Human
Rights and Education Network
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Results of Human Rights in Education project Funded by the European Union . a.
The 54 teachers who attended the seminars
acquired the capacity to design and implement action plans regarding human
rights education in their school. Some other teachers (19) also demonstrated
with ease the acquired capacity to design and implement action plans regarding
human rights education in their school. However, they had difficulties in
designing and facilitating
training courses for teachers, without
assistance. b. The project created a large network of individuals and organisations on human rights (more than 800 email addresses).The network and the stored data on the website are a constant source of reference and information, which could support the continuity of the project and act as a resource for the teaching community on human rights issues. Further the participants in the project created three new NGOs. It should be noted also
that an unexpected positive upshot of the project occurred during the third
phase, when a seminar took place in Greece, to which members of the project
attended. 11 Cypriot participant members of our network (from both communities),
were invited by our partner, ENOW. The aim was to meet members from NGOs of four E.U. countries
on Conflict management and European Civil Society issues.
The seminar also included a section on Conflict
management which offered tools useful to the Cypriot communities.
The title of the project was:
“Human rights and conflict management” and it took place from the 28th
of June to 4th of July 2003 in Pilion (Anilio, Agios Ioannis),
Greece. Thus, through this meeting,
we expanded our networking and exchanged experiences with TC teachers. We were
also able to discuss future collaborations and plans. c. Only a few, approximately 3-5 working group members (from
both communities), who were involved in the administrative tasks during all the
period of the project acquired a fair degree of managerial skills,
organisational skills and project management, design and implementation skills.
d. We estimate that a large number of people from the
teaching community and from the wider public, were directly or indirectly,
sensitised throughout the project. The following individuals and organisations
were involved directly in the project: 110 educators (GC and TC), 12 European
trainers, 16 Cypriot Academics (GC and TC), 4 European NGOs, 10 Local NGOs (GC
and TC), 15 technical staff, 3 journalists (GC and TC), and 1 Cypriot Private
University. Indirectly, more than 600 teachers, 12 000 primary and secondary
students and their parents have been involved in the project. Also, the public
attending the final two-day Conference (75 persons), who received information
and material through multiple ways and who visited the website have benefited
from the project. We estimate that 15 000 people have been involved (directly or
indirectly) or have been informed or have shown interest in the project. The
project has also received relevant emails and exchanged information about
different issues in Human Rights and Intercultural Education. e. As a direct result of the knowledge gained the teachers
designed and implemented activities on Human Rights in their schools. There was
reported enthusiasm from the pupils and parents following the exhibitions and
activities. Using the network to
exchange ideas on teaching practices a level of mutual communication has started
to emerge between the two communities. f. Using the seminars as a platform, the teachers who
participated in them have got the knowledge and skills to continue the
introduction of the human rights parameters in their classrooms effectively. The
Human Rights Network created 3 partnerships with local organizations and 4
partnerships with European organizations. The
website heightened public awareness and gave open access to collected material. The project designed, coordinated and implemented the
following activities: ·
A network of educators from both sides
of the island ·
2 seminars on networking and awareness
raising ·
3 Seminars for teachers of all
educational levels on human rights education ·
1 Seminar for Cypriot teachers for the
sustainability of the project ·
A Website ·
A poster on human rights and a leaflet ·
Three teachers’ manuals ·
One two-day evaluation conference ·
10 school activities and 28 lesson plans ·
One press release and one interview on a
radio station ·
11 school exhibitions ·
1 evaluation report |
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