British Council in partnership with the Office of the Equal Opportunities and Information Office of the Council of Europe are organizing an international conference on Human Rights Education on 9 December, 2005 at Vilnius Municipality.

The conference aims to contribute to the Council of Europe initiative 2005 European Year of Citizenship through Education by

• raising awareness of Human Rights Education (HRE)
• developing networks and communities of educators in Education for Democratic Citizenship (EDC) and HRE regionally and across Europe

The main audience are:

			teachers and teacher trainers of different subjects, especially social sciences and languages
			head teachers
			regional education authorities
			education policy makers
			representatives of non-governmental organizations and governance institutions related to HRE

If interested, please fill in the registration form (in Lithuanian)and send to mail@britishcouncil.lt or fax +370 5 264 4893 by 30 November.

For more information contact Danguole Kizniene, Projects Manager, or Vilma Backiute, English Language Projects Manager.

Partners:

Council of Europe

Office of the Equal Opportunities

Sponsors:

Ministry of Education and Science of Lithuania

Vilnius Municipality