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SUMMARY:Fulbright Student Fellowships 2018-2019 Opened for Cambodian Applicants
DESCRIPTION:The Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy is pleased to announce the opportunity to compete for 2018-2019 Fulbright Student Fellowships for graduate study in the United States leading to a Master’s or Doctoral degree. Fellowships are awarded on a competitive basis to qualified candidates under the auspices of the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Program\, subject to the availability of funding. \nDeadline: June 1\, 2017\nThe Fulbright Program was established in 1946 by the U.S. Congress as a means “to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.” For more than sixty years the Fulbright Program has provided opportunities for foreign nationals to study\, teach\, and pursue research in the U.S.\nTo be eligible\, applicants must: \n\nHave a strong academic background and a record of excellence in previous studies;\nHave completed a Bachelor’s degree from a recognized college or university for those applying to study in the U.S. for a Master’s degree program\, or have a Master’s degree from a recognized college or university for those applying to study in the U.S. for a Doctoral program;\nBe proficient in English (a minimum score of 570 on TOEFL or TOEFL ITP\, or 230 on computer-based TOEFL\, or 88 on internet based TOEFL\, or 7.0 on IELTS);\nDemonstrate the ability to adapt readily to a foreign environment;\nBe in good health and able to undergo a rigorous study program; and\nNot have extensive experience living or studying in the United States.\n\nFulbright Student Fellowship grants provide round-trip transportation to the United States\, as well as tuition fees\, and living expenses for full-time graduate study. Grant provisions do not include financial support for dependents.\n \nSource: https://kh.usembassy.gov/fulbright-student-fellowships-2018-2019/\n  \n
URL:https://seajunction.org/event/fulbright-student-fellowships-2018-2019-opened-cambodian-applicants/
LOCATION:The United State of America\, United States
CATEGORIES:Opportunities
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190502
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SUMMARY:IUCN World Conservation Congress
DESCRIPTION:The call for proposals will be open from 2 May to 17 July 2019. \nThe essential content for the IUCN World Conservation Congress is provided by quality proposals\, submitted on a competitive basis. \nIf your proposal is selected\, in your session\, you will have an opportunity to engage a targeted and influential audience of leaders and decision makers from government\, civil society\, business\, and academia as well as conservation and sustainable development professionals from around the world. Hosting a session is not only an opportunity to showcase your organisation and its activities\, but also a chance for you to receive feedback from key stakeholders\, generate new partnerships and inform action on a global scale. \nThere are a number of different types of sessions you can consider hosting\, from formal thematic stream sessions\, focussed on developing ideas from the thematic plenaries\, to  training and capacity building sessions\, “a Campus”\, or a “Speaker Pitch” during which you can showcase your conservation work and your organisation’s achievements\, to a broad audience. \nThe session types listed below are open for proposals. Descriptions of each session type can be found on the dedicated page. \n\nThematic Stream Sessions\nSpeaker Pitches\nCampus Sessions\n\nTo be selected for inclusion in the final Congress programme\, event proposals must meet a series of criteria. \nFor example\, in addition to the overall merit of the proposal\, session proposals will be evaluated based on their alignment with the draft IUCN Programme 2021-2024\, their gender responsiveness\, their degree of youth engagement\, their intended engagement with the audience\, and other factors.Please refer to the Outline of the Call for Proposals for the full list of criteria\, and detailed guidelines on how to submit a successful proposal.  \nRemember that successful events are those that involve participants\, and provide ample space for discussion and the exchange of ideas. The variety of event types is intended to allow for a broad range of approaches and fora for learning and knowledge exchange. Please avoid proposing sessions featuring a series of speakers making presentations with slides! \nPlease note: The selection of proposals is a highly competitive process. Past Congresses have received over three times more proposals than could be accommodated. Before submitting your proposal\, carefully review the Outline of the Call for Proposals\, and ensure you have met all the requirements for completing the application form. \nAttachment: \n\nForum objectives\n\nSource: https://www.iucncongress2020.org/event/forum/host-session-during-forum \n
URL:https://seajunction.org/event/iucn-world-conservation-congress/
CATEGORIES:Opportunities
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DTSTART;TZID="Asia/Krasnoyarsk":20190611T110000
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SUMMARY:Photo Exhibition ‘’Gray Zones”
DESCRIPTION:On 11-23 June \,from 11AM to 7PM\, the Cross-Cultural Foundation (CrCF) in collaboration with SEA Junction will hold the photo exhibition “Gray Zones” in the Corner Space of BACC.  With his work\, the photographer Yostorn Trios aims to show the resilience of people in the Southern part of Thailand who go ahead with their daily life in the midst of growing tensions. \nThe photos in black\, white and gray show families\, children in schools\, people in the market or in sacred places and aim to introduce Southern Thailand to the rest of the country and beyond. The photographer as an outsider tries to reveal Thai deep south’s so-called “gray zones”\, images of normality in the shadow of conflict. These images rarely reach the media\, but are important to “humanize” the news of victims and perpetrators. \nAbout the Photographer \nThai  photographer Yostorn Triyos is the founder of REALFRAME and has an interest in portraying people in vulnerable situations. For his work visit the website of his group https://realframe.co/ or the facebook page https://www.facebook.com/realframefanpage/?epa=SEARCH_BOX \nExhibition photo by Yostorn Trios \nFor information/reservation for our events please email southeastasiajunction@gmail.com or phone/wa: +66970024140 \nNB: Events are free\, but donation most welcome! \nOrganizers SEA Junction\, OUR Venue on Southeast Asia \nSEA Junction aims to foster understanding and appreciation of Southeast Asia in all its socio-cultural dimensions –from arts and lifestyles to economy and development. Conveniently located at Room 408 of the Bangkok Arts and Culture Centre or BACC (across MBK\, BTS National Stadium) SEA junction facilitates public access to knowledge resources and exchanges among students\, practitioners and Southeast Asia lovers. For more information see www.seajunction.org and join the Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1693055870976440/ \nThe Cross Cultural Foundation (CrCF) \nThe Cross Cultural Foundation (CrCF) was founded in 2002 to work on justice and the protection\, promotion\, and monitoring of human rights in Thailand. Particular emphasis is placed on marginalized people including ethnic minority groups\, stateless people\, migrant workers and the victims of conflict.  For more information see https://voicefromthais.wordpress.com. \n
URL:https://seajunction.org/event/photo-exhibition-gray-zones-sea-junction/
LOCATION:Corner space 1st floor\, BACC
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190617
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SUMMARY:Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute
DESCRIPTION:Registration: JUNE 17 TO AUGUST 9\, 2019 \nSEASSI is an eight-week intensive language training program for undergraduates\, graduate students and professionals. It has been held since 1983 and hosted by UW-Madison in 1994-1995 and then since 2000. Instruction is offered for academic credit in eight languages at the 1st\, 2nd\, and 3rd year levels. \nBURMESE\nFILIPINO\nHMONG\nINDONESIAN\nJAVANESE\nKHMER\nLAO\nTHAI\nVIETNAMESE \nQuestions about SEASSI or the status of your application? \nPlease email us: seassi@seasia.wisc.edu. \nEach language course is equivalent to two semesters of study\, with full academic year credit. Instruction is given in small individualized groups taught by a team consisting of a coordinator (usually a linguist specializing in Southeast Asian language pedagogy) and teachers who are native speakers of that language. Instruction is intensive. Classes are held from 8:00 am to 12:30 pm\, Mondays through Fridays. Most students find that they spend an additional three to four hours per day on homework. \nSEASSI also offers a limited number of spots for students to participate in SEASSI classes via distance. Click here for more details. \nSEASSI is an integral part of a nationwide network of language teaching faculty from the institutions that are members of the SEASSI network: Arizona State University\, Cornell University\, Michigan State University\, Northern Illinois University\, Ohio University\, University of California-Berkeley\, University of California-Los Angeles\, University of Hawaii-Manoa\, University of Michigan\, University of Notre Dame\, University of Washington\, and University of Wisconsin-Madison. Representatives from this network of institutions meet annually to discuss SEASSI and recommend ways to improve the program. \nSource: https://seassi.wisc.edu/?fbclid=IwAR1Bo5w59vg1tLKVSISSV-ZXUxVSO7FAVKQJ3JCoLSZXyvnUJ7_1ZEOfxgs \n
URL:https://seajunction.org/event/southeast-asian-studies-summer-institute/
LOCATION:University of Wisconsin-Madison\, USA
CATEGORIES:Courses
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DTSTART;TZID="Asia/Krasnoyarsk":20190623T180000
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SUMMARY:Panel Discussion “Home-Grown Philanthropy in Southeast Asia: A Bonus for Civil Society?”
DESCRIPTION:While there is much talk of the shrinking of civic space in Southeast Asia (and the world)\, public discussion rarely touches on how this also affects (and is affected by) the availability of funding for civil society organizations\, in particular those that advocate for human rights. Last February\, SEA Junction has launched a series of events and publications focusing on the funding challenges experienced by civil society in the region\, with support by the Open Society Foundations (OSF).  This initiative named “Wielding the funding strings of civil society in Southeast Asia” is born out of an article with the same title recently written by SEA Junction’s director\, Rosalia Sciortino\, for New Mandala (https://www.newmandala.org/weilding-purse-strings/). As the article notes: \n“Across Southeast Asia\, governments’ stiffened oversight is limiting access to international and national funds by CSOs\, in particular when directed at financing advocacy and rights-based activities. This occurs amidst an evolving development aid landscape wherein established donor agencies reposition themselves in line with more conservative contexts back home and abroad\, and where a new set of funders does not necessarily appreciate the merit of a “vibrant civil society” for democracy and development” (Sciortino 2018). \nIn the first event of the series\, we had an introduction of the issues at stake from the perspective of NGO activists. about the challenges that they encounter in finding funding for their organizations and what could be alternative ways of finding much needed resources. In the second event last May\, the focus was on the same issues\, but as experienced by fund raisers\, those who try to help raising funds for civil society through various means\, as resource mobilization officers\, consultants or representatives of intermediary organizations. This third event to be held on 23 June at 6PM at SEA Junction explores the funding opportunities offered by the robust growth of the home-grown Southeast Asian philanthropic sector and whether they indeed translate into regular and sustainable support to civil society. This especially in light of the risk-averse tendency of home-grown philanthropy\, dominated by family corporate foundations and\, even more commonly\, corporate giving programs operated through informal or corporate channels.  \nThe panel composition is as follows: \nModerator: \nRosalia Sciortino\, IPSR\, Mahidol University & SEA Junction \nSpeakers: \n\nAda Chirapaisarnkul Founder\, Board of Director\, Thai Young Philanthropist Network (TYPN) & Managing Director TaejaiDotcom\nCavelle Dove\, Team Lead\, Women’s Economic Empowerment and Financial Inclusion at United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)\, Myanmar\nIsmid Hadad\, Former Chairperson Association of Indonesian Philanthropy\, Indonesia\nTon Nu Thi Ninh\, President Ho Chi Minh Peace and Development Foundation (HPDF)\, Vietnam\n\nModerator and Speakers profiles  \nAda Chirapaisarnkul \nAda Chirapaisarnkul founded the Thai Young Philanthropist Network (TYPN) in 2008\, mobilizing local and foreign students and institutions for a social investment and skill-based volunteering movement across Thailand and Southeast Asia. In 2017\, she founded taejai.com\, the first and largest fundraising website for social-impact projects. Additionally\, Ada has taken on government projects\, such as the first National Master plan for Social Enterprise Development with the Prime Minister’s office\, and academic roles\, such as lecturing and founding G-Lab at Thammasat University. On top of her various ongoing projects\, some of her recent roles include Head of Social Impact Advisory for ChangeVentures\, and Board Member of NEEDeed. \nCavelle Dove \nCavelle Dove is the Team Lead\, Women’s Economic Empowerment and Financial Inclusion at United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)\, Myanmar. She has lived and worked in Southeast Asia since 2002\, and has managed economic development and aid programs in Thailand\, Myanmar\, Laos and Cambodia. She is the co-founder of a social business in Myanmar (YangonBakehouse); the founder of a NGO in Thailand (ImagineThailand); and has developed shared value partnerships across government\, private sector\, and civil She has written about philanthropy in Myanmar at https://aseas.univie.ac.at/index.php/aseas/article/view/1813 \nIsmid Hadad \nIsmid Hadad was the Chairman of Perhimpunan Filantropi Indonesia\, or the Association of Indonesian Philanthropy (PFI)\, an independent non-profit institution committed to facilitating the interests of the Indonesian philanthropic community. Prior to joining PFI\, he was the executive director of KEHATI ” the Indonesian Biodiversity Foundation\, a grant-making institution he helped found in 1994. Ismid is an economist and institutional development expert with over 30 years of professional experience in the areas of governance\, social communication\, capacity building and environmental management. Before working with environmental NGOs\, he spent several years in the private sector\, where he was the president and managing director of PT REDECON and PT INDOCONSULT\, respectively. \nMdm Ton Nu Thi Ninh  \nMdm Ton Nu Thi Ninh is the President of the Ho Chi Minh City Peace and Development Foundation (HPDF). Prior to holding her current position\, she served as Deputy Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly of Vietnam and was for over two two decades a diplomat in Viet Nam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs\, specializing in multilateral institutions (the United Nations\, the Non-Aligned Movement\, Francophonie\, ASEAN) and global issues (international peace and security\, development\, philanthropy\, environment\, governance\, human rights\, and gender) From 2000 to 2003\, she was Viet Nam’s Ambassador to Belgium\, Luxembourg and Head of the Mission to the European Union in Brussels. She also served a term on the Central Executive on the Viet Nam Women’s Union.  \nRosalia Sciortino \nRosalia Sciortino is Associate Professor at the Institute for Population and Social Research (IPSR)\, Mahidol University\, Visiting Professor in the Master in International Development Studies (MAIDS)\, Chulalongkorn University\, and founder and Director of SEA Junction (www.seajunction.org). Formerly\, she served as Regional Director for Southeast and East Asia in Singapore (2010-2014)\, Senior Adviser to the Australian Agency for International Development in Indonesia (2009-2010)\, and Regional Director for Asia of the Rockefeller Foundation (2000-2007) establishing during her tenure the Foundation’s Southeast Asia Office in Bangkok. Prior to that\, she was program officer Gender\, Human Development and Reproductive Health at the Indonesia and Philippines offices of the Ford Foundation from 1993 to 2000. \nFor those interested in the issue we also recommend to download the special issue of the Austrian Journal for Southeast Asia Studies entitled “Philanthropy\, Giving\, and Development” at  https://aseas.univie.ac.at/index.php/aseas/issue/view/186 \nIllustration: Lee Yu Hui & Simon Ang in “Is Asia Giving Back Enough”\, Business Times \nThe event is free\, but donations are most welcome to enable SEA Junction to continue its activities and keep events accessible to the public. \nFor information/reservation for our events please email southeastasiajunction@gmail.com or phone/wa: +66970024140 \nOrganizers: \nSEA Junction\, OUR Venue to Connect on Southeast Asia (see https://seajunction.org) SEA Junction aims to foster understanding and appreciation of Southeast Asia in all its socio-cultural dimensions –from arts and lifestyles to economy and development. Conveniently located at Room 408 of the Bangkok Arts and Culture Centre or BACC (across MBK\, BTS National Stadium) SEA junction facilitates public access to knowledge resources and exchanges among students\, practitioners and Southeast Asia lovers. For more information see seajunction.org and join the Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1693055870976440/ \nOpen Society Foundations (OSF) \nOSF\, the Open Society Institute\, is an international grant-making network that work to build vibrant and tolerant societies whose governments are accountable and open to the participation of all people including through provision of financial support to civil society groups. For more information see https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org \n
URL:https://seajunction.org/event/panel-discussion-home-grown-philanthropy-in-southeast-asia-a-bonus-for-civil-society/
LOCATION:SEA Junction\, Room 408\, BACC\, 939 Rama 1 Rd\, Pathum Wan\, Khet Pathum Wan\, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon 10330 Bangkok\, Thailand\, Bangkok\, Thailand
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