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Welcome
to the June Newsletter
This June Newsletter has been prepared by Christine
Longé, Secretary
SIETAR Europa Office on behalf of the Members and Board
of Directors.
We are delighted to have received quite a number of
feature articles from you for this issue. Please keep them
coming, as well as sending us news about your local
SIETAR, about your new members and other opportunities
of interest to the intercultural commmunity.
Comments and questions should be addressed to: SE
Office.Below on this page, you will find basic information about
SIETAR Europa as well as information about how to
contribute information and articles to the newsletter as
well as how to advertise in it.
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SIETAR Europa
SIETAR Europa is an interdisciplinary, professional
network that seeks to promote and implement
understanding, acceptance and effective cooperation
among people of diverse cultural and ethnic groups.
As a learning organisation with non-profit and NGO status,
Sietar Europa:
provides direct membership services for intercultural
professionals and those interested in intercultual activities
who have no local SIETAR in their area
serves as a forum for interaction among these direct
members as well as among members of local SIETARs
coordinates efforts and takes initiatives to meet the
common and supernational interests of the local SIETARs
acts as a central source of information about SIETAR
activities and groups worldwide
is recognised by UNESCO and represents the intercultural
profession and intercultural issues through its affiliation
with the the United Nations the Council of Europe.
Our Mission
The mission of SIETAR is to encourage the development
and application of knowledge, values and skills that enable
effective intercultural and interethnic relations at
individual, group, organisation, community and global
levels.
Our Aims
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To enhance awareness and understanding of
intercultural issues in education, policy-
making, business, professional life, arts and
media.
- To contribute to the solution of societal
problems by facilitating communication between
peoples of different cultures.
- To provide multi-disciplinary, professional
expertise in intercultural issues in both research
and practice by establishing and maintaining a
network of intercultural specialists.
- To contribute to the development of
standards
for intercultural work.
- To stimulate intradisciplinary as
well as
interdisciplinary dialogue between professionals
in intercultural fields.
- To encourage intercultural publications,
as well
as personal professional exchanges and projects
through regional and international conferences.
- To support existing good practices
and stimulate
new activities in working interculturally.
Our
members are active in
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arts and media
- business
- consulting
- development aid
- education
- globalisation
- government
- health services
- human resources
- international finance
- language services
- management
- military and peacekeeping
- migration
- minorities
- public and social service
- research
- social issues
- sustainable development
- training
- urban management and planning
They
benefit from
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Access to both local and Global networks of
intercultural colleagues and
professionals. Members receive an updated SE
directory quarterly. The SIETAR network enables
members to share experiences, resources, and
best practices, as well as to offer and take
advantage of work and training opportunities
- The information and communication
services of
the SIETAR Europa office and its secretary via
the SE office, which also currently serves as the
Hub for SIETARs worldwide
- Information about and access to congresses,
conferences training days, briefings and social
events both within SIETAR and more broadly in
the intercultural and related professions.
- Discounts on SIETAR events worldwide.
Attendance at two major SIETAR events may
itself provide enough savings to cover the cost
of annual membership.
- Opportunities for development through
mentoring and being mentored, through
coaching and being coached
- Invitations to participate in special
interest
groups, task forces,
- Online resources, documentation center
listings,
workspaces, chats
- The opportunity for peer review of
books,
training programs and other intercultural
products that members or other professionals
create or deliver
- The opportunity to contribute ideas
and research
and best practices to the building up of the
intercultural profession, one that will prove
essential to the world’s well being in the 21st
century
- Representation and a lobby with other
NGOs, UN
and governmental bodies.
During 2004 we intend to add to these benefits with:
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About
the Newsletter
The SIETAR Europa
Members Newsletter is published quarterly on this site.
It is produced from the SIETAR Europa Office under the guidance of the SE
Board of Directors Communications Team.
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How
to contribute to the Newsletter
Contributions are welcome
from all SIETAR groups and
members. We want to hear from you both as an individual
member and as local SIETARs.
We invite:
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News and developments
- Listings of upcoming events
- Feature articles
- Reviews of Publications, products,
etc.
- Advertising & sponsorship from
non-SIETAR product
and service providers
All contributions and reviews should be sent in electronic
format as email attachments or if necessary on a floppy
disk in a standard word processing format to
office@sietar.europa.org. The editors reserve the right to
the final decision of the when, where, how and what
material received will be listed on these pages.
News and developments
Please tell us what has been happening in your local
SIETAR. We will keep you abreast of SIETAR Europa
developments.
Upcoming events
We will list what is currently happening in the newsletter,
but the SIETAR
Online Documentation Centeralso has a
longer range events calendar which you can also reach the
main SIETAR Europa website.
Feature articles
Short subjects, stories, studies, etc., from members are
welcome. They should generally not be more than 1000
words in length.
Reviews of Publications, products, etc.
We will facilitate the peer review of books, games, training
materials, CDROMs, etc., whatever the language they are
produced in, and publish your reviews in the Newsletter.
Offering a product for review
If you have a product to review, please send it to the
SIETAR Office, marked clearly for newsletter review. The
materials available for review will be listed in our mew
items for review review log, where members who are
interested in reviewing them may request to do so. We will
also proactively look for reviewers when materials are sent
to us. Your review will then be published in the monthly
newsletter.
Reviewing a product
You may offer reviews on your own initiative or request to
do so if you have received a product to review from
someone else. If you would like offer your opinion on on
one titles that we have received in the SIETAR Europa
office, let us know that you are interested and why you
would be an effective reviewer of this title, and we'll send
you a copy for reviewing
Review Guidelines
Please follow this format for producing your review.
Getting involved
The SIETAR Newsletter is a project of the SIETAR Europa
Board Communications Committee and is posted by
Christine
Longé, the SIETAR Europa Office secretary. Your
assistance and ideas are always welcome. Please contact
her.
Sponsoring and advertising
in the Newsletter
Sponsoring and advertising in the Newsletter is is an
efficient and cost-effective way of reaching a large number
of professional interculturalists in Europe and beyond.
They are interested in hearing about your products and
services in this rapidly growing field.
Who should advertise?
Sellers of intercultural services, publications and
products
Organizers of intercultural events
and meetings of
interest to the intercultural community
Organizations in search of intercultural
services or
product development
How to advertise
Arrange your advertising needs with SE
Office if you are
interested in sponsoring or advertising in an issue of the
SE Newsletter. Send your computerised ad (file, e.g., .doc;
.rtf; .txt;.jpg; .bmp; .eps; .gif; .ps;.tif; .pdf; .pcx) as an
attachment by email to theSE
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What
does it cost to advertise?
Newsletter sponsor:
(Newsletter title page, one only per issue)
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300€00
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Full
page ad
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250€00
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Full
page ad additional issues, per issue
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25€00
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Banner
ad
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150€00
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Banner
ad additional issues, per issue
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15€00
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Simple listing or link
(100 words or less)
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25€00
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Discounts:
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for 2 advertisements
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10%
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for 4 advertisements
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30%
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Arranging Payment
Payment in advance is required in one of the following forms:
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Bank transfer: Transfer of the full amount (including bank fees) to
SIETAR Europa: Account N° 00010053243 at BNP Paribas, 426
ave du Cannes, 06210 Mandelieu- La Napoule FRANCE (01738).
Transfer Swift BNPA FRPP NIC, IBAN FR76 3000 4017 3800 0100
5324 373
Please give the full name of the remitter and mark it "Newsletter".
Payment in Euro only, please.
- Within France, by cheque in Euro:
made out and sent to SIETAR
Europa Newsletter, c/o Christine LONGÉ, L'Argentière Bât E, 637
bd Tavernière, 06210 Mandelieu la Napoule, FRANCE
- By Visa, MasterCard or Carte Bleu.
Please indicate
- the kind of card
- your name as written on the card
- the card number and expiration date.
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