Call for Concept Papers: Southeast European Student Initiatives

The International Higher Education Support Program of the Open Society Institute invites concept papers for cross-border student initiatives from the following South East European (SEE) university student communities: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia.

The aim of the Southeast European Student Initiatives (SESI) is to empower students to address issues related to systemic change in higher education. SESI supports the involvement of students in the democratization of the educational process and in building issue-based transnational student alliances in Southeast Europe.

For 2009, SESI invites student organizations and groups to submit concept papers (2-3 page project proposal outlines) for the following new student projects in the SEE region. Concept papers may cover the preparation and actual running of the proposed activities, including training resource people among the student communities, preparatory meetings, data gathering and analysis, advocacy campaigns, etc., contracting nonstudent trainers, travel and accommodation related to the proposed activities on others.

For further details, please see the Southeast European Student Initiatives guidelines.