sâmbătă, 17 decembrie 2011

Tolerance.ro: Russian elections: the members of the European Parliament call for new free and fair elections

re After the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton voiced "serious concerns" about the parliamentary elections which took place in Russia, this week, the MEPs called for new free and fair elections and an immediate and full investigation of all reports of fraud and intimidation in the Russian elections held on 4 December, while welcoming demonstrations in Russia as an expression of the will of the people in a resolution passed on Wednesday.

"MEPs stress that the running of the election showed that Russia does not meet election standards as defined by the OSCE, and express deep concern about reports of fraud and the preliminary findings of the OSCE/ODIHR report on procedural violations, lack of media impartiality, harassment of independent monitors and lack of separation between party and state".

Details: http://tolerance.ro/news/russian-elections-the-members-of-the-european-parliament-call-for-new-free-and-fair-elections/

vineri, 21 octombrie 2011

The objectives of the training “Make yourself respected by respecting the others!

The objectives of the training “Make yourself respected by respecting the others!

The objectives of the training “Make yourself respected by respecting the others!” are:

- to provide the participants with general and specific information about discrimination and fight against it on many aspects from different countries;
- to create a theoretical and practical basis for future media courses that target youth workers, and indirectly young people;
- to develop public relation skills and the usage of media as a practical innovative tool which would make their projects more attractive for young people against all kinds of discrimination;
- to lay down the basis for further co-operation and partnerships in preventing discrimination: ideas for new projects that involve the main actors: youth, youth workers, minorities, authorities;
- to involve people with less opportunities and youngsters that face continuous discrimination in developing projects against discrimination;
- to promote understanding and respect for cultural diversity particularly towards different national, ethnic, religious, linguistic and other minorities and communities;
- to empower minority youngsters to act for human rights in their local communities;
- to give people from different cultures and backgrounds space to work on one common idea.
- to let people from the area of Targu Jiu, interact with different cultures and in the same way let people from all over Europe to experience the daily life of a Romanian town.
- to facilitate and support the planning of new projects, especially those to be realised in the framework of the Youth in Action Programme;

‘This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.’

Details: www.respect-Romania.blogspot.com

The theme of the traning: “Make yourself respected by respecting the others!”, 5-13.11.2011, Targu Jiu, Romania

Respect-Romania.blogspot.com: The theme of the traning: “Make yourself respected by respecting the others!”, 5-13.11.2011, Targu Jiu, Romania

Today, media and audiovisual tools are used in both formal and non-formal education, attracting young people who find in it an opportunity for meeting each other and for self-expression. These tools promote human interactions and help youth workers to deal with sensitive themes such as the discrimination one.

During this training the participants will improve their skills in working with young people (locally and internationally) and fulfill their needs for media-knowledge to use in their daily life and work.

The theme of “Make yourself respected by respecting the others!” is fighiting against discrimination of any kind.

The focus of the project will be both to raise awareness of discrimination, but also to find the practical means to fight against discrimination using as tool mass-media and especially new media.

The aim is to offer to youth workers, who are basically not experienced in media and audiovisual tools the basic knowledge of using media “equipment” in youth work. Secondly, to show them how media techniques can be used for the purposes of youth work and how it can help them in fighting the discrimination on any kind.

‘This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.’

Details: www.Respect-Romania.blogspot.com

vineri, 14 octombrie 2011

Descriprion of ATDR, the Coordinator of the traning: “Make yourself respected by respecting the others!”, 5-13.11.2011, Targu Jiu, Romania

Youth and Regional Development Association (YRDA-ATDR) is a youth, apolitical and non-governmental organization that militates in favour of Romanian society development.

Established in 2001, the association developed an activity of financial support for children in need, broadening its activity field in 2004 through projects developed for youth from Oltenia region, together with partners from the country or abroad.

Objectives:

- to promote the developing activity of creative capacity, the development of youth scientific, technical, artistic, cultural and intellectual creation;

- to work with and for children and youngsters from disfavoured areas (rural localities, mining towns) and to fight against discrimination on any kind;

- to develop educational programs for children, youngsters and persons with special needs;

- to support activities of protecting the environment through development of projects related to environmental protection together with other associations and authorities;


YRDA-ATDR carries out the following activities:

- seminars, conferences, round table discussions, trainings, youth exchanges, courses for Gypsy children minority (English, computer and animation), projects in partnership with public administration and nongovernmental organizations;


Details: www.atdr.ro

www.atdr.ro: Details about the training: “Make yourself respected by respecting the others!”, 5-13.11.2011, Targu Jiu, Romania

“Make yourself respected by respecting the others!” is an 8 days international (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, France, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine) training course having as topic discrimination and how we can “fight” against it using as a tool mass-media especially new media (internet media).

Our project aims to raise the awareness about discrimination involving the media at local, national and international level. The participants will be given examples of how discrimination is reflected in media (positively and negatively) and the methods how to fight against it on many aspects from different countries.

Through discussions and workshops the media experts will give the participants useful knowledge and examples on how to use media to fight against discrimination and to avoid the trend of using media to promote discriminating messages.

Also, the expert in new media will show the participants how to create a blog or how to update a news portal taking into consideration that the new (internet) media is an easy tool for youngsters and minority groups to voice their problems.

Involving young people with less opportunities into this project we will have concrete study cases to debate on. As the project brings together young people from different countries and cultures, but with the same interest, they will also share experience and ideas, build up new partnerships and bridges against discrimination.
Tineret in Actiune
Tineret in Actiune
‘This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.’

Details: www.atdr.ro