Reminder: UNESCO Chair Asia Regional International Leadership Forum, Thailand - Due July 13, 2012

[Tim Aye-Hardy]

Hello everyone,

I'd like to remind you to apply for 3rd Annual UNESCO Chair Regional
International Leadership Forum in Bangkok, Thailand from November
1-10, 2012 (www.unescochair.uconn.edu/upspecialevents_Asia.htm).
Applications are due by July 13, 2012, but let me know if you cannot
turn it in on time for any plausible reasons...Each year we receive
around 800 applications from over 100 countries and select/invite
about 75 applicants through comprehensive, transparent and diverse
selection process. Please also check out this YouTube link
(http://bit.ly/Kie3YF) from 2008 forum held in University of
Connecticut.

Please let me know if you have any concerns or questions, and also
feel free to share or invite anyone who migh be interested...

Thanks,
~Tim Aye-Hardy (တင္ေမာင္ေအး)
Co-Chair, UNESCO Chair International Planning Committee
(www.unescochair.uconn.edu)

From: Amos, Nana
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 9:57 AM
To: INTERGENERATION...@listserv.uconn.edu; Sriprapha
Petcharamesree; Saksinee-Centre for Human Rights Mahidol
Subject: UNESCO Chair Asia Regional International Leadership Forum


UNESCO Chair Asia Regional International Leadership Forum Announcement
- Call for Applications November 2012

The UNESCO Chair & Institute of Comparative Human Rights at the
University of Connecticut, in collaboration with the Institute of
Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University, invite
applications for the first Asia Regional International Leadership
Training Programme: A Global Intergenerational Forum, to be held
November 1 – 10, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Applications must be
received by July 13, 2012.

About the Forum:

The Forum seeks to empower young leaders by involving them in finding
solutions to emerging human rights problems, and nurturing individuals
to be effective leaders in the field of human rights. To this end, the
Forum will focus sharply on global human right issues (with an
emphasis on the Asia region), and seeks to:

1. Examine regional applications of the United Nations Millennium
Development Goals and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as
well as international human rights instruments.

2. Expand the knowledge relevant to human rights concepts and practice

3. Build a network of solidarity among human rights leaders

4. Provide tools and a platform for open debates

5. Provide programmes, activities and processes necessary for
human rights leadership

6. Promote the sharing of experiences and understanding

Different themes relevant to issues of concern at the global and
regional levels will be covered. Themes may include, health and human
rights, education, the environment, the plight of child soldiers, the
use of media/social media, fundraising, conflict resolution and
transformation; litigation and advocacy

Relevant issues also include, but are not limited to, human
trafficking, the plight of children, refugees, hunger, HIV/AIDs,
gender discrimination, racism, classism, democracy, the environment,
human rights and business and peace education.

Young people between the ages of 18-35, with strong interest in and
commitment to human rights preferably with community service
experience, and with demonstrated ability to work on solutions to
human rights problems, should apply.

Conference will be held in English only. Fluency in English is
required. Applicants will be selected based on the strength of their
application essay, demonstrated commitment to human rights
(understanding and practical/hands-on experience), potential impact on
the individual and their potential contribution to the Forum, regional
and gender representation.

Conference organizers will provide all conference participants with
dormitory housing, meals, resource materials and a certificate of
participation.

Programme details and application material can be accessed by linking
to http://www.unescochair.uconn.edu/upspecialevents_Asia.htm

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“The worth of the individual human being is the most unique and
precious of all our assets and must be the beginning and end of all
our efforts. Governments, systems, ideologies and institutions come
and go, but humanity remains.”
- U Thant, UN Secretary-General (1961-1971)