The first COMPASS Training course  for Trainers in Human Rights Education with Young People took place from 16 to 20 October in Sokobanja, Serbia.

 Over the five-day period, 25 youth leaders, multipliers and youth workers were developing competencies to act as trainers or multipliers for human rights education in the context of the local training courses and to recognise and to translate the human rights value framework into personal, social, and professional actions.

 Participants learned how to make use of the COMPASS manual, to design and implement human rights education activities in line with the quality standards of the Council of Europe, to advocate for human rights education and promote human rights education at a national and local level.

 The training course follows the publication of the Serbian language version of the COMPASS Manual in June 2023, and contributes to capacity building of youth workers and multipliers to better provide and introduce human rights education in youth projects and activities and the implementation of the the Council of Europe Charter on Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education.

The first COMPASS Training for Trainers is a part of the wider framework aimed to restore and renew the commitment of youth organisations and other competent (educational) institutions in Serbia to EDC/HRE, prepare them to multiply HRE approaches and standards, and support the quality and sustainability of training activities for human rights education at the national and local level. The second training course will take place in November 2023.

 The training course was organised within the project “Citizenship and human rights education with young people in Serbia“, funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Belgium and the Council of Europe and implemented by the Council of Europe.