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. Video contest on energy conservation 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. 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 Sevastopol, or still reside in these areas; * 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. 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. * Applications send e selo@agroportal.EN specifying 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. To do this, write an e-mail 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". Participants of the Festival are children and youth aged 10 to 35 years. Applications for participation in the Festival are accepted until may 19, 2017 email address: tandemplaneta17@gmail.com. Training "Freedom of information" Public organization "Territory of success" invites to training "Freedom of information – the duty of the state to organize the provision of access to information". The training will be held from 20 to 23 March 2017 in the city of Onward. The event is for community activists will be held in the framework of the project "Ukrainian regional platform for public initiatives". From each partner organization of the project invited three representatives (ke) (from organizations subgrantees that this information will be useful). Deadline - March 13, 2017 Participants will have the opportunity to: * interact with seasoned experts in the field of monitoring of transparency of activities of bodies of local self-government; * to share their experience and problems with access to information; * to acquire the skills of conducting successful procedure of request, analysis and publication of the results of the study. Among the coaches: * Alexander Pavlichenko, Chairman of the Board of the Ukrainian Helsinki Union for human rights (UHHRU), expert on issues of access to information, Kharkiv human rights protection group (KHPG); * Inga Dudnik, Executive Director of the NGO "Territory of success", expert on access to public information; * Zoe Swan, an expert of the Civil network OPORA. More info about the event will be announced later in the program, which will be send to registered participants. The organizers will provide accommodation and meals for participants, travel costs to the venue and back (with travel documents) due to the implementation of the project "Ukrainian regional platform for public initiatives". Registration is required, registration form, you can fill the link. The filing deadline is 12:00 on 13 March, 2017 Mini-grants for mentoring with a child hero ATO Lviv educational Foundation invites enthusiastic young people to join the mentoring program for children who lost a father in the ATO. Deadline - March 20, 2017 The program continues in 2014, reaching more than 60 mentors and kids heroes throughout Ukraine. The main goal of the program is to support the child hero of the ATO through regular educational activities, useful activities and mentoring. The program is a mini-rentboy: mentor cover the costs for the purchase of stationery, sporting goods and other necessary materials. You have the opportunity to apply for grants until March 20, 2017. More information about the project can be found on the page “Lviv educational Foundation“ and in the Facebook group - “big brother” mentoring for children of heroes ATO.” To participate in the contest mini-grant program please fill the application form. The results of the competition will be notified before March 30 of this year a letter to Your email box! Essay contest "Many languages - one world" Announced the student essay contest "Many languages - one world" 2017, sponsored by the network of centres of English language learning ELS (ELS Educational Services, Inc.) together with the United Nations. To participate in the essay contest "Many languages - one world" 2017 students of higher educational institutions full-time students 18 years or older. To participate in the contest you must write and submit an essay up to 2 thousand words one of the official UN languages (English, French, Chinese, Arabic, Spanish or Russian), but is not the primary language of the student and was not the language of instruction in primary or secondary education. The results of the contest will be selected the best students who will attend world youth forum in new York, which will be held in the framework of the United Nations "Interaction with the academic circles." Essays will be accepted until 16 March 2017 23 h 59 min. est. Tickets, accommodation and meals will be covered by the network of Centres of English language learning ELS (ELS Educational Services, Inc.). For more details visit: https://www.manylanguagesoneworld.org/. Training for journalists and producers of media by "Open Media Hub" (Kiev) March 22-25, 2017 in the city of Kiev held a training for journalists and producers to the Ukrainian media in the framework of the "Open Media Hub", financed by the delegation of the European Union. Training during training, a concern is to improve the skills of news production. Deadline - March 20, 2017. The course will focus on the improvement of independent and objective journalism by means of a visual stortelling. The training will focus on the creation of the training history with the use of modern skills Storting in real-time. If you want to take part in the training, will offer three stories that will be able to prepare for the training from the Thomson Foundation under the guidance of expert Zoe Charles: 1. "History of man" – we want to look at the face of Ukraine through the eyes of real people in real-life situations. 2. "News" is a hot topic that is associated with the subject of relations Ukraine-EU 3. "A brief history "I am 20" - opoty about how to aspire the youth of today Please apply online via the links below they could see the coach of Soya Charles. After all, for four days of training you will be working on their creation, shooting, editing, and completing scenarios. These stories will then be placed on the platform Open Media Hub and web site for exchange between stakeholders at local and regional levels: http://openmediahub.com The project "Open Media Hub" aimed at improving the professional skills of journalists and media managers, and support the production of audiovisual content and Internet content in the European neighbourhood countries, to contribute to the development of independent media. The project is implemented by consortium led by the Thomson Foundation and European media organizations, such as France M?dias Monde, the European Journalism Center and Free Press Unlimited. To apply, please click on the link. The deadline for submission of applications 23:45 PM on March 20, 2017. Distance learning course for journalists "the Courts and the media" Media Law Institute is inviting journalists who are interested in knowledge about the judicial system, judicial reform and judicial processes, taking the distance course “the Courts and the media.” Distance learning will be held on the website of distance learning courses of the Institute of Media Rights (http://www.mli.org.ua/). Within a few weeks the course participants will receive training materials prepared by the experts of Media Law Institute. Students will be able to dig deeper to find those topics that cause the greatest interest to them. After successfully passing the final test, participants will receive a certificate of completion of distance learning course "the Courts and the media." The topics of the course: the structure of the judicial system of Ukraine; - types of decisions of the courts and of the entry into force; - access to court proceedings and judicial documents; - the right to a fair trial, the presumption of innocence; - protection of journalistic sources; - dissemination of information about the court and judges, the European court of human rights. Requirements to candidates: – to be a journalist-practitioner; – have permanent Internet access; – have a desire for new knowledge. In order to become a student of the distance learning course, you need to fill the online application form: https://goo.gl/forms/5JXzMqA8ZBvtwq2x2 A study group will be formed on competitive basis. The form must be received by Media Law Institute until March 13, 2017. This was reported in the Zhytomyr regional state administration.Ïåðåâåäåíî ñåðâèñîì "ßíäåêñ.Ïåðåâîä÷èê": translate.yandex.ru.
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