The European Roma Information Office (ERIO) is looking for interns who want to use their skills and competences to help ERIO in its Roma advocacy activities. You can find more details on the job description and profile requirements on the ERIONET website.

The European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA) will host a seminar about the politics and practice of integrating immigrants into European host societies. It will take place on 1-3 December in Maastricht, the Netherlands.

The seminar is designed to meet the needs of policy makers and other public officials in the European Union and its partner countries by offering them the required knowledge and skills to effectively identify what makes a good integration policy. In particular, it will enable participants to look at the influence of EU policies and instruments on integration within the Member States, study integration practices in comparative perspective, and discuss the issue of how to assess best practices.

The deadline of registration is 10 November 2008. Visit EIPA's website for more information on the event.

The 13th International Metropolis conference will take place from 27 to 31 October 2008 in Bonn, Germany and will focus on Mobility, Integration and Development in a Globalised World. It will be hosted by the Ministry of Intergenerational Affairs, Family, Women and Integration of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia and its partners. The conference will explore the relationships between migration, immigrant integration and development to uncover new aspects of Metropolis' traditional areas of interest, new avenues for research, and areas for policy development.

For more information visit the website of the conference.

The conference "Beyond East and West: Two Decades of Media Transformation After the Fall of Communism" will be organised by the Center for Media and Communications Studies of the Central European University and will take place in Budapest on 25-27 June 2009. The conference will analyze the state of media and communication research in Central/Eastern Europe after 20 years of transformation. It will provide an opportunity for critically re-examining the social, technological and policy changes in the regional media landscape and for exploring future trajectories of media development.

The organisers now invite submissions. The deadline for submitting a 500 word abstract of the paper is 15 November 2008. For more information visit the website of the conference.

The EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) has launched an open call for tenders to write a comparative report which examines how the right of the Roma with EU citizenship to move freely and reside in the Member States of the European Union is respected, protected and promoted. The aim of the report is to provide EU and national policy makers, agencies and services with assistance in developing effective policy responses to the needs of Roma EU citizens moving to other Member States.

The deadline of applications is 17 October 2008. More information is available on the FRA website.

The European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI) in Flensburg, Germany, is soliciting applications for internship positions for the period January to March. The deadline for application is 30 September. For full details on internships and on application procedures, please see ECMI Internship Page.

The Roma Initiatives Office (RIO) and the Local Government and Public Service Reform Initiative (LGI) of the Open Society Institute (OSI) announce a new initiative targeting the development of policy writing and advocacy skills of Roma NGOs, networks and experts in the countries of the decade of Roma Inclusion. This call is seeking applicants for the English-speaking element of the capacity development programme. Furthermore this programme seeks to include those involved in working directly with Romani women and alumni of the EC Internship programme of the Roma Participantion Programme (OSI).

Applications should be submitted by email to Imihalache@osieurope.org before Wednesday, October 1st, 2008. For more information visit the LGI website.

The Sookmyung Institute for Multicultural Studies invites manuscripts for the inaugural issue of OMNES: Journal of Migration and Society, to be published biannually from 2009. OMNES welcomes submissions from academics and professionals in the fields of the humanities, social sciences, business, arts and education. The scope of the journal covers themes such as the global movement of people, human security related to migration, multicultural societies, identity, nationalism, citizenship, ethnicity, diversity and social conflict and cohesion.

The deadline for submission is November 30th, 2008. For more information see the PARK University website, or send an email to omnes@sm.ac.kr

The Open Society Institute (OSI) has recently launched a new fellowship program to support outstanding idea entrepreneurs from around the world. The fellowship focuses on four areas:

• National Security and the Open Society;
• Citizenship, Membership and Marginalization;
• Strategies and Tools for Advocacy and Citizen Engagement;
• Understanding Authoritarianism

The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies (CHGS), the Amsterdam Center for International Law (ACIL) and the Peace Palace Library organise a two-day conference in The Hague to mark the 60th anniversary of the Genocide Convention. In an interdisciplinary setting, both historians and lawyers will examine how to achieve a proper balance between the popular perception of genocide and its legal definition, based on the 1948 Convention.

For more information visit the website of the CHGS.