FW: COE funding for Pilot Projects on Human Rights Education

[Katalin Fabian]

 Subject: COE funding for Pilot Projects on Human Rights Education
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> Pilot Projects on Human Rights Education
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> Application deadline: September 15, 2004
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> 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, 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> This financial support to pilot projects should be seen as
> exceptional and limited to the duration of the programme. The
> European funding cannot 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
> that 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.
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> Criteria
> In order to qualify for support, projects must:
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> -Be directly related to young people and to human rights
> education or to a specific theme addressed by the programme
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> -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
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> -Have a clear educational or awareness-raising function
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> -Concern primarily participants under 30 years of age
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> -Have a participatory approach, from the conception to the
> evaluation
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> -Integrate intercultural learning in its educational approach
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> -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
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> -Follow the basic educational principles of the Council of
> Europe's youth sector.
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> Levels of support
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> Selected projects can be funded up to a maximum of 7.600 Euro.
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> More information
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> Website: http://www.coe.int/hre
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> Location: Select Council of Europe Countries
> Deadline: Sep 15, 2004
> Website: http://www.coe.int/hre
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