Youth for Human Rights - Past training

You(th) for Human Rights was Youth Democracy Project funded by the EU's "Youth in Action"-programme. The project brought together young people active in organisations who are working with non-formal education of one side and young people working with youth who are facing fewer opportunities like minor-aged refugees, Roma youth, homeless young people and young people in special youth care.

From preparation to evaluation this project took up to 6 months. The main activity of the project is a European Congress on Human Rights Education, which took place 15-18/10/2009 in Brussels, Belgium. Over 200 young people participated in the national activities; 60 participated in the youth congress.

From preparation to evaluation the project lasted for 6 months. The main activity of the project was a European Congress on Human Rights Education, which took place 15-18/10/2009 in Brussels, Belgium. While over 200 young people participated in the national activities, we had more 60 young people coming from 12 European countries who attended this congress, representing their local organisations. In order to run this representation smoothly and to introduce all participants, we developed a training manual for the partner organisations to guide them in the national meetings and to prepare their representatives for the congress. We also developed a final report of the project, including the lectures of the congress, a funding guide, the evaluation, etc.

Project Partners

Objectives

Programme

To give a voice to young people.
To use representative democracy as a pedagogical model for setting up an international youth congress.
To bring together young people active in the field of leisure-time youth work and young people active in youth work targeting young people facing violations of Human Rights.

To initiate a discussion in between the partner promoters on how to integrate Human Rights Education into the Preventive System (their working style).
To bring together policy makers and young people to debate on Human Rights.
To develop and promote methods (workshops, creative journal, promotional materials, active and citizenship as a method to establish social change.
To offer methods for volunteers and youth work organisations to integrate Human Rights Education into their normal work plan.

Please check the resource blogs for the outcomes, the training manual and more background information.

Venue

The venue is a Don Bosco centre for youth accommodation, with all facilitities required for an Erasmus+ training course. It situated very close to Brussels, and is easily accessible by public transport from any train station in Brussels.

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