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Overview
Project start date: 01.09.2023
Project end date: 31.08.2025
Consent is an important issue for all EU Member States, as it is recognized as a fundamental human right. Understanding the importance of consent is essential for building healthy and respectful relationships, preventing sexual assault and harassment, and creating a safer and more inclusive society. Despite these advancements in policy to protect individuals around consent, young people and students may not have had the opportunity to learn about consent in a comprehensive and meaningful way. Many educational systems across Europe still do not include consent education as part of their curricula, leaving young people to rely on informal sources such as peers, the media, and the internet for information. It is for these reasons that ACT4CONSENT intends to develop a new education approach to support secondary-school teachers and other youth educators to address the issue of consent directly with young people, through active and meaningful education interventions.
Project end date: 31.08.2025
Consent is an important issue for all EU Member States, as it is recognized as a fundamental human right. Understanding the importance of consent is essential for building healthy and respectful relationships, preventing sexual assault and harassment, and creating a safer and more inclusive society. Despite these advancements in policy to protect individuals around consent, young people and students may not have had the opportunity to learn about consent in a comprehensive and meaningful way. Many educational systems across Europe still do not include consent education as part of their curricula, leaving young people to rely on informal sources such as peers, the media, and the internet for information. It is for these reasons that ACT4CONSENT intends to develop a new education approach to support secondary-school teachers and other youth educators to address the issue of consent directly with young people, through active and meaningful education interventions.
Project Objectives
- Increase awareness and understanding of the concept of consent.
- Develop communication skills among schoolteachers, students, and parents to talk about consent.
- Build empathy and respect in local school communities.
- Address harmful societal norms and values which influence young people.
- Foster a sense of community and create a safe school environment for all.
- Provide support and resources to teachers, parents and students to address consent.
Expected results
ACT4CONSENT will develop and deliver:
- Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Training for School Educators and Counsellors
- Act4Consent – Toolkit of drama and storytelling resources
- Piloting and Promotion events in each country.
Project consortium
The consortium consists of 7 partners from 7 EU countries as follows: Jugendförderverein
Parchim/Lübz e. V. (Germany) – Coordinator; Acta Foundation (Bulgaria); Adult Education Institution
Dante (Croatia); Future In Perspective Limited (Ireland); Rightchallenge Association (Portugal);
Solution: Solidarity & Inclusion (France) and KMOP – Education and Innovation Hub (Greece).
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.
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