Call for applications International Student Week In Belgrade "Synergy for Change" 13th – 20th July 2014

It is our pleasure to announce the 8th International Student Week in Belgrade - ISWiB 2014 which will be held from 13th to 20th July 2014 in Belgrade. This year’s festival motto is Synergy for Change!

ISWiB motivates young people to gather their energy and to make a change together! Students from all over Europe will be invited to participate in various interactive workshops, lectures, discussions, cultural events and parties. ISWiB does its best every year to encourage young people to change the future by actively participating in the present. Every participant will be educated about contemporary global social problems. They will have to come up with possible and sustainable solutions for them and finally, present them during the festival and in their home countries. This final step represents the core of the festival. Applicants have nine workshops to choose from:

Big City Trouble - Problem: Urban (City) Problems
I Can Do IT - Problem: Youth Unemployment
CSI: Case Study Investigation - Problem: Corporate & Business Issues
REdesigning Humanity - Problem: Children without parental care
Creative Lobbying - Problem: Anticorruption
Sex (in)tolerance - Problem: Sex & Gender Issues
Play Against the Hate - Problem: Hate Speech VS Free Speech
Capture the Smile - Problem: Vulnerable Groups
Bio-Hacking - Problem: Organic Food, GMO, Guerilla Gardening

Eligibility

All European students and all students from non-European countries, but studying in Europe at the moment of application, are eligible to apply for ISWiB 2014. All fields of study are welcome.

Fee & Expenses

The participation fee is 100€ for foreign participants (food, accommodation and workshop materials). For participants from Serbia, the participation fee is 40€ (food and workshop materials). Travel, visa and personal expenses must be covered by participants themselves. ISWiB 2014 may not provide any travel reimbursement or financial support.