International Call for Written Contributions on Good Local Practice in Intercultural Governance
Subotica, 26th January 2010
LDA Subotica and its Partners announce an international call for written contributions on the theme “Good Practices in Intercultural Governance”. The writing languages, the translation and the final editing of the publication will comprise English, Serbian and Croatian. The paper will be presented during the School of Local democracy which will be held in Mostar in 2010. The set of Papers will be collected and evaluated during the final part of the implementation of the above-mentioned Project and further disseminated in follow-up actions. This publication will serve at identifying some of the key conditions of an effective and efficient public service delivery in a decentralised legal, administrative or fiscal environment for ethnically diverse local communities. The main aim is the development and the updating of the concept of responsive and transparent local self-government as a key actor to improve equal access to public services. Given this mainstream, several contributions on the processes of the management, organisation and administration of service delivery from the point of view of the responsiveness to different ethnic groups will be chosen. The research wish to include as well areas which traditionally are considered neutral and technical such as urban service management.
KEY INFORMATION ON THE CONTRIBUTIONS
Invited to submit the papers are LG experts, researchers, professionals, scholars or NGO practitioners from the Western Balkans and EU member states, members of the European Intercultural Cities network or similar networks and associations of LG or NGO-s. The submitted papers should fall into the following categories, that coincide with the main thematic Chapters of the publication (Collection of Written Contributions) which will be published within this project. Selected papers will be published and presented at the international conference which will be held in the city of MOSTAR, Bosnia and Herzegovina, beginning of March 2011. Thematic workshops of the conference are:
- Implementing European diversity management standards within present local self-government systems in the Western Balkans: from multicultural coexistence to intercultural governance;
- Effective and responsive performances/service delivery of local self-governments in multiethnic/multicultural local communities; challenges and perspectives of decentralisation and democratic governance – comparative analyses and practice.
- Citizen participation in policy decision making at local level; implementing the concept of EU active citizenship; participation of ethnic minorities in local self-government; innovative tools and mechanisms of information/consultation/participation at local level;
- Cherishing cultural identities and preservation of minority cultural heritage at local level; intercultural education and understanding – local policy measures;
- Regional / cross-border co-operation and networking; exchange of best local practices in intercultural governance as a tool for improved dialogue and post-conflict reconciliation; exploring the possibilities for follow-up actions and networking.
Deadline for submission of papers: 1st June 2010
The contributions (written in English, Bosnian, Croat or Serbian, 6-10 pages in Microsoft Word format, 1,5 spaced, Times New Roman 12) should be sent electronically to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
The Selection Committee will notify the authors on the selected contributions not later than 1st July 2010. For any further information please consult the webpage: www.regionalicc.net and do not hesitate to contact the Project management team:
Stanka Parac:
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Olga Perusic:
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Miljenko Turniski:
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Dzenana Dedic:
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Ben Oram:
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Massimiliano Gobbato:
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