The Power of Human Rights Education (HRE)

Aims & objectives

- To improve the knowledge and understanding of youth workers on Human Rights, and existing European Human Rights Education tools and resources.
- To develop tailor-made methodologies introducing Human Rights Education within the youth educational programme of the participating NSOs and to disseminate those widely for further use of other interested parties.
- To provide participants with the necessary competences to transmit the values and act as multipliers of the Youth Campaign “DEMOCRACY HERE. DEMOCRACY NOW.”

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

Involving 21 participants from 16 different countries across Europe and a training team of 4 volunteers from across Europe.

Target group:
- 18 to 30 year olds
- Youth workers
- Actively involved in Programme
- Capacity to mutilpy upon returning home

Training methods used & main activities

- Field visit to OHCHR Headquarters in Geneva, with training sessions, panel and visit to the HRE Library provided by the HREL Unit of the OHCHR
- Dialogue cirlces and peace-building methodology
- Group work and interactive, experiential training methods
- NFE & Compass activities

Outcomes of the activity

As part of a long-term approach that aims to bring HRE within the activities of National Scout Organisations across Europe, enabling volunteers to increase their competences and internally bring new perspectives to their diversity and inclusion approach.

Through non-formal education methodologies, participants have learnt from external trainers, education materials, role-playing and engaged in structured dialogue. The programme offered a space for sharing existing best practices and concrete successes of Scouting for democratic participation and promotion of human rights as well as engaging with partners such as the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the NGO Working Group on Human Rights Education and Learning.

Ensuring meaningful youth participation and access to rights are the fundamentals of our modern democracies, and Scouting has a key role to play.

Your tasks and responsibilities within the team

Lead Trainer, Course Director! From design, to delivery, i was responsible for the development of the training team, the learning journey, objectives, training quality and methodlogy and report.

I worked on this training for 5 days as a full time trainer.

Testimonial of the reference person

I confirm the above and also the fact that Sian Bagshaw is an exceptional leader when it comes for facilitation of non-formal education training and also as acting as a support person,