Human Rights Education Hotspot

Aims & objectives

“Human Rights Education Hotspot” is a partnership building activity aims to advocate human rights education on national and European level, integrate it with the youth work practices, with the focus on European Solidarity Corps programme and, thus, support the implementation of Plan of Action of the fourth phase of World Programme on Human Rights Education by the United Nations.

Objectives:
- To update the participants at developing projects for youth under Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps programme;
- To create a task force of youth workers and educators and generate project proposals feeding the UN World Programme while addressing the contemporary challenges of human rights activism and education;
- To increase the capacity of the network by discussing organisational management strategies and to establish quality standards for the human rights education programmes and projects within the network and outside;
- To exchange successful practices of human rights education within youth work between the partner organisations and integrate human rights education within youth work;
- To increase educational opportunities on human rights for young people at the member organisations and beyond.

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

Participants were:
- experienced at project development and strategic management, employed or volunteering at the member organisations of HREYN;
- experienced at youth projects and youth work (developed, implemented a project for and with young people);
- have full understanding of the principles of human rights education (having attended human rights education course, or similar);
- have good command in English.

The training was run by 2 trainers, with the support of the HREYN board members.

Training methods used & main activities

Non-formal education
Project planning and management

Outcomes of the activity

The participants created plans in line with the HREYN Strategic Plan 2019/2024

Your tasks and responsibilities within the team

Co-designing, implementing and evaluating to programme.

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

Testimonial of the reference person

I think Rob is a brilliant trainer, he has a considerable experiential background in non-formal
learning and he throughly understands and applies its principles. What I would point out is his sense of
creativity and readiness to innovate in the educational vocation. Rob is a charismatic trainer who immedi
ately connects with the group, especially with young people. Rob is very aware in group dynamic when
working with groups and aligns programme in a way that best suits situation, context, group, and the
learning objectives. What I like in Rob especially is that he’s a great team player and values working with
young people in respectful manner.
Another strong side of Rob’s is his background in intercultural dialogue. Having a history of
working in the educational mobility field, he has awareness about cultures and intercultural sensitivities.
Rob is methodical in preparatory work, he creates clear and understandable logic in the programme and
session outlines. It’s an absolute comfort to work with a person who has high level of dedication and
responsibility, Rob is a great manager and coordinator when it comes to educational project development
and implementatio