News
19 October 2010 Dame Professor Afshah will give the Town & Gown lecture at York St John University. All welcome! details www.yorksj.ac.uk
British Council Intercultural Navigator
In February 2010 we hosted Leija Ferhatovic from Croatia. Leija participated in the life of CGE and attended many events on Fairtrade and Human Rights. This was an exciting opportunity for us all to exchange ideas and learn about eacher others cultures and lives.
Leaving 2009 with
JAPAN VISIT
Multiculture and the Public Sphere Conference 2009
Chrissie Dell a consultant at the CGE has recently attended an important conference as a key speaker at the University of Utsunomiya. She has described the experience as one of the best she has ever had, learning much from the visit. She felt her talk was well received by the academics of Utsunomiya. and international participants.
DEAR - Development Education and Resources Japan
Chrissie ran a workshop on Fairtrade for DEAR in Tokyo
Chrissie Dell meeting the Dean and university colleagues of Utsunomiya
DARE - Democracy & Rights Education Europe news
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:
- access to a quality education;
- children’s active participation in the life of the school;
- protection from all forms of abuse that may occur in the school setting;
- the provision of human rights education.
A human rights-based approach (HRBA) to schooling is concerned with the organisation of learning so that it is reflective of human rights principles and promotes understanding and cherishing of the human rights framework. The HRBA process involves complex interactions between the right to education in general, the implementation of human rights practices within the structure of the school itself, and the teaching of human rights through schooling.
HREA has compiled a wealth of resources on the human rights-based approach to schooling, which can be found in our new Portal for Human Rights Schools. The aims of this portal are:
- to provide viewpoints on the theoretical underpinnings of the HRBA;
- to present a range of HRBA practices that are emerging in schools worldwide;
- to encourage "best practices" in the documentation and evaluation of the HRBA by sharing resources dedicated to examining the most pressing issues in evaluating human rights education.
The Portal for Human Rights Schools can be accessed at:
http://www.hrea.org/humanrightsschools
COPENHAGEN DARE Conference 2009
19 HRE/EDC educators from 10 European countries exchanged experiences and best practices on „Fundraising strategies for European initiatives in the field of Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education” at a two-day conference in Copenhagen, Oct 1-3. This event was hosted by IUC Europe in cooperation with Humanity in Action Denmark, and organized by DARE.
The conference offered workshops on the general policy framework of EU funds, a practical introduction to the grant programmes GRUNDTVIG and DAPHNE and an overview on how to gain foundation and company support as well as private donations.
The full conference documentation will be available for download soon at www.dare-network.eu
BERLIN DARE Conference attended by JZ (Jenny Zobel) and Mariela
In May our network organised the workshop "Pathways interconnecting history education and democratic citizenship/human rights education" in Berlin. The workshop reflected on twenty years of "regime changes" in Central and Eastern Europe and resulted in a set of very useful learning tools and resources. The workshop coincided with DARE's General Assembly during which a new DARE Board was elected for a two-year term.
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