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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Fyi: please forward the below invitation for papers
on political participation in </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Africa</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
to contacts who might be interested. Further information can be found here: </span></font><span
lang=EN-US><a href="http://www.afrimap.org/papers.php"
title="http://www.afrimap.org/papers.php"><font color=black
title="http://www.afrimap.org/papers.php"><span
title="http://www.afrimap.org/papers.php"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.afrimap.org/papers.php</span></span></font></a>.
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Rikke </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>-----Oprindelig meddelelse-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Fra:</span></b> EU Human Rights and
Democratization Contact Group [mailto:EU-HRDN@LISTSERV.OSI.HU] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>På vegne af </span></b>Russell Pickard<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sendt:</span></b> 31. oktober 2005 15:10<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Til:</span></b> EU-HRDN@LISTSERV.OSI.HU<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Emne:</span></b> Inviting papers on political
participation in Africa</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Inviting papers on political
participation in </span></font></b><b><font size=4><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Africa</span></font></b><b><font
size=4><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt'>AfriMAP (Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy
Project) was established by the Open Society Institute (<a
href="http://www.soros.org/" title="http://www.soros.org/"><font color=black
title="http://www.soros.org/"><span title="http://www.soros.org/"><span
style='color:windowtext'>www.soros.org</span></span></font></a>), in order to
monitor and promote compliance by African states with the requirements of good
governance, democracy, human rights and the rule of law.</span></font></p>
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt'>To encourage new thinking and dynamic debate on good
governance, AfriMAP is inviting papers on the theme of political participation
in Africa. Suggestions for papers include i.Citizenship;
ii.Constitution-writing processes; iii. Political parties; iv. Post-conflict
rebuilding of democratic systems; v. Women and political participation; vi.
Local mobilizations. Further details on suggested topics are up on
AfriMAP’s website at <a href="http://www.afrimap.org/papers.php"
title="http://www.afrimap.org/papers.php"><font color=black
title="http://www.afrimap.org/papers.php"><span
title="http://www.afrimap.org/papers.php"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.afrimap.org/papers.php</span></span></font></a></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Papers are invited in English and French, with a
deadline of 31<sup>st</sup> December 2005 for submissions. Selected
authors will receive a $200 honorarium and their work will be published on our
website. See <a href="http://www.afrimap.org/" title="http://www.afrimap.org/"><font
color=black title="http://www.afrimap.org/"><span
title="http://www.afrimap.org/"><span style='color:windowtext'>www.afrimap.org</span></span></font></a>
or email <a href="mailto:info@afrimap.org" title="mailto:info@afrimap.org"><font
color=black title="mailto:info@afrimap.org"><span
title="mailto:info@afrimap.org"><span style='color:windowtext'>info@afrimap.org</span></span></font></a>
for further details<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>. </span></font></span></font></p>
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