Diversity and Human Rights

The project aims to promote a better understanding and integration of minorities through appreciating the diverse needs, cultures and values of both minority and majority communities and exercising the assertive rights. The concept of minorities includes disabled, ethnic minorities, gender and sexual minorities and eco-nomic minorities.Partners will develop and test materials, pedagogical methods and strategies to make learn-ing more attractive to minority groups and to integrate them, involving their families where appropriate. We will compare the different educational systems to learn best practice, with awareness of changing approaches over time. Intercultural exchange through use of IT and involvement of pupils in planning and evaluation will also be aimed at. The project aims to also raise awareness of minorities across educational institutions, con-sidering structural factors (such as access for disabled, language support for minorities, non-discriminatory teaching materials and practices, etc.) and pedagogical factors (such as content of teaching materials). It will seek to influence decision makers. Partners will encourage development of new skills relevant to personal and professional life such as communication/presentation, decision-making, conflict resolution, and the team work needed for an integrated Europe.