03 - 09 March 2011, Riga, Latvia
The main aim of the training course was to develop capacity of youth NGOs and schools to promote Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights and to extend competencies of youth workers and teachers in Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights. Specialists working with young people in a professional capacity on a paid or voluntary basis (youth workers, volunteers, teachers), from Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Germany, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Georgia and Poland have taken part in the training course.
Participants raised their competence in Education for Democratic Citizenship, learned about it aims, methods and different aspects; discussed how promote democratic citizenship thought youth work and school curriculum.
Participants improved their knowledge of Human Rights education. Young people received broad picture of activity of Council of Europe in the field of Human Rights.
During skills workshops participants got knowledge how to create information and promotion materials for promotion of necessary information and values to their target groups; learned about interactive form of theatre "Forum theatre".
The project was supported by European Youth Foundation.