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Title: Youth 4 Diversity
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Categories: Education
Human Rights
Culture
Status:
In Progress
Timeline:
April 1 07 to November 30 99
Description:
Taking place in July 2007 the Capacity Building Youth Training on Diversity and Youth Empowerment “Youth 4 Diversity” is organized by Factory of Future and the World Bank in partnership with Silesian Center for Equal Opportunities (Slaskie Centrum Rownych Szans ) and TakingITGlobal at a crucial time characterised by the growing awareness from European policy makers that youth social inclusion, empowerment and tolerance have become burning issues urgently requiring resolved and ambitious policies at all levels.
The project aims to combine two major issues:
• prevent discrimination and exclusion trough promotion of diversity
• empower youth as agents of tolerance and mutual understanding and increase their capacity to be leaders in their local communities
The above will be achieved by creating a publication for youth on:
• diversity and human rights - prepared by youth, trained on anti-discrimination efforts/actions.
• practical aspects of anti-discrimination projects preparation and implementation, such as fundraising, public relations, team building and other aspects of project management.
The selected youth will receive materials with detailed project description two weeks before the first training in order to give the participants the time to develop their own ideas, from which the whole initiative could benefit.
- Initial trainings will follow the VC and will be organized separately in each country and provide local participants with knowledge on the discrimination, intolerance or violation of human rights in a particular country with a general overview of the region. They will take place in participants countries.
- Second round of trainings, organized in Poland for all participants, will consist of three parts.
Participants will receive a unique training which contains description of an obstacle (namely, discrimination) that youth is dealing with, together with a tool to overcome it.
Additionally, there will be a network of young people created, able to act locally and communicate globally.
Background:
Democratic change in the region led to a boom in civic initiatives. In May 2004 Hungary, Poland and Slovakia became members of the European Union and as a result, the voluntary sector has gained access to new sources of funding. New challenges for CSOs appeared at the same time. The perspectives for civil society initiatives are currently promising. However, the situation of young people willing to contribute to the society is still unsatisfactory. Active youth are dealing with many obstacles such as widespread lack of information on fundraising or project management accessible for non-experts, particularly young people. Additionally, youth is most often not considered by the local and country authorities and policymakers as a partner worth to involve into the decision making process.
On the other hand in all countries involved in the project we are dealing with the issue of intolerance, discrimination and violation of human rights; it has also been identified by authors of the annual Amnesty International Report 2006:
• Hungary: Racist attacks on Roma and other minorities, and discrimination against Roma in all sectors of public services, continued. There was an official acknowledgement that segregation in schools had increased for Roma children, a quarter of whom were being taught separately despite anti-discrimination legislation. In education, health care and housing, the Roma population continued to face deprivation and discrimination. Legislation to tackle violence against women in abusive relationships was delayed.
• Poland: Racism and intolerance towards minorities (particularly sexual minorities) was reported in both the private and public spheres. No action was taken against public figures whose statements appeared to incite intolerance.
• Slovakia: There were continuing reports of discrimination against Roma in both public and private sectors; concerns included the lack of access to education and housing for Roma.
These trends speak of the urgent need to strengthen anti-discrimination efforts and promote tolerance among the society at large.
Objectives:
The project aims to combine two major issues:
• prevent discrimination and exclusion trough promotion of diversity
• empower youth as agents of tolerance and mutual understanding and increase their capacity to be leaders in their local communities
The above will be achieved by creating a publication for youth on diversity and human rights, prepared also by youth, trained on anti-discrimination efforts/actions as well as on practical aspects of anti-discrimination projects preparation and implementation, such as fundraising, public relations, team building etc. Young people will receive a unique publication which contains description of an obstacle (namely, discrimination) that youth is dealing with, together with a tool to overcome it.
Additionally, there will be a network of young people created, able to act locally and communicate/cooperate globally.
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