CPG Online Magazine 06/2019
Announcements
Upcoming Public Holidays:
5 December 2019: His Majesty the Late King’s Birthday
10 December 2019: Thailand Constitution Day
31 December 2019: New Year’s Eve
Upcoming National Days:
November 01 Algeria The Revolution Day of 1st November (1954)
November 03 Micronesia
November 03 Panama Independence Day (1903)
November 04 Tonga National Day and Constitution Day (1875)
November 09 Cambodia Independence Day (1953)
November 11 Angola National Day (1975)
November 11 Poland Independence Day (1918)
November 14 Palestine Independence Day (1918)
November 15 Belgium King’s Day
November 18 Oman National Day (1970)
November 22 Lebanon National Day and Independence Day (1943)
November 25 Suriname Independence Day (1975)
November 28 Bosnia and Herzegovina National Day (1943)
November 28 Albania Independence Day (1912)
November 28 Mauritania Independence Day (1960)
November 28 Timor-Leste Independence Day (1966)
December 01 Romania Great Union Day (1918)
December 02 Laos Proclamation of the Republic (1975)
December 02 United Arab Emirates National Day (1971)
December 06 Finland Independence Day (1917)
December 11 Burkina Faso Proclamation of Republic Day (1958)
December 12 Kenya Independence Day (1963)
December 16 Bahrain National Day (1971)
December 16 Kazakhstan Independence Day (1991)
December 17 Bhutan National Day (1907)
December 18 Qatar National Day
December 23 Guyana (1970)
December 24 Libya Independence Day (1951)
Articles
CPG Director joins EU lunch discussion on geopolitics & geoeconomics
On Monday, September 28, CPG Director Henning Glaser had the pleasure of joining a small lunch discussion hosted by H.E. Luisa Ragher, Ambassador of the European Union to Thailand, on the occasion of a visit to Bangkok by Dominic Porter, Deputy Managing Director for...
Courtesy Call by Pakistan’s New Defence Attaché
CPG Director Henning Glaser welcomed Colonel Jawad Afzal Chaudhary, the new Defence Attaché of the Embassy of Pakistan in Bangkok, to the CPG offices for a courtesy call on September 29. The meeting provided an opportunity to get to know each other following Colonel...
CPG Director Henning Glaser at the 6th CDIR East Asia Conference in Beijing
CPG Director Henning Glaser participated in the 6th Conference of German-Speaking Lawyers in East Asia, held from 17–20 September 2026 at the China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL) in Beijing. It was the sixth edition of the conference organized within...
CPG Director Henning Glaser meets German Ambassador-Designate Michael Reiffenstuel
Earlier today, CPG Director Henning Glaser met with German Ambassador-Designate H.E. Michael Reiffenstuel at the German Embassy in Bangkok. The meeting offered a very good opportunity to get to know each other personally and to engage in a substantive exchange on...
CPG participates in inaugural EABC Sustainable Business Working Group meeting
CPG was very pleased to be represented by its Program Manager, Lucas Meier, at today’s inaugural meeting of the newly established Sustainable Business Working Group of the EABC -The European Chamber of Commerce Thailand (EABC), with which CPG cooperates under an...
Closed-Door Philippine–Thai Roundtable on the South China Sea
CPG had the pleasure this morning of hosting a closed-door roundtable at the Faculty of Law, Thammasat University, on “The South China Sea at a Crossroads: Philippine and Thai Perspectives on International Law, Regional Security and Strategic Competition.” The...
CPG contributes keynote speech to DEG’s Strategic Climate Action Event
CPG was delighted to contribute a keynote speech to the “Strategic Climate Action Event – Building Resilience Across Sectors,” held in Bangkok on 14–15 September and organized by DEG, a wholly owned subsidiary of KfW Group, one of the world’s leading transformation...
CPG contributes to ASEAN–UK Roundtable on Middle Class and Social Policy
CPG, represented by Program Manager Lucas Meier, contributed to the Southeast Asia Social Policy Network’s first ASEAN–UK Roundtable on the Middle Class and Social Policy. The discussion brought together participants from Southeast Asia and the United Kingdom and...
CPG Director Henning Glaser in Beijing: APEC, Compliance and ESG Standard-Setting
On 7–8 September, CPG Director Henning Glaser contributed to the APEC Seminar “The Role of International Standards for Compliance Management Systems in Promoting the Sustainable Development of MSMEs” in Beijing. Organized by the China National Institute of...
Advancing cross-regional cooperation on open justice
CPG and the International Open Justice Network (RIJA) are moving their cooperation on open justice and judicial reform into a more concrete phase, linking comparative exchange between Latin America and the Caribbean and the Asia-Pacific with country-specific reform...
Scholarship Opportunities
The Horowitz Foundation for Social Sciences offers grants to emerging scholars pursuing research projects that address contemporary issues in the social sciences. For more information visit https://www.horowitz-foundation.org/grant-info. Deadline is on 01 December 2019.
The “ETH Zurich Postdoctoral Fellowship Program” supports incoming fellowships for postdoctoral researchers at the ETH Zurich. The program is intended to foster high-potential, young researchers who have already demonstrated excellence in terms of internationally competitive achievements in the early stages of their professional careers. Applications have to be made jointly by the candidate and their host who must be an ETH Zurich Professor and who will act as a mentor of the fellow. For more information visit https://www.ethz.ch/en/research/research-promotion/eth-internal-programmes/eth-fellowships.html Deadline is on 1 March 2020.
The DAAD Development-Related Postgraduate Courses offers foreign graduates from development and newly industrialized countries from all disciplines and with at least two years’ professional experience the chance to take a postgraduate or Master’s degree at a state or state-recognized German university, and in exceptional cases to take a doctoral degree, and to obtain a university qualification (Master’s/PhD) in Germany. For further details go to https://www.daad.or.th/en/scholarship-database/. Deadline depends on the chosen study programme.
An overview of all DAAD scholarships with relevance for researchers and students from Thailand can be found here: https://www.daad.or.th/en/find-funding/
The Friedrich Ebert Foundation Scholarship is aimed at supporting students from Africa, Asia, Latin America or Eastern Europe that intend to study in Germany in any subject area. The students must demonstrate excellent school or academic merit and must be committed to the values of social democracy. More information can be found at https://www.fes.de/studienfoerderung/other-languages/. Deadline depends on the type of application.
The Singapore Management University offers Overseas Postgraduate Scholarships which provide financial support to recipients to pursue an overseas research programme. The scholarship includes academic guidance and mentorship. For more details go to https://www.smu.edu.sg/moe-start/overseas-pg-scholarship. Deadlines vary.
The World Academy of Sciences offers various fellowships and grants to PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers from developing countries. For more information visit https://twas.org/opportunities Deadlines vary.
Rotary Peace Fellowship allows up to 100 individuals from around the world to receive fully funded academic fellowships to pursue a Professional Development Certificate Program or Master’s Degree Program related to peace and conflict resolution and prevention at one of the participating peace centers around the world (USA, Japan, UK, Australia, Sweden, and Thailand). For more information: https://my.rotary.org/en/peace-fellowship-application. Applications will reopen in 2020.
The Kennisontwikkelings programma Netherlands Fellowship Programmes (OKP NFP) provides fellowships for highly motivated professionals who are interested at participating in a Dutch University. The professionals must be in a position to introduce the newly acquired skills and knowledge into their employing organisation. The applicants must find a suitable university and submit your application via the Dutch institution offering the course. For more information: https://www.nuffic.nl/en/files/documents Applications will reopen in 2020.
The ASEAN Master Scholarship is aimed at supporting students from ASEAN countries (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam) who intend to study at the University of Nottingham. You will be eligible to apply if you are classed as an overseas student for fee purposes and hold an offer to start a full-time master’s degree programme (excluding MRes) at Nottingham in September 2019 in any subject area. More information can be found at http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/studywithus. Applications will reopen in 2020.
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CPG Events September – October 2019
Training Course “Refugee Law and Protection in Thailand” I
70 Years Federal Republic of Germany: The influence of the German Constitution on the Thai Constitution
CPG International Conference “Compliance Across Asia – New Challenges and Chances for Practical Integrity”
Training Course “Refugee Law and Protection in Thailand” II
CPG Academy “Managing Deep Change: Digitalization, Artificial Intelligence & Biotech”
CPG Academy “German Public Law and the Political System of Germany”
CPG 10th Annual Conference ‘Governing the Future: Digitalization, Artificial intelligence, Dataism’
Workshop “Investigation and Criminal Prosecution of Child Abuse: Investigators’ and Civil Society Perspectives”
Training Course “Refugee Law and Protection in Thailand” III
Study program: Delegation American University Paris
Workshop “Legal Reform in Comparative Perspectives”
Video
The Generations of International Human Rights Law
Interview with Kingsley Abbott, Senior Legal Advisor, Global Redress and Accountability, International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)