Human Rights Monitoring Institute is currently accepting applications for the
Summer School “Using Lisbon Treaty for Building Active Citizenship”.
The
Summer School is designed for young leaders active in civil society and
is aimed at directly addressing the subjects of European citizenship,
human rights, freedoms and values with the goal of forming connections
and sharing good practice examples among EU human rights NGOs thus
contributing to stronger and tighter civil society throughout the EU.
PROGRAMMESee
Summer School ProgrammeThe
School lecturers, professors and experts will come from diverse
backgrounds, including active national and international NGOs, human
rights institutions, and universities. They will share their expertise
related to Lisbon Treaty, European citizenship, human rights, freedoms
and values, as well as experience in human rights advocacy and civil
society development. The School is organized in partnership with Mykolas
Romeris University.
LOCATION Vilnius, Lithuania (see more at
http://lietuva.lt/en/)
ELIGIBILITYThe
program is aimed at young civil society leaders - young professionals
from EU-based NGOs, who are interested in EU and human rights law as
well as in developing effective human rigths advocacy campaigns. Please
note that the School is partially supported by Europe for Citizens
funding scheme and is designed for empowering EU citizens, therefore
only EU citizens, permanent EU residents, persons currently
employed/interning/volunteering at an NGO based in one of the EU Member
States or students enrolled on the course at a university based in one
of the EU Member States are eligible to apply for full or partial
scholarship (due to the pending accession to the EU in mid-2013,
Croatian residents are also eligible to apply).*
