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 The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) “2007 Summer School” was held in Limassol, Cyprus from 23-29 July 2007. Thirty two participants between the ages of 19 and 35, 16 men and 16 women, from 14 countries and 22 different NGOs from the EuroMed region participated in the summer school (See pictures below). Cypriots participants from the Turkish and Greek communities were invited to participate and exchange their difference views and experiences.17 NGOs from North and South Cyprus were informed or directly involved (lectures, fieldwork trip, trainers) in the project.
 Designed as training for trainers, the Summer School program intended to share and learn from each other active HR education methodologies, thus allocated time for self-conducted on workshops on methodologies and work experiences by participants. A fieldwork local trip took place in the Northern and Southern part of Cyprus to understand better the political situation in Cyprus and to meet with various Human Rights organizations active in the reconciliation process between Greek and Turkish communities. A specific session on follow-up was organised on the last day of the Summer School, during which participants and organisers jointly decided on concrete and realistic follow-up activities, including the creation of a Yahoo group through which alumni can stay in touch, exchange information about potential collaborations, and training, scholarships and internship opportunities; A summer school report called “Tips for Future Summer Schools” and a Summer school evaluation report has been provided by the HRE and youth WG in November 2007. A first short documentary (4 minutes) on the summer school has been produced by the EMHRN secretariat and has presented at the EC meeting in Ljubljana on 2007 September 28-30, at the WG Ankara meeting 2007 October 26-28 and at the “Evaluation Meeting of HRE sub regional training courses” organised by the Partnership Council of Europe- European Commission (EuroMed Youth) in Alexandria, 29-31 October 2007 in cooperation with the Swedish Institute and the Anna Lindh Foundation. Another documentary of 9 min has also been produced and sent to the summer school participants.
Summer School 2007 (Click to enlarge)
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