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Call for Donation of Books

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With this letter the Community Building Mitrovica (CBM) invites all interested local and international non-governmental organizations in Kosovo to donate the books in the field of education on human rights, intercultural understanding and peace building. The aim is to establish the Corner on intercultural understanding and human rights in the library of the University of Prishtina “Hasan Prishtina” that participates in the regional programme „Build Bridges not Walls: The Role of the Universities in Peacebuilding“. The project is initiated by the Norwegian Helsinki Committee (NHC) and financially supported by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

CBM is a partner NGO in Kosovo in cooperation with partner University of Prishtina “Hasan Prishtina”.  

Deadline for submission:  Friday, September 27, 2013, 16:00.

Please submit your proposal to the e-mail address: info@cbmitrovica.org

Contact person:  

• Nemanja Nestorovic at the e-mail: nemanja.nestorovic@cbmitrovica.org, 
• Besnik Uka at the e-mail : besnik.uka@cbmitrovica.org.  

ABOUT INITIATIVE: Since January 2012, the Norwegian Helsinki Committee (NHC) has implemented the regional programme „Build Bridges not Walls: The Role of the Universities in Peacebuilding“ in cooperation with partner universities and non-governmental organisations in Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia.

One of the planned activities is to establishthe Corner on intercultural understanding and human rights in the libraries of the universities. NHC website: www.nhc.no ABOUT PROGRAMME: "Build Bridges not Wals: The Role of the Universities in Peacebuilding" is a regional programme of the Norwegian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights (NHC) with a goal to develop a cooperation between civil society and the universities in Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia in the fields of intercultural understanding, human rights and peacebuilding.

Please find enclosed general information on programme for more information. Facebook community page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Uloga-univerziteta-u-izgradnji-mira/215630331875897 GUIDELINESS FOR SUBMISSION OF DONATION PROPOSAL:

• Topics: human rights, intercultural/multicultural understanding, intercultural education, intercultural/multicultural and interreligious dialogue, peacebuilding, peaceful conflict resolution, transitional justice/dealing with past, active learning methodology.
• Languages: English, French, German, Albanian, Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian.
• Application procedure: the organisation is required to submit the list of the book titles to the above mentioned e-mail address of CBM contact person until the deadline. • No.of samples per book: the organisation is required to emphasize how many samples of each proposed title it can donate for this purpose.
• The selection procedure: The CBM will together with the University of Prishtina, review all submissions and bring decision on selection of donations and timely inform all organisations – participants of this public call.
• During the selection of proposed titles, the priority shall be given to the donations of the most recent and canonical literature!
• The following publications will not be considered: damaged books and books with outdated and not actual information.
• The decision on selection will be public, except in the cases when a donor would like to remain anonymous.
• NHC will provide the expert, financial and logistic support for the official opening of the Corner on human rights and intercultural understanding in cooperation with University of Prishtina “Hasan Prishtina” and CBM.
• The call is open to local and international non-governmental organisations in Kosovo. https://www.facebook.com/Build.Bridges.Not.Walls

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