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[e-DARE] issue 03-2010

2010-06-22T03:04:04Z


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e-DARE (Issue 03/2010)

Newsletter on Human Rights Education
and Education for Democracy
Published by the DARE project and the DARE network

Issue 03/2010 (22 June 2010)
Deadline for contributions for the next issue:10 September 2010
Publication: 21 September 2010

Links: e-DARE archive, DARE website, DARE blog

Table of contents

1. Letter from the Chair
2. Synchronised Action Days 2010
3. Childrens rights education for adult learners
4. Council of Europe Charter on EDC/HRE adopted
5. FRA: Europe must further strengthen fundamental rights protection
6. Launch of EWC database for people working in EDC, HRE and intercultural understanding
7. Citizenship through Religious Education
8. TRIALOG - Trilateral Dialogue of Human Rights Educators in German-speaking Countries
9. Launch of Human Rights Education on amnesty.org
10. Teachers and Human Rights Education new book now available
11. New EMHRN publication with methodologies for using games, films and role-playing in HRE
12. Conference 'Education and Citizenship in a Globalising World'
13. Call for applications: MA in Human Rights & Conflict Management 2010-2011
14. Report on the right to education of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers
15. NECE Conference: “Chances of Cultural and Citizenship Education within the Development of Cities and Urban Spaces”
16. Go green, go good, go global - Education for sustainable development in Youth Work
17. HRE in non-formal settings: Lessons learned from the Rights Education Action Programme
18. Citizenship Reloaded: Active Citizenship and its implications for EDC/HRE, Vilnius 1-2 July 2010
19. DARE member Polish Helsinki Foundation elected to the Advisory Panel of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency
20. Tackling Poverty and Social Exclusion with HRE/EDC
21. FRA stakeholder consultation mapping and institutional needs assessment in HRE in the European Union

Editorial

1. Letter from the Chair

Dear DARE Network members, friends and colleagues,

This Spring has brought some interesting political and policy initiatives to promote EDC and HRE.

The Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) of the European Union recently conducted a human rights education "stakeholder consultation" in order to determine in what specific areas FRA should became active.
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Frank Elbers, Human Rights Education Associates (HREA)

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2. Synchronised Action Days 2010: invest 15 minutes and gain visibility all over Europe!0

Share and showcase your activities leading up to Human Rights Day 2010 and gain visibility all over Europe!

SYNCHRONIZED ACTION DAYS are a powerful PR tool.
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Georg Pirker, Arbeitskreis deutscher Bildungssttätten (Germany)

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3. Children´s Rights Education for adult learnerss: DARE textbook available online!

The DARE focus meeting “Children's Rights Education for Adult Learners” in Brussels (January 2010) explored the strategies of children’s rights education for adults, bearing in mind that it is mainly adults who in many cases protect and enforce children’s rights. Fourteen experts representing ten European organisations gathered for a two-day exchange of best practices and discussion of policy approaches in the field.
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Anne Stalfort, Arbeitskreis deutscher Bildungssttätten (Germany)

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4. Council of Europe Charter on Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education adopted

On 11 May 2010, the Ministers for Foreign Affairs and representatives of the 47 Council of Europe member states adopted Recommendation CM/Rec(2010)7 on the Council of Europe Charter on Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education at the 120th Session of the Committee of Ministers.
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Wim Taelman, VORMEN (Belgium)

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5. FRA: Europe must further strengthen fundamental rights protection

The 2010 Annual Report of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) identifies challenges in the areas of data protection, extreme exploitation in the workplace, rights of the child, racism and discrimination, and LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) issues.
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6. Launch of EWC database for people working in education for democratic citizenship, human rights and intercultural understanding

The European Wergeland Centre (EWC) has launched Share & Connect – an expert database designed to facilitate online networking among people working in the field of education for human rights, democratic citizenship, and intercultural understanding. Researchers, PhD students, teacher trainers, teachers and other education professionals across Europe and beyond can connect through the database to share their experiences and to benefit from each others’ expertise.
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Georg Pirker, Arbeitskreis deutscher Bildungssttätten (Germany)

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7. Citizenship through Religious Education

Citizenship through Religious Education is a new educational resource that provides teachers with ideas and activities for teaching Citizenship, within the context of Religious Education, at Key Stages 3 and 4.
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Ted Huddleston (author of the publication), Associate of the Citizenship Foundation (UK)

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8. TRIALOG - Trilateral Dialogue of Human Rights Educators in German-speaking Countries

The idea of TRIALOG - building an informal network of human rights educators - was born during a coffee break at the VDPA+15 conference in August 2008. Half a year later, in February 2009, human rights educators from Austria, Germany and Switzerland met for a constitutive meeting at the European Training and Research Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (ETC) in Graz/Austria.
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Barbara Schmiedl, European Training and Research Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (Austria)

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9. Launch of Human Rights Education on amnesty.org

Amnesty International's work in human rights education spans formal, non-formal and informal sectors across all continents. Information about international human rights education is online now.
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10. Teachers and Human Rights Education new book now available

The new book Teachers and Human Rights Education (Audrey Osler and Hugh Starkey) is now published and is available now from Trentham Books or from the US distributor Stylus.

Why do teachers need to be familiar with human rights?
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11. New EMHRN publication with methodologies for using games, films and role-playing in HRE

EMHRN publishes "Resources for Human Rights Education 2: Using Games, Films and Role-Playing". This resource book is based on the experiences of the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) Summer School in Turkey 2008.
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12. Conference 'Education and Citizenship in a Globalising World' (London, 19-20 November 2010)

This is the third international education conference convened jointly by the Institute of Education (IOE), London and Beijing Normal University (BNU). The languages of the conference will be English and Mandarin Chinese.
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Hugh Starkey, Institute of Education, University of London (UK)

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13. Call for applications: MA in Human Rights & Conflict Management 2010-2011 (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa)

The curriculum is strongly multidisciplinary and field oriented and includes courses in: International Law, International Humanitarian Law, International Human Rights Law, Geopolitics and regional issues in historical perspective, ...
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14. Report on the right to education of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers

The report was presented at the beginning of June 2010 at the Human Rights Council, together with reports of the official visits to Mongolia, Paraguay and Mexico.
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15. NECE Conference: “Chances of Cultural and Citizenship Education within the Development of Cities and Urban Spaces”
29.09.-01.10.2010, The Stazione Marittima Congress Centre, Molo Bersaglieri 3, I-34124 Trieste/IT

Pre-register now!
This year's NECE Networking Conference focuses on the chances of cultural and citizenship education within the development of cities and urban spaces. The conference thereby refers to dramatic changes in European cities: Migration and mobility reduce the cohesion within many urban societies.
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16. Go green, go good, go global - Education for sustainable development in Youth Work
International Training Course for Youth Leaders 26th September 2010 - 3rd October 2010

If you and your organisation are interested in the topic of education for sustainable development (ESD), then we have interesting news for you!
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Nina Wilking, Internationales Haus Sonnenberg (Germany)

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17. Human rights education in non-formal settings: Lessons learned from the Rights Education Action Programme

The Rights Education Action Programme (REAP) is a 10 year-long international human rights education initiative led by Amnesty International Norway.
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18. Citizenship Reloaded: Active Citizenship and its implications for EDC/HRE, Vilnius 1-2 July 2010

DAREs next European Focus Meeting Citizenship Reloaded: The Demand for “Active Citizenship” in Europe and its Implications for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education (EDC/HRE). (Vilnius/Lithuania, Hotel Conti, 1-2 July 2010)

There is a rising ambiguity for EDC/HRE purposes in Europe. The definition of “European Citizenship” and “Active Citizenship” as used on the EU level is vague.
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Georg Pirker, Arbeitskreis deutscher Bildungssttätten (Germany)

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19. DARE member Polish Helsinki Foundation elected to the Advisory Panel of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency

Dominika Bychawska-Siniarska (Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, a member of DARE) was elected to the Advisory Board of the European Fundamental Rights Agency.
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Georg Pirker, Arbeitskreis deutscher Bildungssttätten (Germany)

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20. Tackling Poverty and Social Exclusion with HRE/EDC

Recommendations for policy makers:
1. A lack of democracy leads to poverty and social exclusion. Likewise, solely economic measures will not lead to more social cohesion.
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Georg Pirker, Arbeitskreis deutscher Bildungssttätten (Germany)

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21. FRA stakeholder consultation mapping and institutional needs assessment in HRE in the European Union

The Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) has conducted a Human Rights Education stakeholder consultation, in order to identify specific areas for the FRA to engage. This has resulted in a mapping, which is giving an overview of existing activity and an institutional needs assessment with key recommendations for the FRA.
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Editorial

This newsletter is edited by the DARE project 'Democracy and Human Rights Education in Adult Learning', which receives funding from the European Community (Lifelong Learning Programme).

e-DARE is an initiative of the network DARE vzw, Democracy and Human Rights Education in Europe, and is distributed to the partners of the above mentioned project, to the DARE members and to interested third persons, organisations and institutions.

The authors remain responsible for the content of their contribution.

Editor: VORMEN vzw (Wim Taelman)
Address: DARE vzw, c/o VORMEN vzw, Patriottenstraat 27, B-2600 Antwerp (Belgium)

Contributions for this newsletter can be sent to e-dare@vormen.org

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This project has been funded with support from the European Commission (134263-LLP-1-DE-GRUNDTVIG-GNW). This website reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

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Appeal to become a DARE member

2010-03-31T11:50:23Z

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e-DARE FLASH:

Become a member of DARE – the network for Democracy and Human Rights Education in Europe!

Newsletter on Human Rights Education
and Education for Democracy
Published by the DARE project and the DARE network

Extra issue 04/2010 (31 March 2010),
also to be found on: www.vormen.org/DARE/e-DARE-FLASH-2010.htm
Deadline for contributions for the next (normal) issue: 07 June 2010
Publication: 22 June 2010

Please circulate further to all possibly interested persons, institutions and organizations.

Table of contents

1. Become a DARE associate member!
2. Become a DARE full member!
3. DARE and the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion
4. You want to know more about DARE?
5. Our apologies would you receive this message more than once!

Editorial

1. Become a DARE associate member!

Are you an individual, or a public institution or private organisation who wants to morally and financially support the goals and objectives of DARE? Then you can apply for associate membership of DARE. The procedure is very simple: send an e-mail with the name, the full address, the e-mail address and eventually the url of the candidate for associate membership to the DARE board, via its Treasurer. After having received the electronic invoice from the treasurer you pay the associate membership fee (€ 70,00). You will then be added to the DARE mailing list and the e-DARE subscribers list.

Notes:
1) According to the DARE constitution (to be found here) the DARE Board has discretionary powers to eventually refuse the application for associate membership without further motivation.
2) Associate members have no voting rights.

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2. Become a DARE full member!

Are you a non-governmental organisation, a public institutions or an other organisation which is committed to the objectives of DARE and involved in practical educational work?
In case your legal seat is based within a member country of the Council of Europe and you pursue network objectives within member countries of the Council of Europe, you can apply for full membership of DARE.

Candidates for membership must complete an application form (to be found here, also available in pdf format) to be addressed to the DARE Board via its Secretary (pirker@adb.be), at latest on 01 June 2010 if you want your membership be ratified by the next DARE General Assembly (GA).

The DARE board will propose for ratification to the DARE General Assembly (the next GA taking place on 03 July 2010) the membership of all those candidates which it endorses. After the settlement of the DARE membership fee (€ 100,00 for 2010) you will be considered as a full member.

Notes:
1) According to the DARE constitution (to be found here) the DARE Board has discretionary powers to eventually refuse the application for full membership without further motivation.
2) Full members have all the rights and obligations set out in the DARE constitution.

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3. DARE and the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion

2010 is the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion. With the European conference "Tackling Poverty and Social Exclusion in Europe through Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education in Adult Learning" in Glasgow, March 4-5, 2010, DARE contributed to the European Year. The conference resulted in a series of Recommendations which can be found at the DARE blog.

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4. You want to know more about DARE?

Visit the DARE website (link) and the DARE blog!
Not yet satisfied? Contact the DARE Chair or the DARE Secretary!

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5. Our apologies would you receive this message more than once!

This special issue of e-DARE is being sent to all e-DARE subscribers plus a series of possibly interested persons, institutions and organizations, and further circulated. Please accept our apologies in case you receive more copies of this message.

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Editorial

This newsletter is edited by the DARE project 'Democracy and Human Rights Education in Adult Learning', which receives funding from the European Community (Lifelong Learning Programme).

e-DARE is an initiative of the network DARE vzw, Democracy and Human Rights Education in Europe, and is distributed to the partners of the above mentioned project, to the DARE members and to interested third persons, organisations and institutions.

The authors remain responsible for the content of their contribution.

Editor: VORMEN vzw (Wim Taelman)
Address: DARE vzw, c/o VORMEN vzw, Patriottenstraat 27, B-2600 Antwerp (Belgium)

Contributions for this newsletter can be sent to e-dare@vormen.org

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[e-DARE] issue 02-2010

2010-02-23T08:09:25Z

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e-DARE (Issue 02/2010)

Newsletter on Human Rights Education
and Education for Democracy
Published by the DARE project and the DARE network

Issue 02/2010 (23 February 2010)
Deadline for contributions for the next issue: 07 June 2010
Publication: 22 June 2010

Links: e-DARE archive, DARE website, DARE blog

Table of contents

1. Letter from the Chair
2. DARE-Glasgow Conference on Tackling Poverty with EDC/HRE
3. Children´s Rights Education for Adults: DARE Focus Meeting
4. 1989 Regime Changes: Simulation Manual for free!
5. Intercultural 'Tracking': Students Explore Migration Histories
6. Advancing democratic practice: A self-assessment guide for higher education
7. European Parliament: Pat Cox Fellowship Programme
8. Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
9. Archives, builders of citizenship
10. aces - Academy of Central European Schools: Call for Project Proposals 2010

Editorial

1. Letter from the Chair

Dear DARE Network members, friends and colleagues,

2010 is the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion. Despite the fact that the European Union (EU) is one of the richest regions in the world, 17% of its citizens do not have the resources to meet their basic needs.
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Frank Elbers, Human Rights Education Associates (HREA)

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2. DARE-Glasgow Conference on Tackling Poverty with EDC/HRE - detailed programme online

The full programme for the upcoming Conference on Tackling Poverty and Social Exclusion with Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights in Adult Learning is published on the web for download.
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Georg Pirker, Arbeitskreis deutscher Bildungssttätten (Germany)

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3. Children´s Rights Education for Adults: DARE Focus Meeting, Brussels Jan 28-29

14 experts representing 10 European organisations gathered for a two-day exchange of best practices and dicussion of policy approaches in the field of children´s rights education in adult learning.
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Anne Stalfort, Arbeitskreis deutscher Bildungssttätten (Germany)

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4. 1989 Regime Changes: Simulation Manual for free!

Understanding the dynamics of the 1989 regime changes in Europe: a simulation for adult education

A general climate of discontent and economic depression has emerged in "Allonia," a fictitious communist country. Due to recent food shortages public demonstrations have begun and are quickly gaining power.
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Anne Stalfort, Humanity in Action (Germany)

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5. Intercultural 'Tracking': Students Explore Migration Histories

Do different family narratives and migration backgrounds have influence on the historical consciousness of young people? A current project run by Demokratiezentrum Wien (Democracy Centre Vienna) investigates how students in culturally and ethnically diverse classrooms approach history.
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Elisabeth Röhrlich, Democracy Centre Vienna (Austria)

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6. Advancing democratic practice: A self-assessment guide for higher education

What is democratic governance and how can it benefit universities and higher education institutions in preparing students to become participating, democratic adult citizens? How can universities and other higher education institutions evaluate how they contribute to their students' education for democratic citizenship?
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Frank Elbers, Human Rights Education Associates (HREA)

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7. European Parliament: Pat Cox Fellowship Programme

Each year, Humanity in Action (HIA) brings together a small group of outstanding students and young professionals from around the world for three-month professional fellowships in the European Parliament.
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Anne Stalfort, Humanity in Action (Germany)

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8. Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights

This series of books edited by Bert Lockwood deals with different aspects of human rights (education). Some examples...
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9. Archives, builders of citizenship

The Documentation Sciences Foundation will hold three on-line seminars on "Archives, builders of citizenship".
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Frank Elbers, Human Rights Education Associates (HREA)

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10. aces - Academy of Central European Schools: Call for Project Proposals 2010

The new call for the successful school partnership project “aces – Academy of Central European Schools” was launched on 1 February 2010.

As international school partnerships offer a concrete opportunity for intercultural exchange and cooperation, aces encourages partnership projects amongst schools in Central European countries.
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Reinhard Eckert, Interkulturelles Zentrum (Vienna, Austria)

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Editorial

This newsletter is edited by the DARE project 'Democracy and Human Rights Education in Adult Learning', which receives funding from the European Community (Lifelong Learning Programme).

e-DARE is an initiative of the network DARE vzw, Democracy and Human Rights Education in Europe, and is distributed to the partners of the above mentioned project, to the DARE members and to interested third persons, organisations and institutions.

The authors remain responsible for the content of their contribution.

Editor: VORMEN vzw (Wim Taelman)
Address: DARE vzw, c/o VORMEN vzw, Patriottenstraat 27, B-2600 Antwerp (Belgium)

Contributions for this newsletter can be sent to e-dare@vormen.org

Subscribe (and unsubscribe): Persons, organisations and institutions who are interested in e-DARE can subscribe to it by adding their e-mail address at http://vormen.org/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/list/eDARE

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[e-DARE] year 6, issue 12-2009

2009-12-21T15:26:50Z

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e-DARE (Year 6, issue 12/2009)

Newsletter on Human Rights Education
and Education for Democracy
Published by the DARE project and the DARE network

Year 6, issue 12/2009 (22 December 2009)
Deadline for contributions for the next issue: 08 February 2010
Publication: 23 February 2010

Links: e-DARE archive, DARE website, DARE blog

Table of contents

1. Letter from the Chair
2. Register now! Conference in Glasgow, March 4-5, 2010
3. DARE selected as best Practise for Active Citizenship
4. EU Fundraising Strategies - DARE Conference Documentation online !
5. DARE - Synchronized Action Days 2009
6. Call for expression of interest: Training Courses in Human Rights Education
7. Campaign THAT'S RIGHT! ECHR 1950 - 2010 started on December 10th
8. Deliberating in a Democracy
9. Humanity in Action Summer Fellowships 2010: apply now!
10. My Netlog, Your Netlog, Our Rights
11. Education in Diversity
12. The Model European Parliament Baltic Sea Region (MEP BSR)
13. Launch of National Plan for HRE in the Netherlands
14. Launch of Portal for Human Rights Schools
15. Global Education Newsletter - Fall 2009 - North-South Centre (Council of Europe)
16. NECE conference in Vilnius sees risk to loose citizenship in Europe
17. The European Wergeland Centre - EWC Summer Academy in Poland
18. HREA research paper on HRE in German schools now available online
19. Over 25 issues of e-DARE

Editorial

1. Letter from the Chair

Dear DARE Network members, friends and colleagues,

With the year drawing to an end let me summarise a few of the hightlights of 2009... (...) After such a busy and successfull year, let me wish you a restful holiday season! I hope to see many of you at upcoming DARE events in the next few months...
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Frank Elbers, Human Rights Education Associates (HREA)

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2. Register now! Conference: "Tackling Poverty and Social Exclusion in Europe through Education for Democratic Citizenship / Human Rights Education”

BEMIS (Black and Ethnic Minorities Infrastructure in Scotland) and DARE (Democracy and Human Rights Education in Adult Learning) are hosting the international conference: "Tackling Poverty and Social Exclusion in Europe through Education for Democratic Citizenship / Human Rights Education” in Glasgow, March 4-5, 2010.

The registration deadline is Jan 10, 2010.
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Tanveer Parnez, BEMIS (Scotland, UK)

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3. DARE selected as best Practise for Active Citizenship

The DARE network is invited to the 10th anniversary of the Grundtvig Programme in Brussels 26th - 28th January 2010. During the conference Georg Pirker will present the DARE network and its activities and outcomes to an international audience of experts/politicians/practitioners from all over Europe as a role model for networks dealing with the issue of adult education and active citizenship in the EU.
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Georg Pirker, Arbeitskreis deutscher Bildungssttätten (Germany)

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4. EU Fundraising Strategies - DARE Conference Documentation online!

The DARE conference “Fundraising strategies for European initiatives in the field of Education for De-mocratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education” (Copenhagen, Oct 1-3, 2009) aimed to highlight the EU policy framework in the field of EDC/HRE and to exchange successful fundraising strategies employed by stakeholders in the field.
The full conference documentation with all reports and presentations is now online!
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Anne Stalfort, Arbeitskreis deutscher Bildungssttätten (Germany)

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5. Synchronized Action Days 2009 - Democracy and Human Rights Education

The DARE Network has invited educational organisations from all over Europe to contribute to the Synchronized Action Days 2009 with their Activities in Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights taking place around Human Rights Day.

Synchronized Action Days are a powerful dissemination tool...
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Georg Pirker, Arbeitskreis deutscher Bildungssttätten (Germany)

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6. Call for expression of interest National and Regional Training Courses in Human Rights Education

The Council of Europe is launching a call for applications to the National Regional Training Courses on Human Rights Education for 2010.

The call is addressed to non-governmental youth organisations and/or other non-governmental and governmental organisations and institutions involved in human rights education with young people.

The deadline for applications is the 26th January 2010, the courses should be held between 15 March and 15 December 2010.
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Georg Pirker, Arbeitskreis deutscher Bildungssttätten (Germany)

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7. 60 Years European Convention for Human Rights: Campaign THAT'S RIGHT! ECHR 1950 - 2010 started on December 10th

Human Rights resounding throughout the land! Or - to stick to the truth - the negation of Human Rights.

The European Training and Research Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (ETC Graz) developed a year-long campaign in commemoration of 60 years ECHR.

The campaign GANZ RECHT! (roughly translated: that's right!) is based on posters and postcards...
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Barbara Schmiedl, European Training and Research Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (Graz, Austria)

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8. Deliberating in a Democracy

The Friendship Ambassadors Association based in Târgoviste, Romania has been carrying out a three-year project named 'Deliberating in a Democracy' since September 2007 (see www.deliberating.org ). (...) They run deliberations on various issues (Recycling, Freedom of expression, Global climate change, Domestic Violence, Voting, Cyberbullying etc.) and assist their about 300 students to communicate with their American peers via the discussion board. (...) Our teachers train and/or coach other teachers on the structured academic controversy (SAC) or deliberation, the method promoted by the project.
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Corina Leca, Friendship Ambassadors Association (Romania)

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9. Humanity in Action Summer Fellowships 2010: apply now!

Students or recent graduates from Bosnia, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, the Ukraine and the USA are invited to apply for the five-week HUMANITY IN ACTION Summer Programs 2010 on human and minority rights, diversity and democracy.

The HIA Fellowship Summer Programs in Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, and the United States reflect the specific histories and present challenges of each host country. All programs are designed for international groups of 20-30 students.
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Anne Stalfort, Humanity in Action (Germany)

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10. My Netlog, Your Netlog, Our Rights

‘My Netlog, Your Netlog, Our Rights’ is an exciting and innovative project recently launched by VORMEN vzw (centre of expertise on human rights education) and Mobile School vzw (an organisation working with street children worldwide).

The overall objective of "My Netlog, Your Netlog, Our Rights" is to raise awareness and activate young people on children’s rights - both their own rights and those of fellow youth here and in the global South. Our aim is to broaden young people's views on development cooperation by using Web 2.0 tools.
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Fiona Ang, VORMEN vzw (Belgium)

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11. Education in Diversity

Living in a multi ethnic and diverse society provides a great opportunity for mutual understanding but as Europe become more religiously diverse conflicts in intercultural relations also appear. Partners Bulgaria team actively particpates in educational initiatives which promote tolerance and embrase diversity. As a part of consortium led by CEJI (A Jewish Contribution to an Inclusive Europe) and supported by the European Commission Life Long Learning Program, Partners Bulgaria has been engaged in the development of a new training programme for adult educators to address issues of religious diversity and anti-discrimination.
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Daniela Kolarova, Partners Bulgaria Foundation (Bulgaria)

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12. The Model European Parliament Baltic Sea Region (MEP BSR)

100 High School students from 9 countries round the Baltic Sea and from guest countries recently met in Copenhagen for a 6-day seminar to discuss topics about foreign policy, integration, climate, media, education and mobility in a youth parliament, which is set up twice a year in Northern European cities. The project is a core activity in IUC Europe’s democracy projects - a leadership program focusing on educating young people to understand the role of democracy and develop political awareness and understanding of cultural diversity without the interference of teachers/directors.
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Nina Nørgaard, IUC-Europe (Denmark)

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13. Launch of National Plan for HRE in the Netherlands

On Human Rights Day, 10 December 2009, a National Plan for Human Rights Education was adopted by the Dutch government and civil society organisations. The Stimuleringsplan voor de integratie van mensenrechteneducatie in het funderend onderwijs outlines a strategy for sustainable integration of human rights education (HRE) into primary and secondary schools in the Netherlands.
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Frank Elbers, Human Rights Education Associates (HREA)

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14. Launch of Portal for Human Rights Schools

HREA is very pleased to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) with the launch of a new web portal to promote understanding and application of a human rights-based approach to schooling.

The CRC calls for all children to be treated with dignity and respect. In the context of schooling this means...
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Steven Courchesne, Human Rights Education Associates (HREA)

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15. Global Education Newsletter - Fall 2009 - North-South Centre of the Council of Europe

Global Education News is an electronic newsletter where national global education practitioners can share global education news and best practices, useful thematic links and educational materials. It also serves as a medium for the North-South Centre global education network national coordinators' own use.
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Steven Courchesne, Human Rights Education Associates (HREA)

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16. NECE conference in Vilnius sees risk to loose citizenship in Europe

The NECE Networking European Citizenship Education Conference Education in Vilnius (3-5 Dec 09) ended with a strong call for sustainable funding for cultural and civic educational projects.

It was surprising that during the final plenary session all working groups rapporteurs indicated that the groups identified the genuine funding of pilot projects...
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Georg Pirker, Arbeitskreis deutscher Bildungssttätten (Germany)

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17. The European Wergeland Centre - EWC Summer Academy in Poland

Recently EWC Executive Director Ana Perona-Fjeldstad and Special Adviser Gunnar Mandt met with the Polish Deputy Minister of National Education, Krzysztof Stanowski in Warsaw, Poland to discuss the possibility of organizing a summer academy in Warsaw, a joint project between the Polish Ministry of National Education, the National In-Service Teacher Training Centre in Poland and the EWC.
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Steven Courchesne, Human Rights Education Associates (HREA)

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18. HREA research paper on HRE in German schools now available online

The second issue in HREA's Research in Human Rights Education Papers is now available. The paper is a study on the impact of a nationwide human rights education curriculum in the framework of the UNESCO Associated Schools Project in Germany. "Human Rights Education in German Schools and Post-Secondary Institutions: Results of a Study" is written Dr. Lothar Müller of the University of Trier.
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Frank Elbers, Human Rights Education Associates (HREA)

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19. Over 25 issues of e-DARE

The previous issue of e-DARE, published in October 2009, proves to have been the 25th issue that has been published till now. The first issue dates from 23 October 2003. At this occasion VORMEN vzw (the Belgian (Flemish) center of expertise on human rights and children's rights education), which since the first issue off coordinated and published it on DARE's behalf, wants to express its thanks...
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Wim Taelman, VORMEN vzw (Belgium)

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Editorial

This newsletter is edited by the DARE project 'Democracy and Human Rights Education in Adult Learning', which receives funding from the European Community (Lifelong Learning Programme).

e-DARE is an initiative of the network DARE vzw, Democracy and Human Rights Education in Europe, and is distributed to the partners of the above mentioned project, to the DARE members and to interested third persons, organisations and institutions.

The authors remain responsible for the content of their contribution.

Editor: Wim Taelman
Address: DARE vzw, c/o VORMEN vzw, Patriottenstraat 27, B-2600 Antwerp (Belgium)

Contributions for this newsletter can be sent to wimtaelman@vormen.org

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[e-DARE] year 6, issue 4

2009-10-06T09:39:01Z

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e-DARE (Year 6, issue 4)

Newsletter on Human Rights Education
and Education for Democracy
Published by the DARE project and the DARE network

Year 6, issue 4 (06 October 2009)
Deadline for contributions for the next issue: 07 December 09
Publication: 22 December 09

Links: e-DARE archive, DARE website, DARE blog

Table of contents

1. Letter from the Chair
2. DARE Synchronized Action Days 2009: Post your activities and increase your visibility
3. DARE workshop at conference "Active Citizenship in Europe", Gothenburg, Sept 29-30, 2009
4. New office supplies and teaching material on History Education and EDC/HRE
5. DARE Board met at new member Demokratiezentrum Vienna, 19/20 September
6. DARE Conference: "Tackling Poverty and Social Exclusion in Europe through Education for Democratic Citizenship / Human Rights Education"
7. Manual for download: "Understanding the mechanisms of 1989 - a simulation on regime change for use in youth and adult education"
8. Climate Change Project in partnership with other DARE organisation, successful with the EU
9. Human Rights Education in the School Systems of Europe, Central Asia and North America-A Compendium of Good Practice
10. Educating children and youth in their rights to prevent trafficking and unsafe migration
11. HREA conducts workshop for staff of Commonwealth Secretariat
12. Act Global - new project at the Citizenship Foundation
13. Consultation on the World Programme for Human Rights Education
14. ILDE project update
15. The Road to Peace - Teaching guide by the Advocates for Human Rights
16. NECE conference, The Impact of Cultural and Citizenship Education on Social Cohesion
17. Lisbon Forum 2009: Creating a Culture of Human Rights through Education (13-14 November 2009)
18. Going Global 4 - The UK's International Education Conference
19. Handbook on values for life in a democracy
20. Participation of Croatia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the preparatory measures of the Lifelong Learning Programme

Editorial

1. Letter from the Chair

Dear DARE Network members, friends and colleagues,

I hope you are all reinvigorated after what were hopefully relaxing holidays and a sunny summer. During the summer the DARE Grundtvig project team prepared the documentation of the workshop "Pathways interconnecting history education and democratic citizenship/human rights education" that took place during DARE's annual meeting in Berlin in May.
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Frank Elbers, Human Rights Education Associates (HREA)

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2. DARE Synchronized Action Days 2009: Post your activities and increase your visibility!

Please share your activities leading up to Human Rights Day 2009 (from Sept 1 to Dec 10, 2009) with us in order to gain more visibility! SYNCHRONIZED ACTION DAYS are a powerful PR tool for organisations in the field of Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education in Europe.
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Anne Stalfort, Arbeitskreis deutscher Bildungssttätten (Germany)

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3. DARE workshop at conference "Active Citizenship in Europe", Gothenburg, Sept 29-30, 2009

"Simulation Games Interconnecting History Education and Citizenship Education in Adult Learning" is the title a workshop held by DARE today at the conference "Active Citizenship in Europe", Gothenburg, Sept 29-30, 2009. The conference was organized by the European Association for Education of Adults (EAEA) and the Swedish Adult Education Association (SAEA).
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Anne Stalfort, Arbeitskreis deutscher Bildungssttätten (Germany)

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4. New office supplies and teaching material on History Education and EDC/HRE

A new DARE BLUE LINES issue contains all documents from the Conference on Pathways interconnecting History Education and EDC/HRE in Adult Learning (Berlin 29-30 May 09).
All Presentations and papers can be downloaded from the web.
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Georg Pirker, Arbeitskreis deutscher Bildungssttätten (Germany)

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5. DARE Board met at new member Demokratiezentrum Vienna, 19/20 September

The members off the DARE Board have met in Vienna hosted by the Austrian Demokratiezentrum, a new member organisation of DARE.

The board critically reviewed the projects activities and evaluation by the EC and gave recommendations towards the further development of the project until Sept. 2010.
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Georg Pirker, Arbeitskreis deutscher Bildungssttätten (Germany)

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6. DARE Conference: "Tackling Poverty and Social Exclusion in Europe through Education for Democratic Citizenship / Human Rights Education"

Save the date...
Conference: "Tackling Poverty and Social Exclusion in Europe through Education for Democratic Citizenship / Human Rights Education" in Glasgow, March 3-5, 2010, hosted by BEMIS (Black and Ethnic Minorities Infrastructure in Scotland) and DARE (Democracy and Human Rights Education in Adult Learning).
The conference is open to everyone interested.
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Anne Stalfort, Arbeitskreis deutscher Bildungssttätten (Germany)

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7. Manual for download: "Understanding the mechanisms of 1989 - a simulation on regime change for use in youth and adult education"

"Understanding the mechanisms of 1989 - a simulation on regime change for use in youth and adult education"

The 4-6 hour simulation serves as an educational tool for understanding the political and social dynamics of the 1989 regime changes in Europe.
The simulation is set in "Allonia", a fictitious communist country.
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Anne Stalfort, Arbeitskreis deutscher Bildungssttätten (Germany)

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8. Climate Change Project in partnership with other DARE organisation, successful with the EU

In August 2009, the European Commission accepted to fund a large scale development education project Citizenship Foundation is a partner in. The other organisations involved are: Plan UK (lead partner), Partners Bulgaria (which was contacted through the DARE network links), Plan Netherlands and three Plan offices in Africa: Senegal, Kenya and Malawi. The project will focus on raising awareness on climate change issues by linking schools in all the countries involved via a website platform.
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Ruxandra Ratiu, Citizenship Foundation (UK)

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9. Human Rights Education in the School Systems of Europe, Central Asia and North America-A Compendium of Good Practice

The Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE/ODIHR), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the Council of Europe (CoE), and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), are pleased to announce that the educational resource book Human Rights Education in the School Systems of Europe, Central Asia and North America: A Compendium of Good Practice is now published.
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Frank Elbers, Human Rights Education Associates (HREA)

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10. Educating children and youth in their rights to prevent trafficking and unsafe migration

Every year, thousands of juveniles and minors from Southeast Europe are moving to West European countries. Some of them become part of the circle of trafficking and get involved in different forms of exploitation, begging and committing of pocket-picking thefts. Bulgaria remains a country of origin and transit and to a lesser extent a country of destination. This calls for implementation of activities which address needs related to provision of supportive environment, education and policy improvement.
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Daniela Kolarova, Partners Bulgaria Foundation (Bulgaria)

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11. HREA conducts workshop for staff of Commonwealth Secretariat

HREA conducted a two-day introductory training workshop on 29-30 June 2009 for staff of the Commonwealth Secretariat at its headquarters in London (United Kingdom). The aim was to increase capacity in implementing a human rights-based approach in the Commonwealth's programming.
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Frank Elbers, Human Rights Education Associates (HREA)

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12. Act Global - new project at the Citizenship Foundation

Citizenship Foundation will start the work on a new project this month. This is the first project that is funded by DFID at the Citizenship Foundation and it is run in partnership with Relief International UK.

Act Global aims to develop young peoples’ understanding of the connections between actions in their communities and the causes of global poverty, and it empowers them to take action on these causes at the local level.
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Ruxandra Ratiu, Citizenship Foundation (UK)

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13. Consultation on the World Programme for Human Rights Education

On 16 June HREA began a four-week, on-line consultation on the Second Phase of the World Programme for Human Rights Education. The main purpose was to identify potential target sector(s) and/or theme(s) for the Second Phase, which will commence on 1 January 2010.
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Frank Elbers, Human Rights Education Associates (HREA)

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14. ILDE project update

During last year, Citizenship Foundation was involved in developing two sets of resources for the ILDE (Initiative for Learning Democracy in Europe) project. This work was funded by the Network of European Foundations - NEF and supported by the Council of Europe.
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Ruxandra Ratiu, Citizenship Foundation (UK)

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15. The Road to Peace - Teaching guide by the Advocates for Human Rights

The Advocates for Human Rights (Minneapolis, MN, USA) recently published a new tool for Human Rights Education: The Road to Peace: A Teaching Guide on Local and Global Transitional Justice. With creative, thought-provoking, and innovative lesson plans, this comprehensive teaching guide introduces students to the concept of transitional justice
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Ragnar Müller, Pharos (Germany)

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16. NECE conference, The Impact of Cultural and Citizenship Education on Social Cohesion

Citizenship Foundation has been selected to participate in the annual NECE conference in Vilnius, Lithuania in December 2009. This will be a great opportunity for Citizenship Foundation to network with other organisations in the field of Citizenship education in Europe, but also to make a presentation about one of our projects, the Young Muslim Leadership Network
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Ruxandra Ratiu, Citizenship Foundation (UK)

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17. Lisbon Forum 2009: Creating a Culture of Human Rights through Education (Lisbon, 13-14 November 2009)

The Lisbon Forum is a platform for dialogue and for sharing experiences, expertise and good practices between Europe and the other continents, especially the Middle East, Africa and the countries on the south side of the Mediterranean. The Forum has been held by the North-South Centre since 1994. It focuses on issues at the heart of the mandate and actions of the Council of Europe: human rights, democracy, the rule of law.
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Frank Elbers, Human Rights Education Associates (HREA)

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18. Going Global 4 - The UK's International Education Conference

Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre (Central London, 24-26 March, 2010)

We are pleased to announce that the British Council shall be holding its 4th Going Global conference at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London on 24-26 March 2010. The conference theme is "World potential: Making education meet the challenge"
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Frank Elbers, Human Rights Education Associates (HREA)

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19. Handbook on values for life in a democracy

The Council of Europe project "Cultural identities, shared values and citizenship" (2006-2008) was launched after the Organisation's 3rd Summit (Warsaw, 2005). It was based on the premise that an awareness and appreciation of Europe's rich diversity of cultures and heritages and how they have interacted with each other over time are essential preconditions for mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, intercultural dialogue, a shared attachment to common values and an emerging European cultural citizenship.
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Frank Elbers, Human Rights Education Associates (HREA)

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20. Participation of Croatia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the preparatory measures of the Lifelong Learning Programme

The European Commission has announced the addendum to the Call for Proposals 2009 (DG EAC/31/08) of the Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP), which allows the Republic of Croatia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to participate in the Lifelong Learning Programme under the preparatory measures phase.
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Georg Pirker, Arbeitskreis deutscher Bildungssttätten (Germany)

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Editorial

This newsletter is edited by the DARE project 'Democracy and Human Rights Education in Adult Learning', which receives funding from the European Community (Lifelong Learning Programme).

e-DARE is an initiative of the network DARE vzw, Democracy and Human Rights Education in Europe, and is distributed to the partners of the above mentioned project, to the DARE members and to interested third persons, organisations and institutions.

The authors remain responsible for the content of their contribution.

Editor: Wim Taelman
Address: DARE vzw, c/o VORMEN vzw, Patriottenstraat 27, B-2600 Antwerp (Belgium)

Contributions for this newsletter can be sent to wimtaelman@vormen.org

Subscribe (and unsubscribe): Persons, organisations and institutions who are interested in e-DARE can subscribe to it by adding their e-mail address at http://vormen.org/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/list/eDARE

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