: Call for Submissions to NGO News

[Katalin Fabian]

o NGO News

crossposted from Civil Soc List
Call for Submissions

As the post-communist countries move through transition,
discussions are
increasingly geared toward the reality of European integration,
accession to
the European Union and NATO.  For the immediate accession
countries, the
issues center on upcoming convergence, balancing the national
interest with
the demands of integration; the other countries concentrate not
only on
eventual integration but also, more pressingly, on the immediate
effects of
neighbors entering Euro-Atlantic institutions, while many remain
outside.

This imminent enlargement demands serious attention to the
separation
created between those who will soon belong to the Euro-Atlantic
community
and those who will not.  It especially highlights the need for a
new
dialogue between Russia and the countries of Central and Eastern
Europe.

The Spring/Summer 2003 issue of NGONews explores multiple
consequences of
new Euro-Atlantic borders, especially what civil society has, is,
and should
be doing about it.

If your organization's work:
§       examines the changing East-West relationship,
§       identifies common challenges that remain in the post-
Communist
transition process, and
§       explores new directions in Euro-Atlantic/Russian
cooperation that
will have a lasting impact on the future of democracy and
economic freedom
in Europe and beyond

Tell us about it!

We invite articles, ideas, informational graphics and artwork on
the
following themes:

Newly acceding countries (Baltics/Visegrad)
§       public attitudes toward accession and Euro-Atlantic
institutions
§       immediate impacts of becoming EU's eastern frontier

Newly marginalized, second-wave neighbors
§       challenges of stabilization
§       assessing the future of change

Emerging issues
§       cross-border impact of Euro-Atlantic enlargement
§       economic consequences (trade, finance, Euro adoption,
labor markets,
investments and civil society's role)
§       security issues
§       state building and the challenges of diversity
§        independent media

Continuing challenges
§       Belarus
§       Ukraine
§       Moldova
§       Ex-Yugoslavia
§       Kaliningrad

Submissions are especially welcome from activists or
practitioners based in
Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Republics. We
offer the
following recommended formats:
§       articles up to 1,000 words that discuss concrete
initiatives and
their objectives/achieved impact.
§       essays of 500 words or less sharing "tips" or advice on
how to
design, organize, implement, monitor or evaluate a program
activity based on
personal experience.
§       informational briefs of up to 250 words announcing new
program
initiatives, objectives and activities.

Academic articles are not the focus of this publication.
However, research
that can be developed into an informational graphic may be
considered.  An
informational graphic is a picture that attempts to tell a story
through
facts and figures rather than prose.

Please consider including artwork, photographs, drawings and
educational or
promotional materials to illustrate your submission.  Artwork
must be
dynamic, action-oriented and explained in a 1-2 sentence caption
listing
date, place and details of the picture.

Deadline for submissions is January 31, 2003.

Authors must be available to respond to questions.  NGONews
retains the
right to edit, revise or reject submissions.

All submissions must be submitted in Rich Text Format (.rtf) and
must
include full contact details: name, title, name of non-
governmental
organization, address, telephone number, fax number, e-mail and
Internet
address where available.

Please contact the editor at the coordinates below as soon as
possible if
planning to submit a contribution:

Daniella Alcin
Communications Officer
Falk Miksa 30. 4/2
H-1044 Budapest, Hungary
Tel: +36.1.354.1230/31/32
Fax: +36.1.354.1233
E-mail: alcin at freedomhouse.hu
Internet: www.freedomhouse.org, www.ngonet.org

NGONews offers information, insight and analysis to thousands of
non-governmental actors, educators, policy-makers, and development
professionals based in CEE and fSU.

NGONews is a semi-annual publication produced by Freedom House
Budapest
under the Regional Networking Project sponsored by the U.S.
Agency for
International Development.  Freedom House (www.freedomhouse.org)
is a
non-profit, nonpartisan organization working to advance political
and
economic freedom worldwide.  Its Budapest-based Regional
Networking Project
is designed to encourage cross border cooperation and
communication on
democratization and economic development initiatives among NGOs
based in
Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the former Soviet Union
(fSU).