ANHRE is a partner with 5 members in a project funded by the European Union and Ford Foundation implemented by International Center for Human Rights Education – Equitas on a 3 year project for the period from November 2011 to November 2014.
The Action, which will take place in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia and Yemen, will build networks and capacity in the MENA region to support the mobilization and participation of youth in the promotion of human rights and democracy.
The specific objectives of the Action are the following:
• Strengthen capacity of youth leaders to use relevant international human rights norms, approaches and the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism to engage in effective action at the community, national and regional levels to promote participation and protect and defend the rights of young people
• Strengthen capacity of civil society organizations (CSOs) to support the mobilization of youth and their efforts to advocate for human rights and democratic participation
• Increase awareness, participation and engagement of youth, the general public and decision-makers about the human rights of young people, particularly marginalized and discriminated youth
• Enhance networking and sharing of experiences, including through using new technologies amongst youth and CSOs nationally and regionally, and with transnational networks and institutions on advocating for the human rights of youth.
Components of the project:
• Capacity-building activities
• Regional traning of trainers
• National training sessions
• Youth internships
• Youth Driven mobilization and advocacy initiatives
• Building and strengthening collaboration and networking
• Youth human rights portal
• Regional youth dialogue forum
• Networking and coordination workshops
• Development and publication of youth engagement tools
• Planning, monitoring and evaluation
• Inception phase
• Mid-term planning and evaluation workshop
• End of project evaluation
• Expected results of the project:
• 125 youth leaders have increased capacity to apply rights-based approaches to their efforts to promote social justice and youth political participation and representation
• 30 CSOs in targeted countries have increased capacity to promote and protect rights of youth, particularly marginalized and discriminated against youth
• Participating youth are engaged in more effective networking nationally and regionally, and more effective collaboration, experience sharing and coordination involving CSOs and regional networks and institutions
• Increased quality of information and recommendations being provided through the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process by youth and CSOs in target countries to advance the human rights of youth
• Representative youth decision-making and consultative bodies created where these do not exist and reinforcement of existing bodies
• National pilot projects in target countries engaging youth, CSOs, decision-makers (politicians and policy makers) in dialogue and collaboration
• Increased awareness about the rights of youth among decision-makers.
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For more info about "Mosharka" project, please visit "Mosharka Human Rights Youth portal": http://mosharka.net