Human Rights Monitoring Institute Summer School 2012

Deadline: 1 June 2012
Open to: Young leaders active in civil society from NGOs based in the EU, EFTA, Croatia, Macedonia
Venue: Vilnius, Lithuania from6 August 2012 – 12 August 2012
Scholarship: The Human Rights Monitoring Institute will cover travel (up to 350 euros) and living expenses for selected participants

Description

Human Rights Monitoring Institute is currently accepting applications for theSummer School “Using Lisbon Treaty for Building Active Citizenship”.
The Summer School is designed for young leaders active in civil society and is aimed at directly addressing the subjects of European citizenship, human rights, freedoms and values with the goal of forming connections and sharing good practice examples among EU human rights NGOs thus contributing to stronger and tighter civil society throughout the EU.
The School lecturers, professors and experts will come from diverse backgrounds, including active national and international NGOs, human rights institutions, and universities. They will share their expertise related to Lisbon Treaty, European citizenship, human rights, freedoms and values, as well as experience in human rights advocacy and civil society development.
This course aims to provide participants with a solid understanding of the EU Charter on Fundamental Rights, notion of European citizenship and to provide participants with the tools for raising awareness and advocating active citizenship in their countries. The School aims at establishing connection among the young generation and youth NGOs from EU Member States. It is expected that 3 to 4 project initiatives/partnerships will be developed in the course of the School.

Venue

The summer school will take place in Vilnius, Lithuania from the 6 August 2012 – 12 August 2012 (1 week).

Scholarship

Human Rights Monitoring Institute will cover travel (up to 350 euros) and living expenses for selected participants.

Eligibility

The program is especially designed for young leaders active in civil society – young professionals from EU-based NGOs, who are interested in EU and human rights law as well as in developing effective human rigths advocacy campaigns.
Eligible countries are the EU member states, EFTA countries, as well as Croatia and Macedonia, seeing as the school is funded with support from the Europe for Citizens Programme of the European Union.

Application

Application forms must be filled in and sent to hrmi.summerschool@gmail.com before 1 June 2012.
For more information consult the following contacts:

• Organisational issues: Meta Adutaviciute, Legal Coordinator at HRMI,meta.adutaviciute@hrmi.lt 
• Content-related issues:  Jurate Guzeviciute, Legal Director at HRMI,jurate.guzeviciute@hrmi.lt

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