New call for candidates to participate in the International Student Hall of Residence, Rondine Cittadella della Pace, academic year 2011-12.
The Association "Rondine Cittadella della Pace" has been active in the promotion of the culture of peace for over 10 years. The main activities of the Association are concentrated in the management of the International Hall of Residence. Here the students, coming from the opposing sides of conflict, live and study side by side in a project of dialogue and peaceful coexistence. They follow undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses at university, take part in the educational activities and return to their home countries to embark on high visibility academic, institutional or industrial careers, furthering the cause of dialogue and reconciliation.The Association’s mission statement can be summed up as follows: to promote a culture capable of resolving conflict through dialogue and peaceful coexistence. The International Hall of Residence houses about 25-30 students per year from different areas of the world, including regions of conflict where the Association currently operates: South – East Europe: Serbia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia and Kosovo; Eastern Europe and Northern Caucasus: Russian Federation (with particular consideration to the Republics of Ingushetia, Ossetia and Chechnya); South Caucasus: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia with particular focus to the two regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia that proclaimed theirs independence "the facto" from Georgia and are currently recognized by Russia, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Nauru;
Every year students are selected according to those places available respecting the equal representation of all countries. Please consider that the selection is valid for 2 years. For these reasons the 2011 application forms are open only for Abkhaz, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Chechen, Israeli, Kosovan, Lebanese, Ossetian and Russian students.
deadline 30th November 2010
Students admitted are recommended to arrive in Rondine on 30th June 2011 for a three months trial period. The three year undergraduate program (Laurea I level) begins on September 2011 (after passing an Italian language exam in order to be admitted to the course) . Master courses generally begin between October 2011 and February 2012 depending on different Universities academic year calendars. Field of studies are: Economy, Politics, Humanities, International Cooperation, Architecture, Agrarian studies, Education, Communication, Art and Social studies. Excluding law, engineering and medicine. More info: [email protected] +39.0575.299666