Human Rights Academy for Youth from Non-Dominant Ethnic Groups

15 November, 2024

Project Title: Human Rights Academy for Youth from Non-Dominant Ethnic Groups

Project Duration: 15 November 2024 – 28 May 2025

Funding: GEL 69,721

Project Donor: Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Georgia

Project Goals:
The project aims to support motivated young people from non-dominant ethnic groups to actively engage in civic and political processes at both regional and national levels. It also seeks to equip them with the knowledge and skills necessary to better protect and advocate for human rights.

The project activities are planned under three main directions:

1) Empowerment through education: Strengthening young people from non-dominant ethnic groups in the regions of Samtskhe-Javakheti, Kvemo Kartli, and Kakheti through human rights education and civic engagement skills development.

2) Fostering civic participation: Supporting youth engagement at municipal and regional levels.

3) Knowledge exchange: Promoting mutual exchange of knowledge between young people from non-dominant ethnic groups and Tbilisi-based human rights organizations.