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April 24, 2015
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On April 21-22, Central European University (CEU) students participated in the workshop “Budgeting for Human Rights: Why Government Budgets are Important for Realizing Human Rights,” organized by the Human RightS Initiative (HRSI) in collaboration with the School of Public Policy (SPP) at CEU. Participants included Roxana Damian (MPA ’15) from SPP and Edi Sara (MA ’15) from the Department of Public Policy.

April 3, 2015
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"Why has Africa been left out of conversations about protests worldwide?" asked Zachariah Mampilly in a public lecture at theCenter for Conflict, Negotiation and Recovery (CCNR) at the School of Public Policy on March 20. Mampilly, who is the director of Africana Studies and an associate professor of political science and international studies at Vassar College, said that since 2005 there have been popular protests in every region of Africa. Many of these protests, however, have gone unnoticed, and are often dismissed as "mere rioting."

February 16, 2015
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The School of Public Policy at Central European University (SPP) in partnership with the Central European University Institute for Advanced Study (CEU IAS) in Budapest, and the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) in Berlin are launching a fellowship program for researchers and public policy practitioners from nine countries (Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Mexico, Nigeria, South Africa, and Turkey).

February 13, 2015
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The School of Public Policy's (SPP) recently renamed Global Policy Academy hosted 25 environmental activists from Belarus and Moldova for a two-day workshop, February 11-13. The workshop offered a combination of training sessions and discussions on environmental innovation and advocacy.