Amnesty Academy: Education of young people on active citizenship and human rights
Amnesty International Slovenia ·Slovenia
About this project
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif"><span style="font-family: "Amnesty Trade Gothic", sans-serif">The project will address lack of offer of comprehensive human rights education and training for human rights (HR) activism for (young) adults in Slovenia.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif"><span style="font-family: "Amnesty Trade Gothic", sans-serif">The main aim of the project is education for human rights and building competences, skills and experiences through concrete actions for human rights; and by this meaningful contribution to the culture of active citizenship and to the society, where topical HR are recognized and experienced as a common concern and common responsibility and where individuals have knowledge and mechanisms to influence them.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif"><span style="font-family: "Amnesty Trade Gothic", sans-serif">The first target groups are students and pedagogical workers (lecturers); secondary target groups are those that are interested in human rights (high-school students, students from other faculties, members and supporters of AIS), journalists, nongovernmental organisations and officials. The project seeks to increase number of (young) people who have knowledge of HR and are empowered and qualified for active citizenship and activism. Change will be achieved through extracurricular activity Human Rights in Practice which will be available to all students at the University of Ljubljana (involvement willl be formally recognized with credit points),with </span><span style="font-family: "Amnesty Trade Gothic", sans-serif">a creation of online multimedia educational centre with tools for self-education about human rights and active citizenship and with 2 electronic newsletters.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: "Amnesty Trade Gothic", sans-serif">Project will be carried out by AIS in partnership with Faculy of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Social Work (all University of Ljubljana), Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security,at University of Maribor and Faculty of Humanities Koper at the Univeristy of Primorska region; international partner is Amnesty International Norway who will bring added value to the project by sharing good practice in the field of activism promotion (eduacational material an contant), help in finding appropriate speekers and share knowledge on human rights education in schools.</span></span></p>
Bilateral cooperation results
The bilateral partner contributed with their knowlede on on-line learning platforms and the best ways to attrac youngsters to complet the courses.
Project partners
- Amnesty International Norway Donor project partner· Norway
- Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana Project partner· Slovenia
- Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana Project partner· Slovenia
- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ljubljana Project partner· Slovenia
- Faculty of Social Work, University of Ljubljana Project partner· Slovenia
- Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, University of Maribor Project partner· Slovenia
- University of Primorska, Faculty of Humanities Project partner· Slovenia