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Smart Romania

- Management Skills for New Appointed Managers

As a new manager you are confronted with a job where the primary focus is getting things done through others. This practical training course will help making the smooth transition to a successful managerial role. It will provide all you need to know to succeed as a manager.

Participants: Supervisors, coordinators, area managers, product managers and all those assuming a managerial role.

Benefits: This course helps discover how to: Develop an appropriate leadership style; Motivate the team; Delegate appropriately and efficiently; Plan and organize the work; Apply practical time management techniques; Communicate effectively; Make sound decisions.

Methodology: The course comprises of short theoretical dissertations and practical applications through the use of case studies, examples, role-plays and teamwork. Course Certificates will be issued at the end of the program.

Duration: 3 days (24 hours) Period: August 2001

Course fees: 315 US$ / participant*

Special offer for groups of minimum 4 delegates.

Fees include all tuition, equipment, full course documentation, lunches and refreshments for the duration of the program, Course Certificates.

- Efficient Negotiations

This training program targets mainly salespeople, product managers, as well as acquisition managers. Participants: People who directly work or negotiate with customers, superiors or subordinates, and other business partners. The program addresses to all those displaying communication and sales skills.

Benefits: This training program introduces you to the negotiation process and its stages; Helps you negotiate and reach advantageous agreements, and improve relationships with clients (either from within or outside the organization); Helps you develop and improve negotiation skills; Helps improve work efficiency by providing the best alternative.

Methodology: The program is highly interactive; it includes activities such as visioning and discussing on video taped exercises, individual analysis charts and group discussions. Course Certificates will be issued at the end of the program.

Duration: 2 days (16 hours) Period: August & September 2001

Course fees: 295 US$/participant ^*

Fees include all tuition, equipment, full course documentation, lunches and refreshments for the duration of the program, Course Certificates.

*) Excluding V.A.T. Special offer for groups of minimum 4 delegates

For further information contct: Smart Romania, Tel: 212.47.50; Fax: 212.47.51

E-mail: smartrom@fx.ro; www.smartromania.ro

MPM is intended as a mid-career program for "high potentials" from developing countries and is completely in English. Participants have at least a BA and normally a minimum of 3-5 years practical experience in the Public Sector - Ministries, Municipalities or NGOs. Applicants coming from partner country and organisations of the German Foundation for International Development (DSE) may be eligible for a full-tuition waiver as well as a full scholarship. The tuition is currently 16,400DM (8,385 Euro). The Fees cover costs of all courses, the use of University's facilities, and the internal teaching materials pertinent to the program. It does not include accommodation and living expenses. Living expenses in the Potsdam-Berlin area are comparable to other European cities and may be estimated at about 750 Euro a month. Participants are encouraged to seek full or partial funding provided by various sources in most countries, such as the sponsorship of employers, or scholarships offered by public and private foundations, international organisations, national local governments, or German aid agencies. For further questions or assistance please do not hesitate to contact mpmhelp@rz.uni-potsdam.de!

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
Master's Degree in Public Policy: A One-Year Program for Midcareer Professionals
Our M.P.P. program provides rising leaders in the international and domestic policy arenas an opportunity to expand their organizational skills and intellectual breadth to compete in an increasingly complex global environment.
Financial Assistance. Our generous policy meets the full demonstrated needs of all admitted students. More than three - quarters of graduate students at the School receive financial aid, which for most includes full tuition and a stipend for living expenses. Thanks to a grant from the Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation, special funding is available to candidates from the nonprofit and nongovernmental sectors.
Qualifications. Applicants must possess a minimum of 7 years of professional experience in domestic or international government agencies, and/or experience in the nonprofit sector. Successful candidates demonstrate creativity, leadership, a commitment to public service, and the intellectual capacity to thrive in a demanding academic setting.
For further information, call us at (609) 258-4836 or e-mail us at mpp6@princeton.edu or visit our website at www.wws.princeton.edu/degree/mpp.html
Woodrow Wilson School Master's Degree in Public Policy, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544-1013. Applications must be received by January 2, 2002.
The Woodrow Wilson School also offers a two- year Master's degree in Public Affairs (M.P.A.) and a Ph.D. degree program.

Center for Scholars and Writers, The New York Public Library, Humanities and Social Sciences Library
Fellowship Competition 2002-2003
Call for Applications
Fellowship Stipend: $50,000
The Center for Scholars and Writers is an international fellowship program open to scholars, non-academic research professionals, scientists engaged with the humanities, and creative writers whose proposed subjects require access to the collections at the Humanities and Social Sciences Library. Fellows will be chosen from a broad spectrum of the humanities and will include creative writers. Up to fifteen fellowships will be awarded. Up to five of the fellowships will be given in conjunction with the American Council of Learned Societies.
To receive an application packet, please send an email to csw@nypl.org or write to The Center for Scholars and Writers, The New York Public Library, Room 225, Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10018. Email: csw@nypl.org
Visit the Fellowship website at http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/scholars/scholars1.html

CfA: Nationalism Studies, CEU, Budapest, Academic Year 2002-2003
Nationalism Studies Program, Maria M. Kovacs, Program Director
H-1051 Budapest, Nádor u 11.
Hungary; Tel: (36-1) 327-3081; Fax: (36-1) 235-6102; E-mail: kovacsma@ceu.hu
THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY, BUDAPEST COLLEGE
The Nationalism Studies Program of the Central European University is announcing a call for applications for MA and PhD studies at the Central European University in Budapest.
The deadline for application is January 7, 2002.
For information on the program please visit our homepage (http://www.ceu.hu/nation/).
For information about financial aid, the offered grants and other admission related issues please visit http://www.ceu.hu/prospective_students.html

Institut fur Geschichte und Biographie Dr. Alexander v. Plato
Tel. 02351-24580 / Fax: 39973 E-mail: Alexander.vonPlato@Fernuni-Hagen.de
Call for Papers The Presence of the Past
Transformation and Dealing with the Past in Eastern and Central Europe
Conference May 23 - 25, 2002 in Berlin
The Institute for History and Biography at the Open University in Hagen, as the German representative of the "International Oral History Association", supported by the "Stiftung Aufarbeitung der SED Diktatur" in Berlin, will hold a conference on the transformation process in Central and EasternEurope.
Subjects of the conference will be: individual and collective remembrances of the time before, during and after the transformation process, subjective dealing with the "new time", the investigation and archival and judicial treatment of the past. The conference aims to compare several countries in this region.
Two scholars of each country are invited to present papers. One of them should give an overview of the historical, political and judicial developments in his or her country, and the other paper should focus on a concrete example of the experience of this process, and of dealing with the past, within different social groups - elites, parties, public service,
churches, intellectuals etc.
The main theme of the conference is thus the "Ungleichzeitigkeit" (non-simultaneity) of political structures andmental orientations at times of system transformation. Beside a keynote speech and the mentioned overviews to historical and political developments the preliminary program includes the following sections: life story and personal continuities, problems of new orientations, changes in family and every-day-life, oppression and opposition. The conference will be closed by a panel discussion. The conference also offers some social events in its program. If you are interested, please send us a single-page proposal including
an outline of your paper, also mentioning the empirical or theoretical basis and the following details: name, affiliation, postal address, e-mail address, phone and fax numbers. Proposals must be received by mail, fax or email by September 30, 2001.
For those participants whose papers will be accepted, travel and accommodation expenses will be paid by the organisers. The conference will take place in Berlin, May 23 - 25, 2002.
For further information please contact: Dr. Alexander von Plato
Institut fur Geschichte und Biographie der Fernuniversitaet Hagen
alexander.vonplato@fernuni-hagen.de

The application process for the European Regional Master in Democracy and Human Rights in South-East Europe 2001/2002 Program has started
The European Regional MA in Democracy and Human Rights in South-East Europe is established through the joint efforts of the participating universities, co-ordinated by the University of Sarajevo and recognized by the University of Bologna. The course is financed by the European Union. In the first term ( October 29, 2001 – June 14, 2002) students, after a pre-session, will be taught together in Sarajevo by lecturers and tutors from participating universities and experts from IOs and NGOs. Lectures will be held in English and attendance is compulsory. Visits and field trips to International Organisations will take place during this period. The mid-term examination will occur during the last week of the first term. In the second term (June 18 - August 4, 2002) students will serve internships in International Organisations and NGO’s which deal with democracy and human rights issues in the region.
At the end of their internship students' work will be evaluated. In the third term (September 1 - October 22, 2002), students will be hosted in Forlì, Italy, where they will prepare their dissertations and attend seminars.
The final examination will take place in Sarajevo (October 22-28, 2002).
If they pass the exam and successfully defend their dissertation, students will be awarded the European Regional MA in Democracy and Human Rights in South-East Europe, recognised by the University of Bologna.
Deadline for application: September 20, 2001
Candidates for admission should send two copies of the completed application forms (attaching all required documents) to the Law Centre OSF, Obala Kulina bana 7/I, 71 000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, by September 20, 2001.
Applications received will be pre-selected by representatives of all participating universities.
The short list will then be submitted to the Executive Board of the European Regional M.A on October 5, 2001. Applicants shall be informed in the following days regarding the final decision.

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