[eccr] Fwd: 2003 ICT POLICY TRAINING PROGRAMME - BUDAPEST

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>2003 ICT POLICY TRAINING PROGRAMME - BUDAPEST
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>For public interest advocates from
>Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
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>17-29 August 2003
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>Organised by
>The Stanhope Centre for Communications Policy Research 
><www.stanhopecentre.org>
>in co-operation with the Open Society Institute and the Markle Foundation
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>With a special emphasis on public interest advocacy, this ten-day programme
>on information and communications technologies (ICT) offers participants the
>chance to engage in the global ICT policy debate from a European perspective,
>with sessions taught by European and international experts.
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>The 25 selected participants will receive a full-tuition fellowship to cover
>the cost of the training programme, travel to and from Budapest, and room
>and board.
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>Contents
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>1. The Programme
>2. Who Can Apply
>3. The Organisers
>4. How to Apply
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>1. THE PROGRAMME
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>During this ten-day programme participants will learn to build skills in
>developing and advocating ICT policy in their home countries and the region.
>The programme has a focus on European policies, and a comparative approach
>to assessing national, regional and global policy agendas is central to the
>curriculum.
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>Issues dealt with include ICT infrastructure (telecom liberalisation and
>spectrum management/wireless), civil liberties (privacy and freedom of
>expression), and intellectual property - all in the context of how decisions
>are made and how public interest advocates can participate in policy making
>processes.
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>For further information about the training programme please visit
>www.stanhopecentre.org/ict.
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>2. WHO CAN APPLY
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>In selecting applicants, the selection committee will look for participants
>with a legal background and/or basic understanding of ICT policy issues.
>Applications are sought from advanced law students, practising lawyers, and
>other individuals who show a strong demonstrable interest in public interest
>advocacy of the ICT sector.  Preference will be given to applicants
>representing civil society and academia.
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>Applicants must convey how their background (academic and professional)
>relates to ICT policy advocacy and why they want to receive policy training
>in this sector. Applications will be judged on how applicants convey their
>motivation, future plans, and overall interest in ICT policy advocacy.
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>Applicants considered will be from: The Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland,
>Slovakia, Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Albania,
>Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Romania,
>Slovenia, Serbia and Montenegro, and Turkey. The organisers are willing to
>admit a few exceptionally strong candidates from Central Asia and the
>Caucasus.
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>3. THE ORGANISERS
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>The 2003 ICT Policy Training Programme builds on a summer school in 2002 at
>Oxford University (at the Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy) for
>media lawyers and law professionals in the Balkans and southern Caucasus.
>The organiser of the 2003 Training Programme will be the Stanhope Centre for
>Communications Policy Research through its Hungarian Office, located at
>Budapest's Eötvös Lorand University, in conjunction with the Markle
>Foundation and the Open Society Institute.
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>4. HOW TO APPLY
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>For the application form go to www.stanhopecentre.org/ict or email
>(sabbott /at/ stanhopecentre.org) to request one.
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>Applications are due by 16 June 2003, and should be sent via email to:
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>Susan Abbott,
>Research and Programme Co-ordinator,
>Stanhope Centre for Communications Policy Research,
>(sabbott /at/ stanhopecentre.org).
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>Applicants will be notified of their acceptance on/around 1 July 2003.

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Carpentier Nico (Phd)
Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Free University Brussels
Studies on Media, Information & Telecommunication (SMIT)
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