from April 17 to April 30, 2017 it is planned to conduct interviews with selected participants. The announcement of the final results of the selection will take place on 15 may 2017. In case of any questions: d.voyuta@gmail.com. Tender for the provision of services for capacity building of rural communities USAID "Agrolratu" is looking for a provider of services to strengthen the capacity of experts of the Central authorities, the heads of the GSS, representatives of local councils and action groups in the methodology of rural development is woven on the basis of leadership in rural communities. Deadline - March 9, 2017 Chemonics International Inc. in the framework of the USAID project "Agrolratu" is looking for a contractor to provide services to improve the ability of the specialists of the Central government, chairmen of the joint territorial communities, representatives of local councils and action groups in the application of the methodology of the rural-based development of leadership in rural communities. The project "Support to agricultural and rural development" is a project which is implemented by Chemonics in Ukraine. The aim of the project "Agrolratu" is to promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth through development of agriculture and creation of more attractive living conditions in rural Ukraine. The project will work at national and regional level, and will pay special attention to the development of agriculture in the southern and Eastern regions of the country. The company "Chemonics" intends to entrust the execution of works subcontracted to achieve these specific objectives: * Improving the ability of representatives of the Ministry of agrarian policy and food (MAPP), regional, local authorities and target groups on the implementation of models for rural development based on leadership in rural communities; * Dissemination of experience of existing in Ukraine, the most successful practices (models) for rural development based on the leadership of rural communities. The tasks assigned to the Subcontractor to achieve these goals: 1. Develop curriculum and presentation materials of the methods to activate the community and implement successful models of rural development for various target audiences, namely: - the initiative groups of the United territorial communities (GSS), calculated on a two-day training; - representatives of regional and district authorities, NGOs, initiative groups and village heads, designed for a one-day seminar; - representatives of the professional community and experts MAPP, designed for a one-day seminar. 2. To select and perform at least 10 different successful models of rural development based on the leadership of rural communities in different regions of Ukraine. To develop recommendations for their implementation, including in presentation materials. 3. Conduct public education program on improving methods to activate the community and implement successful models of rural development for different target audiences: twelve elected by the GSS Project in Odessa, Nikolaev, Kherson, Zaporozhye, Donetsk and Lugansk regions (government-controlled territory) (12 trainings); - representatives of regional and district authorities, public organizations and initiative groups, as well as village heads in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions (government-controlled territory) (4 seminars); - representatives of the professional community and experts MAPP (1 workshop). Company or organization needs to show its interest in submitting a proposal on the anticipated subcontract by sending an email stating your intentions Igor Lazarenko, Manager, contracts and grants, to the address: ilazarenko@ukraineards.com to 18:00 on 17 February 2017 In case you have any questions regarding the application process, the contest and the award of a subcontract, we request interested participants to send them to Igor Lazarenko to the email address ilazarenko@ukraineards.com. The deadline for written questions regarding this contest: December 28, 2017. We provide you with the answers no later than 01 March 2017. According to preliminary calculations, the sub-contract with the winner will be signed until March 22, 2017. All-Ukrainian competition "the Incredible villages of Ukraine 2017" Starts the II all-Ukrainian competition "the Incredible villages of Ukraine 2017", which is initiated by an online resource AgroPortal.ua and the Association "Ukrainian club of agrarian business" (ASTP). The project aims to contribute to the development of small and medium-sized businesses in rural areas, as well as to remind about the historical and cultural heritage of the Ukrainian village. Deadline - may 15, 2017. The aim of the project: to promote small and medium-sized businesses in rural areas, rural areas and communities, to promote life in the village and recall the historical and cultural heritage of the Ukrainian village. Period: April-September 2017. The stages of * From April 3 to may 15 - accepting applications (the application can send anyone). * From 16 to 31 may - the first stage of the competition - semi-final - members of the expert Council will determine the 20 villages of applicants. * From 1 June to 16 July - "the Incredible rural rally". Journalists AgroPortal.ua visit each of the 20 villages. * From 16 July to 16 August - the second stage of the competition - the finals: on the website AgroPortal.ua will be online voting. In parallel with online voting, each member of the expert Council will assign grades to the villages-to the contestants*. * From 16 to 23 August edition AgroPortal.ua will bring all grades together. * On 24 August on the website AgroPortal.ua there will be winners, date and place of ceremony. Requirements of the village of the applicant * Briefly write about the "flavor" of the village, to justify why this village can claim the title of "the Incredible village of Ukraine, 2017". The text is not more than 1 thousand characters with spaces. * Be sure to specify: full name, contact number and place of employment who is applying for the tender (for further data, if necessary). * Photos and videos on request. * Please send your applications to mail selo@agroportal.ua indicating in the subject the name of the village or fill it in online. To playlist contest will include the most incredible village, the application can be sent in the form of essays or sketches, it will increase your chances. The organizers reserve the right not to inform those participants who do not pass competitive selection. The prize Fund of the II all-Ukrainian competition "the Incredible villages of Ukraine 2017" between the winners (the winner is the village, and not a specific person that sent the contest) will be distributed as follows: first place - 50%, second place 20% third place 10% , the remaining 20% of the total prize pool will be evenly distributed between 4-6 seats. A "certificate" means a certificate for a certain amount with the subsequent purchase of the village by the organisers of the necessary equipment. Read more about the contest can be found here. Historical contest "the Unknown story of my land" The Ukrainian Catholic University holds the V all-Ukrainian historical competition for high school students "the Unknown history of my region. The achievements of the people of my country." Deadline - March 26, 2017 Work can serve students in grades 9-11. The amount of text material should not exceed three pages (A4, single-spaced). For the jury's consideration must submit a project that reveals the inventions, achievements, creativity, open people from your home city, village, town, district, region, where the contestant, or which he is known. The participants ' works will be evaluated by the jury: - Orestes Lillo (associate Professor of modern and contemporary history of Ukraine Ukrainian Catholic University, candidate of historical Sciences); - Nicholas Katsyuba (Deputy Director of the Lviv regional Institute of postgraduate pedagogical education); - Ivanna Borodchuk (Director of the Lviv regional Minor Academy of Sciences of student youth); Vakhtang Kipiani (journalist, chief editor of the portal "Historical truth"). Ucesnicima to submit their work until March 26, 2017. Submissions will be accepted at the address: str I. Sventsitskoho 17, Lviv, 79011 (subject: "Historic competition") or by e-mail events@ucu.edu.ua (the email subject is "Historical competition"). The final competition will be held on 8 April 2017. Please find attached the entry form (Annex 1), the conditions for participation in the competition (Appendix 2), recommendations for preparation for the writing of works participants of the contest (Annex 3) and the regulations (Annex 4). The participants may contact the organizers for advice on how best to choose a topic and prepare your research. For that you should write an e-mail to events@ucu.edu.ua (the email subject is "Historical competition"). The best works will be published on the portal "Historical truth". All participants will receive commemorative certificates. The winners of the contest will receive a cash prize that will cover the cost of day trips in one of the ancient historical cities of Ukraine to choose from, for example, Kiev, Lviv, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Odessa, Rivne, Chernivtsi. Detailed information about the contest on the website of the Ukrainian Catholic University http://vstup.ucu.edu.ua/mozhlivosti/nhistory-2017/. International video contest for schoolchildren on energy saving International SPARE project announces a contest of video clips on energy saving. To participate in the contest invited students up to the age of 17 years. Deadline - 1 April 2017 SPARE, school project for the rational use of resources and energy, invites young people aged up to 17 years to participate in the competition videos #Domorewithless2017! The main objective of the project SPARE – reducing greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate dangerous climate change. Faster and cheaper all this can be achieved by making more efficient use of energy. One saved kilowatt of energy produced is much more valuable. Opportunities for more efficient use of energy in our daily lives are endless, and the change of habits does not imply reduction in comfort and quality of life! Contest conditions: 1. Use your imagination and creativity – draw, do presentations, build, furnace, play, sing, speak, speeches – whatever expresses the idea of saving energy and combating climate change, shoot it on video and collect likes on YouTube. Use humor or be serious. You don't need any special equipment, a camera on the phone. Videos should be no longer than 3 minutes, and it should answer one or more of the following questions: – How to live better and more fun, but use less energy and resources? – How can we help our friends, colleagues, parents, neighbors, politicians to understand that you can "do more but use less energy"? – What did you to do more using less energy? 2. Upload your video to YouTube: The title of the video should be in this format: The title of the VIDEO #DOMOREWITHLESS2017 # the COUNTRY NAME in Latin letters. For example, BE ENERGY EFFICIENT #DOMOREWITHLESS2017 #UKRAINE. In the description show information about yourself:) the title of the video, II) the name (names) and surname (family name) of the founders, III) the number and address of your school (city / village, country), IV) video created especially for competition SPARE. It has become somewhat of hashtags – they will help you to make the video more popular! Send information about yourself and links to videos on address domorewithless2017@gmail.com and spare-coordination@spareworld.org. In the text of the letter enter:) the title of the video, II) the name (names) and surname (family name) of the founders, III) age, IV) address (town / village) , V) the country of residence. IMPORTANT: in the absence of this information video WILL NOT be accepted for participation in the contest! 3. Share your videos, share them on social networks and collect "likes" on YouTube! 4. The deadline for video download – 1 APR 2017 All videos taking part in the international stage of the competition. The competition is held among the creators of this video with SPARE-countries or any other. 20 videos that have gained the most views and likes on YouTube will be evaluated by the jury of the international final. The international jury will evaluate the video according to the following criteria: * The correct information is shown in the video, does it fit the contest theme. * Originality. Primogenita international stage of the competition will be ogoloshennya until may 1, 2017. The best video will receive an award of 300 euros. Videos in second and third place will receive, respectively, 200 and 100 euros. The contest "how beautiful our planet is!" The Association of space museums of Ukraine, together with its partners, announces the call for entries for the II international open competition of creative works devoted to the first flight of man into space "how beautiful our planet is!". Deadline - March 30, 2017 This year's competition theme covers digital arts - participants can try their hand at computer graphics and painting, multimedia presentations. The goals and objectives of the competition: - popularization of achievements in the world of space; - raising the interest of creative young people to space exploration; - attracting students to the study and use of modern information and multimedia technologies; - education of ecological culture and responsibility for the planet Earth. The participants of the contest: Age groups: 5-9 years, 10-14 years, 15-18 years. Topics: * space exploration: past, present, future; * "Life in orbit"; * space science and technology; * the beauty and harmony of the Cosmos and of planet Earth; * fantasy on "the Secrets of the Universe". Reception of works on competition is carried out from 20 February to 30 March 2017 on the Committee e-mail: post@cosmosmuseum.info. International festival-competition of photo-, tele-, radio - and print journalism "the Matrix" 19-23 June 2017 in Vilnius (Lithuanian Republic) will host the international festival-competition of photo-, tele-, radio - and print journalism "the Matrix"! The festival is held with the purpose of support and development of journalism in Ukraine; spreading the high standards of the journalistic profession; promotion of Ukrainian national culture on the international level. In Festival will take part a student and students, teachers, professional journalists, members of public organizations of Ukraine and Lithuania. Festival nominations: "Video" (plot), "Photograph", "Radouga", "Printed word". This was reported in the Zhytomyr regional state administration.

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