Donor: Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Duration of the project: June 1998 – May 1999
This was the first activity of the branch office of the Belgrade Centre in Nis which was opened in June 1998. By opening an office in Niš, the Centre began to educate target groups in specific regions in a systematic way. Having in mind the crucial role of education and training in achieving the sustainable changes from within a society, the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights assisted in the dissemination of knowledge and teaching techniques related to human rights for teachers and organising workshops/seminars for teachers from the region of Niš. A special segment of the seminars were workshops held by a group of psychologists who instructed the participants in knowledge transferring techniques. In addition to training teachers, who had until then been completely neglected as a target group, the Centre also wanted to introduce human rights to the young population. This alternative approach was necessary due to the lack of conditions for human rights education within the formal educational system, and the creation of such conditions seemed less and less likely. Participants were from all over the Niš region.
Two seminars were held in 1998.
- Teaching human rights – Seminar for teachers, Niš, 26 – 28 June 1998
- Teaching human rights – Seminar for teachers, Niš, 2 – 4 October 1998
The third seminar for teachers and school counselors from the “Teaching Human Rights” series was held in Niš from 5 – 7 February, while the last seminar, scheduled for May 1999, had to be cancelled because of the NATO intervention.
- Teaching human rights – Seminar for teachers, Niš, 5 – 6 February 1999
