EuropEan Youth Campaign “all DiffErEnt – all Equal”

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Armenia Azerbaijan Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria

Estonia Georgia Hungary Moldova

Russia Serbia Slovenia Ukraine

Index

INTRODUCTION 2

ARmeNIA 4

AzeRbAIjAN 7

bOsNIAANDHeRzegOvINA 9

bUlgARIA 12

esTONIA 14

geORgIA 16

HUNgARy 18

mOlDOvA 20

RUssIA 23

seRbIA 37

slOveNIA 39

UkRAINe 41

AppendIx

CAmpAIgNeveNTs 42

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INTRODUCTION

Ourworldchangeseveryday.Rapiddevelopmentofinformationaltechnologies,globalizationofeconomics,politicalintegrationofeuropealltogethermakeusclosertoeachotherandalsohelpsustounderstandthateventshappeningindifferentpartsoftheworldapplytous.

butglobalizationoftheworld,universalizationofitsrulesandnormshavetheirreverseside.europehaslivedwithoutwarsandshocksfordecades.butthelastyearsfedreflection.Regionalwars,ethnicaldisorders,threatsofterrorismarejustapartofthechallengesandquestions,towhicheurope,youngpeopleofourcountrieshavetofindadequateanswers.

Whatshouldbethecorrelationoffreedomandsecurity,commitmenttocommoneuropeanvaluesandnational, religious identity,manageabilityof societyandparticipationof citizens inmakingdecisions?

Themodernsituationineuropemakeseveryonethinkaboutfuture,itsfateisinourhands,in the hands of young people that are not indifferent to what kind of europe we all will seetomorrow.

It is particularly for these reasons why the Council of europe collaborating with the european Commission andthe european Youth Forum begantheCampaignundertheslogan“AllDifferent–Allequal”,whichdefendsthekeyconceptionofthedevelopmentofthecontinent:commitment to the ideaofdiversity, respectanddefenseofhumanrightsandalso thecall toactiveyouthparticipationinsociallifeatalllevels

The first european Youth Campaignundertheslogan“AllDifferent–Allequal”washeldbytheCouncilofeuropein1995,intheyearof50thanniversaryoftheterminationoftheWorldWarII.Atthattimethe“AllDifferent–Allequal”Campaignwastargetedonthestruggleagainstracism,anti-semitism,xenophobiaandintolerance.

In2005itwasdecided,however,thattheCampaignhadtogofurther,developingandaddingsomethingnewto the ideasof theCampaign1995.Attentionwasdrawn to the necessity to support social participation of young people, the importanceofeducation in the field of human rights,andovercomingofdiscriminationtowardsanygroupofsociety.

What does the slogan “AllDifferent –Allequal”,whichnowcanbeheard inalmost alleuropean languages,mean?Allpeople in thehugeworldaredifferent, forexamplethey look

AlexAnder Sokolov

Chairman of the russian national Campaign Committee “All different – All equal”

Chairmanof the national Youth Council of russia

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differentandpracticedifferentreligions.butstillalltheyneedtobeprovidedwithequalrights.Decisionsthatdeterminepossibilitiesandrightsofyoungpeoplehavetobetakenwiththeiractiveparticipation.

TheCampaign’saimistoshowallyoungpeoplethatitistheywhohavetoinfluencetheirfuture,the future of their country and the whole europe.ThankstotheCampaign,whichwasjoinedbyhundredsofthousandsofyoungpeopleallovertheeuropeancontinentfromIslandtoAzerbaijan,fromNorwaytogreece,everyonehastofeelthateverydayhiswordsandactionsatschool,inauniversity,atwork,inthestreetofhiscitycaninfluencehappyfuturenotonlyofhisfamilyandfriends,butofthewholeeurope,themultiethnic,multiculturalcontinentwithrichpastandcommonpresent.

TheRussianFederationisamultiethnic country,andonitsterritorytherepresentatives of different cultures and religions havebeenlivingtogetherforhundredsofyears.TheRussianFederationhasbeenalwaysconductingthepolicyoftoleranceandrespecttowardstherightsofallpopulation.Russiahasbeentakenanactivepartinthe “All different – All equal”CampaignsincetheverybeginninginFebruary2006.TheNationalCampaignCommitteewasformedinRussiaaslikeasinmanyothereuropeancountries.TheCommitteeincludestherepresentativesfromtheministryofeducationandscienceof theRussianFederation, theFederalAgencyofeducation,theNationalyouthCouncilofRussia,youthorganizationsofallkindsandinterests.

TheNationalyouthCouncilofRussiahasinitiatedanumberofeuropeanactivities,supportedbytheDirectorateofyouthandsportsoftheCouncilofeurope,theeuropeanyouthFoundationandtheeuropeanyouthForum.TheprojectofimplementationoftheRevisedeuropeanCharteron theparticipationofyoungpeople inlocalandRegionallifeat thenational level isbeingrealized.Adecisiontousenationallanguagesinworkofeuropeanstructureswasmade.

Thisbookletisthefirsteditionofpublicationsabouttheimplementationofthe“All different – All equal”Campaignineuropeancountries,itisajointprojectcarriedoutwiththeeuropeanyouthFoundation.OnbehalfofallparticipantsoftheprojectIwanttothankfortheircollaborationthegoverningbodyoftheFoundation,alltheNationalCampaignCommittees,whichtookpartinitsdevelopmentandwhicheverydaypromoteideasoftolerant,justanddemocraticsociety.

Ihopethatourjointworkwillcontributetothedevelopmentofmutualunderstandingbetweeneuropeancountriesandnationalities,buildingofeurope,whererightsofeverypersonandnationareberespected,europewithoutdividinglines,doublestandards,political,nationalandreligiousstereotypes.

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The Campaign in Armenia

Diversity, human rights and participation –thesearewordsthatconveythekeyideaandthebasisof theCampaign“Alldifferent–allequal”.Theseconceptsandvalues, that inspiredus fornewideas,touchedsomeoldandnewproblemsand have stimulated the new european youthCampaign. everybody tried to understand themeaningof thesewordsandtorealize that theyhave in them both the problem and the way tosolvethem.Undoubtedly,thesituationhasbeenquite thesame inArmenia,whenyoungpeoplegot toknowabout theCampaign.Thereactionswerequitedifferentanditturnedouttobeevidentthat we need to do something to discuss themultiple opinions and to reveal themost actualpoints.We decided to create an institution thatwouldcoordinateallthework,ideasandactionsintheframeworkoftheCampaign.

Work of the nCC in Armenia

TheNCCinArmeniawasfoundedifFebruary,2006 and it comprises governmental and non-governmentalstructures.TheCommitteeincludestheministryofyouthandCulture,theyoutheventsCentre,theNationalyouthCouncilofArmenia,theFund“panarmenianinternationalyouthcentre”,theAll-Armenianyouth Fund, Association of youngWomenofArmenia,theFederationofyouthClubsof Armenia, Association of the young lawyersandecologistsofArmenia,theyouthsocialandlaw support Centre, the Armenian Associationofdisabledpeople“punic”,“Theschoolofyoungleaders”project,theyouthOrganization“paros”.The committee is collaborating with local andregional organizations that are interested in theCampaign’sprojectsaswell.

TheministryofyouthandCultureaswellastheeuropeanyouthFundarethemainpartnersoftheCampaign,whichfinanceandsupporttheCampaign in Armenia. The NCC of Armenia iscollaboratingwith the InformationalOfficeof theCouncilofeuropeinArmenia.

The organizations that aremembers of theCommittee have run andare planning series ofprojects as a part of theCampaign at the localand international level. All these projects provethattherestillexiststheneedtodiscussthetopicsoftheCampaignintheArmeniancontext.multiplechangeshaverecentlyoccurredinArmenia,wherestillacertainresistancetowardsthekeyprincipalsoftheCampaigndoesexist.Theseprincipalsareperceivedfromadifferent,localpointofview.

It is natural that in every country that is amemberoftheCouncilofeuropeweputaspecialemphasisonanagendaofthe“AllDifferent–Allequal”Campaign.Thisemphasisisdeterminedbytheproblemsthatareonthesurfaceinacountryatthemoment.

Itisurgenttoruncampaignsagainstracismandintoleranceinmanyeuropeancountrieswherea lot of national minorities live, but in Armeniaracism isnot theurgentproblem,because98%of thepopulationof thecountry isArmenian. Incomparisontothisthereisagreatdisconnectionbetweenthecapitalandruralyoungsters.

One of the main goals of the youth policyinArmeniaaswellastheaimoftheNCCistheraiseofparticipationofthoseyoungpeoplelivingin regions of the country in the creation of civilsociety.

The “AllDifferent –All equal”Campaign isthe sureandopenspace for youngpeople thatenablesthemtothinkoverthesetopics,todiscuss

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itandexchange theirviewsand ideas.TheaimoftheNCCinArmeniaatlocalandinternationallevel is the creation of this very space. For thisparticular reason the NCC spreads informationabout different international events, whichhappenineurope.ThustheNCCsupportsyoungArmeniansandencouragesthemtotakepart intheseprogramsandshare theirexperienceandideas.TheNCCalwaystriesitsbesttonominateyoung people of different origins, professions,thosewhohavedifferentexperience, viewsandinterests,etc.forparticipationinsomeinternationalprograms.TheNCCofArmeniahasitsownweb-site aswellwww.armyouthcenter.amwhereonecanfindthemaininformationabouttheCampaignandtheNCC’sworkintheArmenianandenglishlanguages.

News about the Campaign’s projects iscovered as well in media, especially in youthpapers “We, you, They” and “A New point Ofview”andintheyouthTv-project“ThegenerationofIndependence”.

projects held in Armenia in framework of “All different – All equal” Campaign

TheNCCofArmeniatogetherwithmemberorganisationshasrealizedseriesofprojectsasapartoftheCampaignduringthe2006year.Theprojectswereverydifferent:localandinternationalones, exhibitions, training courses on theCampaign’s topics, seminars on the experienceexchange,etc.Itisimportanttonotethatin2006we’ve published the Armenian translation of“COmpAss”. It is planned to run the long-termeducational courseonhuman rights inArmeniausing“COmpAss”in2007.

The ministry of youth and Culture chosethe topics of the Campaign as the first-prioritydirections in the grant program of supportingyouth non-governmental organizations in 2007.Thisprovestheneedtocontinuethe“AllDifferent–Allequal”Campaign.

Themaingoaloftheprojectisorganizationof the coordinating campaign during theparliamentaryelectionsinArmeniaandstimulatingthe active participation of young people in thedemocratic process. The project is targeted onthe youth leaders of Armenia andgeorgia and

representativesoftheCouncilofeuropethatwillbeinterestedinit.

Theprojectaimsatthepreparationofyoungleaders thatwill become thosewhospreadandadvocate the active participation in the politicallifeoftheircountrybyprovidingyoungpeopleoftheneighboringcountrieswiththenewknowledgeabout the elective mechanisms and methodsandinvolvingthemintothecoordinativemissionduringtheparliamentaryelectionsintheArmenianRepublic.Thesewillencourageyoungpeopletoparticipateinsociallifeactively.

project of the Association of Young Women of Armenia

“education on human rights through the puppet show for young people”

Theprojectaimsatraisingtheawarenessofvulnerablegroupsofthepopulationinthefieldofhumanrights, rightsofwomen,civilsocietyandthe european youth “All Different – All equal”Campaign.Duringtheyear2007theassociationhasalreadyproduced3plays:“RedRidingHood”,“genzel and gretel”, “gulliver’s adventures”.The textsof theclassicplayswerechanged formoremodernonesthatconveytheprincipalsofeuropeanConventiononHumanRightsandthespiritoftheprincipalsoftheCouncilofeurope.

Hereisanextractoftheplay:Woolf:Iwilleatyou,RedRidingHood!Red Riding Hood: you don’t have a right!

According to the article 3 of theConvection onHuman Rights everyone has a right for life,freedomandpersonalimmunity…

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ARmeNIA

Thepuppetshowhasbeenontourinmanytownsandvillagesintheregionsofthecountry.Itgavethoseyoungpeoplewholivefarfromthecapital and regional centers, representatives ofvarioussocialgroupstheopportunitytovisit thepuppetshowforthefirsttimeandtaketheactivepartinitsworkmakingquestionstothepersonagesand giving answers to the questions that wereraised by the actors. Those young people whoparticipateintheplayarenotprofessionalactors;they aremembers of the associationwho havesomeworkexperienceinthefieldofhumanrightsusing the “COmpAss” educational book. Ourplayswerevisitedbymorethan1000peoplefrom18to30yearsold.TheaudiencewasabletolearntheConventiononhumanrightsandwomenrightsintheinformalatmospherewithoutanyprofessorsand lectures and to get information about the“All Different – All equal” Campaign, which isprovided by the author in the beginning of theperformance.Duringthewholeplayprotagonistsoftheplayputemphasisonits importance.Theworkofthepuppetshowfoundagreatresponseinyoungpeople,whovisitedtheplaysactivelyanddisplayedawideinteresttowardstheCampaign,which proves positive results of our work. TheAssociationwantstocreateapermanentpuppetshow.We areworking on some new plays thatwe’llshowallaroundArmenia.

The closing of the Campaign in Armenia

Weareplanning tohold theofficial closingceremonyasitwillbedoneinmanyothercountries,this will take place as a part of the conference“young people – Reality – perspectives”. Theproject is aimed at raising of awareness abouttheyouthsociallife,supportingandencouragingof the collaboration of different governmentalbodies, youth non-governmental organizationsand international organizations. The conferenceincludes two parts: the exhibition of the youthNgO, international organizations, communitiesof the national minorities, student councils,projects that were carried out as a part of theCampaign and workshops on the topics of theCampaign,evaluationofitsworkanditspotentialprolongation.

you can find the information about theCampaignandtheworkoftheNCCinArmenianandenglishonthewebsiteoftheNCCofArmeniawww.armyouthcenter.am.

Author:

lyUsyANAlCHAjyAN

ThecoordinatoroftheNCCinArmenia

www.armyouthcenter.am

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The Campaign in Azerbaijan

europeanyouthCampaign2006-2007aimsat encouraging and enabling young people toparticipate in building peaceful societies, basedon diversity and inclusion, awareness andengagement.

The work of the nCC in Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan National Campaign Committe(NCC)management is comprised of AzerbaijanCore group (decisional), secretariat (executivebody), NCC members (youth movements &organziations, youth initiative groups, etc.).AzerbaijanCoregroupco-managementincludesmr. Intigam babayev, Deputyminister on youthAffair of the ministry of youth and sport, mr.Farhad Hajiyev, head of youth Department oftheministryyouthandsport,mr.Ilhammadatov,headof InternationalDepartmentof theministryyouth and sport and pervana mammadova,chairwomanofyUvAHumanitarianCenter.

NCC members are yUvA HumanitarianCenter,NationalAssemblyofyouthOrganizations(NAyORA), Azerbaijan youth euro-AtlanticOrganization,Azerbaijan-AmericanyouthsocialAssociation, jeF Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan youthandDevelopmentCenter,IRelIyouthmovementof Azerbaijan Republic, Azerbaijan volunteerUnion,Aegee-baki,Azerbaijan-europeanUnionyouthCooperationOrganization,bridgetoFuturepublic Union (ganja), shams young WomenCenter (mingechevir), yaddash public Union(sheki), Women and modernWorld social andCharitableCenter(shemakha).

stereotypes, communication andunderstanding, culture, identity, exclusion,isolationandgenderyouthissues,humanrights,inter-religiousandinterculturaldialogue,disabilismandglobalizationaretheissuesandpriorityareasthattheCampaignthatworksrural/urban.

projects held in Azerbaijan in framework of “All different – All equal” Campaign

Themainareaoftheactivitiesiseducational(internationalandlocaltrainingcourses,seminars,etc.), promotion/marketing (presentations,publications, working with mass-media) andparticipation.

strategic partners of the Campaign aregovernmentalstructures,membersofparliament,international agencies, civil society (donors,representatives of culture, religion, business),mass-media, local youth organizations andcommunity based initiatives. The governmentalstructures are the ministry of youth and sportof the Republic of Azerbaijan, members ofparliament, the local authorities of differentregions of Azerbaijan, the ministry of ForeignAffairsandtheministryofeducation.morethan18massmediarepresentativesincludinglocalTvchannelswereinvitedtodifferentactivitiesontheCampaignandtheycontributedtothepromotionatthelocallevelbypublicizinginformation.

plannedactivitiesforthisyearareeducationalones (training, seminars and conferences),festivals, publications of the materials, streetactionsandrally.

Author:

OHRANObAROvAmemberoftheNCCofthe“AllDifferent–Allequal”CampaigninAzerbaijan.

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AzeRbAIjAN

A different person is just different, but not worse…

There is one very simple school of producingAzerbaijancarpetsamongdifferentclassicones,itsnameis “gurama”, which means a patchwork carpet. It is apatchworkblanket,which ismadeofequalsquarepiecesofdifferentcolorsandpatternsthataresewedtogetherorwoven.This is a sort of abeautiful kaleidoscopewecanadmireforhours.

Iamsurethat ifwewouldascendonaballoonoraplain we could see the real gurama, created by Nature,made of forests and mountains, running from our sight,sharplydelineatedsquarepiecesofvillages,settlements,towns.

NowIamsittinginatraining-roomandwhilepreparingmyself for the tomorrow’s program I am contemplating ahugeposteroftheeuropeanyouth“Alldifferent–allequal”CampaignandIamthinkingthatifIwasofferedtoinventmyownlogo,Iwouldmakeitintheformofaguramawithoutamoment’shesitation.

All these equal patches of the same form but sodifferentintheirpatternsformsuchaharmony!Ifyoujusttrytochangeonepieceforanotherorputawhitepieceofclothonitsplaceeverythingwillbeimmediatelydestroyed.

Thediversityofoursocietyisthereminiscentofthatofthepatches.societiesdifferintheirlifestyles,languages,customs,anditisveryfrighteningtoimaginethateverythingcouldbejustopposite–identical.

I am looking at the first part of the slogan: “AllDIFFeReNT”. It says here that the highest meaning ofourexistence is indiversity?Thisvery thing includesourtreasure and beauty. What happiness it is that we aredifferent!

praisebetotheArchitectoftheUniverse(towhomwereferdifferently)thathecreatedussodifferentandcapabletounderstandit!

but from time to timeourconscious falls illwith theself-admirationandwebegintothinkthatwearethebest,themostbeautiful,becausewearewhite,incomparisontothosewhoareblack…

This loftiness was many times decreased by thewisdomandmindofpeoples.

Themainmanifestationofthiswisdom,accordingtomyopinion,was the fact thatwedidn’t “conquer”Natureof our region but “run into” it, an eminent Russian poetlermontovwroteaboutit.

Traditions, customs, experience of the priorgenerationswere themain regulatorofsocial life.Andallthese things formcriteria thatdiffer fromnation tonation,from village to village, and neighboring villages shouldrespecteachother’straditions.Andthesethingsareagaindifferent,glorytoAllah!

modernworlddoesn’tgiveusscopefordiversityanymore.peopleeatthesameproducts,theywatchthesameTv, followthesamefashion inclothesandhairstylesandtheydanceinthesamewayandsingthesamesongs…

butletusrefertothesecondpartoftheslogan:“AlleQUAl”.

butifthefirstpartisagodsendpresent,isgivenbyNature,thesecondpartdependsonuscompletely,dependsonourup-bringing,ourresistancetomanipulationsformthe

behalfofpoliticians.Andthisareaprovidesawidespaceforwork,especiallywithyoungpeople.

politiciansandideologistsaltogetherhavebeendoingabadthingforages(andevencenturiessometimes)andtheymanagedtodisunitepeoplepsychologically,tocreatenational,ideological,religiousandculturalbarriersbetweenthem.Thus,groupsofpeopleandevennationsbegan tohaveapsychologicalneedinanenemy!

It isnoteasyforeveryonetoovercomestereotypes,clichesand terriblemythsand realize thatdifferencesdonotdisunitepeople,theydoactivelyuniteus.

Only a very free person is ready to accept anothercultureof thosewho livesomewherenearor far fromhisplaceandnot refusinghisorherownculture. Itcanhelpus to realize our affinity with the humanity in its uniquediversity.

buthowcanwereachit?Onlywiththehelpofcontacts,discussions,overcomingourisolationandestrangement.

Antoine de saint-exupery called communicationbetweenpeoplethemostvaluablethingintheworld.

The art of communication creates harmony in oursociety.

For this very reason a guest is such an honorableperson in Azerbaijan’s culture and hospitality is a veryimportantpartofthenationalmentality.

“AguestisapersonsentbyAllah”,“Iwon’twishmyenemythataguestwillnevercrosshisthreshold!”–theseproverbs convey the life credo of every Azarbaijanian:his readiness to communicate and accept any person,tolerancetowardsanycultureandanyreligion.

And this is not simply words, the settlements ofmolocans,OldbelieversthatranawayfromRussiabecauseofpetertheFirst’spersecution,canserveasagoodexampleofthesethings.TheyranawaytothesouthCaucasusandsettled down not in Christian Armenia and georgia, butin muslim Azerbaijan. They have been preserving theretraditionsforyearsandtheyevenmanagedtodoitduringtheatheisticsovietperiod.Ialwaysrefertothisexampleattrainings.

Therearemanypositiveexamples,butthesituationisnotanidealoneandwemustacceptit.

Ifthesituationwiththenationalminoritiesismoreorlessstable,thatwiththesexualminorities,disabledpeopleandwomenneedstobeworkedonseriously.

Themajorityofoursocietythinksthatwehavetotakecare of disabled people giving them presents, providinghumanitariansupport,increasingtheirallowances,etc.

but even members of our municipal councils don’tunderstand that we need to give them opportunities toworkandearnmoney themselves, toprovideappropriateconditionstomakethemabletomovearoundthecity.

It isgood that theministryofyouthandsportshasfinallyrealizeditandjoinedtheCampaign.Concerts,roundtables,meetingsandevenmytomorrow’strainingwillbearfruit.

I hope thatAllahwill givemeanopportunity to seethem.Toseethetimewhenallpeoplewillbedifferentandequal!

Author:

ReNATAHIROvA

Atrainerof theHumanitarianCentre“UvA”,amemberoftheNationalCampaignCommittee“AllDifferent–Allequal”inAzerbaijan.

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The work of the nCC in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The National Committee of the Campaignin bosnia and Herzegovina was establishedin june 2006 as an initiative of the localDemocracy Agency of mostar. The NCCwas joined by the following organizations:the local Democracy Agency of mostar(www.ldamostar.org), the Commission forcoordination of youth issues of bosnia andHerzegovina (www.mladi.gov.ba), Initiative 21(http://www.inicijativa21.ba), the Association ofbuildersofpeace(www.graditeljimira.org).

The local Democracy Agency of mostarfunctions as a secretariat of the NationalCampaignCommitteeinbosniaandHerzegovinaand ensures proper communication with othermembers.

projects held in Bosnia and Herzegovina in framework of “All different – All equal”

Campaign

maindirectionoftheNCCworkissupportingorganizations that implement or intend toimplement activities within the Campaign byprovidingexpertinputandlogistics.mainactionsoftheCampaigncanbepresentedasawarenessraisingandtrainingevents.

Youth cooperation and networking within ldA partnership-Supporting the “All

different-All equal” Campaign objectives. 4 days, Training Course, including 26

participants from 9 countries

TrainingcoursewasaimedatprovidingyouthleadersfromthelDApartnerregions(bosniaandHerzegovina,Croatia,Denmark,FyRmacedonia,Italy, montenegro, Norway, serbia – includingkosovo) with competences in youth activism,related to the “AllDifferentAllequal”Campaignobjectives. It covered the issues of strategicplanning,Organizationalmanagement,Campaignand event management, youth participation,Advocacy and lobbying in connection to the“All Different - All equal” Campaign objectives.methodology which was applied was basedon Council of europe’s educational materials(COmpAss,“AllDifferent -Allequal”educationpack,Domino,T-kits).

Theprojectshadsomespecificobjectives:

- Toprovide26youthleadersfromdifferentyouth groups with competencies in addressingtheissuesofpersonaldevelopment,humanandminorityrights,youthparticipation,

- Tocreateanddevelopeuropeannetworkof youth leaders which will be facilitated andsupportedthroughthelDApartnership,

- To exchange experiences and examplesof goodpracticeappliedby youthorganizationsin the lDA partner regions regarding youthparticipation.

Thevenueofmostarcityischosenbecauseofthepastconflictanddivisionthatstillexistsamongpeople,aswellasallnegativemanifestationsofnationalism,xenophobia,whichveryoftenendinviolence.butatthesametimetheOldbridgeofmostar city symbolizes reconstructed bonds oftworiverbanksand twoethnicgroups,but theyarestillnotstableandneed tobestrengthenedandfurtherdeveloped.yet,thatmodelshouldbeappliedinthewholeregionofformeryugoslavia.(participatingNgOsfromsee).

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The training course covered the followingissues: organizational skills, the Campaignmanagement,eventmanagement,communicationmethods and models, presentation skills,strategic planning of the network development& its sustainability, advocacy, lobbying andmultiplying.

diversity in A.C.T.I.o.n. The 14-day youth exchange

for 40 young men from 9 countries implemented by the Association of

Builders of peace.

The themes of the exchange are ACTIONwithactiveparticipationandcontributionofyoungpeople to protection and preservation of bothnationalandeuropeanculturalheritage,aswellas of european diversity through Art, Culture,Tradition, Identity, Openness to New (ideas,contacts,knowledgeetc.)

It was aimed at making young participantsaware of cultural differences and similaritiesespecially in the context of enlarging europe;making south east european countries closer;breaking down prejudices and stereotypes,opening new horizons towards each other,meetinghalfwaytojointfuture.Thecontentoftheproject,whichwasheldintheformofasummercamp,gavetheconcreteproductofjointwork,andpaintedoutdifferentcolorsofeuropeancultures&cooperation.

Itwasrealizedthroughdifferentworkshops:

-music&danceworkshop - throughwhichyoungparticipants exploredboth traditional andpopularmusicanddances,how theychange intime,andpresentthewaytraditionsarecherishedintheircountries,andpreparedaconcertandadanceshow.Theywerefreetochoosethestyleoftheirpresentation.

-Theatreworkshop-thisgroupusedtheatretechniquestopresentimagesontheissue“Howwelive(d)”.sincethegroupincludedyoungstersfromdifferent cultures, itwas left up to them todecide how to compose a single performanceto present stories from all countries/culturesyoungstersinthegrouprepresent.

- Arts & crafts workshop - this group hada topic to work on, which was “symbolism”.Usingvariousmaterials,youngstersinthisgrouppresentedcommonsymbolswhichwereusedintheir countries, and tried to get acquaintedwiththeonesusedinothercountriesaswell,explorethemeanings,butwithouttracingthepathtotheorigins.Theyorganizedthemselvesanexhibitionoftheirworks,andmadeonejointpeace,whichconsistedofallthesymbolswiththemeaningtheygavethem.

-Theworkshopwhich related topromotionof UN Convention for the safeguarding ofIntangibleCulturalHeritage–whichconsistedofpresentation, lecture and field visits to godušaand lukomir, places where traditional bosnianlifestyleandtraditionalhandcraftsarestillbeingcherished.

-Theworkshoponhumanrightswithspecialemphasizeonculturalrights.

During this youth exchangewe applied themethodology which was based on “learning bydoing“,sinceyoungpeoplefromsevencountrieshavelivedandworkedtogetherfor14days.Theyhad the opportunity for personal developmentin natural intercultural environment, without anysimulationsorartificialsituations.

Thisprojectwasdesignedasapilotphaseofthe“AllDifferent-Allequal”Campaign,andinitsfollow-up(reunionistotakeplaceingermanyor/andpolandin2007)itisaimedatconnectingtheNCCsofsevencountriesinvolvedinthisphase.

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The peace Activist Caravan “peace under Construction”

30-day regional bus-tour implemented by U.G. „Zašto ne“ for 70 participants

from 7 countries.

TheRegionalpeaceactivistcaravan“peaceUnder Construction“ was an activity of theRegional Network for Conscientious Objectionin the region of south east europe „Objectionfor peace“, it includes organizations dealingwith peace, demilitarization and conscientiousobjection in Croatia, bosnia and Herzegovina(youth organization “zasto Ne”), serbia andmontenegro,macedoniaandAlbania.ThegoaloftheCaravanistobringtheideasofconscientiousobjection, pacifism, antimilitarism, non-violenceandcultureofpeaceclosertothegeneralpublicoftheregioninanew,activistandcreativeway.besidesthat,withthejoinedworkofallactivists,friends and co-workers of the regional networkand the Caravan, we want to show that youngpeopleoftheregionsharecommonvaluesevenwithpeoplelivinginforeigncountries.

ThemaingoalsoftheCaravanare:

- promotionoftheworkondemilitarization

- strengtheningthecultureofpeace

- Creatingtrustandlinksbetweenpeople

- Campaigning for regional abolishment ofconscription and creating and strengthening ofactivistandartistgroupsintheregion.

These goalswill be focused on through allthe activities during the Caravan and during allfollow-upactivitiesthatwillbeheld.

The main elements of the program were:open-airactivities,streetactions,foodnotbombs,peace exhibitions, creative artistic workshops,comic – art, “open” radio, Dj workshops, hip-hopworkshops,jugglingandfire-juggling,peacebillboards,insideactivities,projectionsofmovies,roundtablesandpresentations,slampoetry.

The Caravan was a 15 day activity goingthroughCroatia,bosniaandHerzegovina,serbiaandmontenegro,kosovo,Albaniaandmacedonia.

It startedon the1stofmayandendon15thofmay,InternationaldayofConscientiousobjection.some60 activists, artists,members of differentcreative groups from 6 countries participated intheCaravan.

Author:

Armel SukovićYouth officer of local democracy Agency of Mostar, nCC in Bosnia and Herzegovina Coordinating organization.

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bUlgARIA

The work of the nCC in Bulgaria

The National Campaign Committee inbulgariawasestablishedon19thjanuary2006.Our country was one of the first among CoememberswheretheNCCwascreated.Over80representativesof youthNgO’s, representativesof thestate institutions, localauthorities,aswellasrepresentativesofthemassmediafromalloverthecountrytookpart intheconstitutedmeeting.TheNCCissupportedbythegovernmentinthefaceofthestateAgencyforyouthandsports.

In 2006 the Committee concentrated itsactivity mainly on popularizing the Campaignaroundthecountry,rangingamaximumnumberof young people, including representatives fromdifferent ethnical, religious, social and othergroups. We fulfilled a number of initiatives andinvolved one of the most popular media of thecountry, the bulgarianNational Television, as apartnerintheCampaigntoachievethisgoal.

projects held in Bulgaria in framework of

“All different – All equal” Campaign

Together with the youth volunteers, youthworkers, NgO’s representatives, media,institutionsandorganizationsthatworkonyouthproblems the NCC managed to include in theCampaignrepresentativesoftheculturalandshowbusinesselite.ThemembersofoneofthemostfamousRApgroups inbulgaria, “Romanetza&enchev”,becamemissionariesof theCampaignand produced a special song “All FORONe”.ThissongisakindofananthemoftheCampaign,it includeslyricsinbulgarian,Romanian,greek,Turkish,macedonianandenglish.

“All different – all equal” Cd

Theelaborationofthemusicalcompilation“Alldifferent–allequal”wasoneofthekeyactivitiesfor2006.songsbywell-knownartistsfromallthebalkan countries (greece, macedonia, Turkey,serbia,Romania andAlbania)were included inthisCD.Theyalsotookpartinabigconcertinthecentre ofsofia. TheCDwasproduced in 6000copiesanddistributedallover thecountry.ThisCDmetawideresponseineuropewhereitwasdistributedduring theOpeningCeremonyof theCampaigninjune2006instrasbourg.generally,wewereinspiredbytheideatopresentthebalkandiversity(ethical,religiousandcultural)ineuropebybringingtogetheratoneplaceandtimeyoungmusiciansfromdifferentcountries.

ThecreationoftheCDwasaverysuccessfulexperience during the Campaign in bulgariabecauseitbroughtuptogethersingersfromverydifferent countries and religions that acceptedthechallengetoplaytheirmusictogetherononesceneinthecentreofsofia.Wechosethewayofmusictoexpressthediversityamongpeopleandtogetherwiththistopresentthecommonwayofcommunicationamongpeople.Wesucceededingatheringthousandsofyoungsterswithdifferentorigins, representatives of various religions andculturestogether.

Insearchingofwaystomakeyoungpeoplemore tolerant and respectful to those who aredifferent we recommend all our friends, NCCsmembersandorganizations thatare included intheCampaignaswellasthosepeoplewhoadopt“All Different – All equal” elements of diversity,humanrightsandparticipationtoseekforaverysimplewayofreachingdifferentmindsandtryingtogetthemveryclosetotheideastheyholdandbelievein.

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besides the musical compilation the NCCinitiated creation of a special film about theCampaign, inwhichyoungpeoplefromdifferentethnic and religious groups from all over thecountry took part. The film was shown on thebulgarian National Television as our goal wasto give an opportunity to the bulgarian youthto express their opinion publicly and to presenttheirviewsonfightwithactsofintoleranceinoursociety.

Series of training courses and “oath activities” of the nCC in Bulgaria

The integrativepartsof theactivitiesof theNCCin2006wereseriesoftrainingcoursesthatweorganizedin17regionsofthecountrytogetherwiththeeuropeanInformationalCentreinvelikoTarnovo:trainingforequality;interculturaltraining;trainingfortolerance;democraticcitizenshipandhuman rights. The goal of the trainings was tomakeyoungpeoplegainknowledgeandpracticalskillsonthetopicsoftheCampaign,aswellastoinstigateyouthtotakepart indecision–makingprocess at the local level. The National youthConference held in November 2006 in velikoTarnovobecametheoriginalendoftheseriesofactivities.

TheNCCproducedand distributed a largenumber of advertising products and visuals:posters,booklets,stickers,balloons,CD’s,capsand T-shirts. The NCC in bulgaria managedto involve sponsors in the Campaign: one ofthreemobileoperators,vIvATel,aswellasthecompanythatproducesHIsARmineralwater.

An essential part of the state Agency foryouth and sports’s activities for supporting theCampaigninthecountrywasthestartoftheprojectofsuggestinginitiativesregardingthegoalsoftheCampaign on the program for youth activities2006–2007.Amongthealreadyfinishedprojectstherewere:“schoolofTolerance”ofthe“Dialoguefortolerance2006”Foundation,europeanyouthmeeting of “Institute of the european law”Foundation, “All Different but Not Indifferent” ofthe “balkan youth Festival – the youth of Thebalkans”.

Amusicalshow“AllDifferent–Allequal”wasorganizedinsofiaonthe8thofDecember,2006.Itwas implementedwith the active participationof the “starrystart of Talents” Foundation.Ourrepresentativestookpartinthesymposiacarriedout in saint-petersburg in september 2006,“Difference, participation and Human Rights”,inbudapest inOctober2006,“europeanForumforDifference”,aswellas inallmeetingsof theNational Committees of the Campaign of thecountriesthataremembersofCouncilofeuropein2006.

InsupportoftheCampaigninthecountryin2007thestateAgencyforyouthandsportswillopenagainacompetitionforprojectsuggestionsrelevant to the Campaign on program of youthactivities2006–2007.

someofthemainactivitiesthatweplanfor2007are:youthFestivalontheoccasionofjune1st, theChildDay, togetherwith theFoundation“starry start of Talents” where youth talentsfrom different ethnic minorities are going to beintroduced,producingDvD,startingawebsiteoftheCampaign,popularizingtheCampaignthroughdistribution of different advertising materials,preparationofyouthHappeningontheoccasionoftheInternationalyouthDayAugust12th.

Author:

veSelA MAnGeYnA

A Coordinator of the national Campaign Committee of Bulgaria

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The work of the nCC in estonia

The National Campaign Committee inestoniawasfoundedinmay2006.ItinvolvesinstitutionswhichwerecompetentandrelatedwiththethemesoftheCampaignandwhichwereabletosupportactivitiesoftheCampaign.There are 14 institutions represented in theNationalCommittee,includingNon-estonian’sIntegration Foundation, estonian ministryof the Interior, ministry of social Affairs,program “youth inAction”estonianbureau,european movement “estonia”, powerhouseas responsible for european Initiative “ForDiversity – Against Discrimination”, youthAssociation “Here”, National Institute forHealth Development, estonian Institute ofHumanRights,Tallinn’sInformationserviceofCouncilofeurope,UNICeFestonia,estonianNationalyouthCouncil,andyouthparliamentofNarva.

estonian youth Work Center is theinstitution responsible for implementingthe Campaign in estonia, which is thegovernmental institution for coordinatingimplementationofestonianyouthpolicy.

TheCommitteegathersassoonasthereisaneed.Thereisonemeetingintwomonthsusually.

TheCommitteeandestonianyouthWorkCenter organizeworkof theCampaign: buyandspreadtheCampaign’smaterials,collectand spread information about events in theframeworkoftheCampaign.

membersof theCampaignwritearticlesfor themassmedia,especially for theyouth

work paper, covering themes of HumanRights,Diversityandparticipation.TheyalsointroducetheCampaignindifferentmeetingsofyouthworkers, including trainingcourses,briefings,etc.

projects held in estonia in framework of

“All different – All equal” Campaign

OurrepresentativesparticipateindifferentinternationalactivitiesintheframeworkoftheCampaign,includingmeetingsoftheNationalCampaign Committees, training courses,seminars, symposiums and conferences.Forexamplewetookpartinthesymposiumon Interreligious and Intercultural Dialoguein youth Work practice, which was held inInstanbulinmarch2007.

living library as a method of spreading knowledge in estonia

We put into practice the living libraryas amethod of spreading knowledge aboutdifferencesandunderstandingofdiversity.Forthe first time the living librarywasopenedforreaders inautumn2006duringtheWordDay celebration in Tallinn. The second timethelivinglibrarywasopened inviljandionmarch 2007 in the framework of the youngTown’sFestival“TheblueWeek”.Duringthe

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year 2007 the living librarywill be openedseveral times as a workshop on differentevents for young people, for example onChildren protection Day, International youthDay,europeanDay,etc.AlsotherehavedoneanagreementaboutusingthismethodevenwhentheCampaignisfinished.

School peace program. “differences make life exciting” and

training courses.

There are activities related with the“school peace” program in the frameworkof theCampaign, theprogram itself aimsatspreading understanding of tolerance anddifferences, accepting diversity. The biggestproject named “Differences make a lifeexciting” is carried out in cooperation withdifferentyouthandyouthworkorganizations,the project contains introduction and shorttraining courses for pupils about preventingpersecutionatschool.

There are different training courses onhuman rights, diversity and participation.For example international training coursesorganized by the NgO Teajectory “How dowehandlediversity?”andestonianNationalyouthCouncil“TakepartwithHeart:modernWaysofyouthparticipation”.

slogans of the Campaign were ropedduring thecelebrationofgaypride in2006.In2007thegaypridewillbeheldundertheslogan“Allequal–AllDifferent”.

estoniatriestoparticipateininternationalprojects in the framework of theCampaign,including making posters together with theNCCsofNordicCountries, the country alsoparticipates in the “earth”projectand in thegraffitiprojectplannedforthefuture.

Author:

lIAnne rISTIkIvI

The national Coordinator in estonia, the Chief specialist on Quality assessment system of estonian Youth Work Center.

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The work of the nCC in Georgia

UptonowthereisnoNCCofficiallyestablishedingeorgia by a responsible state structure, butinpractice,thereisthecoordinatingorganizationthat took the leadership in coordinating theactivitiesatthenationallevel.ThefunctionsoftheCoordinatingorganizationdifferalittlebitfromtheNCCfunctions,andthereisnostructuraldivision.The functions of the Campaign CoordinatingOrganization(CCO)are:

-Tokeepcontactswithall interestedyouthorganizations,

- To facilitate the group work of thoseinterestedintheCampaign,

-Toactasabridgebetweenthesecretariatof theCampaignand theyouthorganizationsatthenationallevelandetc.

The “Century 21”Unionwas nominated asthe Campaign Coordinator Organization (notas aNCCwhich should be established upon adecree of a relevant state structure) since july2006whenparticipating in theofficial launchingceremonyinstrasbourgandaccordinglytookpartinthe2ndNCCs’meeting.Firstlythe“Century21”Union, represented byms. khatuna Tsintsadze,applied to thesecretariat of theCampaignwiththeproposaltoactastheCCOingeorgia,whichwas positively responded. Thuswe are to fulfillthefunctionsoftheCCO.

In order to coordinate the Campaign’sactivities in georgia effectively, the “Century21” Union does not/could not act individuallybut in strong cooperation with local, nationalyouth NgOs, relevant governmental structures,motivatedindividuals,etc.

On the 5th of December, 2006 the 1stworking meeting of those governmental andnon-governmental structures and organizations

that are interested in the Campaign launchingingeorgiaandcooperationforthecommonaimwasheld.ThemeetingwashostedbytheOfficeof thepublicDefenderofgeorgia.Themeetingwasattendedbytherepresentativesof thenon-governmentalorganizations(youthorganizationsas well as those with strong youth divisions)and the representatives of the governmentalstructures (ministries and parliamentariancommittees). Totally fourteen non-governmentalorganizations and four governmental structureswererepresentedatthemeeting.

The organisations that formed the Working Committee of the Campaign are:

- The “Century 21” Union, CampaignCoordinatorOrganizationingeorgia

- youngRepublicanInstitute- TheInclusiveFoundation- The Foundation for Development of

HumanResources- TheyouthAssociation“Droni”- ministry of education and science of

georgia- The parliamentarian Committee on

europeanIntegration,parliamentofgeorgia- TheInternational“ertoba”Union- “Thestudent-youthCouncilsyC”- “The Academy for peace and

Development”- The“Atinati”Association- TheyouthCenter“sunnyHouse”- TheyouthNetworkAgainstDiscrimination

andIntolerance- TheparliamentarianCommitteeonHuman

RightsandCivilIntegration- TheOfficeofpublicDefenderofgeorgia- The georgian young lawyers

Association- youthforCivilDevelopment- ICCN

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Weaimtoreachallyoungpeoplethroughoutgeorgia, but particularly those with variousminoritybackgrounds.WewouldliketomakeTheCampaign accessible for everyone interested injoiningit.

projects held in Georgia in framework of

“All different – All equal” Campaign

Weplaceastrongemphasison the raisingof awareness and education, both formal andinformal;webelieveinempowermentandlobby;we hope to seemany coalitions of civil societyandpublicauthorities.Oneofthewaystofulfilouraims is to conduct the informational campaignthroughout georgia. For this purpose we’vestartedtoworkonourfirstjointactivity–graffitiprojectcoveringasmanycitiesaspossible.Thefollowingactivitieswillbeimplementedduringtheprojectasasupplementaryactivityofthegraffitiproject:

- streetactionon themain street: 5 to10peoplefromtheorganisingcommitteewillwalkinthestreetwithinformationalmaterialstodistributethem among people, talk with them about theCampaignandhandout the invitation cards forthegraffitiactivities;

- InformationalCampaignwhichwillincludesendingpressrealisesformediawiththeprogramof the activities, producing big banners thatwillbepostedinthemainstreetsafewweeksbeforetheevent,invitationssentouttoallorganizations/institutions, informative materials (T-shirts,stickers, balloons, various accessories, andposters);

- graffitiand/orpaintingonthewall,whichis located on the europe square in the centraldistrictofTbilisiandwillbeused forpermanentwork.graffitiand/orpaintingonthewall/streetindifferentregions.laterthispaintingwillbespreadat the international level. Although the otherpaintingsonremovabledeskswillbeincludedinthematerialsproducedabouttheproject;

- Openairconcertforyoungpeople;

- bodyartonthethemesoftheCampaign;

- puzzlesontheoftheCampaignforyoungpeople;

- video clips (max. 1, 5 minutes) on thethemeof theCampaignorabout theCampaignitselfwill beproducedandshownon thepublictelevisionthroughoutgeorgia;

- “livinglibrary”;

- RadioandTvprogramsdedicatedtotheCampaign’stopics;

- Aprofessionalcameramanwillproduceashortfilmabouttheactivity.

We are very motivated to cooperate withother NCCs from all european countries, butparticularlywiththeNCCsformeasterneurope.InourworkfortheimplementationoftheCampaignweare inspiredby thesuccessfulworkdonebyourcolleaguesfromothercountriesanditkeepsus moving forward, overcoming obstacles andpromotingthe ideaofbeingdifferent,proudandequal.

Author:

kHATUnA TSInTSAdZe

The coordinator of the “All different – All equal” Campaign in Georgia.

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The work of the nCC in Hungary

The National Campaign Committee inHungary (NCC)was set up inseptember 2006andiscomposedoftherepresentativesofministryofsocialAffairsandlabour(whichistheministryresponsibleforyouthpolicy),therepresentativeoftheNationalyouthConference(gyIk)andthatofthemobilitasNationalyouthservice.

projects held in Hungary in framework of

“All different – All equal” Campaign

ThefirstcallforapplicationintheframeworkoftheCampaignwasaddressedtoNgOsinorderto realize so-called democracy projects aimingat raising awareness and promoting tolerance,diversity,humanrightsandparticipation.

more than hundred projects realized fromApril till December 2006 were funded by theministryresponsibleforyouthpolicy.

equal opportunities Summer and Winter Youth Camps 2006

The five-day equal Opportunities summerandWinteryouthCampsinzánka(lakebalaton,Hungary) (organizedby theministry responsiblefor youth policy since 2002) provided a greatopportunity for700disadvantagedanddisabledchildren from10 to14 yearsold toget to knoweachother,tonegotiatedifferencesandtolearnhowtoacceptdiversity.

CoMpASS project

Within the framework of the Council ofeurope’sHumanRightseducationyouthprogramthe mobilitas, the Hungarian National youthservice incooperationwith theeuropeanyouthCentreinbudapest(eyCb)coordinateacomplex

COmpAss–pilotprojectcontainingtrainingsforyouthworkers/teachersaimingat fostering localinitiativesandpromotinghumanrightseducation.

Inthefirstpartofthepilotproject7regionalprojectswere realized by the previously trainedCOmpAss–trainers(youthworkers/teachers)in2006. In thesecondpart theparticipantsof theregional projects should carryout local projectsand activities with the involvement of youngpeopleaged16-24years.

DuringthewholeprojectaspecialemphasiswillbeplacedontherightsoftheRoma.

“All different – All equal” education pack and promo materials

HungarytranslatedandtriestopromotethehandbookoftheCouncilofeuropeonthemethodsandactivities for informal intercultural educationconnected to the Campaign called “educationpack”.TheNCCalsoproducesT-shirts,bracelets,pens,etc.withtheADAelogothatwespreadatsmalllocalevents.

«Step into colorful societies»

Itisalong–termtrainingcourseformultipliersonculturaldiversityinthelocalandregionalyouthfieldsimplementedbytheHungarianNCCintheframeworkoftheCampaign.

The main aim of the TC is to train youthworkers, youth leaders to make them able tomultiply human rights in the youth field withthe emphasis on cultural diversity and activeparticipation of young people with the use ofinformalmethodologyandmoderntechnologies.We also want to raise awareness and developattitudes in connection to cultural diversity,to develop understanding and skills of usinginformal methods in human rights education at

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thelocal,regionalandinternationallevel,tofocuson mainly respecting cultural diversity all overeurope and overseas. Cultural diversities lay inlifestyles,traditions,histories,gender,education,belonging to minorities (traditional sexual onesaswellasnewminoritiesofyoungpeople).Ourgoal is tobuildahuman rightsmultiplynetworkformedbyyouthleadersandyouthworkerswhowillestablishandimplementhumanrightsyouthprojectswiththeemphasisonculturaldiversityatlocalandregionallevelandtocooperatetogetherattheinternationallevel.

The KárászAssociation,whichorganizedtheTrainingCourse,wasestablished in2000asaninformal group.Ourmembers organize differentevents,trainingcourses,youthexchanges,youthinitiativesfromthis timewithsupportofdifferenthostorganizations.Weareworkingattheregionallevel in thesouthplain region ofHungary.Ourmaintargetgroupisyoungpeople,youthleadersand youth workers. We try to develop lessexperiencedorganizations inour regionaswell.We implement training courses and workshopson human rights, support youth initiatives andinternational youth exchanges (supported byprogram youth) using human rights education.Ourmainthemesareculturaldiversityandequalopportunities.WedecidedtoestablishtheofficialbodyasaNgOin2004.

It has three phases of the lTTC:

phaseI:TrainingcourseinHungary,April13–23,2007.

phase II: practice period may 2007– December 2007 with the activities held byparticipantswithintheeuropean“Alldifferent–allequal”youthCampaign.

phase III: 2nd Training course in February2008 (the exact date and the venue will beannouncedlater).

The main learning objectives of the first training course are:

-Toenableyouthworkersandyoungpeopletorecognizeprejudgmentsandprejudicestowardsnationalities inside and outside of differentcountries

-Toidentifyanddefinedifferentandsimilaraspects of different cultures and stereotypesrelatedwiththem

-Toidentifyanddefinetherootsandoriginsofprejudicesandtodevelopcriticalwayofthinking

-Toteachyouthworkers tomotivateyoungpeopletobecomeactiveparticipantsinaprocessofacceptanceofculturaldiversity

-Toprepare,runandevaluatelocal,regionalandinternationalyouthprojectsbyyoungpeopleforacceptingculturaldiversityinsideandoutsidedifferentcountries

-Tobuildcooperationamongyouthworkers.

Author:

HenrIeTT HЭZ

The Mobilitas national Youth Service

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The work of the nCC in Moldova

IntheRepublicofmoldovatheeuropean“AllDifferent – All equal” youth Campaign startedwiththeestablishmentoftheNationalCampaignCommittee alongside the ministry of educationandyouthonmay15,2006,throughtheminister’sDecree.

members of the NCC, totally 24, are therepresentativesofministries,thestateDepartmentforInterethnicRelations,theInformationalbureauof the Council of europe in moldova, youthnetworksandNgO,bothatthelocalandnationallevel.TheNCC inmoldovameetsquarterlyandin between the meetings the members of thesecretariatinformthemembersoftheNCCabouttheactivitiesthatareunfolded.

During the firstmeetingsweelaborated theConcept of the Campaign in accordance withproblemsofdiscriminationthatexistinmoldova,thestrategyandtheNationalActionplanwhichincludedall theactivitiesthatpartnersplanedtounfold.

The official launch of the Campaign

Officially the Campaign was launched onthe 19th of july 2006. Representatives fromministry of education and youth, the Nationalyouth Council of moldova, the Informationbureau of Council of europe in moldova andthe young journalist Center, members of theNCC,launchedofficiallytheeuropeanyouth“AllDifferent–Allequal”Campaign in theRepublic

of moldova by presenting the official webpagewww.alldifferent-allequal.mdADAeCampaign inmoldova(onthispageonecanfindthefulllistofthemembersoftheNCC,strategyandConcept,NationalActionplaninformationalmaterials,logooftheCampaign).

The main contribution in the launch of theCampaignwasdonebyministryofeducationandyouth, thus each organization has contributedwithlogisticalsupportandtheirvolunteertime.

projects held in Moldova in framework of

“All different – All equal” Campaign

Abigsuccessoftheyouth“AllDifferent-Allequal”Campaign,whichcaptivatedtheattentionofhundredsofyoungpeoplefrommoldovaandabroad, was the flash cartoon movie with themain character “gRINNy”who isproving tohiscolleaguesthatevenifhelooksdifferenttheyareequal.

The following activitieswere the concert ofthe 2nd scout’s jamboree on the19th of july,in which more than 600 young people form allover thecountry tookpart,and launchingof theCampaign in different cities of moldova (Cahul,Comrat,etc.).

promoting diversity, human rights andparticipation.

After the launchof theCampaignas itwasincludedintheNationalActionplanallthepartnersinvolvedintheNCCunfoldedandplannedmany

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otheraction(seminars,nationalandinternationalround tables, trainings, sport competitions, Tvand Radio events, spots events, etc.,) in orderto promote the diversity and human rights, toraise awareness on the necessity to create theinterreligious and interethnic dialogue, and toincreaseyouthparticipationinpromotingpeace.

Inthebeginningof2007theConsortiumforpromotion of nondiscrimination was created inmoldova.Theaimsaretoelaborateandpromotetheadoptionof thenondiscriminationpolicyandinternationally compatible positive practices inmoldova,and to raiseawarenessof thesocietyon theneedsandsituationsof discrimination inmoldova.

membersoftheConsortiumareyouthNgOsworkinginthefieldofyouthwork,humanrights,protectionoftherightsoftheRomaethnicgroupand rightsof thelgbT(gay, lesbian,bisexualsandTransgender)community.

by the end of 2007 we plan to elaborateand propose to the parliament the law onnondiscriminationinmoldova.

What is next?

youthNgO’sinmoldovaareactivelyinvolvedinpromotionof the logo,principalsandaimsofthe Campaign, raising awareness of tolerance,

interrelationsandinterethnicdialogue.Thereisagoodcooperationwiththegovernmentinfurtherdevelopingactionsand jointprojects inorder tofight against intolerance and discrimination aswell.

Main activities in the framework of the european Youth Campaign

“All different – All equal” developed in the republic of Moldova

pressConferenceoftheCampaignlaunchjuly,192006In the framework of the press conference,

representatives from the ministry of educationandyouthof theRepublicofmoldova, Informa-tionbureau of theCouncil of europe inmoldo-va,NationalyouthCouncilandyoungjournalistCentre frommoldova,members of theNationalCommittee for the Campaign (NCC), have offi-ciallylaunchedtheCampaign.

CreationandlaunchoftheCampaign’sweb-site

july19,2006www.alldifferent-allequal.md– is theofficial

websiteofthe“Alldifferent–allequal”campaigninmoldova.Hereonecanfindofficialdocumentsof the Campaign (strategy and Action plan),pictures, surveys, links to the Campaign’s webpagesinothercountries,etc.

Flashmoviejuly19,2006Aflashmoviepromotingdiversityinmoldova

hasbeenelaborated.http://www.alldifferent-allequal.md/images/

stories/news/tdte.swf - the link that during twoweekswassentviae-mailtoatleast9000e-mailaddresses.Uptillnowthemoviewasdownloadedfromthesiteby890persons.Themajorityofthemare young people from moldova (63,21%), butalsofromRomania(24,24%),theUnitedstatesofAmerica (8,19%),greatbritain (2,6%)andothereuropeancountriesincludingeUmemberstates(1,74%).

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promotionalmaterialsjuly19,2006500 stickers, 200 t-shirts, 200 caps, 500

envelopes and 500 cups with the Campaign’slogowereprintedforpromotionoftheCampaign.

launchConcert andTHesecondNationalscoutsjamboree

july19,2006Intheforestnearscorenivillage,r.Ialoveni,

aConcertwith participation of formationsNuţa,zbântsandsnailsandmorethan500scoutsfromalloverthecountrywasorganized.

HumanRightsFestivalinCăuşenijuly22,2006Afestivalwitharoundtableonhumanrights

observanceinmoldovawithparticipationofvari-ous youth organizations and a concert in thecentreofCăuşenitownwasorganized.

Campaign’slaunchinComratjuly26,2006A cultural-artistic activity in the Cultural

palacededicatedtothelaunchoftheCampaign.more artistic collectives presenting diversity oftraditions of moldovan, gagauz and bulgarianpeopleparticipatedintheactivity’sframework.

“TheprosperityAlliance2006”CupAugust11–13,2006AneweditionofthesocialFootballtourfor

Children„prosperityCup2006”organizedbytheCulturalFoundation„prosperityAlliance”andtheministryofeducationandyouthof theRepublicofmoldova.Theeventwasdedicatedtochildrenunder13yearsold(75%frommoldova)andtookplace in Vadul lui Vodă. Teams from Moldova, România, Ucraina, Franţa, Azerbaidjan, serbia,Turcia,belorusia(total40teams:34frommoldo-vaand6formothercountries)foundthemselvesin the centre of europe, taking part in a youthexchange.Totally,112gameshavebeenheld.

youngRomainСahulAugust11–13,2006TheNgO“OurCourt” (dealingwithprotec-

tionandsocial inclusionofnationalminorities inmoldova)organizedan internationalConference“togetherwithyoungRoma” inCahul town.TheConference was held in the framework of the

european campaign “All different – all equal”.Oneof itskeysubjectswasmoldova’sadheringtotheDecadeofRomapeopleinclusion–apan-european initiativeofgovernments fromHunga-ry, bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, macedo-nia,Romania, serbia,montenegro andslovackRepublic, targeting improvementofRomasitua-tion(moreinformationonwww.romadecade.org).

IndependenceDayСoncertAugust27,2006Onthe27-thofAugust–theIndependence

Day of the Republic of moldova – organizationof aConcertwith the support of theministry ofeducationandyouthwithparticipationofaUkra-nianband “Okeanelzi”. The festivepragrammeincludedpromotionoftheCampaign’sprinciplesandofferingspecialplacestoyoungpeoplewithdisabilities.

The fourth meeting of Roma childrennetwork

september2-3,2006Thetopicofthemeetingwas“socialstatus,

socialfamily,school”.Initsframework,membersofthenetworkselectedandpreparedlocalactivi-tiesfortheperiodseptember-October2006:

- Football match “All different – all equal”,Ursarivillage,rayonCalarasi;

-TvC“myIdentity”,parcanivillage,Calarasirayon;

-Non-formalmeetingwithscoutsgroupfromCiociltenivillage,Orhei;

- A Roma history class for school pupils,gribovavillage,Drochia;

- A Roma history class for school pupils,Hincesti.

International Conference organized by jeF(youngeuropeanFederalists)moldova

september18,2006Agenda of the International Conference

with the topicofeuropean Integration thatgath-eredrepresentativesfrom8europeancountries,included presentation of the “All different – allequal campaign” in the Republic of moldova –concept,strategyandmainactivities.

Author:

verA TUrkAnU

A member of the administrative board of the national Youth Council of Moldova, a member of the nCC of the “All different – All equal” Campaign in Moldova.

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The activities by the national Campaign Committee

of russian federation

InFebruary2006theNationalyouthCouncilof Russia on the reauest of the ministry ofeducationandscienceofRussianFederationhascreated aNationalCommittee of theCampaign“AllDifferent–Alleqaul”aimedatcoordinationoftheactivitiesimplementedbythe

Today the National Campaign Committeeof Russia (NCC) includes more then 40representativesformministriesandgovernmentalbodies,publicassociations,humanrightsgroupsandotherorganisationswhichworkonthetopicsof the Campaign: diversity, human rights andparticipation (ministryofeducationandscienceofRussianFederation,ministryofForeighnAffairsof Russia, ministry of Regional Development,Federal Agency on education, National youthCouncil of Russia, Childrens and youth socialInitiatives,RussianUnionofyouth,yothHumanRights group, The Office of Human RightsOmbuldsmeninRussianFederationandothers).The National Campaign Committee is chairedbythechairmanoftheNationalyouthCouncilofRussiaAlexandrsokolov.

ThemembersofRussianNCCwhogatheratleastonceintwomonthshavesignedthestatuteonthestructureoftheNCCandthestrategyontherealizationoftheeuropeanyouthCampaigninRussia.Alsotheysignedastatuteonprocedure

oftheofficialgrantingofarighttousealogooftheCampaign.TheRussianNCChasthreeworkinggroups devoted to the topics of the Campaign:diversity, human rights and participation. TheydeveloptheplanoftherealizationoftheCampainginRussia.RussianNCCpublishesthematerialsabouth the Campaign in Russia and issuespromotionalmaterials–pens,bracelets,stickers,badges,scarfs,t-shirts,etc.

projects held in russia in framework of

“All different – All equal” Campaign

In the year 2006 more than 60 eventswereheldallaroundRussiainframeworkoftheCampaign, in which more then 10 000 youngpeople participated. The main event of 2006wastheeuropeanyouthevent“AllDifferent–Allequal”heldinst.-petersburgduringseptember21-25. The european youth event “All Different–All equal”was organized in the framework ofthechairmanshipoftheRussianFederationintheCommitteeofministersoftheCouncilofeuropeandinframeworkoftheeuropeanyouthCampaignfordiversity,humanrightsandparticipation.

The launch of the Campaign in russia

Russia became one of the first countrieswheretheCampaignhasstarted.Onthe21stofjunemorethan6000peopleattendedtheofficiallaunchoftheCampaignatthecentralsquareofthe Russian exhibition Centre in moscow. Theexhibition of the youth projects thatwould havebeen organized in framework of the Campaignduring the whole 2006 year was held there.A lot of celebrities made speeches during thelaunch: Ramzan Abdulatipov, the head of theAssembly of the peoples of Russia, gabrielkochofa, theheadof theAssociationofForeignstudents inRussia, Igormelnichenko, theheadof theyouthDepartmentof theFederalAgency

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ofeducation,borisgusev,thedeputydirectoroftheDepartmentof thestateyouthpolicyof theministryofeducationandscienceoftheRussianFederationandAndreyyurov,thepresidentoftheInternationalyouthHumanRightsmovement.Theeventendedwiththestartof therally“moscow-sachalin”ofdisabledpeople.

revised european Charter on the participation of Young people in local

and regional life

In the year 2006 The Center social andeconomic Initiatives “my motherland” with thesupportofDirectorateofyouthandsportsoftheCouncil of europe started the implementationof the long-term project on the promotion ofthe basic topics and principals of the “RevisedeuropeanCharteron theparticipationofyoungpeopleinlocalandRegionallife”intheRussianFederation.Duringtheyear2006variousseminarsinsixFederalRegionsoftheRussianFederationwereheld,andmorethan500youngpeoplewereabletogetacquaintedwiththeCharter.

The International Youth Assembly of national Cultures

The International youth Assembly ofNational Cultures was carried out in the townof Ulyanovsk from 22 till 13 ofmay, 2006. TheNational festival gathered many guests fromRepublicsofbashkortostan,mordovia,Tatarstan,Ingushetia and kirov, penza, samara, saratovregions. During the Assembly the participants

demonstrated their national cultural heritage.Though, themainachievementof theAssemblywasdifferent.Themainpoint is that itmanagedto help people to begin the dialog betweenyoung people of different cultures, national andculturalautonomies.Theattentionof theguestswas especially drawn to the creation of closerrelationsbetweenthenationsthroughrelationsofyoung people, youth diplomacy that championsinternationalfriendship.Inthesecondpartofthedaytheregionsdemonstratedtheir“callingcards”“We are different, but we are together”, tookpart in vocal competitions “Open microphone”,demonstrated their national costumes, carriedout national playingprogramscalled “Our joyfulplanetoffriendship”.TheAssemblyendedupwiththe resolution. The accepted resolution put thebasisforthefurthercollaborationoftheregionsinthefieldofinterethnicrelations.Itisonlythefirststeptowardstheinternationalfriendshipthatwasdoneby the regionofUlyanovsk,ofcourse,butevennowwecansaythatTheAssemblybecamethebridgebetweentheyoungpeopleofdifferentnationalitieswho live in one big country namedRussia.

Marathon “Friendship of peoples”

Themarathonwascarriedoutfrom15to20of August 2006 in the volga Federal District oftheRussianFederationasapartoftheeuropeanyouthCampaign “AllDifferent –All equal”. Theeventwasaimedattheencouragementofyoungpeople to participate in the building of peace,basedondiversityandintegration,spiritofrespect,tolerance and mutual understanding for thepromotionoftheideasoftheCampaigninsociety.Organizersof themarathon, theFederationandRegionalpolicyCommitteeofthestateRussianDumaoftheRussianFederationandtheAssemblyof peoples of Russia, organized educationalactivitiesin14regionsofRussianFederationthatform thevolgaFederalDistrict.Representativesofyouthorganizations,victimsofdiscrimination,(mostly disabled young people, young peoplefrom Caucasus, victims of the war), commonschoolchildrenandstudentsandstateauthoritiestookpartintheroundtables,conferences,sports

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events,competitionsofpicturesmadebychildren,concerts,actions,etc.,activitiesthataimedatthecoverage of the questions of diversity, humanrights, equality of representatives of differentnations and confessions, links and continuity ofgenerations, traditions and friendship betweennationalitiesofRussia.

Youth camp “Team of the 21 century” –

“Many cultures - one russia”

The youth camp “Team of the 21 century”was organized and successfully carried outin the Russian Children Centre “Orlyonok” asa part of Campaign from 30 may – 20 june,2006. 2500 children and young people fromall Russian regions took part in this event. Themain ideaof the camp is to support children tocreateacommoncountry,inwhicheachpersoncan feela fullcitizen inanypartof thecountry;tosupportthepersonal impactofeachdelegatetothecreationoftheuniqueandvividaspectofthe international Russian society. The specialmembershipofthecampgavetheopportunitytopromotesocial valuesamong theyoungpeople– friendship, respect towards different cultures,health,family,motherland,labor,knowledgeandpeace.Thesevalues in their turnmayandhaveto become thebasis of the relations in childrenandyouthsocietiesinmultiethnicRussia,preventthe development of extremism and neofascism.The results of the camp “many cultures - oneRussia” are connectedwith the development ofthetolerancetowardsculturesofdifferentethnicgroupsandpreventionofethnic intolerance thathasincreasedlatelyandinterethnicconflicts.

The development of informal education in public organizations

The interregional theoretical and practicalconference “The development of non-formaleducation in public organizations” was held inmoscowfrom12to14ofOctober,2006.Themaingoal of the conference is the introduction andpromotion of the unique non-formal educationtechnologies into the work of public and youthorganizations. 65 people from 18 regions of

Russian Federation (The regions of vladimir,kirov,moscow,penza,Riazan,saratov,Tambov,Tula,Tumen,Chelyabinsk,yaroslavsk,krasnodar,perm, The Republic of mariy el, Udmurtya,st.-petersburg, and moscow) took part in theconference.

Foundation of the regional Campaign Committees in russia

The decision to createRegional CampaignCommitteeswiththeaimtospreadtheCampaignintheregionsofRussiawasmadeinthebeginningof 2007. At the moment Regional CampaignCommitteeswerecreatedinmorethan30regionsoftheRussianFederationandtheprocessofthefoundationoftheCommitteesinotherregionsisgoingon.eachRegionalCommitteeimplementsthe ideas of the Campaign at local level andcarriesoutitsownevents.

Common All-russian actions in framework of the Campaign

Russian NCC has made the decision toimplement common actions all over Russiawith the aim to unite all the regions of such alarge country as Russia. Finally, four projectswereworkedout,suchas: “Travelingbook”, thecompetitionofpicturesmadebychildren“Colorsof the world - to everyone”, graffiti competitionand the action “Thank you, winners!”, which isdevotedtothevictoryDay.

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“Traveling book”

The educational action is held during thewholeperiodoftheCampaign.IntermediatetotalswillbeannouncedonthewebsiteoftheCampaignand organizations participating in the event.everyonewho is interested in the action is freetoparticipateinit.youhavetobringabookorafilmtotheOrganizationalCommittee,special“AllDifferent–Allequal”stickerswillbeputonthem;theywillcontainsomeinformationonhowtousethe“travelingbook”.Wesupposetoinvolvesomebookstores,libraries,publishingcompaniesthatgavebookstoputlogosonthem,intotheaction.Thebookswiththestickersbecomethe“travelingbooks”.youcanleavethematschool,university,inagymtogiveotherpeopletheopportunity togetacquaintedwiththem.

“Thank you, winners!”

Theaction isheld from1to9ofmay2007withtheparticipationofchildrenandyoungpeopleand is supported by local authorities. Childrenand young people erase the signs of swastikaandothersymbolsthatstirupinternationalhatredthatarepaintedonwallsandfencesintheirnativetowns and cover them with paint or pictures.Theytakephotosofawallorafenceafteritwascleanedorcoveredwithpaintorduringthework.Theexhibitionof thepictureswillbeheldat theofficialclosingeventoftheCampaigninRussia.

The competition children’s pictures “Colors of the world – to everyone”

The competition is held by youth andchildrenorganizationson the1ofjune2007 invarious educational and social organizationsand is supported by the Regional CampaignCommittees.Thephotosofthepictures(madeonasphalt,photosofpictures,appliqušs,etc.)whichwouldbetakenondayofthecompetitionaresenttotheRussianNCC.

european Festival and Competition “United Colors of europe. one Hot

Season of Graffiti”

ThefestivalandcompetitionareheldinonedayoftheofficialcelebrationofyouthDayinallregionsofRussianFederationoncentralstreets,squaresofatownbyyouthorganizationsandare

supportedby the local government, responsiblefor youth and Regional Campaign Committees.everyyoungpersonwhoiseagertodepictthelogooftheCampaignoranyotherpictureconnectedtothetopicsoftheCampaigncantakepartinthefestival.Allworkscreatedduringthefestivaltakepart in the competition no matter what level ofprofessionalismtheyreportandwhatistheexacttechniqueused.

Closing of the Campaign in russia

morethan100activitiesareplannedfor2007inframeworkoftheCampaign,morethen20000youngpeoplewill participate in them.ThemostimportanteventoftheyearwillbetheInternationalyouthForum“AllDifferent–Allequal”,whichwilltakeplace from20 to23ofseptember2007 inkazan.TheForumwillbedevotedtotheclosingof the european youth Campaign in Russia.Creative collectives, representatives of variousnationalities of the Russian Federation areplanning togive theirperformances.kazan (thecapitalcityofTatarstan)waschosenasaplacefor the event because more than 100 differentnationalities live peacefully in the Republic ofTatarstan, where mosques are situated nearchurchesandsynagogues.

After the official closing of the europeanyouth Campaign “All Different – All equal”, weplan to publish a book containing the resultsof the Campaign and its best programs andprojects.Wealsoplan to create aneducationalbookletcontainingmethodsandmechanismsofimplementation of youth campaigns in RussianFederation.

The National Campaign Committee inRussia:

www.youthrussia.ruTel.;+7(495)621-08-71Fax:+7(495)624-00-18

Author:

vICTorIA kHArCHenko

the vice chairperson of the national Youth Council of russia, General Secretary of the nCC in russia.

www.youthrussia.ru

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eUropeAn YoUTH evenT for diversity, Human rights and participation

“All dIFFerenT – All eQUAl”21 - 25 September 2006, Saint-petersburg, russian Federation

The “All Different – All equal” europeanyoutheventwasorganized in the frameworkofthechairmanshipoftheRussianFederationintheCommitteeofministersoftheCouncilofeuropeandtheeuropeanyouthCampaignforDiversity,HumanRightsandparticipation.

Almost 400 representatives from 42european countries*: young leaders, scientists,politicians and officials took part in the event.Having gathered in the same place such a lotofpeopleyounginboth,soulandheart,wecanproudlyremarkthatallofusaredifferentandallareequalinrights,abilitiesanddesirestoreachthegoalsset.

The “All Different – All equal” europeanyouth event is one of the greatest and mostsignificantactivitieswithintheextensiveprogramof the chairmanship of the Russian Federationin theCommittee ofministers of theCouncil ofeurope.ThustheRussianFederationemphasizesimportance of youth policy in europe andactivitiesof theDirectorateofyouthandsportsoftheCouncilofeurope.participantsoftheeventhaveexpressedtheirhopethatitwillevolveintoa tradition to conduct youth activitieswithin thechairmanshipofthememberstatesoftheCouncilofeurope.

ItisthesecondtimethattheCouncilofeuropeholds“AllDifferent–Allequal”youthCampaign.but there isasignificantdifferencebetween thecampaigns.Whilethe1995Campaignwasaimedat fighting racism, anti-semitism, xenophobiaand intolerance,having thusa tintof resistancetowards something, this time the Campaign isaimedatdevelopmentandpromotionofuniversalvalues of good, justice, diversity, human rights

and active participation in the life of a society.It is creative fundaments of the Campaign thatdistinguishitfromallothers,forcingnottofightbuttobearwarmth,friendshipandtohelpneighbors.No doubt, it is impossible to cardinally changeeuropewithin1year, to teachallandeveryonetorespectanypersonirrespectiveofcolorofskin,religionorsexualorientation.ThisCampaignandthe european youth event in st.-petersburg inparticularwillhelptofindcolleagues,assistants,to inspire and encourage youth tomake fruitfulactionswhichwillnotceasebyseptember2007,butwillleadeuropestepbysteptounity,diversityandequality.

The opening of the european youth eventwasheldonseptember22,2006 intheTaurianpalace, a historical place which saw the firstsessionofthefirstRussianparliament,andwherethe important decisions for the country beingtaken and now serious issues of unitedeuropearebeingdiscussed.

The opening was attended by DeputyministerofeducationandscienceoftheRussianFederation Andrey svinarenko and DeputygeneralsecretaryoftheCouncilofeuropemauddeboer-buquicchio.Theparticipantsoftheeventreceived greetings from: the president of theRussian Federation vladimir putin, minister ofForeignAffairsoftheRussianFederationsergeylavrov,ChairmanoftheCouncilofFederationoftheFederalAssemblyoftheRussianFederation,sergeymironovandothers.Attheopeningsessionthefundamentalreports“youthpolicyresponsestomodernchallenges”werereadwhichshownewapproachestomodernyouthpolicy.

Thestreetyouthactionwhich tookplaceatthepalacesquare,thecity’smainst.-petersburgsquare,helpedtheparticipantstogetacquaintedwitheachotherbetter, to letall theproblemsofmisunderstanding,intoleranceandinabilitygoupintotheskyalongwithmulti-colouredballoons.

Upon termination of the youth street actiontheparticipantshadanorganizedguidedtour intheHermitageandthroughoutst.-petersburg.

The“AllDifferent–Allequal”europeanyoutheventwasaimed firstofall at constructionofameaningfuldialoguebetweeneuropeanyouth,onestablishmentoffruitfulcontactsandexchangeof

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experience.Ontheotherhand,itwasnecessarytodrawattentionto,examineandgeneralizetheexperience of youth, experts and governmentalstructuresonsuchactualpresentdayquestionsas:

1. Human rights education and europewithoutdividinglines

2.socialcohesionandpromotionofculturaldiversityineurope

3.youthparticipationandactivecitizenship4. Innovative society: capacity building of

younggenerationineurope»andmanyothers…

Aspecial traitof thiseventwasandiverseand professional choice of experts and chairs.It isa rare thing tomeetsuchaconstellationofscientists, trainers, politicians, leaders of youthmovementswithin one event. An opportunity ofadialoguewith thembringsgreatercontributionto the professional work of all participants andorganizers. It is always much more interestingto work, think and argue with like-mindedpeople with different points of view, experienceand approaches, especially when there is amultinationalandamicable teamof trainersandfacilitators.

Another positive feature of the event inst.-petersburg was that the participants hadan opportunity to make a presentation of theiractivities, ideas, desires and prospects. youngleaders from all parts of the europe from thegreatbritaintoTurkey,triedtoexposethemostimportant issues within more that 30 declaredpresentations.

The last day of the event was the mostintense, while also the most productive for theparticipants. During the first half of the dayparticipants continued to work within thematic

groups, discussed the declaration inside thegroups, prepared presentation of the results,chosereportersandpreparedtheirspeeches…

every participant without exception hascontributed to development, preparation anddiscussion of the final document.youngpeoplestruggledactivelyforeachword,phrase,meaningandcontextofthedeclaration.Thereforethetextofthedeclarationwasratherbulky,butitspeakswiththewordsofyouthofalleuropeandcontentsnosuperfluousorrashword.ThemostimportantprovisionsoftheDeclarationwhichcanserveasafundamentforfurtherworkarethefollowing:

- “express our unanimous confidence andexpectation to create a europe without dividinglinesandtopromotemobility”

-recognisethegreatpotentialofdiversityforeuropeansocieties

-weunderlinetherelevanceandimpactoftheworkandinnovativeroleoftheDirectorateforyouthandsportintheCouncilofeurope,includingthepartnershipprogrammewiththeeuropeanCommissionandasktheCommitteeofministerstofurtherstrengthentheCouncilofeurope’sactivitiesintheyouthfield

- for local and regional authoritiesspecifically, to develop adaptableimplementation procedures and to developreviewing and follow-up mechanisms forthe Revised european Charter on theparticipation of young people in local andRegionallifeof theCongress forlocalandRegionalAuthoritiesoftheCouncilofeuropeandsupportthedevelopmentanddistributionofeducationaltoolssuchasamanualonhowtheChartermaybeused.

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Thisverydeclaration isa resultofworkof each of the 8 sections, each of the 400participants,ameaningful,worked,discussedpaper.everythingwascriticalhere:aninexactword, absence of a comma, a somewhatvague use of a particular concept. For thesake of this document all participants hadunanimously detained dinner, the officialclosing of the event for two hours trying toleaveatraceinthehistoryoftolerant,diverseandunitedeuropeanspace.

What isnext?What forhadweallmet,discussed, approved something? The mostimportant thing is that each of us carriedawayinhisheartaconfidenceinhisstrength,desiretocreateandtrainanddistributeallthatknowledgethathe/shehasreceivednotonly

from the formal education system, but alsowithincommunication,work,participation.Andweallwillconsiderourworkdoneifwithin10yearswedonotspeakagainaboutproblemsof interculturaldialogueandconsolidationofeuropeansociety,ifpositiveemotions,skills,the competences received inst.-petersburgscatterworldwide ina formof thousandsofsmiles,trainingsandprogramsforthesakeofjustice,diversity,interculturaleducation.

Author:

vICTorIA kHArCHenko

the vice chairperson of the national Youth Council of russia, General Secretary of the nCC in russia.

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The international competition of works of schoolchildren, students and professors “Memory of Holocaust – the way to tolerance”

The international competition of worksof schoolchildren, students and professors“memoryofHolocaust–thewaytotolerance”has been carried out by the scientific andeducationalCenter“Holocaust”since2001.Infact,itisanon-stopcompetition:workshavebeengatheredfromFebruarytillthemiddleofNovemberandaresummedupinDecember,theawardpresentationisheldinmoscow.Itiscarriedout inaverysolemnatmosphere,on the27thof january,on the InternationalDayofmemoryofHolocaustvictims.

schoolchildren,studentsandprofessorswho are citizens of Russia, CIs or othercountries can take part in the competition.About 700 works were presented at thecompetition in 2006; they were done bypeoplefrom37Russianregionsand9foreigncountries (belarus, estonia kazakhstan,kirgizia, lithuania, moldova, Uzbekistan,Ukraine, theUsAand).schoolchildren fromIsrael,Italy,latvia,polandandothercountrieshavetakenpartinthecompetitionsinceithadstarted.

The objectives of the competition are:

- TogivealessonofHolocausttoformtolerantconsciousinmodernsociety,

- To formskillsof independent thinkingand critical interpretation and creating ofa broad world-outlook based on the moralvaluesofthemodernsociety,

- To involve professors, students andschoolchildrentolearnandteachthehistoryofHolocaust,torevealandanalyzethemoderntechniquesofteachingofthistopic,

- To expand contacts and sharing ofexperience between Russian students andprofessorsandwith their foreign colleaguesandpeers.

The aim of the competition is:

The competitionaimsat the creationoftolerantconscious,historicalpointofviewandcompassion towards victims of genocides,formingaclearunderstandingof thedangerof xenophobia, chauvinism, neonazism andanti-semitism, forming of interest towardslittle-studiedperiodsofhistoryofthesecondWorld War and the great patriotic War,stimulating and encouraging scientific andcreative work of students on these topics,creation and approbation of new methodsand technologies of teaching, upgrading ofprofessors’professionalskills.

There are various nominations in thecompetition: scientific works, creativeworks,searchingworks, filmsandcomputerpresentationsforschoolchildrenandstudents,workbooksandsummariesofexperienceandthoughtsforprofessors.TheinstituteofvisualHistory andeducation of theshoa Fund oftheUniversityofsouthCalifornia(spielberg’s

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Fund,theUsA)setdownaspecialprize“Forthebestanalysisofthemovie“Childrenfromabyss”.

TheannualConferenceofschoolchildrenfrommoscowandmoscowarea“Holocaust:memory and warning” (rounds are held inNovember and may) and the competitionof students and professors from jewisheducational institutions from CIs countriesandbalticstatesarecarriedoutasapartofthecompetition.

Winners of the competition not onlyreceive lettersofcommendation,prizesandmemorablepresents,alotofnewopportunitiesbecomeavailableforthemaswell:

- schoolchildren take part in theInternationalConferenceinbrest,belarus

- students are invited to theUNesCOhead-officeinparis,France

- professorsgettheopportunitytotakethe study course in yad vashem Institute,jerusalem,Israel,andotherforeignmuseumsofpeace.

In the last years the experience of the“memoryofHolocaust–thewaytotolerance”competition turned out to be called-for andbecame widespread. some competitionsconnected to the similar topics appeared inbelarusandUkraine.Regional competitionsand conferencesare held in different townsandareasofRussia.Ithelpsparticipantsandprofessorstogetmorefamiliarwiththetopic,discuss controversial and actual questions,prepare thoroughly for the Internationalcompetition.

participants and organizers’ impressions of the competition

Amemberofthejuryofthecompetition,ahistory teacherof “The leagueofschools”Dmitry procudin writes about the results ofthe competition of research works of thoseparticipantswhoreportactivityeveryyear:“…About 400works.Fromsmallones,written

with a pen, or even a pencil sometimes, tolongresearchworksthatrevealfromtimetotimesomefacts,documentsandstoriesthatevenprofessionalhistoriansdon’tknow,andineverywork,whateveritis,vividfeelingsareexpressed-thefilmevokesawarmresponsein children. What was new about the 5thcompetition?Ofcourse,itbroughtnewnamesand new “lights” on the map of HolocaustresearchinRussiaandneighboringcountries.New sensations. No one could expect thatthe winner in the nomination “Researchworks” would become the representativeof thearea that is so little connected to themilitary geographic, - Natalia kuzmina fromthe townof Istikim,Novosibirsk region.Andthethemeoftheworkturnedouttobeevenmore unrespectable: she decided to workon the specifically “german” pre-war themeof theOlympicgames 1936, celebrated bylenni Riefenstahl. And with the full powerof intellectual persuasiveness shemanagedtoshowwhatdoes thewell-knownmottoofpieredeCubertaine“Ohsport,youarepeace”turns into in theNational-socialistic country,which will do its best to improve its imagein frontof foreigners,butwilldo itonlyuntilthey leave.And theneverythingwill resumeitsnormalcourse:discrimination,humiliationsandconcentrationcampsforthosewhohaveawrongsurnameorwrongmeasurementoftheskull.Andhowactualitis!Alas!

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second prize, named “Unforgettable. FromthehistoryofHolocaustinOsipovichskareaofmogilevregion”donebyvaleriazayszevaandbitaNovikova, isnot theonlythingthatmakesusglad.Thepathosofthistextisstrikingevenifitseemsnotveryimpressiveatthefirstsight,becauseitisthepathosofdiscoveringof a single extinct civilization, the jewishAtlšntidaineasterneurope,whichexistednotsomewherefaronothercontinents,butonthesamestreetswheretheseyoungresearcherslive,inthesameperkswheretheywalkandintheairtheybreathe.butthisAtlšntidadiednotduetothewillofNature,butbecauseevilhumanintention,anditdidn’thappeninoneday, but was happening step by step. Andthestoryoftheseawful“Commander’ssteps”in this place at that time forms the secondimportant side of the research by the girlsfrombelarus.

Whenwe congratulate ourwinners andnominees,wecan’tbutthinkaboutfuture.Alas,wecan’tbutthinkaboutitwithalarm.Whatwillthenextcompetitionbring?Thecompetitionthatwillbeheldinatotallydifferenttime.Thetime of Condopoga, georgian deportations,Russianmarchesand“discussionabout theRussian”imposedonbytherulingparty.Howtheschoolchildrenwillrespondtothesenewchallenges?We’llsee.”

zayszevavalerya,thetownofOsipovichi,belarus,awinnerofthecompetition:

The27thofjanuaryisTheInternationalDayofmemoryofHolocaustvictims,somainlythe event was devoted to this memorabledate. everything around was solemn andimpressive.TheceremonywasconductedbyAllagerber,thepresidentofthe“Holocaust”Fund.Allagerberwastalkingveryemotionallyandeveryonemanagedtofeeltheimportanceof the event thanks to her. Israeli, latvian,german and polish ambassadors andrepresentativesofthegovernmentofRussiaand moscow spoke at the meeting. Nelly

Uvarova spoke in the very beginning andreadtheextract fromAnnaFrank’sdiary. Itmademefeelcreepyallover.shemanagedtomakeeverybody feel thediscussed topicdeeply. After all these speeches the awardceremonystarted.Iwasimpressedverymuchwhen Iheard thatworks from37 regionsofRussiaand9foreigncountriestookpartinthecompetition.yes,thefiguresareimpressive.I felt more responsibility and pride at once.Finally, the thrilling moment came, themomentbecauseofwhicheverybodyarrivedat themeeting.Wewonthesecondprize inthe nomination “Research works done byschoolchildren”.Allagerberherselfshookmyhand. Iamveryproudof thismoment.AfterthetripIbecamemoreconvincedofthefactthatweneedtomakeresearchinthefieldofHolocaustandtellourpeersandadultsaboutit. It is necessary and important. I want tothankallpeoplewhoareresponsibleforthecompetition,andespecially,IwanttothanktheemployeesofThe“Holocaust”scientificandeducationalCentre,headedbyA.gerberandI.Altman.Wedoappreciateit,thankyou.

.Author:

elenA BelenkAYA

Scientific and educational Center “Holocaust”

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For equality! For human rights! For youthparticipation!ThesearethemainconceptsoftheeuropeanyouthCampaign“AllDifferent–Allequal”.Thesewordsarepronouncedinalllanguagesthatexistintheworld.Themechanismsofrealizationofthesevaluesare,however,differentaroundtheworld.OneofthebrightestdistinguishingfeaturesoftheCampaigninRussiaisthecreationoftheRegionalCampaignCommittees.

TodescribetheexperienceoftheworkoftheRegionalCampaignCommitteesletusstudytheexperienceofUlyanovskregion,wheretheworkon the Campaign has been started long ago.In2006Ulyanovskregiontookanactivepartinthe“AllDifferent–Allequal”relayrace, in2007the region became one of the first ones wherethe Regional Campaign Committee (RCC) wasfounded.

The RCC sets down the main directionsof the implementation of the Campaign inUlyanovsk region and coordinates the workof all organizations that are interested in theCampaign.TheRCCcomprises representativesofthegovernmentalstructuresandactivepublicorganizations. besides that, with a purpose toorganizemore effectivework on the local level,headsoftheyouthorganizationsofthedistrictsoftheregion,membersoftheyouthparliament,thatare the bodies of youth self-government, wereincludedintotheworktheRCC.

From the very beginning RCC sets veryambitious tasks. Firstly, we’ve decided to set acompetitiontochooseregionalandlocalprojectsthatdeserve toget thestatusof “eventsheld intheframeworkoftheeuropeanyouthCampaign“AllDifferent–Allequal”.projectsthatwillreceivethestatuswillbeprovidedwithallsupportneededon the regional level. secondly, we’ve decidedto takepart inall four commonactions thatareofferedbytheNationalCampaignCommittee.

The first meeting was carried out in anuntypical formof a video spacebridgewith themunicipal bodies of the region, which gave theopportunity to participate in the meeting to a

greatnumberofthosewhowereinterestedintheevent. Themunicipal bodies of the regionwereabletotakepartinthework,toaskquestionsandintroduceoffersaswellas theparticipants fromthetown.

Workgroupsonallthediscussedquestions(implementationof theevents,giving thestatus,development of the working plan) were formed.suchanapproachhelpstoreachthegoalsoftheCampaigninthemostsuccessfulway.

Information about the Campaign for themembersoftheRCCisdeliveredthroughe-mail,informationabouttherealizationoftheCampaignislocatedonthewebcites.

TheboardofRCCisopentocreativeideas,active participants and everybody who wantsto contribute to the development of progressiveideasofdiversity,humanrightsandparticipation.

Areyouready?

The european Youth Campaign “All different – All equal” in russia

Authors:

olGA kUrAkInAThe Minister of Youth development of Ulyanovsk region.

elenA doMASHevSkAYAa consultant of the Administrative department for the Work with public organizations of the Governor of Ulyanovsk region, the coordinator of the rCC in Ulyanovsk region.

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29 October 2005 in strasbourg (France)easternandCentraleuropeCampaignnetworkforthesupportofimplementationofthe“AllDifferent–Allequal”Campaignwascreatedasresultofthesymposium“Alldifferent,butnotindifferent”.Thenetworkunites representativesofdifferentyouthorganizations and different initiatives to maketheworkof theCampaignmoreeffectiveandtopromotetheidealsofhumanrights,diversityandparticipation,togetmorepeopleinvolvedintotheCampaignandmakethecommunicationbetweenyouthorganizationsandyouthnon-governmentalorganizations, NCCs, national authorities andinternationalorganizations,ofcourse,theCouncilof europe, more effective. Those activists thatdon’thaveanopportunitytoenterNCCorthosewholiveincountrieswheretherearenoNCCcanenterthenetworktogetinvolvedintotheeuropeanyouthactivities.

At the moment the network comprisesorganisationsfromRussia,Armenia,Azerbaijan,Romania,latvia,moldavia,andestonia.

Themaingoalsofthenetworkare:

- Tosupporteachother in implementationofdifferentactionsonnationaland internationallevel,

- To organize common actions for ourregion of europe in framework of theeuroepanCampaign,

- To increase the effectiveness of thecooperation between non-governmental andgovernmentalstructuresinourregioninframeworkofthe“AllDifferent–Allequal”Campaign.

everymonth news that contain informationabout different youth initiatives in eastern andCentral europe, advertisement of international

meetings and seminars, news about theCampaign, etc. are published by the Network’sactivitieswiththesupportofRussianNCCandtheyouthNetworkagainstracismandintolerance.

youcansubscribeforthisnewssendinganinquirytoynri@hrworld.ru.

youcanjointhenetwork,sendnewsandgetadditional information contacting thesecretariatadaenet@ynnet.org.

The site of the Network is www.adaenet.ynnet.org.

eastern and Central europe Campaign network for the support of implementation of the “All different – All equal” Campaign

Author:

IrInA AkSenovA

a representative of the Youth Human rights organization

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“russian Winter”

Festival “Russian Winter” is the firstinterregional and international event forworking youth held in modern Russia. The“RussianWinter”projectstartedinDecember1996 and became traditional from February1997.

ThefestivalisthesymboliceventfortheprogramoftheregionalpublicorganizationofRussian Union of youth of yaroslavl region“Daysofyoungpeople”,whichwillcelebrateits30anniversaryin2008.

The participants of the event arerepresentatives of enterprises andorganizations, business and governmentalstructures, young teachers, workers, officeworkers,businessmen.“RussianWinter”isasynthesisofsports,creationandtourism.

The goals of the event are:

- Creation of conditions for youth self-actualization by involving young people intosportsandcreativeevents,

- Development of contacts in the fieldof unprofessional sports between youthorganizationsintheCentralregionofRussianFederationandforeignones.

The objectives of the project:

- promotionofhealthyandactivelifestyleamong young people like an alternative toescapism

- Revivalofnational traditionsofpublicsports

- expandingofthesphereofinternationalyouthexchangeinthefieldofunprofessionalsportsandculture

- sharingofexperienceof theprogramactivities between representatives of youthorganizations in the field of unprofessionalsportsandculture.

Development of “public diplomacy”through participation of representatives ofyouthorganizationsfromforeigncountriesinsportseventsandcreativeactions.

experienceofRussianUnionofyouthofyaroslavlregioninimplementationofcomplexprojects for different categories of youngpeopleisusedbyotherterritoriestoorganizesimilarevents,forexample:Interregionalyouthfestival “Feltboot fromRyazan”, the townofRyazan; interregional youth festival “Frostyamusements”,thetownofvologda.

Theproject “Daysofyoungpeople”, theinternational youth festival “Russian Winter”turned out to be called for because it ispossible to involve relatively big amount ofyoung people to physical trainings throughparticipationinpublicnotprofessionalsports.The program of these projects is formed in

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suchawaythatitdoesn’trequireanyspecificand long training of the participants beforetheytakepartinthem.

That’s why representatives of otherregionstakepartintheeventsoftheprogram,whichisanexampleofyouthintegration.

events of the program becamerecognizableandacceptedbyabigamountofyoungactiveresidentsofregionsofRussia.

Representativesof22regionsofRussiaandmore than20 representativesof foreignorganizationstookpartinthefestival,includingburkinaFaso(TheUnionofforeignstudents),benin(TheUnionofforeignstudents),georgia(TheUnionofforeignstudents),belarus(bsm,bpCmandbRsm),latvia(spml),germany(The union of young workers), Ib (the townof vetslar, giessen land – the twin land of

yaroslavl region, partner organization ofregionalpublicorganizationofRussianUnionof youth of yaroslavl region), kazakhstan(smk),Ukraine,moldova, Finland (Allianssi,eyCA), luxemburg (eyCA), poland (eyCA,TheUnionofforeignstudents), Italy(eyCA),France(the townofCoitez– the twin-cityofyaroslavl).

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regional public organization of russian Union of Youth of Yaroslavl region, the coordinator of the regional Campaign Committee in Yaroslavl region.

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The work of the nCC in Serbia

In November 2006 ministry of education andsportofserbiawithafewNgOsestablishedtheNCCinserbiaforthe“AllDifferent–Allequal”CampaignoftheCouncilofeuropefordiversity,humanrightsandparticipation.Atthemomentitincludes14NgOexperts,aministryrepresentativeandserbianrepresentativesin the Council of europe bodies (CDej, AdvisoryCouncil,poolofTrainers)workasadvisers.

The NCC in serbia has 3 working groups,executivebody,andsecretariat.Workinggroupsareworking on the themes of the Campaign: diversity,humanrights,participation.executivebodyismakingstrategic and other important decisions for theCampaign. secretariat is caring for implementationandvisibilityoftheCampaigninserbia.

Campaignhaspromotedonthe“Fist”internationalstudent theatre festival and a few national andinternationalyouthtrainingsinserbia.Itwillhaveabigpromotionon the“exit”, thebiggestmusic festival inthesouth-eastofeurope.

As a youth campaign, it is based on youthparticipation in serbia (NgO activism, pupil’s andstudent’s parliaments, etc.). The NCC in serbiasupportsthehigh-schoolstreetfestivalandotherpupilandstudentparliaments’activities.Themostimportantaim is to support minorities, and so the CampaignthroughitsactivitiessupportsworkwithlgbT,Roma,disabledpeople,etc.IntheframeworkoftheCampaignwe’veimplementedthe“loveforall”campaignagainstdiscriminationandviolenceonlgbTs.

projects held in Serbia in framework of “All different – All equal” Campaign

Thecentralevent–“AllDifferent–Allequal”day.Thevalueofdiversity.

On 12th of may 2007, we’ve launched theCampaignactivitiesinserbia.ThiscoincideswiththedaywhenserbiaistakingpresidencyovertheCouncilof europe and we wanted to mark this significantmoment (it is the first time serbia is chairing overthe Council of europe) and use the opportunity toexplain to peoplewhat theCouncil ofeurope (Coe)is andwhat is the bases for cooperationwithin thisimportantintergovernmentalorganisation.Atthisdaywe will focus on equality, right to be different, etc.Wewillpromoteinterestingjobsorhobbies:juggling,clowning,breakdance,capoeira,drums,etc.amongrepresentatives of diverse minor social groups andotherpeople.We’veorganisedpublic launchingwithastreetactiontoprovidepeoplewiththeCampaign’smaterials,we’vepublishedbannersaswell.

participation weeks – Taking responsibility for the world around us

Ouraimwas to carryout twoother joint publicactions for the firstweekofseptember (from3 to9)and the firstweekofOctober (from1 to7), thatwillcoincide with the start of the school year for highschool and university students. A set of commonactivitiesdevelopedbytheCampaignwiththehelpoforganizationsthatarethemembersoftheCampaignwilltakeplaceatschoolsandonfaculties.

beginning of a new school year is a perfectmomenttointroducestudentsandfreshmeninfocus,to wonderful world of social activism, civil societydevelopment and diverse participation opportunities.ThroughouttheweekourtownteammadeupoflocalorganizationstakingpartintheCampaignwillpromoteit at schools and on the faculties through commonactions.Theywillbeadditionallyencouragedtocreatespecificactionstomotivateyoungpeopletojoincivilsocietyorganisationsandactions.

We will use the same material and focus onpromotionoftheCampaign’svaluesandintroductionto student organizations and parliaments, humanrightsandvolunteers’organisations,europeanyouthprogramsandotherformsofactivism.Wewanttousethesetwoweekstomakesurethatpeopleknowabout

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the opportunities and possibilities they can take inadditiontoformaleducation.

Week of human rights – STop discrimination, JoIn the action!

Our aim was to use the period full of differentinternational days, all related to important issues ofthe society (World aids day, human rights day, etc.from1to10ofDecember.ThisweekshouldstartwithWorld aids day, the 1st of December, and continuewithactionstakingplacearoundotherimportantdaysthatwillfollow).

During these days our aim was to concentrateon discriminated people, due to their disability,nationalityorculture, race,sexualorientation,healthissues,etc.ThroughthesetofcoordinatedactionsindifferentcommunitiesandNOTstreetactionsweaimto come closer to people to understand their viewsandstandpoints.Ouraimwillbetoorganizepracticalactionsforpeopletomakethemknowhowimportantit is to respect and support all individuals and alsoprovidethemwithdifferenttoolsandopportunitiestojointheeffortsinmakingthechangeinthesociety.

We are all equal because we are different!

TheeventimplementedbytheInclusivesocietyDevelopment Centre (IsDC) is being held fromseptember2006to31ofmarch2007inbelgrade.

Themain aim of the project is fighting againstprejudices about handicapped persons and Romathatstudentsandprofessors inelementaryandhighschoolshave.

We’ve made 18 inclusive workshops wheremore than150students from “normal”and “special”schools met; 3 panel discussions with student’sparentsandprofessorsofschools,afewcelebrationsand informalmeetings with the students.We talkedabout handicapped people and Roma’s potentialsandrights.Thisprojectissupportedbythe“savetheChildren”Uk,ministryforeducationandsportsinthegovernmentofserbiaandtheNCCinserbiaasapartof“AllDifferent–Allequal”Campaigninserbia.

Asa resultprofessorsandstudents in “normal”schools understood and supported handicappedpeople andRoma in fighting for their human rights,

especiallyforrighttohaveequaleducationwithinthejoint educational system. “Normal” schoolswill offertohandicappedandRomachildrenthepossibilitytostudyintheseschoolsfromthenextschoolyear.Thiswillbeforthefirsttimeinserbia,becauseuptonowhandicappedandRomastudiedinspecialschools.

Thisprojectpromotedvaluesofthe“AllDifferent–Allequal”Campaignthroughlearningprocessaimingatahumanright tohaveequaleducationwithinoneeducational system (withoutdiscrimination), diversitywith meetings handicapped and other children, andparticipation by calling students in elementary andhigh-schools in belgrade to influence through theirparliaments on schools officials to create equalopportunitiesforthosewhofacediscriminationeveryday.Wewillcontinuetomakesimilarprojectsinothercitiesofserbia,andwillcontinuetoprovidestudentsof belgrade with education and help (logistical andother thatweareable togive),andsupport schoolsthatwanttocreateequalopportunitiesforeverybodyandaninclusiveeducationalsystem.

Attheendoftheproject,IsDCwiththesupportoftheNCCinserbiapresentedafilmmadeasapartofthisproject,explainingthatchildrenandyoungpeoplewould like to fight against prejudices together andsupport minor social groups. This excellent projectcanbeusefulineachsocietywhereprejudicesand/orviolenceonhandicappedpeopleandonminoritiesingeneralstillexist.

Author:

UroSH CHUBrovICH

A member of the nCC “All different – All equal”.

www.youthserbia.org

www.svirazliciti-sviravnopravni.net

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The work of the nCC in Slovenia

The National Campaign Committeeincludes members from the followinggovernmental and non-governmentalinstitutions:

- ministryforeducationandsport,OfficeoftheRepublicofsloveniaforyouth

- HumanRightsOmbudsman

- The government of the Republic ofslovenia,OfficeforequalRights

- The Information and documentationCentreofTheCouncilofeuropeinslovenia

- The National youth Council ofslovenia

- The Association of municipalities ofslovenia

- The Community of municipalities ofslovenia

- Theslovenianorganizationofpupils

TheNationalCampaignCommitteeistheresponsible structure for the implementationoftheCampaignatthenationallevel.

projects held in Slovenia in framework of

“All different – All equal” Campaign

The Office of the Republic of sloveniawith itspartnerorganizationscarriesout thefollowingactivities:

- «madagascar in words, picture andmusic» - a program of 30 workshops forprimary school children. The aim of theworkshop is to break the stereotypes andprejudicesaboutotherculturesandpromotediversityintheworld.

- «Thesoundofdiversity» - aprogramincluding 30 workshops for primaryschoolchildren.Theaimoftheworkshopistobreakstereotypesandprejudicesaboutotherculturesandpromotediversityintheworld.

- «Whatdochildrenwant»-theatreplaysforchildrenandyoungpeople.Theatreplaysareperformedtogetherbynon-governmentalorganization and The Theatre associationmuki,withanaimtoinformandteachyoungpeople about the respect of human rights,tolerance, non-violence and to promotediversity, human rights and participation ofyoungpeople.

- The Association of rural youth ofsloveniaanditsprogramofdifferentactivitieswhich aim at promoting the Campaign,diversity, human rights and participation ofyoungpeopleinruralareasofslovenia.

- The Association for non-violentcommunication, a NgO, runs preventiveworkshops to promote non-violentcommunication and respect for differencesamongchildrenandyoungpeople.

- The skUC Association, a NgO, ispreparing a gay and lesbian festival inljubljana,slovenia.

publications and promo-materials as a part of the Campaign in Slovenia

slovenian NCC in partnership with theOffice of theRepublic ofslovenia foryouthand the Information and DocumentationCentreof theCouncil ofeurope insloveniapublishedthe“educationpack” translatedtoslovenian.

The NCC also produces the followingpromotionmaterials:leaflets,pencils,posters,diaries,postcards.

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euro26 as a participant in the Campaign

euro26 inslovenia is alsoan importantpartner in theCampaign.They try toattracttheso-callednon-organizedyouthwithcallsfor the best photography, articles in theirmagazine, etc. In 2007 the youth office willgivesomesupporttotheeuro26organizationtoprintlogooftheCampaignoneuro26youthcards.

The National youth Council, one of themainactorsintheCampaign,isalsoworkinghard tostart theactivities inApril.Themainactivity will be training on human rights foryouth organizations and youth workers, aswellasacalltomusicianstopreparethesongwithintheCampaign.

youth office has also published anopencallforprogramsandprojectsofyouthorganizations; 30% of the resources foryouthprogramsandyouthorganizationsareavailable for the Campaign’s activities. Webelieve that with this instrument we shouldattractlocalorganizationstoourwork.

Author:

BArBArA ZUpAn

Senior advisor of the office of the republic of Slovenia for Youth, Ministry for education and Sports, the coordinator of the Campaign in Slovenia.

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The “All different – All equal” Campaign from the volunteers and participant’s

point of view

I stood still on the street to discern aposter, onwhich itwaswritten “AllDifferent–Allequal” and justa full stopafter it. It isreally hard to arguewith it. I began to thinkhowever:towhatextenttruthswrittenonpaperare real in our life?Howoften dowe followbigslogansrejectingstereotypesandputonthefirstplaceequality,libertyandjustice?Towhatextentwearefreefromprejudicesinourthoughts, feelingsandespecially inactions?It isveryeasytotalkabout itandit ismuchhardertoact,especiallyifitreferstopersonalprincipals,ethicsandcultureof thepeacefulcoexistenceofpeopleinonecity,onesociety,onecountry,oneworld…

I was captured by such thoughts. Andfinally I have an opportunity to share themwith other intelligent people thanks to theinvitationof theNCCof theeuropeanyouthCampaign “All Different – All equal”. “Whynot?” – I thought and found myself at theopen debates of the youth leaders, devotedtoeuropeanintegrationandeuropeanvaluesinUkraine. It turnedout tobethat theyouthmovementinourcountrycanbecalledactiveandprogressivewithcertainty.Alotofyoungpeopleareinterestedinactualproblemsandevents inour country, takeanactivepart insolving them, contributing to the process ofdevelopmentofUkraine.Andthiscontributionis real,actionsareconcreteandproductive,ideasaremodernandoriginal.ThusIbecameapartoftheyouthmovementinUkraine.

DebatesdevotedtoeuropeanintegrationturnedouttobejustonethingofthemultipleeventsheldinUkraineasapartofthenational“AllDifferent–Allequal”weekofeuropean

integration in the end of November. Amongthemostmemorableevents I canname thetheatrical integration festival of people withspecific needs, the festival of short films“genderformat”,photoexhibition“AllDifferent– All equal”, the procession with candles,the concert “Compassion”, which gatheredabout15000peopleandmanyothers.Noneactualaspectofdiversityand tolerancewasforgot:everydayoftheweekwasdevotedtoaspecific topic (children,nationalminorities,women, disabled people, people with HIv,AIDsandotherdiseases).

Having taken part in the events of thenational week I wanted to make my owncontribution to thedevelopmentofcultureoftoleranceandeuropeanvaluesinoursociety.I wanted to prove my words with actions, Iwantedtogoaheadtomyaimsandcallothersto go afterme…Nowmy volunteerwork inthe “AllDifferent–Allequal”Campaignhasbecomethismovementtofuture,whichgivesa feeling of involvement to big and seriouswork,acknowledgementofmyrole,notabig,butstillsignificantone.

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September 2006 - 31 March 2007, Belgrade (Serbia)

We Are All eQUAl THere In We Are dIFFerenT! ThemainaimoftheprojectisfightingagainstprejudicesabouthandicappedpersonsandRomathatstudentsandprofessorsinelementaryandhighschoolhave.Contactorganization:InclusivesocietyDevelopmentCentre(IsDC),NCCinserbia

during 2007, Armenia

THe lonG-TerM edUCATIonAl CoUrSe on HUMAn rIGHTS WITH THe USe oF “CoMpASS”Contactorganization:NCCinArmenia

during 2007, Bulgaria

THe nATIonAl CoMpeTITIon For pAInTInGS And eSSAYS on THe TopICS oF THe CAMpAIGn TUrned To THe YoUnG pUpIlS And STUdenTSContactorganisation:NCCinbulgaria

during 2007, Bulgaria

THe nCC SUpporTS THe IMpleMenTATIon oF “HUMAn rIGHTS And peACe on THe BAlkAnS” proJeCT pUT InTo prACTICe BY THe BUlGArIAn YoUTHContactorganization:“youthCentreIzgRev”

February 2007 –July 2007, russia

proJeCT “oUr oWn… SoMeBodY elSe’S CHIldren” Theprojectisheldwiththeuseofthebalancedscoutprogramofeducationalcoursesandtrainings,whichhelpchildrentobeharmoniouslyandall-arounddevelopedphysically,emotionallyandmentally,todevelopcreativeskills.Theprogramalsocreatesconditionsforthepropersocialrehabilitationoforphansandchildreninfostercare.Contactorganization:«TheAssociationofgirls-scouts»,tel.+7(8482)31-48-14,е-mail:zebras_scout@mail.ru.

11-16 of April, 2007, Bosnia and Herzegovina

InTernATIonAl SeMInAr TITled dIverSITY S.T.e.p. no 1Thegroupof35youngpeopleaged17to20frombosniaandHerzegovina,Croatia,germany,montenegro,poland,Romania,serbiaandUnitedkingdom,abletocommunicateinenglish,activeinlocalcommunitiesandwillingtoremainactiveduringtheseminarandafterwards,readytolive,learn,work,andhavefunininterculturalenvironment.Contactorganisation:Asocijacijagraditeljimira&NCCinbosniaandHerzegovina

24-27 of April, estonia

InTernATIonAl SeMInAr on “YoUTH In GroWInG eUrope: neW CHAllenGeS For YoUTH reSeArCH And YoUTH polICY”Contactorganisation:NCCinestonia

9th of May, 12th of August, in September and 29th of november to 1st of december, estonia

lIvInG lIBrArYContactorganisation:NCCinestonia

12th of May, Serbia

CenTrAl evenT – “All dIFFerenT – All eQUAl” dAY OneoftheaimsistoexplaintopeoplewhattheCouncilofeuropeisandwhatisthebasisforcooperationwithinthisimportantintergovernmentalorganisationContactorganisation:NCCinserbia

May 2007, ljubljana, Slovenia

lIvInG lIBrArYlibrarywillbeaccompaniedwithjumbopostersandothermediaactivitiesorotheractivitiestoattractmedia(aswellasyoungpeople,ofcourse).Theprojectispreparedby3non-governmentalorganisationsandyouthoffice.Contactorganisation:NCCinslovenia

May 2007, Armenia

THe YoUTH SUpervISorY CAMpAIGn For oBServAnCe oF pArlIAMenTArY eleCTIonS In ArMenIAContactorganization:TheyouthClubsFederationofArmenia

May – September 2007, volga Federal district (russia)

THe relAY rACe oF people’S FrIendSHIpTheactionaimsatthesupportofyoungcitizen’sinitiativeforinvolvingyouthorganizationsinrealworkforestablishmentconnectionsbetweenrepresentativesofdifferentgenerations,nationalities,confessions,settlementsandregions.Contactorganization:TheAssemblyofpeoplesofRussia,tel.+7(495)692-17-38,692-32-81,e-mail:isdr@bk.ru.

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June 1st, Bulgaria

YoUTH FeSTIvAl on THe oCCASIon THe CHIld dAYContactorganisation:NCCinbulgaria,“starrystartofTalents”Foundation

3-10 of June, estonia

GrAFFITI proJeCTContactorganisation:NCCinestonia

Since 1st of June 2007, Bulgaria

MUSIC dAnCe perForMAnCe For YoUTH “STAr STArT” WiththeparticipationofyoungpeopleofdifferentethnicgroupsContactorganisation:NCCinbulgaria

23 June – 2 July, 50 towns of Ukraine

THe nATIonAl BUS ToUr “All dIFFerenT – All eQUAl”Contactorganisation:NCCinUkraine

25 June - 2 July 2007, Tzahcadzor (Armenia)

THe YoUTH FeSTIvAl “dIAloGUe oF CUlTUreS”Theinterculturalfestivalaimsatthesupportoftheprocessesofculturaldialogueinthecontextofglobalization,inwhichyoungpeoplemayplaytheleadingrole.Thegoalofthefestivalistomakeyoungpeoplegetacquaintedwiththemainconceptsandexperienceofinterculturaleducation,aswellasinvolvingthemininterculturalcommunicationthroughnationalart,music,cinema,dancingartandnationalcuisine.Contactorganisation:NCCinArmenia

27 June 2007, regions of the russian Federation

eUropeAn FeSTIvAl And CoMpeTITIon “UnITed ColorS oF eUrope. one HoT SeASon oF GrAFFITI” The festival and competition are held in one day of the official celebration ofyouthDay in all regions ofRussianFederation on centralstreets,squaresofatownbyyouthorganizationsandaresupportedbythelocalgovernment,responsibleforyouthandRegionalCampaignCommittees.Contactorganisation:NCCinRussia

3 June, Creschatic, kiev (Ukraine)

THe FeSTIvAl oF STreeT SporTS Contactorganisation:NCCinUkraine

26-29 July 2007, the boarder of 3 countries – Belarus, latvia and russia

THe InTernATIonAl YoUTH CAMp «Be-lа-rUS»Thecampwillbeheldforthe16thtimeandforthesecondtimeitwillbedevotedtoTheyouthCampaign.youngpeoplewillgathertogetherattheborderof3countriesinacamp.Theprogramincludesperformancesofnationalcreativecollectives,competitions,prizesandgifts.Contactorganisation:RussianUnionofyouth,tel.+7(495)6250008,e-mail:ruy@ruy.ru

3-6 July, komsomolsk (Ukraine)

THe InTernATIonAl MUnICIpAl YoUTH HeArInGSContactorganisation:NCCinUkraine

August –September 2007, Chechen republic (russia)

proGrAMMe “InTerCUlTUrAl YoUTH CooperATIon”TheaimoftheprogrammeistoinvolveyouthinsouthFederalDistrictoftheRussianFederationintointerculturalcooperationanddevelopmentofsustainablesystemofyouthparticipationinactivitiesonconservationanddisseminationofpositiveexperienceininterethniccooperation,tolerance,interculturalcooperation,conservationofethno-politicalstabilityinRussiansocietyindemocraticdevelopmentofunitedRussianFederation.Contact:NationalCouncilofyouthandChildrenorganisationofCaucasus,tel.+7(8712)223958,email:Chechen_revival@mail.ru

4-12 August, Tallinn (estonia)

TAllInn prIdeContactorganisation:NCCinestonia

9 - 12 of August 2007, orenburg region (russia)

THe InTernATIonAl YoUTH CAMp «neIGHBorS»The5thanniversarycampwillbeheldduring3daysinIklekskyareaofOrenburgregion.TheaimofthecampistoestablishanddevelopinternationallinksbetweenpublicyouthorganizationsofOrenburgregionandkazakhstan,andsupportfriendlyrelationsbetweenRussianandkazakhyoungpeople.Contactorganisation:RussianUnionofyouth,tel.+7(495)6250008,e-mail:ruy@ruy.ru

25-27 August 2007, Tolyatti (russia)

THe ForTH InTernATIonAl FeSTIvAl “drUMS oF THe World”Theaimoftheprojectistomakepeoplegetclosertoeachotherthroughpromotionofdrumandotherethnictraditionsofdifferentpeoples,tomakethemknowtheirownorigins,topreserveoldtraditions.Theprojectaimsaswellatthecreationofamusicalculturethatisavailabletoeveryone,wherethecreativeself-expressionhelpstodevelopone’sindividualityandsavehealthandharmonyineverydaylife.Contact organisation: Drums of the World, +7 (8482) 637307, 35-63-96, mob. +7-9272-16-25-06, е-mail: kdmtlt@mail.ru,www.barabanymira.ru.

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September 2007, russia

ConGreSS oF peopleS oF rUSSIAThe aim of theCongress is conservation and development of national cultures of peoples ofRussia, prevention of interethnic conflicts,formationoftoleranceandcivilsolidarity,broadeningofinterregionalculturalcooperation,strengtheningoffriendshipbetweenpeoplesandunityofRussia.Contactorganisation:TheAssemblyofpeoplesofRussia,tel.+7(495)692-17-38,692-32-81,e-mail:isdr@bk.ru

September 2007, Ulyanovsk (russia)

THe dISCUSSIon YoUTH ClUB oF UlYAnovSk reGIon TheClubisbeingcreatedtoinvolveyoungpeopleindiscussionandsearchfornewwaystosolvesocially-significantquestions,actualfortheregionandthecountryonthewhole(accordingtotheRevisedeuropeanCharterontheparticipationofyoungpeopleinlocalandRegionallife).Contactorganisation:TheadministrationofthegovernorofUlyanovskRegion,+7(8422)413987,e-mail:domashevskaya@mail.ru.

September 2007, ljubljana (Slovenia)

ConFerenCeS “All dIFFerenT – All eQUAl”youthofficeandyouthorganisationswillbepreparingnationalconferencesinframeworkofthecampaign“AllDifferent–allequal”,devotedtotheclosingoftheCampaign.Contactorganisation:NCCinslovenia

September – october 2007, Magadan (russia)

THe edUCATIonAl proGrAM For STUdenTS on HUMAn rIGHTS: “eQUAlITY. FreedoM. YoUnG people”About300studentsandrepresentativesofyouthorganizationswilltakepartintheevent,therewillbeheldeducationalcoursesforthemontheirrightsanddevelopmentofskillsneededforthedefenseofhumanrights.Contactorganisation:TheregionalpublicorganizationofRussianUnionofyouth,magadanregion.Tel.+7(4132)62-54-19,mob.+7-914-852-58-89,e-mail:popkov@regadm.magadan.ru,rsm.magadan@inbox.ru.

6-26 September 2007, Tuapse (russia)

neTWork ACTIon “UnITY oF dISSIMIlAr 2007”Contact:All-RussianChildrenCenter“Orlenok”,tel.+7(86167)91118,fax.+7(86167)92708,email:zamdir@km.

13-17 September, kiev (Ukraine)

THe SeMInAr “YoUnG people UnITe eUrope”Contactorganisation:NCCinUkraine

21-23 of September 2007, The republic of Tatarstan (russia)

InTernATIonAl YoUTH ForUM “All dIFFerenT – All eQUAl” RealizationoftheCampaignhasbecomeafertilesoilforthedevelopmentoftheyouthorganisationsandnetworks.NCCinRussiahasapointofviewthattheCampaignshouldbeprolonged.TheInternationalyouthForumcannotonlybetheplatformforthedeclarationofthisdecisionbutalsoserveasapositivequalitystepforthenextlevel.About1000participantswilltakepartintheeventfromalloverRussiaandoothercountries.Contactorganisation:NCCinRussia

25-30 September, evpatoria (Ukraine)

THe InTernATIonAl InTeGrATIon ForUM “All dIFFerenT - All eQUAl” morethan15countriesareexpectedtoparticipateintheeventContactorganisation:NCCinUkraine

February 2008, Ukraine

THe SYMpoSIUM oF YoUnG people oF THe CoUnTrIeS-MeMBerS oF THe CoUnCIl oF eUrope “volUnTeerInG AS A MeTHod oF InvolvInG YoUnG people In THe SoCIAl lIFe”Contactorganisation:NCCinUkraine

editedby:victoriakharchenko

proofreading:mariyavasilyeva,Dinasokolova

Translation:ekaterinaDoktorova

graphicdesignandcreativity:Denisbida

NationalyouthCouncilofRussiathanksallNationalCampaignCommitteesandeasternandCentraleuropeCampaignNetworkforthesupportofImplementationofthe“AllDifferent–Allequal”Campaignwhichprovidedthematerialsforthisbooklet,andeuropeanyouthFoundation,whichsupportedthepublicationofthebooklet.

NationalyouthCouncilofRussia

Tel:+7(495)624-02-75

Fax:+7(495)624-00-18

e-mail:kampania@youthrussia.ru

http://www.youthrussia.ru

©NationalyouthCouncilofRussia,2007.500 copies.

siteoftheCampaign:http://alldifferent-allequal.info