Information from Svefi Academy / Short Course
Description
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
Seventh Summer
University Course with a
number of different intensive one or two-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, Sweden and Ukraine with the possibility
for the students from Estonia, Latvia, Luthenia and
Poland to join the course. This special initiative will
run during June, July and August 2011 at universities and folk high schools
across 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 University 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.
Short Practical Details: 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 Belarusian, Russian and
Ukrainian participants with a grant
of SEK 3000 (about €320) upon completion of the full
course period. Swedish Institute will also cover
participants' accommodation (double or single room at
Svefi's hotel), 3 meals a day 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, i.e. Svefi Academy.
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Information about the course: Target group:
University students who have completed at least 3 years
of the university studies, i.e. 3-5-year university
students from Belarus, Russia, Sweden and Ukraine
studying society related issues and interested in human
rights. Arrival date and course start:
Monday,
15 August 2011
Departure date: Monday,
29 August
2011 (the course program is finished at 15.00 on Sunday,
28 August) Examination: written test covering
the content of the whole summer university course
Working language of the course: English Deadline for
application:
15 April 2011 Decision to the applicants:
15 May 2011 Invitation to the participants:
30
May 2011 at the latest. Prelimenary schedule:
(xls-file for downlad) >>
Introduction letter with the main info from this web
site: doc-file
for download >> See the texts to the left to find
info on Accommodation, travel grants and content of the
course. |
