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Central Asia and South Caucasus (CASC) Social Development Network
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About CASC-SocialThe LSE Centre for Civil Society (CCS) is pleased to announce the establishment of CASC-Social - a network of researchers and practitioners interested in social development issues in Central Asia and the South Caucasus (CASC). On 20 October 2005, CCS hosted a one-day specialist workshop on Civil Society in the South Caucasus and Central Asia: Bridging Research and Practice. The workshop highlighted the need to strengthen the bridge between empirical research and policy design and implementation in the region. One of the practical outcomes of the CCS workshop has been a decision to establish a network of professionals and scholars involved in the CASC region. There are currently several networks dedicated to the CASC region, as for example, the Central Eurasian Studies Society. Many participants of the CCS workshop felt that there is a niche for a smaller, specialised network that would connect researchers and practitioners involved in the region. CASC-Social is devoted to social development matters in Central Asia and the South Caucasus. These include civil society and community-driven development; various areas of social policy, including health, education, social protection, and social care; gender; poverty and anti-poverty strategies (e.g., PRSPs), and social impact of development projects and policies. A key objective of the network is to help in bridging research and practice. The network will present a forum for the international academic community and development professionals to share their latest research and thinking on social development issues in the region. CASC-Social Email NewsletterCASC Social Newsletter No1, December 2007 The network is based on an e-mail announcement list moderated by CCS. Members are welcome to submit short articles documenting their research findings and ideas, which will be published in the CASC-Social newsletter. This will allow other members of the network to get in touch directly with the author of the article and pursue further discussion outside the announcement list. Selected articles will be posted on the CCS website. The list will also provide announcements to connect people, and inform members of events, opportunities, resources, publications and programmes in the region. CASC-Social members can publicise non-commercial events, publication announcements and other news through this list. The membership is free of charge. The list is moderated and is not for discussion. Postings should not contain comments and responses on other messages. Members are requested not to solicit information of primary relevance to their personal research, travel plans, recruitment, etc. The moderator may reject postings that do not fit the criteria of the list. For quality assurance, all submitted articles will be reviewed and selected for posting in the newsletter by an advisory panel at CCS. Please note that you will need to subscribe to the list in order to be able to submit articles and receive the newsletter. Instructions for subscribing Send an email to CASC-SOCIAL-ANNOUNCE-L@LISTSERV.LSE.AC.UK with full name, institutional affiliation and email address. Please use the same email address for submitting articles. Guidelines for submitting short articles 1. Region/location The articles should not exceed 800 words, and should be written in good English. Articles that require substantial editing and formatting may not be posted. Authors should indicate name, position and institutional affiliation and specify in which capacity they are involved in the research/development initiative (e.g., academic researcher, development consultant, project/NGO staff, etc.). By submitting an article for the CASC-Social newsletter authors agree that other CASC-Social members may contact them to discuss their article. Welcome to CASC-Social! Dr Babken V. Babajanian Page last updated 13 December 2007 |
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