Training course "Initiatives for anti-discrimination"

The aims of the training course: -To discuss the current situation in the countries and explore the possibilities to address the discrimination influencing the young people. -To set up the framework of policies for ensuring social inclusion of young people with disadvantaged background. -To get competences in running human rights education youth projects. -To plan concrete projects with young people. -To get training in project management. -To share experience and youth work practices. -To recognize possible solutions to address discrimination and xenophobia. -To reflect on the notion of the human rights and be able to multiply this knowledge. -To discuss the quality criteria for youth projects addressing the issue of Human Rights. -To introduce and familiarize the participants with COMPASS -a manual on human rights education with young people- and discuss how to adapt it to the participants' realities. -To develop intercultural competences of the participants. -To initiate partnership between the organisations by creating the common space for joint work. Profile of the participants: All participants selected for this course must be: -Youth leaders and young people in position of the responsibility in international non-governmental youth organisations (INGYOs), national youth councils (NYCs), national or local youth organisations, actively and directly involved in human rights and youth participation projects at local or regional level; -Youth workers or project leaders active within regional and municipal services, in charge of a project on youth participation - motivated in developing projects in the field of Human Rights Education; -be aged between 18 and 30 years; -be actively involved in a youth organisation or governmental youth related service, and in a position to take on responsibilities within multi-cultural or intercultural activities after the event; -be able to work in working language of the seminar- in this case English.