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Human rights Education

In recognition of the potential of Human Rights Education (HRE), the EU-CoE youth partnership has a specific objective of promoting european citizenship, human rights education and respect for diversity. Following publication of the Arabic translation of Compass, the manual on human rights education involving young people, the partnership has launched a series of regional training courses in the Arabic-speaking region. The purpose of these courses is to support the emergence of networks of trainers and multipliers in the Arabic-speaking region and to develop the capacity of youth organisations to introduce human rights education in their work. Most of the activities organised within this EU-CoE youth partnership agreement are carried out in co-operation with local partners.

"MOSAIC Training Seminar for Trainers on Religion"
Antalya, Turkey, 3-8 November 2009

This training seminar based on the MOSAIC T-Kit on Euro-Mediterranean youth work, was the second such meeting for trainers working in a Euro-Mediterranean youth context. It brought together participants who had previously beeinvolved in the Euro-Mediterranean youth work, including activities organised in the framework of the EU-CoE youth partnership and the SALTO-Youth Euro-Med Resource Centre, including former TATEM and TOTEM participants.

Presentation  Programme    List of participants 

"Euro-Mediterranean Training Course for Human Rights Education with Young People"
Debbiye, Lebanon, 21-29 June 2009

This course was intended to develop the competence of Arabic-speaking trainers and multipliers working with human rights education at national and regional level and to enable them to provide human rights education to young people using the Arabic version of Compass (Ittijahat).

Presentation of the course: (EN - AR)    Executive report (English)     List of participants

MOSAIC Training Seminar for Trainers “Gender Equality in Training for Euro-Mediterranean Youth Work” 
Antalya, Turkey, 3-6 December 2008 

This seminar was organised to follow-up to the training activities for trainers in Euro-Mediterranean youth work organised by the EU-CoE youth partnership, as well as the publication of the MOSAIC T-Kit on Euro-Mediterranean youth work. It was held in cooperation with the SALTO-Youth Euro-Med Resource Centre and the Turkish National agency of the Youth in Action programme, with, amongst its aims, familiarisation with the MOSAIC and exploration of its contents and activities, particularly in relation to the theme of gender equality, as well as improvement of participants’ competence in addressing gender equality in the Euro-Mediterranean youth context.

Presentation and programme         List of participants

Euro-Mediterranean training course for multipliers active in human rights education and conflict resolution in the Euro-Mediterranean co-operation context: “Conflict Resolution and Human Rights Education for Enhancing Intercultural Dialogue with Young People”, in co-operation with the Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue between Cultures
European Youth Centre Budapest, 19-26 October 2008

Presentation of the course: (EN - FR)    Programme (EN - FR)   List of participants

Regional training courses for trainers in human rights education with young people using Compass in Arabic

• Evaluation and follow-up meeting concerning the sub-regional training courses for trainers in human rights education in Arabic 
  Swedish Institute in Alexandria, Egypt, 29-31 October 2007

Presentation and programme                List of participants  
Report of the meeting including the Evaluation and impact study of the courses by Ali Chahine, consultant 

• «Maghreb-Europe» training course for outrainers in human rights education, in co-operation with the Centre de documentation d’information et de formation en droits de l’homme (Morocco), and l’Association initiatives pour la protection des droits des femmes (Morocco)
  Fès, Maroc, 13 - 22 May 2007

Presentation (FR - AR)    Programme (FR - AR)   List of participants
Course documentation (in French) 

• Arab-Euro training course for trainers in human rights education, in cooperation with the Swedish Institute in Alexandria
  Alexandria, Egypt, 1-9 April 2006 

Presentation (EN - AR)   Programme (EN - AR)    List of participants

• Regional training course for trainers in human rights education in the Middle East region, in cooperation with the National Council for Human Rights and Princess Basma Youth Resource Centre
  Amman, Jordan, 28 March - 4 April 2006 

Presentation (EN - AR)   Programme (AR)    List of participants

Workshop "Training Trainers in human rights education using Compass in Arabic"
European Youth Centre, Budapest, 3-13 December 2005

This workshop was intended at training 15 Arabic-speaking trainers to use the Arabic version of Compass, the manual on human rights education for young people. Some of the trainers were consequently involved in the Arabic sub-regional training courses that took place in Jordan and Egypt in 2006, in Morocco in 2007, and in Lebanon in 2009.

Presentation     Programme        List of participants  

Seminar presentation: (EN - AR)        Programme       List of Participants    Conclusions by the participants 

Seminar report by Ingrid Ramberg - in English and Arabic

Some other useful documents on human rights education published by the partnership stakeholders

• Encompassing human rights education with young people

In 2000, the Directorate of Youth and Sport of the Council of Europe launched a Human Rights Education Youth Programme with the aim of "bringing human rights education into the mainstream of youth work and youth policy". The programme built on the potential of youth work and non-formal learning to strengthen human rights, while human rights education has contributed to anchoring youth work and non-formal education within the Council of Europe's human rights ethical, political and normative framework. This publication reviews the main activities and achievements of this programme.