Action and Campaigning

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1 DDCP- YD/N- EEA WS (2012) 2 Budapest, 20 November 2012 (2012) 1 Strasbourg, 13 January 2012 Action and Campaigning Speech against Hate Workshop for bloggers and online human rights activists on how to combat hate speech online Budapest, European Youth Centre, November 2012 PROGRAMME OF THE WORKSHOP

2 Wednesday, 21 November Meeting of the Preparatory Group Briefing of facilitators and resource persons Arrival of participants 18:00 Registration of participants ground floor, lobby. 21:00 Welcome evening Room A, 4 th floor. Thursday, 22 November Registration of participants ground floor, lobby. 09:00 Opening session by - Anna Romanczyk, EEA Norway Grants office - Olaf Köndgen, Executive Director of the European Youth Centre Budapest, Council of Europe. 09:15 Introduction of participants and their expectations Presentation of the project and institutional framework Me and Hate Speech Online 10:45 Break 11:15 Hate Speech in a Human Rights Framework: Introductory lecture by Jenö Kaltenbach, Chairperson, European Commission against Racism and Intolerance 12:45 Lunch Questions and answers 14:30 Framing Hate Speech, introduction by Gavan Titley, Lecturer in Media Studies, National University of Ireland, Maynooth Hate speech online: case studies analysis 15:50 Break 16:10 Results and questions from the case studies 17:30 Hate Speech Online real questions and serious threats, by Gavan Titley, Lecturer in Media Studies, National University of Ireland, Maynooth Welcome drink and opening of sharing space of projects, campaigns and tools. 2

3 Friday, 23 November 09:00 Introduction to the programme of the day 09:15 The rise of extreme right extremism in Europe, delusions and counter strategies, by Péter Krekó, Political Capital, Hungary 09:45 Action and campaign with and for young people, by Åsa Gunvén, campaign consultant. 10:45 Break Working group on taking action Lunch 1. Deconstructing hate speech and building counter arguments. Facilitated by Ruxandra Pandea, Educational Advisor, Council of Europe; 2. Online youth work, including reaching out to youth online. Facilitated by Satu Kaninen, Save the Children Finland. Resource person: Markus Lundqvist, National Development Centre for Online Youth Work Finland; 3. Human Rights Education. Facilitated by Rui Gomes, Head of Education and Training, Council of Europe; 4. Anti- racist work online, facilitated by Gavan Titley, Lecturer in Media Studies, National University of Ireland, Maynooth. TBC 5. Enforcing/developing policy and legislation regarding hate speech, facilitated by Viktor Szabados, Expert Group on New Media Young - National Youth Structured Dialogue Taskforce. Resource person: Balázs Dénes - Hungarian Civil Liberties Union; 6. Engaging with targets of hate speech, facilitated by Györgyi Toth - NANE Women's Rights Association; 7. Monitoring and reporting hate speech online by Dariusz Grzemny - Human Rights Education Youth Network. Resource person: Anna Gross - Antonio Amadeu Foundation; Travel Reimbursement, 4 th floor. 14:30 Working groups (continued) Travel Reimbursement, 4 th floor. Evening: Free / informal evening 3

4 Saturday, 24 November 09:00 Presentation of EEA Norway Grants by Sigve Bjorstad, Deputy Head of 10:20 Break Communication, Reporting and Evaluation, EEA Norway Grants office Introduction to the project Young People Combating Hate Speech Online, by Rui Gomes, Head of Education and Training Division, Youth Department, Council of Europe 10:40 Working groups on campaigning Lunch - defining quality criteria and guidelines for projects - designing follow up activities, defining the role in the national campaigns - networking 14:30 Working groups continued 15:30 Presentation of the results and proposals of the working groups 16:20 Break 16:40 Evaluation 17:10 Closing of the workshop, with 18:00 Reception - Ingrid Schulerud, Ambassador for the Norway Grants; - Rui Gomes, Head of Education and Training Division, Youth Department, Council of Europe 20:00 Dinner and boat trip on the Danube Sunday, 25 November Departure of participants 4

5 Aims and objectives of the workshop The workshop will train young bloggers and online human rights activists about hate speech online and prepare them to play an active role in addressing it at national and European level. Objectives - To develop a common understanding of hate speech, its forms and consequences, and the conceptual and legal framework of action against hate speech - To mobilise youth leaders, bloggers and online human rights activists for action and initiatives against hate speech and develop common guidelines and objectives to be applied in national activities and projects - To support communication and cooperation among national partners of the EEA and Norway grants programme and other European actors active against hate speech - To discuss possible common measures and actions at European level to support networking and learning among the 15 beneficiary countries of the EEA and Norway grants and to identify links and synergies with the Online Youth Campaign of the Council of Europe - To support communication and cooperation among partners and focal points and other European actors such as non- governmental organisations and human rights activists; - To familiarize participants with EEA and Norway Grants and the funding opportunities for youth offered by the Council of Europe.(i.e. European Youth Foundation) 5