House of Heroes - counter-narratives against hate speech

Aims & objectives

-To mainstream the principles of human rights education and education for democratic citizenship (EDC/HRE Charter) in youth work;
-To make a situational analysis of hate speech threads and patterns in Europe and local realities and explore how young people are affected;
-To equip the participants with educational tools to tackle hate speech, discrimination and hostility and involve young people in human rights campaign;
-To support youth workers and human rights educators with methods and techniques on how to use “We CAN” manual in order to make it more accessible to use in youth work and share it with NHSM and to disseminate the practices of CANs through workshops and conferences;
-To develop CANs both online and offline with the high level of youth participation;
-To create follow-up projects and strategies in-line with EDC/HRE Charter contributing the similar aim.

Target group & international/intercultural composition of the group & team

International group and team.

Training methods used & main activities

Non-formal learning based activities grounded in human rights education.

Outcomes of the activity

KNOWLEDGE AND CRITICAL UNDERSTANDING:
- of the various practices on using counter and alternative narratives against hate speech;
- of the practices and methodologies of youth participation;
- of the various grant opportunities, constructing the project;
- of the various institutions, organisations and structures;
- about mobility-related regulations regarding young people;
- about media and promotion mechanisms on youth work and CANs, including digital tools for
collaboration;
- about youth policy and youth work in own and other's contexts;
- of the different phases of impact assessment;
SKILLS:
- Teamwork and cooperation;
- Leadership;
- Self-realisation and entrepreneurship;
- Presentation and creativity;
- Critical thinking;
- of giving feedback;
- being able to identify relevant partners in different environments;
- ability to transfer and share the learning potential of international mobility experiences;
- ability to research and access relevant information;
ATTITUDES:
- the sense of initiative;
- responsibility;
- active citizenship;
- willingness to collaborate with other actors and stakeholders;
- readiness to allow being confronted with other views and work approaches;
- appreciation of the added value of new partnership and collaboration opportunities;
- an interest of processes to change;

Your tasks and responsibilities within the team

Trainer

I worked on this training for 16 days as a full time trainer.