Online edition "CIVICUS" is issued once in two months under the auspices of Civic Education Lecturers Association (CELA). Articles on the issues of democracy and civic participation are published in the journal. Each issue is dedicated to the one particular topic.
The topic of the fourteenth issue of CIVICUS will be the city and urban development. You can send the articles on the following topics:
Problems and challenges of urban development;
City planning;
City and its management;
Best experience of city planning and management;
Ways of citizen participation in city management (participatory budget and etc.);
Photo reportage;
Film review;
City perception and its transformation;
Other.
In order to be considered, please submit your articles (around 3 pages; minimum of 1 and maximum of 5 pages) in MS Word (.doc) format, font Acad Nusx Geo, font size 12, line spacing 1.15 by August 20, 2017 to the following email: info@cela.ge. The e-mail subject line should read: “CIVICUS 14”. Articles should be analytical and will be considered if not published in other Georgian edition and if they are technically well set up.
The articles will be revised by three appraisers independently from each other according to the following criteria:
Structure of the article;
Content of the topic;
Argumentation;
Originality;
General Education;
The scores will be summarized and the list of winners will be announced.
When submitting the article please write your name and surname as the document name and write it also at the end of the article with the name of your university, telephone number and e-mail.
The “CIVICUS” editorial board will review the received articles and authors of selected abstracts will be notified no later than September 20, 2017.
Selected articles will be published in the 14th edition of “CIVICUS” and the authors will receive the royalty.
For more information, please contact CELA at info@cela.ge or visit us at www.cela.ge and www.facebook.com/celageo.
You can visit our website to see all issues of online-edition: http://cela.ge/en/civicus
All articles are gradually being published on the Facebook page and blog of “Civicus”: https://civicuscela.wordpress.com/
CIVICUS is published with the support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in the framework of the Strengthening Electoral Processes (SEP) in Georgia project implemented by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES).
The Civic Education Lecturers Association (CELA) is a professional association that unites 27 universities and institutions of higher learning across Georgia under the common goal of establishing and strengthening them as hubs for civic innovation, scholarship and action.
