Call for Poems by International Writers: World Event Young Artists Festival 2012

Deadline: 24 August 2012 WEYA and Writing East Midlands, the literature commissioning partner, are looking for poems from UK and international writers. Send us your poems inspired by the word TREATY and they could end up animating the city during the World Event Young Artists festival. Theme: Treaty Line limit: 25 lines No entry fee Judges: Julia Bird (poet and live literature producer) and Henderson Mullin (Chief Executive of Writing East Midlands) Up to 10 winning poems will be displayed digitally and in print during the festival. To ...

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Apply; National Academy of Human Resources Ram Charan HR Essay Contest

Essays are requested from university undergrads and graduate students globally majoring in Human Resources, Industrial/Labor Relations or related fields for the following topic:How can organizations recapture the hearts and minds of employees to gain the highest commitment and performance given the restructuring focus of the past several years?Deadline for Submission has been extended to August 1, 2012.Essays will be evaluated and judged by a panel of distinguished HR professionals – Fellows of the National Academy of Human...

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Call for Submissions from Black Female Writers: 'Belief'/ Fall Issue of Blackberry Magazine

Deadline: 1 August 2012Submissions deadline for the fall issue is Aug 1, 2012. The theme is “Belief.” Please use our submissions manager.BLACKBERRY: a magazine aims to be a premier literary magazine featuring black women writers and artists*. Its goal is to expose readers to the diversity of the black woman’s experience and strengthen the black female voice in both the mainstream and independent markets.BLACKBERRY: a magazine is seeking all forms of poetry, short fiction, non-fiction, artwork and photography. However, we are not interested...

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Call for Papers/ Workshop: The Transformation of Children and Family in Children’s Literature

The Transformation of Children and Family in Children’s LiteratureAn international workshop organized by the Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo (NVIC).Date: Thursday 15 November 2012Location: NVIC, Cairo Deadline: 15 September 2012The image of the child is a key-concept in children’s literature. Children’s books exist on the idea that children are different enough from adults to need their own kind of literature (Nodelman, 1997). From the very beginning of a literature intentionally written for children, children’s books represent adult...

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Apply; World Development Movement - Campaign and Events Assistant

The World Development Movement is a leading UK campaigning organisation which wins positive change for the world’s poorest people. Our cutting edge campaigns have global reach and include food speculation, the green economy and climate justice. We are looking for a highly motivated and organised person with experience of research and analysis to support our campaigns, and the ability to manage public events for WDM, to join our busy teams...

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Apply for Internship/Volunteering with UN Alliance of Civilizations

Post Title: Youth Program Intern/ Volunteer – unpaid Post Level: Internship/Volunteer Org Unit: UN Alliance of Civilizations Duty Station: New York, NY Duration: Up to 4 months (December 2012 – March 2013), full-time (9am – 5pm) Closing Date: September 30, 2012 Background:  The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) seeks to reduce tensions across cultural divides that threaten to inflame existing political conflicts or trigger new ones. Through preventive diplomacy initiatives, it works at the...

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2012 Global Water Forum Emerging Scholars Award; Apply

Emerging Scholars Award invites to participate in the 2012 Global Water Forum Emerging Scholars Award.   This award is an opportunity for early-career scholars and practitioners working in water-related fields to publish a brief article which presents their research, projects, or opinions to a global audience. Participants are required to: ·         Submit an 800-1000 word article relevant to one of three themes including “Water Security”, “Water Economics”, “Transboundary Water Governance” ·        ...

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Learn from the BEE!

The bee has aptly been described as 'busy'. To produce one kilogram of honey, the bee MUST visit 56000 clover heads. Since each flower heads has 60 flower tubes, a total of 3,360,000 visits are necessary to give us that kilogram of honey for our breakfast table. Meanwhile, a worker bee has flown the equivalent of three times round the world. Moral: Let us learn from the persistence of the bee. It is quite unfortunate that many times we are nearer...

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Nominate an outstanding young person for Commonwealth development awards

Winners of Commonwealth Youth Awards for Excellence in Development Work could receive grants of up to £3,000.  Do you know a young person making a positive difference to the lives of other people in a Commonwealth country? The deadline for nominations for the Commonwealth Youth Awards for Excellence in Development Work is 31 July 2012.Designed to help celebrate the role of young people as nation builders and partners in development, the...

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Youths discuss participation in qualitative governance at the NETAD Young and Emerging Leaders Summit

In recent times, the idea of youth participation in governance has become a popular discourse in Nigeria. Young people are getting more interested and sensitised on the need for active participation in the decision-making process. It is on this note that over 3000 youths across the country met last Thursday to chart a way forward.The colourful event, tagged, "Young and Emerging Leaders Summit", was organised by Network for Talent Discovery...

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Opportunity to meet Aliko Dangote; Africa's Richest Man

Let me ask you this;  If you have a 2 minutes opportunity to meet with Alh. Aliko Dangote, what one question will you like to ask him? Aliko Dangote Here is a life time opportunity to meet Live with Alh. Aliko Dangote, Africa’s wealthiest and most successful entrepreneur by participating in the “Ask Alh. Aliko Dangote” quiz.   This is the opportunity Youngstars Foundation, partnering with the World Economic Forum...

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