This summer Katalin Erdély, a graduate of the Master’s Program in English and American Studies at the Eszterházy Károly College, participated in the Roma and Friends Tolerance Camp, organized by the Budapest American Embassy in Balatonlelle. Read about her experiences in English here, or in Hungarian here. For further information about the camp, contact the Eger Corner or visit the website of the US Embassy.
US National Security Strategy
For detailed information concerning US National Security Strategy, including the text of a speech delivered by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to the Brookings Institute on May 27th, click here.
Secretary's Innovation Award for the Empowerment of Women and Girls: Call for Concept Papers
The Secretary’s Innovation Award for the Empowerment of Women and Girls seeks to find and bring to scale the most pioneering approaches to the political, economic and social empowerment of women and girls around the globe. Funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, the award is part of the State Department’s continuing emphasis on public-private partnerships, and is administered by its Office of Global Women’s Issues. The award, and the office, are founded on the premise that the major economic, security, governance and environmental challenges of our time cannot be solved without the full participation of women at all levels of society.
The purpose of this announcement is to invite interested parties to submit a concept paper that describes innovations that have proven to have a positive impact on the lives of women and girls politically, socially, or economically. The concept paper should: (1) describe the innovation, (2) how it has been successful, and, (3) how it can be supported and enlarged with additional financial support to empower women and girls in their communities.
Each year, two awardees are selected by a prominent panel of jury and receive up to $500,000 to expand on their innovations. Concept papers can be submitted either by individuals or by non-governmental organizations. There are no restrictions as to citizenship or country of residency.
