Selection of past trainings, publications and research
8 and 9 February 2019 / Berlin / Der Paritätische Gesamtverband
The Paritätischer Gesamtverband is using the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights last year as an opportunity to reflect on and discuss human rights in voluntary services with volunteers working in its structures. Lea Fenner gives an input at the forum.
July 2018 / Das Historisch-Politische Buch
Prof. Dr. Bea Lundt has reviewed our “Change handbook for History Learning and Human Rights Education” and its sister publication “Crossing Borders” and chracterises them as mile stones of a much needed innovation process of history learning as an education that enables a global dicourse.
June 2018 / EPIZ Berlin e.V.
How does a good school look like from a student’s perspective? We facilitate workshops with students where they develop concrete proposals for the development of their own school in the context of the “Faire Schule” school development programme by EPIZ.
February 2018 / Plan International and Lucid.Berlin
More than a thousand girl’s rights documents in one place! Plan International has brought relevant conventions and documents by the United Nations and regional bodies together in an online database. On behalf of the strategy and media consultancy Lucid.Berlin we were involved in developing the interactive training tool that allows explore girl’s rights issues and test one’s knowledge. Who is a girl’s rights champion?
November 2017 / Berlin / Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk
We have developed a youth consultation and a field manual for its implementation for the Children’ Rights Coordination Unit of the Deutsches Kinderhilfswerks. The consultation forms part of the preparations for the German state report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in Geneva.
23 November 2017 / Brunswick / City of Brunswick
Young citizens of Brunswick will meet under the theme “One city, many ideas, your criticism” in order to develop ideas how to make their city more youth friendly. We are delighted to develop and moderate the preceding online vote and the conference itself.
20-22 June 2017 / Strasbourg / Council of Europe
The Council of Europe Conference “Learning to live together” is about the future of human rights education. This future will have to be shaped by children’s views too. Else Engel is invited to presented in a workshop her experiences of what it takes to really listen to children and youth in consultation processes.
19 June 2017 / Berlin / The German Education Union Berlin
On behalf of the German Education Union we offer a further education seminar on human rights education at primary and secondary schools. We will present approaches and materials which you can use to develop or adapt lesson plans for your educational work.
May 2017 / Müncheberg / Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future
The workshop offers the newly selected projects of the Europeans for Peace programm the opportunity to strengthen human rights aspects in their work. Core will be the discussion of combinations of human rights education and history learning on the issue of discrimination.
April 2017 / Berlin / Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk
We had the pleasure to conduct a research with young people on their opinions on the digital environment, a priority area of the current Council of Europe strategy on children’s rights. Our client, the Deutsches Kinderhilsfwerks, is given the task to implement the strategy in Germany.
3 October 2016 / Cambridge / Centro de Estudios en Derechos Humanos and University of Cambridge
We are excited to be involved in the development and implementation of the forum “International Perspectives on Practice and Research into Children’s Rights” which is organised by the Mexican Centre for Human Rights together with the Research for Equitable Access and Learning Centre at the University of Cambridge.
29 to 30 September 2016 / Berlin / Freie Universität, HREA, right now, EWC, Falstad Centre
Together with the History Didactics Depart at the Freie Universität Berlin, HREA, the European Wergeland Centre and the Falstad centre we organise the symposium “Education for Change” on combining history learning and human rights education in formal, non-formal and higher education. We will launch and present our new handbook on the same issue at the symposium.
24th September 2016 / Stuttgart / PEKiP e.V.
The PEKiP Association in German has chosen children’s rights as their focus theme for the years 2016/17. For the kick-off we are offering an advanced training on children’s rights in educational practice for the facilitators of PEKiP groups who are working with parents and their children during the first year of life.
July 6th 2016 / Strausberg / AWO Landesverband Brandenburg e.V.
How can parents be sensitised for children’s rights and how can institutions work together with parents on children’s rights issues? Lea Fenner will explore these questions together with kindergarten educators and professionals and family support organisations. The workshop is part of the symposium “Children’s rights – Let’s be honest (Hand aufs Herz)!“.
May 22nd 2016 / Berlin / Alliance for Democracy and Tolerance (BfDT)
Together with the participants ofthe Youth Congress 2016 we will explore the relevance of human rights in their lifes and communities. Building on that we will develop approaches and strategies that the young people can apply in order to strengthen the respect for their human rights and of the people around them.
October 2015 to February 2016 / Freie Universität Berlin
This semester the history didactics institute of the Freie Universtiät Berlin offers the seminar and tutorial on “human rights edcation and history learning”. For and with the students we created the introductory session on human rights education. We are looking forward to supporting the students in developing their own educational methods and materials.
May 21 2015 / Bündnis für Demokratie und Toleranz (BfDT)
Not all NGOs feature human rights in their title, yet they are dedicated to human rights issues such as non-discrimination and participation. Together with young actvists at the youth congress 2015 of the BfDT we will work out concrete steps that NGOs can take in order to support these human rights issues by means of the human rights system of the United Nations.
May 13 to June 23 2015/ HREA, FU Berlin, right now
Apply now for the pilot course “Change: Combining History Learning and Human Rights Education” offered by HREA in cooperation with the FU Berlin and right now. The six week online course is directed at educators in formal, non-formal and higher education (teacher training) and provides an introduction to a new handbook on the issue. The application deadline is May 10.
Oct 28 2014 / Freie Universität Berlin / Berlin
In memory of Judith Ennew the M.A. in Childhood Studies and Children’s Rights at the Freie Universität Berlin organised an international symposium on ‘Children out of Place and Human Rights’. Else Engel moderated the forum on extreme forms of children out of place and resilience.
27. März 2014 / Berlin / Carl-von-Linné-Schule für Körperbehinderte
Der Sachunterricht an der Grundschule greift verschiedenste kinderrechtliche Themen auf, auch wenn diese nicht immer explizit genannt werden. Wo genau gibt es also Anknüpfungspunkte? Auf welche handlungsbezogenen Methoden und Materialien kann im Unterricht zurückgegriffen werden? Diesen Fragen gingen wir in einer Fortbildung mit Lehrerinnen und Lehrern einer Berliner Grundschule nach.
2. und 3. Januar 2014 / Hamburg / Hamburger Stiftung für Wirtschaftsethik
Was macht Menschenrechtsbildung aus? Welche menschenrechtlichen Kriterien werden an den Unterricht gestellt? Diesen Fragen gingen wir mit angehenden Berufsschullehrer_innen nach. Der Workshop war Teil eines Seminars, welches die Hamburger Stiftung für Wirtschaftsethik an der Universität Hamburg anboten hat.
September 30 – October 4 2013 / Copenhagen / Mellem Education
How can we live human rights, their ideas and principles such as dignity, equality and freedom? The international training introduced multipliers working with young people to the methodology of Betzavta. Betzavta teaches participation through an experiential learning process which involves reflecting on one’s own roles and responsibilities within the dynamics of a group.
Aug + Sept 2013 / Berlin / Evangelisches Werk für Diakonie und Entwicklung
Was bedeutet Inklusion in Bezug auf (die eigene) Arbeit? Dieser Frage zur Teilhabe von Menschen mit Behinderungen gingen wir intern mit den Mitarbeitenden nach. „Inklusion“ war das Jahresthema der Diakonie Deutschland, die damit zu einer Auseinandersetzung mit Fragen zu einer inklusiven Gesellschaft anregen wollte.
8. September 2013 / Berlin / Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
Welche Menschenrechte gibt es, wie sieht es mit deren Umsetzung aus und wie kann ich aktiv für diese eintreten? Diesen Fragen gingen wir mit Preisträger_innen der Jugendwettbewerbe des Bundesministeriums für Bildung und Forschung nach. Am Beispiel der Rechte von Menschen mit Behinderungen ging es in dem Workshop um das Thema Inklusion.
21. August 2013 / Blossin / Deutsches Institut für Menschenrechte
Die Menschenrechtsakademie des Deutschen Instituts für Menschenrechte widmete sich in diesem Jahr dem Schwerpunktthema Kinderrechte. Lea Fenner war eingeladen, den Teilnehmenden einen Input zu den Rechten und Beteiligungsmöglichkeiten von Kindern in Gerichtsverfahren zu geben.
21.-23. Juni 2013 / Münster / Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft
Schulen sind essenzielle Akteure bei der Umsetzung der Menschenrechte. Gemeinsam mit den angehenden Lehrer_innen des StudienKollegs der Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft haben wir zu inhaltlichen und methodischen Aspekten des Unterrichts zu Menschenrechen wie auch Fragen der Gestaltung von Schule und Schulalltag nach menschenrechtlichen Kriterien gearbeitet.
November 26 2012 / Berlin / Bundeskoordination der UNESCO-Projektschulen
Together with students from UNESCO associated schools in Germany we discussed basic human rights terminology, principles and issues. The workshop formed part of the preparation of a student delegation to an international conference on human rights in Winnipeg, Canada.