5TH POST-YUGOSLAV PEACE ACADEMY (PYPA) 2012

Background:

The 5th Post-Yugoslav Peace Academy (PYPA) is currently being organized for persons from across the former Yugoslavia who are active in the fields of peacebuilding, dealing with the past, human rights’ protection. This event is tailored for activists, students, researchers, theoreticians, journalists and all others whose focus is peace work.
The 5th Peace Academy is going to be organized in Sarajevo from July 22nd – 31st 2012.

Eligibility

  - Persons working in the field of peacebuilding (advantage will be given to those with a minimum of three years experience and to
    peacebuilding veterans from the ex-Yugoslav region);
  - Journalists and media workers (advantage will be given to those with a minimum of three years experience);
  - Academics, lecturers and students (advantage will be given to student of the third year and above; lecturers and academics should be
    involved in related fields to peacebuilding and advantage will be given to those with a minimum of three years experience);
  - Artists working in relevant filed of work and with a minimum of three years experience;
  - Persons working in State and other governmental institutions with a minimum three year experience in a field related to peacebuilding;
  - Experience in any of the above mentioned fields;
  - Willingness to attend the selected course during its whole, eight-day, duration (late arrivals and early departures will not be tolerated);
  - Willingness to fulfill all obligations related to the course (reading the recommended literature before the start of the Academy, writing a
    final essay);
  - Fluency in English (prerequisite for the 3rd course);
  - Minimum age for participation is 21 years;
  - Openness to listen and dialogue;
  - Participation fee payment after your application has been selected.
  - Persons which previously did not participate at the Peace Academies will be given advantage. Of the entire number of participants, 15%
    will be reserved for participants coming from other countries beyond the ex-Yugoslav region, where advantage is given to persons whose
    work is connected to the Region or who themselves come from conflict areas.


Deadline: 1 June 2012

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