1. Human Rights education is team work Team Finland Kanuuna-Network, Suvi Lappalainen The Finnish League for Human Rights, Matti Jutila Rovaniemi Youth Services, Nina Ekonoja

2. The Kanuuna Network - Finnish network of local government youth work
Kanuuna is a Network of youth services in the 27 biggest cities in Finland. About 60% of youth in Finland below 29 years of age live in the Cannon cities. The Network was established in 2007 and is supported by the Ministry of Education and Culture. Its main activities are:
to support peer learning in youth work and youth policy,
to carry out research and development projects and
to function as an advocate and expert of youth work and young people

3. Statement by Kanuuna November 2015 URBAN YOUTH WORK: HUMAN RIGHTS TO BE EMPHASIZED IN THE REFUGEE DEBATES Signed directors of local government youth work in the 27 biggest cities in Finland)
“The starting-point, the core and the condition for revival of youth work is human rights. Youth work is based on the principle that everybody who becomes a participant in our activities has equal rights to define her- or himself as a human being. The strength of youth work is to support the growth of every young person to someone who recognizes and assumes her or his responsibility as a citizen.”
“Municipal youth workers will be trained in discussing “human rights and refugees” with the young people. The task of youth work is to educate young people to see the world through the eyes of the others, say the Youth Directors of the 27 biggest cities in Finland…”
(statement can be read
And that is how it all began…

4. Preparing the roadshow
Scheduling: phone conversation with each youth work director to ensure commitment
Preparation
Needs assesment meetings with youth workers
Meetings with other NGOs
The Finnish Association of People with Physical Disabilities
SETA – LHGTBI Rights in Finland
Two test runs (Lahti 76 participants, Kontula/Helsinki 19)

5. Content of one day (6h) human rights training
Foundations of human rights: from philosophy and conventions to practices and daily contacts
Discrimination and accessibility: how to ensure that ”open” youth work is genuinely open for all?
Freedom of speech and a rights based approach to combating hate speech

6. LUMI
13 years
Non-binary
Aiming for college, no career plans
MIKA
16 years old boy
Gay
Wants to become a kindergarten teacher
ELISA
16 years old girl
Blind, sees shadows and shapes
Uses a white cane
Wants to become a musician
VILLE
13 old boy
Uses electric wheelchair
Interested in photography and movies
NINA
12 years old girl
Short stature (diastrophic dyslexia)
Wants to go to college
HUSEIN
Kurd from Iraq
Refugee, came to Finland 3 months ago
Speaks some English
Interested in engineering
WARDA
14 years old girl
Somali
Wears hijab
Came to Finland 5 years ago
Speaks Finnish
Interested in Math
SOFIA
13 years old girl
Roma
Family active in Free Chuch
Interested in arts

7. Rovaniemi City youth services – public service in the arctic circle
PARTICIPANT’S POINT OF VIEW
Rovaniemi City youth services – public service in the arctic circle
Youth work is a part of municipality’s public services.
Mission: to support young people’s well-being and their sense of community in the area.
Values: safety, equality, creativity, participation.
Vision: In 2030 the young people of Rovaniemi will enjoy living in an equal city of Lapland, with lots of opportunities to express themselves.
inhabitants approx.
The northernmost city in Finland
The largest city in EU, measured by land
Challenges:
Long distances
Variable living conditions
Socio-economical inequality
Homogenous population
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Sisällön voi jäsentää esimerkiksi näin
How to ensure equal treatment and opportunities to all the youngsters in the municipal area???

8. PARTICIPANT’S POINT OF VIEW
Human rights Road Show by Kanuuna and finnish league for Human Rights – what made the difference?
Nationwide commitment
Authorization / obligation to participate
Easy option for public organizations
Tailored contents and methods
Perfect timing
THANK YOU!
A4-pohja – malli 3
Sisällön voi jäsentää esimerkiksi näin
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9. What did we do? Budget roughly 60 000€
25/27 cities reached in 23 training sessions
919/1468 people employed by the cities participated (63%)
+209 participants from other sectors within city administration, interns, students, NGOs…
Extremely positive feedback
Would you recommed this training to your colleague? 4,14/5

10. Plan your own human rights training road show
How is the field of youth work organized in your country, region or city?
Do you have a network of cities and/or some other yout work actors?
Who could provide similar education in your country?
Where could you apply for funding for a road-show?