Training course for young bloggers. and online activists. Project Young people combating hate speech online. Draft programme ( )

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1 DDCP-YD/CHS/TC Blogg (2012) 4 April 2012 Project Young people combating hate speech online Training course for young bloggers and online activists ( ) Residential seminar: May 2012, European Youth Centre Budapest Draft programme

2 Young People Combating Hate Speech On-line is a project of the Council of Europe s youth sector to be run between 2012 and The project aims to combat racism and discrimination in their online expression of hate speech by equipping young people and youth organisations with the competences necessary to recognise and act against such human rights violations. The project stands for equality in dignity, human rights and diversity. It is a project against hate speech, racism and discrimination in their online expression. Centred on a training course and online campaigning, the project stands for action and intervention. The training course for young bloggers and online activists will run from May to December 2012 comprising a residential seminar to take place in European Youth Centre Budapest, May 2012 and online learning delivered through the e-learning platform of the Youth Department ( and through project website. Participants are expected to develop their own online initiatives against hate speech within the framework of the course and of the campaign. These initiatives will be supported through coaching and collective online actions by the team of trainers and the group of participants. This training course will gather 30 young bloggers and online activists from Europe and neighbouring regions. Objectives of the training course: o To develop competences (knowledge, skills and attitudes) of participants in respect to Human Rights and Human Rights Protection, particularly in online environments. o To enable participants to recognize Human Rights violations in online environments, particularly acts of discrimination and racism, types and forms of hate speech and their effects on young people; o To share and learn from their experiences and realities of working on the topics of the training course; o To familiarize the participants with the work of the Council of Europe on antiracism, anti-discrimination and Internet governance; o To build capacities of participants to empower and mobilize others to defend human rights; o To discuss and plan together the next steps in the project and provide support to participants initiatives; o To set up a network of youth activists and youth organisations aiming to be the core of the campaign against hate speech online. A second training course is planned for 2013, bringing together other 30 young bloggers and building up on the learning achievements and experience of the course in Participants in the course in 2012 are expected to play a mentor role in the course in 2013.

3 Sunday, 20 May 2012 Arrival of participants to EYCB Welcome evening Welcome drink Monday, 21st May Registration to the training course (ground floor) 9.30 Welcome to the European Youth Centre Budapest with Olaf Köndgen, Director of the European Youth Centre Budapest. Video messages from Nils Muižnieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights and Maria Paschou, Chair of the Advisory Council on Youth 9.40 Introduction to the project Young people combating hate speech online and the work of the Youth Department Expectations of participants Aims, objectives, programme and methodology of the training course Getting to know each other and group building Sharing afternoon - focusing on sharing the realities participants work in, online presence, motivation, activism experience, human rights issues Action Hour: practising digital activism, experimenting Intercultural Eurovision contest Tuesday, 22nd May Human Rights and Human Rights Protection: values and principles, system of human rights protection Human Rights issues online: online space as public space and the challenge of governance with Lee Hibbard, Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law, Information Society and Action against Crime Directorate Racism and discrimination: exploring the conceptual framework, understanding the dynamic and relation between hate speech and freedom of expression, consequences of hate speech in public space particularly on young people.

4 Free evening Wednesday, 23rd May Where do I stand? Exploring stereotypes and prejudice, challenging one s attitudes and self awareness Hate speech content and context, challenges in working against hate speech with Peter Molnar, Senior Research Fellow at Central European University Reimbursements Free afternoon Dinner on boat Thursday, 24th May Digital Activism: Role of an activist (me as an activist online); defining digital activism, risks and opportunities associated with digital activism Digital activism continued Examples of working with online hate INACH with Ronald Eissens, Board member of the International Network against Cyber Hate Developing competences in: recognising hate speech, recognising its impact, knowledge on tensions with legal framework, ability to analyse and deconstruct arguments Coffee break Mapping the landscape of hate propaganda in Hungary and responses to it Friday, 25th May Digital Activism continued: Sharing space on tools for online communication and developing competence in using tools for online communication Digital Activism continued: Sharing space on tools for online communication and developing competence in using tools for online communication

5 Online campaigning: how to reach out, mobilise and empower young people for and through human rights. The framework of the project, role of participants and initiatives with Rui Gomes, Head of Education and Training and Micah Grzywnowich, Advisory Council on Youth Free evening Saturday, 26th May Building up participants initiatives in the framework of the project Building up participants initiatives in the framework of the project Training needs for e-learning and planning follow-up Evaluation Closure of the course Barbecue in the garden and farewell party Sunday, 27 May 2012 Departure of participants