Two online training sessions on “Combating hate speech through human rights education” for educators and youth workers in Armenia, raised awareness on hate speech and on the importance of promoting a human rights education in their work, both in the formal and non-formal systems.
The first online meeting, titled "Moving Forward Together: Enabling Youth Participation and Discrediting Hate Speech and Bullying Via Education” focused on following up to earlier online exchanges and updating participants of the project. As an aftermath of the meeting, a roadmap for future cooperation was also envisaged. The second online meeting titled "Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Innovative Technologies: Threat or Opportunity to Combat Hate Speech Online?" addressed the topic of hate speech and AI, exploring the threats and possibilities that new technologies bring to combating hate speech online.
This series of activities presents a continuation of the training program designed for 20 teachers and youth work trainers from all 11 regions of Armenia held in an online format from March to May 2021. The purpose of this follow-up is to introduce some new tools and standards, including the Manual on combating hate speech online, also developed under the second phase of the Partnership for Good Governance. These events will be followed by one in-person training scheduled for November 2023 that will be also used as a platform for exchange on current activities, existing initiatives and potential future ones that could be implemented with the support of the Council of Europe in the future.
The event is part of the European Union and the Council of Europe joint programme “Partnership for Good Governance”, co-funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe, and implemented by the Council of Europe, in the framework of the project “Promoting equality and non-discrimination in Armenia”.
