In partnership with the OHCHR, UNESCO, and the Office of the Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth, the Oxford Forum for International Development (OxFID) aims to stimulate youth dialogue around international development, and challenge participants to come up with solutions in the realm of human rights education.
Participants are challenged to provide solutions to support or strengthen the implementation of the World Programme for Human Rights Education. “How can human rights education be implemented and enhanced by, for, and with, youth and young people?”
WORTH
- The top 3 winners will have their solutions highlighted and amplified by the office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on youth, UNESCO and OHCHR together with other potential recognition to be confirmed.
ELIGIBILITY
- The challenge is open to young people around the world (18 – 30 years old), regardless of nationality and background.
- The challenge should be delivered by self-organised teams of 3 – 5, with a designated team leader. There are no restrictions set on the team composition aside from the age requirement.
- A multimedia pitch (eg. video presentation) of maximum 4 minutes, is preferred.
- Alternatively, other modes of submission (eg. written proposal) are welcome. Written proposals should not exceed 1000 words (excluding bibliography).
- Submission via English is preferred.
- Solutions should be conceptualised in a specific context, such as regional, national, or local levels. ○ Solutions can involve and engage a range of stakeholders, including youth-led organizations and groups, government at all levels, private sector, academic institutions, and civil society.
- Participants can consider, but are not limited to, the following programming areas: Policies and related implementation measures (para. 25 of the Plan of Action of the fourth phase of the World Programme), Teaching and learning processes and tools (paras. 26-29), Training of educators (paras. 30-36), and Enabling learning environments (paras. 37-39).
- Participants are encouraged to come up with innovative ideas, focusing on how young people can be agents of change in supporting and strengthening human rights education.
- Solutions will be assessed based on relevance, effectiveness, creativity, impact, and sustainability.
- Alternatively, other official United Nations languages (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, Russian) are welcome.
DEADLINE: April 30 2022
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