RIGHTS IN PRACTICE – Participation and cooperation to quality socio-economic rights protection policy
Center for Peace Studies ·Croatia
About this project
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif"><strong><u><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif">The main problem</span></span></u></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif"> which this project will try to address is the <u>low level of protection of socioeconomic rights and inadequate quality of public policies in this field, as well as insufficiently developed role of civil society in advocating socioeconomic rights.</u></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif"><strong><u><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif">The general project objective</span></span></u></strong><u><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif"> is to strengthen the advocating/watchdog role of civil society in the field of socioeconomic rights and inequality.</span></span></u></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif"><strong><u><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif">Specific project objectives</span></span></u></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif"> are: 1) Support networking, cross-sectoral cooperation and capacity building of CSOs to advocate in the field of socioeconomic rights; 2) Strengthen CSOs ability to monitor and advocate based on research and alternative policy solutions in the field of socioeconomic rights; 3) Promote and enable participation of vulnerable groups, citizens, experts and policy practitioners in advocating for socioeconomic rights; 4) Strengthen the public awareness and promote international human rights standards while supporting education on socioeconomic rights in educational institutions.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif"><strong><u><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif">Project activities</span></span></u></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif"> are gathered in </span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif">3 </span><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif">working packages: 1. Establishing a system for monitoring of socioeconomic inequalities and advocating for socioeconomic rights through strengthening of the cooperation and capacities of CSOs and cross-sectoral cooperation; 2. Developing a proposal of socioeconomic policies based on international standards of socioeconomic rights; 3. Contribution to formal and informal education on socioeconomic rights.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p>
Project partners
- Base for workers' initiative and democratization Project partner· Croatia
- Institute of Political Ecology Project partner· Croatia
- Human Rights House Zagreb Project partner· Croatia
- Right to the city Project partner· Croatia