> Call from OJC 120 (1.5.99)
> 
> TITLE
> DG V: Pilot projects on multicultural integration
> 
> DEADLINE
> Applicants must submit, by 15 June 1999, as 
> evidenced by the postmark, a complete dossier, 
> using the appropriate forms in accordance with the
> guidelines and instructions laid down.
> 
> DETAILS
> This call for proposals relates to budget heading 
> B3-2006 (formerly item B3-4114), which enables 
> the Commission to support pilot projects geared to
> information, communication, awareness-raising and 
> discussion as regards anti-discrimination 
> measures and new models for integrating 
> ethnic minorities.
> 
> The financial support granted in connection with 
> this call for proposals may be awarded for the 
> establishment of networks and 
> transnational activities aimed at improving 
> knowledge at European level, carrying 
> out exchanges of good practice,
> promoting innovative approaches and evaluating 
> experiments of interest to the Community which 
> contribute significantly to further 
> developing Community action to combat racism.
> 
> Priority areas for action in 1999
> In order to stimulate the development of 
> innovative methods, new partnerships and 
> exchanges of experience, the Commission has 
> identified a number of key areas around which it 
> intends to centre its action in 1999. These 
> priority areas are:
> 
> - strengthening cooperation between the grass 
> roots and the police and judiciary, and better 
> access to legal advice (e.g. through law centres) 
> and other similar fields,
> 
> - development of methods to help the press and 
> the media to contribute towards combating racism 
> in general and boost the visibility of 
> relevant Community action in particular,
> 
> - promotion of methods to combat discrimination 
> as regards access to goods and services, and the 
> provision thereof,
> 
> - the promotion of models of leadership in 
> society by members of ethnic minority communities,
> 
> - support for the integration and participation 
> of ethnic minorities in businesses in both the 
> public and private sectors
> 
> - encouragement for the participation of ethnic 
> minorities in national, regional and local 
> politics, and in employers' and 
> trade-union organisations,
> 
> - support for the development of innovatory 
> approaches to deal with exclusion in fields such 
> as health, education and sport,
> 
> - support for initiatives aimed at finding ways 
> of combating urban violence,
> 
> - promotion of action 'to prevent the public 
> forgetting', including the recognition of 27 
> January as a day of remembrance for the Holocaust,
> 
> - raising of awareness about the existence of 
> ethnic minorities, such as the Sinti and Roma,
> 
> - support for partnerships fostering exchanges of 
> experience and good practice in one or more of 
> the above areas.
> 
> A second call for proposals in 1999 concerning 
> larger-scale pilot projects geared to combating 
> various forms of discrimination will be 
> published subsequently.
> 
> FURTHER INFORMATION
> European Commission Directorate-General V/D/4-J37 
> 2/7 Rue de la Loi 200
> B-1049 Brussels
> 
> Fax: (32-2) 295 18 99.
> http://europa.eu.int/comm/dg05/tender_de.htm
> 
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> 
> Call from OJC 120A (1.5.99)
> 
> TITLE
> DG XII:  Call for inclusion on lists of experts 
> for monitoring the fifth framework programmes and 
> their specific programmes.
> 
> DEADLINE
> Applications must be received by the Commission 
> by:
> 
> - 15 September 1999, for the 2000 monitoring 
> exercise, - 15 September 2000, for the 2001 
> monitoring exercise, - 15 September 2001, for the 
> 2002 monitoring exercise, - 15 September 2002, 
> for the 2003 monitoring exercise,
> 
> Applications considered for a given exercise will 
> also be reconsidered for all subsequent exercises.
> 
> DETAILS
> The European Commission, DG XII, is looking for 
> independent experts to participate in the annual 
> monitoring exercises for the Fifth 
> Framework Programme, the Euratom Framework 
> Programme, and their component specific 
> programmes. Responses to this call will be used 
> to establish a list of suitable experts who may 
> be called to participate in annual monitoring 
> exercises (2000-2003) throughout the period of 
> the Fifth Framework Programme.
> 
> Successful applicants will assist the Commission, 
> particularly in assessing progress on the 
> programmes and whether their 
> objectives, priorities and financial resources 
> are still appropriate to any changes in the 
> situation. These assessments could lead to 
> proposals from the Commission to amend the 
> Framework Programmes or their specific programmes.
> 
> The list of experts may be used to set up other 
> expert panels, in addition to the annual 
> monitoring panels, in order to supplement 
> the system for evaluating and monitoring the 
> Framework Programmes, provided that the same 
> criteria apply to the selection of experts.
> 
> For these panels a selection will be made, on the 
> basis of the applications received by the above 
> dates, when a panel is due to be set up.
> 
> Individual citizens of a Member State, of a state 
> associated with the Framework Programme or of a 
> state with which the EU has concluded a 
> scientific and technical co-operation agreement 
> may apply to monitor one or more specific 
> programmes, or for overall monitoring of the 
> framework programmes. Applications may be 
> submitted by citizens of other states but will be 
> utilised only in exceptional cases to meet 
> specific needs.
> 
> The Commission also accepts applications from 
> scientific, trade, or industrial bodies, or 
> organisations with a general interest, provided 
> an individual person is proposed.
> 
> FURTHER INFORMATION
> European Commission
> DG XII - Science, Research and Development
> Evaluation Unit (SDME 2/18)
> Rue de la Loi 200
> B-1049 Brussels
> 
> URL: http://www.cordis.lu/expert-monitoring/
> 
> An application form is available in OJC 120A 
> (1.5.99)
> 
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> 
> Corrigendum from OJC 120A (1.5.99)
> 
> TITLE
> DG XII: Corrigendum to Commission call for 
> applications for inclusion on lists of experts 
> for the evaluation of proposals received in 
> connection with specific research programmes.  
> OJC 385A (11.12.98)
> 
> DEADLINE
> The deadline for this call has been extended.  
> Only applications received before 22nd February 
> 1999 will be considered for inclusion in the 
> panels of experts to evaluate proposals received 
> in response to the first call for proposals 
> launched by each specific programme.
> 
> Applications received after 22nd February 1999 
> will be considered for the assessment of other  
> calls for proposals.  If, however, no expert 
> having the required expertise is found in the set 
> of those who have submitted before 22 February 
> 1999, the Commission reserves the right to use 
> experts who have submitted their applications 
> after this date.
> 
> 
> CALL FROM: OJ C125 (6.5.99)
> 
> TITLE
> DG XXII: Support from the European Commission for 
> measures to promote and safeguard regional or 
> minority languages
> 
> DEADLINE
> The closing date for submission of applications 
> is  June 1999 for projects beginning after the 15 
> November 1999.
> 
> DETAILS
> The Commission is now examining the feasibility 
> of multiannual action programme in the area of 
> regional and/or languages. However, to 
> put together a solid and coherent set of 
> proposals, appropriate to the requirements of 
> European preparatory work is needed for the 
> design, implementation monitoring of actions in 
> the proposed programme.
> 
> The objective of this call for proposals is to 
> prepare a possible Community action to promote 
> and safeguard regional and/or languages Two major 
> strands are envisaged: EDUCATION - teaching and 
> learning and teaching material As a part of the 
> educational strand, priority will be given to 
> which make appropriate use of the new ICT 
> (Information Communication Technologies) 
> and educational multimedia, particularly 
> encouraging self-tuition and using open and 
> distance learning.
> 
> DISSEMINATION - European-level networks and 
> exchanges of experience. Examples of these 
> activities are: - Pilot projects;
> - Research and comparative studies; - Inventories 
> of best practices; - Inventories of existing 
> material; - Seminars and conferences;
> - Exchanges between players; - The creation or 
> development of databases or Internet sites; - 
> Preparatory activities for the implementation of 
> networks.
> 
> The Commission has allocated 2,250,000 euro for 
> this call, with which it expects to support 75 to 
> 90 projects.
> 
> FURTHER INFORMATION
> 
> European Commission, DG XXII
> Regional and Minority Languages
> B-7 6/56
> Rue de la Loi 200
> B-1049 Brussels
> Tel. +32-2-2960113; Fax +32-2-2996321
> E-mail: [log in to unmask]
> http://europa.eu.int/en/comm/dg22/langmin.html
> 
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