“ACCESS to Social Rights of Young People through Human Rights Education”

Training Course “ACCESS to Social Rights of Young People through Human Rights Education” is a course for professional development of youth workers, youth leaders and NGO representatives who would like to learn how to use human rights education to improve access to social rights of young people with disabilities. During the Training Course participants will discover: - How to improve quality of youth work and access to social rights of young people with disabilities through human rights education.  - The concept of Social rights within human rights framework and concept of inclusion. - Interrelation between access of young people to social rights and inclusion. - Policy documents and mechanisms on social rights, social inclusion and access of young people to social rights. - Different approaches and concepts of access of young people to social rights in Europe. - The realities and good practices, challenges and opportunities of youth work in EU, Eastern Partnership region and Russia with focus on improving access to social rights of young people. - The values, principles and methods of human rights education (HRE). - Participatory principles of human rights education. - Effective tips and hints of HRE on improving access of young people to social rights and inclusion. - Competences of youth worker working in the field of improving access to social rights of young people and Youthpass. Participants will also: - Work practically in international group of participants. - Get insights, tips and hints for improving access of young people to social rights and inclusion. - Get familiar with stories of participants and specifity of different realities. - Meet local organisations working in the field of youth social rights and inclusion. - Set aims for personal and professional development. - Have an opportunity to develop common projects within and outside Erasmus+ programme. Profile of participants: - Youth workers, youth leaders and NGOs representatives working with mixed ability youth groups in the field(s) of improving access of young people to social rights; - Interested in development of their organisation/institution and discovering ways how to use human rights education to improve access to social rights of young people and inclusion of young people with disabilities in their respective city, region, country and Europe; - Motivated for further professional development; - Aged - 18+; - Able to communicate and work in Russian; - Able to participate in the full duration of the course. Partners and participants: max 2-4 participants from each country, all together 24 participants. In order to imply the inclusive approach through the course we await that every partner will compose the group of participants together with applicant organisation, and the group would be diverse involving both participants with and without physical disabilities and/or health problems (1-2 per country). We promote cooperation between local partners and organizations, therefore, it is expected that 1 participant will be selected from partner organization and others from other local organizations already partnering with local partner or willing to establish partnership.