The Council of Europe organised a training of trainers on preventing hate speech through awareness raising and education from 3 to 6 February in Strasbourg.
The training gathered 32 participants, trainers and multipliers who assist civil society organisations and other stakeholders in using counter and alternative narratives (CANs) and human rights education (HRE). The training introduced the theoretical and policy frameworks on combating hate speech, as well as practical application of CANs and HRE as tools to prevent and combat hate speech.
The Training course was one of the key activities of the joint EU-Council of Europe project “Increasing civil society organisations’ knowledge and capacity to counter hate speech online” which aims to improve the multistakeholder cooperation and coordination among civil society organisations (CSOs), public authorities and other stakeholders, enhancing their response to hate speech online using legal and non-legal measures.
Four participants from Donor Countries of the EEA and Norway Grants also had the opportunity to participate through the Mission-Driven Initiative (MDI) “Enhancing multi-stakeholder responses to hate speech and hate crime”.
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