The Council of Europe Youth Department invites regional, national and local organisations or institutions to express their interest in partnering on human rights education with and for young people. The partnership aims to promote a culture of human rights by supporting the implementation of the Charter on Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education.
The Compass national training courses are initiated by national or regional organisations and/or institutions that are committed to providing and ensuring the quality of EDC/HRE, with the support of the Council of Europe Youth Department. The cooperation in 2025 is envisioned in a new format that relies on strategic partnerships.
The partners may be regional/national/local organisations or institutions registered in one of 50 state parties to the European Cultural Convention and interested developing the provisions and quality of EDC/HRE in their country or region, such as:
- non-governmental youth organisations and/or other non-governmental organisation(including national branches/members of European youth organisations);
- governmental organisations focused on human rights, youth and/or education;
- institutions involved in human rights education;
- national networks of human rights activists and/or human rights educators (including national branches/members of European youth organisations).
Partners are expected to have sufficient financial capacity to carry out the activity throughout the period by their own resources (including human resources, in-kind contributions or income generated by the activity) or through other funding sources, private or public, national or international.
- To submit your expression of interest, please fill in the online form for expression of interest which is open at https://youthapplications.coe.int/. The candidates who are using the platform for the first time are required to create an account by the link.
- All expressions of interest must provide provisional programme outline to the following address: youth.HRE@coe.int .
Expressions of interest should be submitted online by 15 January 2025 at 23:59 CET.
- CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST DOCUMENT
- COMPASS training courses: a handbook for organisers
- Human Rights Education Youth Programme
- Compass national or regional activities
More information at: coe.int