Information from Svefi Academy
The objective of the undergraduate course ”The Open Society - Sweden as an example,
HR in Sweden and Swedish Involvement in HR Issues in the World” arranged by Svefi
Academy, is to demonstrate to the participants how the
Open Society works in Sweden, how HR are applied on
different levels and in different areas in the society
as well as consider Sweden's involvement into HR issues and
its role in the world. - Participants will be able to reflect on the role of the open
society and its role in promoting human rights,
analyse and compare situation in their own countries and in Sweden in such areas
where discrimination occurs, such as national minorities,
freedom of speech, rights of the people with disabilities etc.
- Participants will get an overview of how the principles of openness and accessibility
are realised in the border region and across the borders with our
Swedish-Finnish HaparandaTornio region in focus, you will have a chance to analyse how people
can put efforts together, find advantages in cooperation and
influence the situation in their community and their region in a positive way.
- Participants will get an overview of the role and work carried out by the state, mass
media’s and NGOs’ in order to promote and protect HR within
different areas by providing information, debating issues in the mass media, campaigns,
networking between different organisations.
- Participants will get a better understanding and information about practical work with
protecting human rights, i.e. parallel reporting,
distribution of the information on HR, follow-up and supervision carried out by the
individuals, NGOs and the state.
- Participants will get a better understanding for Sweden’s standpoint and involvement
into the HR issues in Europe and in the world.
Information from the Swedish Institute
The Swedish Institute (www.si.se) is funding the
Sixth Summer
University Course with a
number of different intensive two or three-week courses
dealing with such topics as The Open Society and
Sustainable Development with the focus on the Baltic Sea
Region. The target group are the students, teachers and
Ph.D students
from Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine with the possibility
for students from other countries to join the course.
This special initiative will run during June,
July, August and September 2010 at universities and folk high schools throughout Sweden.
The aim of the Swedish Institute Summer Course is to
generate even more interest for cooperation with
and studying in Sweden. Individual courses within this programme have different profiles (see the
specific course descriptions) but all of them consist of lectures, discussion groups and workshops
– where students from different disciplines and countries can discuss and debate the topics covered
by the lectures. The Summer Course also offers an excellent opportunity for students and young
researchers to acquaint themselves with Sweden and its educational system
as well as to find a lot more about cooperation possibilities with Sweden.
Participation in the summer course will offer you new knowledge, help you familiarize with Sweden
as a country and give you an inspiring network.
Travel grant, Accommodation, Meals and Study Visits
Practically all the costs of participation in the Summer
University are covered by the Swedish Institute. Travel
costs will be refunded to the participants with a grant
of SEK 3000 (about Euro 300) upon completion of the full
course period. Swedish Institute will also cover
participants' accommodation, meals and activities
included in the study programme during the course. The
travel grant and the money covering accommodation, meals
etc. are transferred directly to the institution
arranging the course. You will receive your travel grant
of SEK 3000 directly from the institution arranging the
course.
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