Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation – Armenia is currently seeking applications for the position: of a Coordinator for Civil Society Program.

This position is under the supervision of the Executive Director. The Coordinator’s responsibility will be to oversee the successful implementation of the Foundation’s Program in the area of human rights.

Qualifications will include:

- Strong background in the area of human rights and relevant experience in the fields of Civil Society and Human Rights

- Good understanding of current needs in the areas of criminal justice, women's issues, rights of vulnerable and marginalized groups in Armenia

- University (MA) degree preferably in Law, Human Rights, or Social Sciences

Three year minimum experience in an international organization

Strong organizational skills

- Ability to handle confidential issues

- Self-motivation with an ability to set and meet goals

- Ability to work under pressure and willingness to work long hours

- Good interpersonal skills

- Fluency in English, Armenian, and Russian

Deadline for submission of applications (CV and a cover letter) is August 16, 2010, 5:00 p.m. Please submit your applications via email at jobs@osi.am .

 8/17/2010

 OSIAF Armenia notifies that the office will be closed from August 1st to 15th, 2010 for summer vacations. Address: 7/1 Tumanyan St, 2nd cul-de-sac, Yerevan Tel: (37410) 533862, 536758 Email: info@osi.am; www.osi.am

 8/16/2010

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 8/31/2010

  On May 10, 2010, the EU General Affairs Council approved the negotiating directives for the future Association Agreements between the EU and Armenia. It is stated that deepening of the relationship between the EU and the countries of the South Caucasus are to progress on the basis of shared values and principles, including democracy, the rule of law and respect for human rights.

We acknowledge the policy of European integration as the most advantageous for Armenia’s prospects to become a truly democratic and prosperous country and for its people to live in an open and just society. For this we welcome this development as the Association Agreement can provide an expedient route for comprehensive integration.

However, we believe that the radical improvement of the current state of human rights and fundamental freedoms, the rule of law, good governance and justice in Armenia as a condition for deepening of the relationship that is based on values and principles. For the relations to strengthen and lead eventually to value-based integration, urgent and concrete steps should be taken as preconditions and guarantees of sufficient level of honoring the values themselves. We also urge that the concrete benchmarks be set and made public for the progress to be measured against.

For us the Armenian civil society working in diverse areas of democratic institution strengthening, rule of law, human rights and good governance, who have closely observed and studied current trends and mounting problems, the immediate and priority actions that the government should undertake to be able to engage in a meaningful and advantageous integration process benefiting Armenia’s economy, democracy and social makeup are the following:

1. Restore justice and the right to fair trial by conducting effective and full investigation of March 1 killings and releasing political prisoners.

2. Tackle the oligarchic structure and merge of politics and economy by constituting minimal necessary mechanisms for a competitive economy. Put in place functioning mechanisms for fighting the conflict of interests at all levels of government, most urgently at the higher echelons of governance.

3. Carry out immediate measures to lift control of broadcast media. Ensure diversity in the media market through ensuring transparency of tenders on licensing of broadcasting. Improve broadcast legislation to ensure independence of regulatory bodies. Involve the media community and civil society in the process of legislation reform and policy development reflecting the switchover from analogue to digital broadcasting

4. Ensure true independence of judiciary by making changes in the appointment and management of judges, increase transparency and impartiality of judicial processes and keep the judges accountable for unlawful and unethical behavior.

5. Put an end to the atmosphere of impunity for police brutality and torture in police custody investigating and prosecuting police brutality and opening the police detention to public monitoring.

6. Ensure a competitive political process prior to parliamentary elections in 2012 by curbing abuse of administrative, media and human resources. Exclude intimidation and other violations during the election campaign, voting and counting.

Armenian Helsinki Committee

“Asparez” Journalists’ Club

Committee to Protect Freedom of Expression

Helsinki Citizens Assembly Vanadzor Office

Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation - Armenia

Transparency International Anti-corruption Center

Yerevan Press Club

 8/2/2010

 CURRICULUM RESOURCE CENTER in cooperation with the Departments and Programs of the Central European University announces one-week course revision sessions for the FALL 2010 semester.

In the Fall 2010 semester CRC is offering the following sessions:

1. Open House Sessions

Medieval Studies: October 15 – 22, 2010 (deadline for applications: 1st September, 2010)

Philosophy: October 15 – 22, 2010 (deadline for applications: 1st September, 2010)

2. Course Innovation Sessions

Medieval Studies and History: Centers of Power and Spiritual Life in the Middle Ages and in the Early Modern Period: October 15-22, 2010 (deadline for applications: 1st September, 2010)

Political Science 1: Politics, Behavior, Biology: October 25-29, 2010 (deadline for applications: 10th September, 2010)

Nationalism Studies: Teaching Minority Protection:October 25-29, 2010 (deadline for applications: 10th September, 2010)

Political Science 2: Constitutionalism and Democracy: November 15-19, 2010 (deadline for applications: 10th October, 2010)

Sociology and Anthropology: Cultural Policies in a Globalized World:November 22-26, 2010 - (deadline for applications: 10th October, 2010)

Media and Communication Studies: Media and State Intervention: November 29 - December 3, 2010 - (deadline for applications: 10th October, 2010)

Religious Studies: Religious Geography, Symbolic Landscapes and Religious Movements: December 6 -10, 2010 (deadline for applications: 25th October, 2010)

3. Topical Issues in Curriculum Development Session Center for Policy Studies – LGI: Incorporating Diversity into the Teaching of Public Administration at Higher Education Institutions November 8-12, 2010 (deadline for applications: 10th September, 2010)

4. Departmental Curriculum Development Session one week agreed between January-June, 2011 (deadline for application: 3rd December, 2010)

For more information on eligibility and details of the sessions, as well as to download the application form please click here or visit www.ceu.hu/crc. Contact person: Anna Gevorgyan; email: anna@osi.am; tel: 010 533862

 12/29/2010

 The Arts and Culture Network Program (ACNP) makes grants to individuals and organizations to support projects that draw on the power of culture, in particular artistic and expressive culture, to help build and maintain open societies. Grants are awarded in three program areas:

1. Enhancing Collaborative Practices:

• Professional Development

• Collaborative Artistic Production

2. Developing Public Cultural Spaces:

• Capacity-Building

• Public Cultural Events

3. Roma Cultural Program:

• Professional Development

• Individual or Collaborative Artistic Production

• Capacity-Building

• Public Cultural Events

Enhancing Collaborative Practices and Developing Public Cultural Spaces support projects that include activities in one or more of the following countries: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

The Roma Cultural Program supports projects that include activities in one or more of the following countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. Preference will be given to applicants based in these countries, although partners or collaborators in other countries may be included as participants in grant-supported activities.

Former grantees of the Arts and Culture Network Program may apply to any program on the condition that a final report from the previous grant period has been submitted and approved.

Applications will be reviewed approximately every two months, and applicants will be notified of ACNP’s funding decision within one month of review. Applicants will be advised of the anticipated notification date upon submission of an application. Applications must be submitted electronically, in English or Russian, on the downloadable Application Form available at www.soros.org/initiatives/arts. For instructions on application procedures, see section ‘HOW TO APPLY’.

For additional information about Enhancing Collaborative Practices and Developing Public Cultural Spaces, please contact Rita Bakradze at rbakradze@osi.hu or at 00 3613273100 extension 2182. For additional information about the Roma Cultural Program, please contact Eniko Soos at esoos@osi.hu or at 00 3613273100 extension 2478.

For more details about the grant program as well as for Russian version, please click here.

 12/30/2010