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Scholarship / Financial aid: awards

Date: 2008

Deadline: October 15, 2008

Open to: all interested

The Shared Societies Project is a Club of Madrid global initiative that provides leaders with greater understanding of the benefits of social cohesion and the incentives and means to act to advance it. The project supports democratic development through leadership for dialogue, diversity and social cohesion.

The program is designed in the belief that societies are most likely to be peaceful, democratic and prosperous when leaders and citizens recognise the value of diversity and actively build a shared society.

Within the global program regional, thematic and country-specific projects focus on issues central to the questions of dialogue, diversity, and social inclusion and participation. These include democratic values and freedom of association in the Middle East/North Africa; women’s political participation; and religion, political leadership and intercultural dialogue.

Through these projects and a series of case-study visits and research, Club of Madrid members, assisted by international experts, will work with leaders to identify existing experiences that have been effective in creating and sustaining social cohesion through dialogue, leadership, and policy and institutional mechanisms. Together, they will design effective leadership strategies for use in situations where securing social cohesion and shared citizenship remains a challenge.

The project will produce a portfolio of practical realistic strategies from which leaders can seek inspiration, analyse alternatives and design, communicate and implement policies and strategies for social cohesion and shared societies in their nations and cities.

[Download the project brochure] (pdf 592.8 KB)

The Shared Societies First Vision Challenge is a Club de Madrid’s Shared Societies Project Initiative that wants to engage diverse people around the globe in building a world safe for difference by inviting them to show others how they see a shared society through creative photography and video.

Read the challenge rules and decide what message you want to convey to political and social leaders that is related to social cohesion and a world made safe for difference.

Take a photo or make a two-minute (maximum) video, fill-in the form below and upload your photo or video before October 15, 2008.

If you need more info on the Shared Societies First Vision Challenge please write us to:

visionchallenge( at)clubmadrid.org

We all win in a shared society
You may win this challenge!!

Project Homepage: http://www.theshare dsocietiesprojec t.clubmadrid. org/