CARDS fundraising opportunity not to be missed!! Only for members of the BHRN from Croatia
Dear members of the BHRN, Secretariat has been informed by Ms. Helene Bach that the deadline for the cross-cutting initiatives (CCI are projects with other FRESTA Networks) has been postponed and is 15. November 2004. This is due to the fact that new CCI guidelines have been prepared and meeting of all networks is planed to take place at the end of October. However, if there are any applications that need a fast response, applications can be submitted before the deadline of 15 November. Recently, the Secretariat has been contacted by two BHRN member organizations who were preparing project proposal for the CCI. We encourage all our members to contact us if they have a project idea! We are always here for you! Best regards, Snjezana and Aida
Dear All,
Please find enclosed the " REPORT ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA JULY/AUGUST 2004 , prepared by the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights of Republic of Macedonia. Download here
Regards,
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights of Republic of Macedonia
" Dame Gruev " 8/5, P.O.Box 58,
1000 Skopje, R.Macedonia
Tel/fax : + 389 2 31-19-073; 32-90-469
E-mail : helkom@mhc.org.mk
www.mhc.org.mk
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Training for Human Rights Education
Human rights education (HRE) – understood as educational programmes and activities that focus on promoting equality in human dignity – is of incalculable value in the shaping of a European dimension of citizenship meaningful to all Europeans. Those involved in non-formal education in youth work should also consider the evolution, practice and challenges of human rights, with regard to their universality, indivisibility and inalienability, and what they mean to the young people of today.
The Directorate of Youth and Sport of the Council of Europe has acquired an undisputed reputation for and expertise in developing educational approaches and materials suitable to both formal and non-formal contexts as well as to different cultural environments. Its work with multipliers, the impact of projects such as the “all different – all equal” youth campaign, and its long-term training programme have all contributed to the development of projects that make their impact first and foremost at grass-roots level while being pre-eminently European.
For many of the “traditional” partners of the Directorate of Youth and Sport, human rights education has provided the background and values for their projects and activities while being a constant, though not explicit, element in what they do. Among the new groups reached by the activities of the Directorate of Youth and Sport are many which work specifically or more generally in the field of human rights and which now have further possibilities of consolidating their relationship with the Council of Europe. Today, in view of recent events that threaten the foundations of a culture of peace and human rights, a more visible, explicit and conscious approach to human rights education is required and needed.
The experiences acquired during the past two years with the Human Rights Education Youth Programme confirm that the success of European educational projects of this kind depends on:
· The provision of appropriate and accessible educational methodologies and tools (such as the Education Pack “all different-all equal” , Domino and Compass );
· The availability of such materials in the national languages of the users;
· The existence of trainers and multipliers who, at national and regional level, can act as resource persons and train local multipliers (youth leaders and youth workers, teachers and other educators).
With this in mind, the Directorate of Youth and Sport has produced Compass - a manual on human rights education with young people. Compass presents background concepts essential to human rights education as well as practical activities and methods for use in both formal and non-formal education contexts. Building on accumulated experience of non-formal education and youth work, the manual is based on learner-centred approaches and provides a framework for developing young people's skills, competencies and attitudes related to human rights education.
Three courses for trainers in HRE with young people have been successfully held in 2002 and 2003. Participants in these courses have remained active in implementing regional and national training and disseminating activities on Compass and HRE. This additional course is meant to sustain these achievements by extending the number of trainers involved and supporting other national and regional training courses in 2005 and to respond to high number of applicants in the first two courses.
As an additional follow-up, an advanced training course for trainers is being planned for 2005.
This form (LINK na attachment!!!) must be sent - together with a support letter of the sending organisation/institution - to the European Youth Centre Budapest either by email or by fax or by post before 6 September 2004.
Pilot Projects on Human Rights Education
Introduction
The supporting of pilot projects is one of the most efficient ways that the Council of Europe has in order to translate HRE into meaningful activities for local groups, communities and organisations. The pilot projects have so far allowed for direct educational innovation and change by practitioners and organisations that are committed to HRE and that need support for it.
Criteria, Procedures
· Introduction
Financial assistance in support of local pilot projects is important to the Youth Programme on Human Rights Education because it will allow for new initiatives to be set up and will motivate supporting local NGOs and groups to undertake action related to human rights education with young people. By funding pilot projects on human rights education through the European Youth Foundation 1 , the Directorate of Youth and Sport seeks to actively contribute to the inclusion of human rights education in youth work practice and to encourage innovative practices and partnerships, both in formal and in non-formal education contexts.
The pilot projects will allow for a more visible and direct impact of the programme at local level. They are a necessary complement to the rest of the youth programme on human rights education and to the other activities of the Directorate of Youth and Sport of the Council of Europe.
Similarly, the inclusion of pilot projects in the European programme may serve to give them greater visibility and recognition, as well as facilitating the development of networks and of opportunities to share expertise and experiences. This will be done by means of the Directorate of Youth and Sport publications and web sites. This may be completed by an evaluation meeting and a publication with examples of good practice in 2005.
This financial support to pilot projects should be seen as exceptional and limited to the duration of the programme. The European funding can not replace the necessary local and/or national co-funding (in money or in kind). In this context, the assessment of applications will consider also the feasibility of the projects.
Priority for funding will be given to projects which would otherwise be difficult to start up. Funding will not be given to projects that have already taken place.
The funding of pilot projects is also made possible thanks to voluntary contributions of Member States of the European Youth Foundation.
1 For further information concerning the European Youth Foundation see http://www.coe.int/youth .
In order to qualify for support, projects must:
- be directly related to young people and to human rights education or to a specific theme addressed by the programme;
- be prepared, run and managed by a local association, institution or youth group acting directly with children, young people or a specific target group of the programme;
- have a clear educational or awareness-raising function;
- concern primarily participants under 30 years of age;
- have a participatory approach, from the conception to the evaluation;
- integrate intercultural learning in its educational approach;
- have an innovative character (in terms of methodology, target groups addressed, etc.)
- be open to other partners of the youth programme on human rights education and foresee using the resources generated through the programme (e.g. the Manual on Human Rights Education);
- have a clear potential local impact while being open to European networks;
- have a European dimension, either by involving more than one country, and/or by taking into consideration the European context;
- follow the basic educational principles of the Council of Europe's youth sector;
- Levels of support
Selected projects can be funded up to a maximum of 7.600 €.
- Payment of grants
The administration of grants will be made through the European Youth Foundation and according to its standard practice: a maximum of 80% of the grant will be paid following the confirmation of acceptance of the grant; the remaining balance will be paid according to the rules of the European Youth Foundation upon reception and approval of the report and final accounts of the project.
· Deadlines and applications
New! Procedure for submitting applications to the EYF
The European Youth Foundation has introduced a computerised system to manage the registration of youth NGOs, grant applications and follow up. On the web site of the EYF, youth NGOs will be able to register with the EYF, submit their projects online and monitor the progress of the applications and the administrative follow up.
See the EYF web site for more information: www.coe.int/youth
NEXT DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING GRANT APPLICATIONS
TO THE EUROPEAN YOUTH FOUNDATION
The next deadline (Categories A, B and D-HRE) is
1 October 2004.
Category D-HRE: Human Rights Education pilot projects taking place between 1 January and 30 September 2005
If you have not already done so, please register your organisation with the EYF before sending an application for the next deadline.
- Reporting
Projects being allocated financial support are to present a report within 2 months of the completion of the project. This report shall include:
a) a complete financial report with proofs of expenditure,
b) a project report about the outcomes and dynamics of the project according to the criteria listed above;
c) An indication of which members of the public will be reached through the project and, where appropriate, a list of participants in the project, including name, country of residence, nationality, age and sex;
d) Press cuttings, photographs and other examples of the achievements or results of the project, preferably in electronic version.
- Procedure for applications, assessment and decision-making on the projects
The applications for funding will be assessed by the European Youth Foundation (EFY) in consultation with the Steering Group of the Youth Programme on Human Rights Education. The secretariat of the EYF will give a recommendation to the Programming Committee of the European Youth Centres and European Youth Foundation, responsible for the decisions on the grants.
- Further information:
Information about other funding possibilities through the European Youth Foundation and through the Solidarity Fund for Youth Mobility is available on the Internet at: http://www.coe.int/youth.
For specific enquiries about the pilot projects on human rights education, please contact:
European Youth Centre Budapest
Zivatar utca 1-3
H-1024 BUDAPEST , Hungary
Tel: + 36 1 212 40 78
Fax. + 36 1 212 40 76
Email : eycb.secretariat@coe.int
