In view of the upcoming Forum ‘Unleashing Human Rights’, dedicated to promoting universal human rights education for, with and by young people, which will be held from 9 to 11 December 2025 at the European Youth Centre in Budapest, and International Human Rights Day, the Council of Europe Youth Department invites regional, national and local organisations or institutions to express their interest in partnering on human rights education with and for young people within the framework of Compass National and Regional Training Courses in human rights education in 2026.
The cooperation is envisioned in a format that relies on strategic partnerships, which aim to promote a culture of human rights by supporting the implementation of the Charter on Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education (EDC/HRE).
The Compass national and regional training courses are initiated by national or regional organisations and/or institutions that are committed to providing and ensuring the quality of EDC/HRE, with the support of the Council of Europe Youth Department.
Profile of partners
The partners may be regional/national/local organisations or institutions registered in one of state parties participating in the European Cultural Convention and interested in developing the provisions and quality of EDC/HRE in their country or region, such as:
- non-governmental youth organisations and/or other non-governmental organisation;
- governmental organisations focused on human rights, youth and/or education;
- institutions involved in human rights education;
- national networks of human rights activists and/or human rights educators.
Partners are expected to have sufficient financial capacity to carry out the activity throughout the period by their own resources (including human resources, in-kind contributions or income generated by the activity) or through other funding sources, private or public, national or international.
How to submit your partnership proposal
- To submit your expression of interest, please fill in the online form for expression of interest using following link: Compass National and Regional Training Courses - 2026.
- Submit a provisional programme outline using the template and instructions included in the call for partnerships to the following address: youth.HRE[at]coe.int .
Deadline for submission
Applications must be submitted by 18 January 2026 at 23:59 CET.
WHERE TO FIND MORE INFORMATION
- Call for partnerships
- Human Rights Education Youth Programme
- Compass national or regional activities
- Compass website and the newly published Compasito website
