4th WLEC - Women's Leadership and Empowerment Conference 2013

WLEC - Women's Leadership and Empowerment Conference 2013 13-15 March 2013 Bangkok, Thailand Website: http://www.tomorrowpeople.org/womens-leadership-conference-2013.html Dear Scholars, Students, NGO and governmental representatives: We are happy to announce WLEC 2013, hosted by Tomorrow People Organization (www.tomorrowpeople.org). This highly exciting and challenging international Conference is intended to be a forum, discussion and networking place for academics, researchers, professionals, administrators, educational leaders, policy makers, industry representatives, advanced students and others interested in leadership, women empowerment and gender studies. More specifically, it targets: Scholars: Share your research, learn some new approaches, hear about others' experiences and pass on your knowledge and experience on to others. Government officials and policy makers: Learn about the best practices, educational development strategies and educational systems around the world; network with other policy makers and NGOs working in the field of supporting the educational development. NGOs: Network with other international NGOs, possible donors and colleagues from around the world and share your achievements and strategies with others. Graduate students: Meet your colleagues from around the world, make new friends, and improve your knowledge and communication skills. Company representatives: Chance to improve your leadership skills, learn more about the importance of permanent education in achieving the high performances of your organization, meet your colleagues, exchange ideas and establish new connections and partnerships. Others: Anyone who is interested in making some positive changes around them and gaining new knowledge, skills and friends and becoming more useful to their own communities. 4th Annual Women's Leadership and Empowerment Conference will provide unlimited resources and opportunities to interact with prominent leaders in the field of leadership and women studies and greatly expand on your global network of scholars and professionals. We welcome: ORAL, POSTER and VIRTUAL presentations. Early submissions are strongly encouraged due to limited space in the venue, as applications are reviewed on a rolling admission basis - as long as space is available. The conference topics include, but are not limited to: Casual factors of leadership development, Can leadership be learned? - Nature vs. nurture, Cross cultural aspects of leadership, Family Systems: Change and Traditions, Leadership styles and techniques, Leadership values, Leading under extreme diversity, Women and leadership, Women with Disabilities, Shaping the future by female leaders, Creating an innovative leadership, Growing as individuals, Creating a new relationship with your values, especially money, Success Stories: Meet women who have achieved successful careers, Women and Sports, Women as Entrepreneurs, Women and Environment, Women in Politics, The Role of Women in Contemporary Society, Women and Culture, Role Reversal in the Home and Workplace, other related areas of gender and leadership studies. Papers presented at the conference will be published in dedicated ISBN publication of WLEC 2013 Conference Proceedings. We look forward to seeing you in Bangkok in March 2013, as one of our participants, coming from over 40 countries worldwide! Sincerely, Jovana Savic Program Manager WLEC 2013 Organizing Committee Email: contact@tomorrowepople.org, jsavic@tomorrowpeople.org

 

Call for Abstracts, Workshop: "EU External Environmental Governance Beyond its Neighbourhood"

Call for Abstracts

for a workshop on

 

EU External Environmental Governance Beyond its Neighbourhood

 

19 & 20 April 2013

Berlin

 

This workshop adopts a wide angle on a broad variety of different external governance efforts in which the EU engages, including international negotiations, policy promotion and the use of market power. It strives to analyse the effectiveness of different EU external environmental governance efforts, to identify different patterns EU external environmental governance and to explore the conditions in non-EU countries and internationally that enable or impede effective EU external governance.

 

The slow progress of international climate negotiations and the 'failed' leadership of the European Union at the Copenhagen conference of the parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change attracted significant scholarly attention. Finding consensus on a suitable post-Kyoto Protocol agreement poses major challenges. The difficulties with the 'traditional' multilateral way of governing global environmental problems through treaties gave rise to a search for solutions that complement and support these efforts. The EU has set ambitious domestic climate targets and strives for similar commitments of other major polluters. In other environmental policy areas such as chemicals policy, the EU also leads by adopting and promoting ambitious regulation. Apart from multilateral negotiations, the EU's toolbox comprises bilateral agreements, cooperation efforts with non-EU jurisdictions at different levels of governance, coercion and incentives, and external effects of EU pioneering policy through learning, competition and emulation.

 

Studies show that the further remote from the EU's neighbourhood a jurisdiction is located, the more important become domestic conditions in non-EU countries because the EU's leverage diminishes. The workshop stresses this aspect and strives to investigate the interplay between non-EU domestic factors and the EU's external governance activities. EU scholars recently have paid increasing attention to the external effects of EU policies and institutions on countries beyond the EU's neighbourhood. They propose conceptualisations of EU external governance and Europeanisation beyond Europe. This workshop aims at contributing to this emerging field by focusing on the area of environmental policy.

 

We invite paper proposals that cover, in particular, the following aspects and questions. Ideally, papers will cover a number of these elements. Both individual case studies and comparative studies are invited.

 

- Different EU activities and mechanisms: What kind of external governance tools and activities (international negotiations, policy promotion, capacity building, conditionality etc.) does the EU engage in with what result? Conditionality figures highly in the EU's neighbourhood and accession policy. However, it becomes less salient in EU external governance beyond its neighbourhood. What mechanisms prevail in external environmental governance?

 

- Different domestic factors in third countries: The success of EU external governance efforts depends on certain scope conditions. Which domestic factors foster the effectiveness of or constitute a barrier to EU external environmental governance?

 

- Different levels of governance: Not only nation states, also subnational entities and international organisations can be subject to external effects of EU environmental policy. How can we characterise the EU's external environmental governance in a multilevel context?

 

- Different regions and countries: How can we characterise EU external environmental governance in different countries and regions of the world? Are there differences with regard to the EU's approach and its effectiveness?

 

- Different institutional embeddedness: To what extent is a non-EU jurisdiction embedded in regional networks that are not directed towards Europe (Asia, Latin America, Africa etc.)

 

- Different policy subfields: How can we characterise EU external governance in different areas of environmental policy? Are there differences between policy types (for example product- vs. process-related) and policy areas (for example climate change vs. biodiversity)?

 

Interested authors are invited to send an abstract (max. 500 words) to Katja Biedenkopf (k.biedenkopf@uva.nl) and Diarmuid Torney (diarmuidtorney@gmail.com) by 31 December 2012. Invited paper givers will be asked to submit their final paper by 5 April 2012.

 

The workshop is funded by the "Kolleg Forschergruppe (KFG) The Transformative Power of Europe" of the Freie Universität Berlin. Accommodation and travel expenses will be covered for invited paper givers.

 

Call for Entries: 2013 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation

Bangkok, 23 October 2012 – Entries are now being accepted for the 2013 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation. The Awards recognize the achievement of the private sector and public-private initiatives in successfully conserving or restoring structures, places and properties of heritage value in the region. The Awards emphasize the importance of the conservation process, including technical achievements and the quality of the restoration work undertaken, as well as community involvement and participation in the project.

The deadline for receipt of materials is 31 March 2013.

Since the Awards were established in 2000, UNESCO has received 469 entries from 24 countries.  A total of 148 projects have received Awards for high achievement in conservation, while eight projects have received the Jury Commendation for Innovation. 

With support from the Macau Foundation, the Awards programme is now being enhanced to have even greater impact in raising awareness about exemplary practices in conserving heritage sites around the region. 

Projects involving heritage properties more than fifty years old which were completed within the last ten years are eligible for consideration. Houses, commercial and institutional buildings, historic towns and villages, archaeological heritage sites and cultural landscapes, for example, are all suitable for entry. The project must be the result of private sector initiative or public-private partnership.  

Entries for the 2013 Awards programme must be submitted with an official entry form, project description using provided official format, drawings and photographs in hard copy and on CD ROM to UNESCO Bangkok. 

Winners will be announced in August 2013, with a selected number of entries receiving the “Award of Excellence”, “Award of Distinction”, “Award of Merit”, “Honourable Mention” and “Jury Commendation for Innovation”. 

In addition to the conservation awards, the “Jury Commendation for Innovation” will also be considered for newly-built structures which demonstrate outstanding architectural design that is well-integrated into historic contexts.  

In 2012, Mbaru Niang, a village of traditional houses in Flores Island, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia was honoured with the Award of Excellence. The two Awards of Distinction include the Sethna Buildings in Mumbai, India and the Water Systems in Hampi, India. The three Awards of Merit include the Zhizhusi Complex in Beijing, China; the Chandramauleshwar Temple in Hampi, India; and Khilingrong Mosque in Shigar, Pakistan. Two Honourable Mentions were also awarded. They include the William Street Precinct in Perth, Australia and Jaisalmer Fort in Rajasthan, India.

The 2012 Jury Commendation for Innovation was awarded to the Reading Room of the Portuguese School of Macau in Macao (SAR) China. 

To apply for the 2013 Awards, visit the Awards website: www.unescobkk.org/culture/wh/asia-pacific-heritage-awards/2013ha/.

 

For more information, please contact:

Culture Unit
UNESCO Bangkok 

Tel:  (66 2) 391-0577 Ext. 509
Fax: (66 2) 391-0866

Email: culture.bgk@unesco.org

 

UNESCO Bangkok Press Release 2012

 

2013 Land for Life Award is now open

The application process for 2013 Land for Life Award is now open. The
deadline to apply is 15 March 2013.

The Land for Life award will recognize innovation and excellence in
sustainable land management, particularly efforts that enhance soils’
natural health and yield, and promote collaboration between policy
makers, scientists and communities.

The main goals of the Land for Life award are, among others:

*Recognize excellence and innovation in sustainable land management

*Provide winners with visibility and support to expand their work

*Inspire leadership for the restoration of soils' natural health and
the transformation of degraded land

The Land for Life award is at its second edition. The three winners of
the past edition, selected from 110 applications, were presented
during the global celebrations of World Day to Combat Desertification
in Rio de Janeiro on 17 June 2012. You might want to read more about
the winners in a special edition of UNCCD news at
http://newsbox.unccd.int/#Anchor-special-49575.

For more information on the current edition of the award and on the
application process plase visit:
http://www.unccd.int/en/programmes/Event-and-campaigns/LandForLife/Pages/default.aspx

CliMates, the international student think-and-do tank, organizes its first international Summit in Paris - October 29th - November 2nd 2012!

After a year of research and international network building, CliMates is organizing its first International Summit, bringing together its active members in Paris to find solutions to climate change of the next generation. 

The CliMates Summit will be the 

• To discuss key issues of international climate change 
• For youth and students to present innovative solutions to climate 
• To promote new forms of international negotiations

The CliMates International Summit will have three main goals:

• Review and analyze one year of collaborative and multidisciplinary research led by CliMates students
• Stimulate the debate on climate change and promote a student expertise
• Produce a CliMates Call for Action: a list of student solutions and projects to advocate and implement

The CliMates Call for Action will consist in a series of commitment and recommendations that CliMates will present and advocate to decision makers at all levels, including to negotiators of the UNFCCC COP 18, in Doha in November 2012. 

The CliMates Call for Action shall also consist in a blueprint for CliMates and its partners’ activity for the following year. For this reasons, CliMates invites its partners (especially student and youth organizations) to participate in and sign the CliMates Call for Action.

Throughout the Summit, negotiations will be held in order to adopt different solutions and a Common Student Position. Using an original method of discussion, the intent will be to find new ways to unlock current debates on addressing climate change, and to particularly find ways for youth and students to contribute.

Each student will formulate and express ideas to be incorporated in the CliMates Call for Action, which will be adopted in the Summit's Closing Ceremony.

Students will negotiate in small working groups, dedicated to specific topics within the general framework of climate negotiations. High level experts, from prestigious research institutions, public and private organizations, will participate in these working groups in order to guide students in the discussions and enhance the level of expertise. 

Those students are going to make a lot of noise, would help them spread the word about their initiative?

More information on www.climates.fr

Mail contact: communication@climates.fr

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