ISWiB 011 has gathered more than 200 students from 50 countries from all over the world.

During the week which they’ve spent in Belgrade, the students have exchanged ideas and knowledge, and also had unforgetable fun, made new friendships and experienced the Serbian capital.

Therefore, once again, we thank all of the participants, applicants, donors, sponsors, partners, all other people and organizations that helped make ISWiB 011 happen.

We want to give special thanks to our dearest volunteers for their enormous effort and contributions to the festival.

Without you we could not have done it.

Till the next year and ISWiB-ing again!

This year, the participants of ISWiB 011 can simbolically choose from the following 11 workshops:

• Debate
• Environmental Protection
• Graffiti
• Media
• NLP
• Nuclear Energy
• Photography
• PR &amp Marketing
• Theatre
• Video and Motion Graphics
• Youth Activism

Apart from these 11 workshops led by partner organizations, the educational program will include a panel discussion and open lectures dealing with the communication issues in modern society.

As the goal of ISWiB is promoting idea of “Citizen of the World”, not only through the exchange of knowledge, opinions and ideas, but also by making friendships, ISWiB 011 will be an opportunity for lots of cultural manifestations, day trips, and parties.

Again, Country Fair and MTV concert will be central events of cultural program.

The participation fee is 90 euros for foreign students, and covers accomodation, food and workshop materials.

For Serbian students, the participation fee is 45 euros and doesn’t cover accomodation.

All students studying at European universities, fluent in English are eligible to apply.

Some of our results so far are – international team of young journalists and translators, cooperation with numerous students and youth organizations and media all over the world, over 20,000 unique visits monthly and over 1,200 fans on Facebook. We promise to improve these results in next period.

And in November issue 2010, our No.49, you can read about project Art for all, and muralists and sculptors who gathered together in Seville, Spain, to build the largest museum in the open air in Europe. Also, there is a story from Ravenna, Italy, about new edition of Komikazen, International Reality Comics Festival. Our cooperation with FIST – Festival of International Student Theatre in Belgrade, keeps going this year, too, so you can read about their activities.

In Politics you will find an article about 20th Anniversary of German reunion, and Society informs you about chemical accident in Hungary, when red toxic river caused massive damages, leaving behind destroyed cars, bridges and houses, dead trees and vegetation and fields covered with chemical waste. Due to our cooperation with the Association of Hispanists, we have an interview with professor Dr. Dejan Mihailovic, about relations among Serbia and Latin America.

In Culture & Arts we have two interviews – with Vojislav Pantic, art director of Belgrade Jazz Festival, and with Stephen Frears, British film director. Another film is there, very important review of „Black Venus“. Very funny interview with chatterbot, and a story about Loebner Awards – the artificial intelligence competition, you will read in Science & Tech, as well as a report from Intel International Education Summit in Bucharest, Romania.

Sport is about Lucian Bute, Romanian boxing champion, and about women’s football in Armenia. And for the end Entertainment, there is again exchange with ’Reflejo’ and very interesting stories about tequila, and Spanish city of Zaragoza.

After “Crossing borders” (ISWiB 2006), “Update Local To Get Global” (2007), “Challenge of Changes” (2009) and fighting intolerance (2010) in 2011 we have reached a milestone - the fifth ISWiB!

Even though we started out with just a few organizers, a low budget and just 30 participants (2007), over 10 000 people visited just one of the many events of this year’s ISWiB.

ISWiB 011 will take place from 10th to 17th July 2011, under the motto “Communication in Action”.

As our little jubilee, ISWiB 011 will, we are sure, outdo all the previous ones, both by quality and popularity.

What we’ve accomplished last year gave us the will and motivation to start organizing ISWiB 2010, as early as September.

With the motto “Do We Tolerate Intolerance?”, ISWiB 2010 will be held 11th-18th July 2010.

We hope that this year’s ISWiB will outdo all the previous ones, both by quality and popularity.

All info about the workshops, applications and participation fees are published on ISWiB’s website www.iswib.org.

We hope that you will continue applying in such a large number and with the same enthusiasm. Accordingly, with the best students participating, we expect ISWIB 2009 to achieve the highest level of quality. A great number of your applications is a constant reminder and a challenge for us to give our bests, and, with you together, we have numerous Challenge of Changes waiting for us!

So, don’t wait! Apply now and become a part of ISWIB 2009!

The third International Student Week in Belgrade - ISWiB 2009, will be held from 9th to 16th August 2009 in the capital of Serbia. This year’s conference motto is “Challenge of Changes”.

Two hundred students from all parts of Europe will gather in Belgrade to participate various educational, cultural and entertaining activities - interactive workshops, lectures, panel discussions, as much as cultural events and parties. Participants will be given a chance to exchange their opinions and attitudes with their European colleagues and eminent experts on some of the most interesting contemporary issues.

Applicants are offered to join one of the ten workshops: Art and Culture, Environmental Protection, Economics, Health, Human Rights, Media, Society, Youth Activism, Photography and Filmmaking.

Eligible to apply for ISWiB 2009 are all European students (undergraduate, recent graduate and postgraduate) and all students from non-European countries studying in Europe at the moment of application. All fields of study are welcome. Applicants must be fairly good in both oral and written English. All who apply must be 18 years old by the time the festival begins.

Participation Fee is 50€ for foreign participants and 25€ for the participants from Serbia. The fee covers food, accommodation and workshop materials. Travel expenses to and from Serbia, visa expenses (if participant need one to enter Serbia), as well as the personal expenses and pocket money must be covered by participants. ISWiB 2009 and its organizers do not provide any travel and financial support.

APPLICATION DEADLINE IS APRIL 15TH, 2009.

Application form is available on our website:
www.iswib.org

After download, fill in the form and send to:
apply@iswib.org

All questions regarding application and participation:
participants@iswib.org

We are looking for new members to join organizing team of International Student Week in Belgrade 2009. For more info go to Serbian version of this page.

KonkursISWiB2009.pdf

Topic of the issue is gas crisis on the East and another Russian-Ukrainian dispute that left bigger part of Europe with empty pipelines and without heating. We bring you chronology and try to discover what is behind this trading war.

In Politics you can read Part One of analysis about Serbian way towards European integration. Our colleague from Netherlands brings to you a story of Radio 3FM Deejays and their “Serious Request” - charity action. Also WAVE magazine is announcing to you forthcoming International Student Week in Ilmenau (Germany) and Universiade in Belgrade, and presenting our new partner Café Babel - European online magazine. One more important topic was researched, problem of youth and aggression.

Important economics news comes from our Italian correspondent, about agreement of Italian FIAT and Serbian Zastava. In Culture & Arts - interesting story on Pixar production and new animated world. Also we remind you of Nobel awarded playwright Harold Pinter, died at the end of 2008.

Science & Tech writes about sports and colors, and possible use of scientific researches in everyday’s life. There is an announcement of the new tennis season 2009 that starts in Australia, and reminder of famous Austrian skier Herman Maier in Sports section. Finally, we bring you some “serious fun” with the article on great come-back of music of 1990s in Serbia and Balcans.

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