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 16th issue of CIVICUS will be the safe environment. You can send the articles on the following topics:
- Global threats, terrorism and experience of fighting against it;
- Workplace safety - challenges and guarantees related to labor safety;
- Safety of living space - accidents and dangerous environment; World experience of creating safe living environment;
- Safety of studying environment - best practices, bullying, phobias and aggression;
- Environmental pollution, health care and consumer rights;
- other
We will also receive academic translations, photo stories and movie reviews related to this topic.
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 December 15, 2017 to the following email: info@cela.ge. The e-mail subject line should read: “CIVICUS 16”. 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 December 25, 2017.
Selected articles will be published in the 16th 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.
