The training course for young online activists is a central part of the Council of Europe project Young People Combating Hate Speech Online. The training course aims to develop competences of 30 online activists to take action against hate speech online and to promote and defend human rights online. The training course also aims to empower them to develop initiatives and take an active role in the No Hate Speech Movement initiated by the Council of Europe.

The Council of Europe Youth Department invites all young online activists concerned by human rights violations, hate speech online, discrimination and racism to apply for the training course taking place between February 2013 and March 2014, comprising a residential seminar between 6-14 April 2013 in the European Youth Centre Budapest, e-learning based training and initiatives to support the campaign against hate speech online of the Youth Department of the Council of Europe.

Further information about the project, the training course and the application process can be found in the attached document and at http://act4hre.coe.int.

For inquiries about technical issues related with the application form please contact Zita Hasenauer at [email protected]. For inquiries about the training course programme, please contact us at [email protected]

The dead-line for applications is 7th February 2013.

Source: http://youthapplications.coe.int/