Democracy and Human Rights

We support and develop initiatives with the goal of encouraging young people to be more active in the field of youth participation and raising the capacity of youth organisations.

Our main directions are:

Alexandra PECA
Head of Democracy and Human Rights
alexandra.peca@geyc.ro

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)


LATEST UPDATES


DIVERSE (Promotion of democratic values and diversity in schools through Creative Drama and Fairy Tales)

  • Period: Dec 2019 - Nov 2021
  • Aim: to promote social inclusion and diversity in multicultural classrooms with an increased number of children from refugee/migrant/ minority background through the use of creative methods and more specifically, storytelling methods.
  • Funded by: Erasmus+, KA3
  • Project ID: 612178-EPP-1-2019-1- EL-EPPKA3-IPI-SOC-IN

    • #5030Remember (50+30: From the end of WW2 to the 1989 democratic revolutions)

  • Period: Nov 2019 - Dec 2020
  • Aim: to educate youth through remembrance activities connected with understanding the implications of WW2 on Europe and in building a democratic EU.
  • Funded by: Europe for Citizens
  • Project ID: 609316-CITIZ-1-2019-1-FR -CITIZ-REMEM

    • #ThisTimeImVoting

  • Period: Jan 2019 - May 2019
  • Aim: to promote citizens participation in the European Parliament elections (2019).
  • Funded by: various sources, EP

    • Young Digital Leaders

  • Period: Feb 2018 - Jan 2020
  • Aim: to empower young people aged 12-15 years old through digital citizenship, critical thinking and media literacy skills, so that they can become tomorrow’s digital leaders
  • Funded by: Google.org, Google Brussels
  • Editions: 2 editions

    • Euromed Exchange Programme

  • Period: Aug 2017 - Dec 2017
  • Aim: to promote the exchange of good practices between organizations from the both sides of the Mediteranean Sea.
  • Funded by: Anna Lindh Foundation

    • EYE (European Youth Event)

  • Period: May 2016 - present (bienial event)
  • Aim: to bring together at the European Parliament in Strasbourg thousands of young people from all over the European Union and beyond to shape and share their ideas on the future of Europe.
  • Funded by: European Parliament

    • BWH - Balkan without hate

  • Period: Mar 2016 - Feb 2017
  • Aim: to explore how young people and youth work can benefit from creation of genuine youth documentaries on what kind of (multicultural) societies we want to live in.
  • Funded by: Erasmus+, KA2-CBY
  • Project ID: 570028-EPP-1-2015-2-ME-EPPKA2-CBY-WB

    • EFHR - European Fellowship on Human Rights

  • Period: Aug 2015 - Dec 2016
  • Aim: to develop the youth skills in the field of human rights education.
  • Funded by: own sources, Erasmus+

    • #GenerationEU (Promoters for European Democracy - DemosPromotori)

  • Period: Apr 2015 - present (annual project)
  • Aim: to create a network of youth promoters able to communicate about the European values in the local communities in Romania.
  • Funded by: European Parliament Office in Romania
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