Human Rights Education Summer School 21 - 27 July 2008

The “Euromed 2008 Summer School” was organised by the EMHRN Working Group on Human Rights Education & Youth. It was a one week long event comprising lectures related to Human rights issues in the Euro-Mediterranean region and workshops focusing on the learning and facilitation of interactive human rights education methodologies approaches.

Designed as training for trainers, the EuroMed Summer School, for its third session, aimed at promoting the dissemination of human rights culture and human rights values through active education activities addressing young people who hold a confirmed and practical experience in the field of Human Rights.

The EuroMed 2008 Summer School (See the Movie) seeked to offer to young people committed to Human rights a space for exchange and dialogue while building their capacities and competences with tools and methodologies around human rights learning and action leading. 

The EuroMed Summer School aims:

- Creating and building a better understanding of human rights education among participants in an engaging and empowering manner.
- Providing resources and materials for use by participants during and after the Summer School with a focus on the Euromed region and its human rights mechanisms.
- Exploring human rights education methodologies and tools to be developed and delivered at a regional and local level within the Euromed region.
- Facilitating the development of personal action plans.
- Supporting capacity building in human rights education on organizational and personal levels and to foster greater understanding and - delivery of human rights education activities organizationally, personally and within the Network as a whole.
- Explore ways of co-operation within the field of human right education in the Euromed region, following the outcomes of the Summer School.
- Provide an opportunity to build a sustainable network in the field of human rights education in the Euromed.

The participants

Lillia Hitache Rassemblement Action Jeunesse Email	Houari Maaredj Group of Children's Friends Email	Zahia Yacoub Association Djazairouna Email	Lobna Abulhassab FIDH Email
Amira Mostafa International Federation for Human Rights Email	Anna-Lena Solty Initiative fuer Soziales Engagement e.v. Email	Roy David Amir Rabbis for Human Rights Email	Laura Lavorato Union for Jurists for the Protection of Human Rights Email
Abeer Alasha International Institute for Women Solidarity Email	Dalia Alusta Haya Cultural Center Email	Anas Salameh Freedom House Email	Hiba Huneini Saida Volunteer Center in Hariri Foundation Email
Rama Halaseh MEDAC Email	Sanaa Belkouch Association des Femmes du Maroc Email	Issa Amro B'Tselem Email	Rabie Abulatifah Al Haq Email
Saaby Abu Hatoum Arab Association for Human Rights Email	Haneen Naamneh Adalah Email	Monica Grunfeld Federation of Associations for the Defense and Promotion of Human Rights Email	Romdhan Bouasker Institut Arabe des Droits de l'Homme Email
Samet Ösbek Community Volunteers Foundation TOG Email	Kerrie Bramhall Young People Cornwall Email	2008 Summer School	2008 Summer School