The Council of Europe, the continent’s leading human rights organisation, has been established on 5 May 1949. It has 47 member states which have signed up to the European Convention on Human Rights, a treaty designed to protect human rights, democracy and the rule of law – the core values of the organisation. Azerbaijan became the 43rd member state of the Council of Europe on 25 January 2001.
The project of the Youth Department of the Council of Europe on Human Rights Education is a direct contribution of to the Council of Europe core mission to promote and protect human rights. The project – often referred to as Human Rights Education Youth Programme - aims to consolidate and support the role of non-governmental youth organisations and as actors in the implementation of the Council of Europe Charter on Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education. It does so by combining the development and dissemination of tools and resources on human rights education and capacitybuilding activities for trainers, multipliers and advocates of human rights education as a human right.
The Council of Europe and the Ministry of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Azerbaijan are со-organising a COMPASS Long-term training course on human rights education and democratic citizenship for youth multipliers and trainers from Azerbaijan.
The Compass LTTC enhances the quality of human rights education with young people and of non-formal education through the development of competences (knowledge, skills, attitudes) of youth workers, leaders and trainers to implement educational projects and activities at local, regional and national level.
The training course, as the main activity of youth dimension of the Council of Europe Action Plan for Azerbaijan, includes: an initial training seminar in Azerbaijan: 27 June – 3 July 2017; E-learning phase: June 2017 – February 2018; Project planning an implementation: June 2017 – February 2018; a second residential training seminar in Strasbourg: April 2018.
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