International Summer School on «Basic values of Civil

International Summer School on «Basic values of Civil Society»
Armenia, Lake Sevan, July 4-11, 2015
Armenian Alumni of German speaking countries and Faculty of Sociology of YSU in
cooperation with four partner institutions from civil society sector organized
International Summer School on «Basic values of Civil Society», which took place in
Armenia, Lake Sevan, July 4-11, 2015.
The Summer School was funded by the Federal Foreign Service of Federal Republic
of Germany and organizationally supported by German Embassy in Armenia, and
addressed current trends in development of Civil Society with accompanying
problems and peculiarities, concerning civil rights and problems with human rights
protection, civil and human rights education, culture of cooperation and
integration. The school designed to meet the goals which support Eastern
partnership initiative with its target issues, was focused on bridging young
representatives of human and social sciences as well as NGO activists who are
considered as future leaders, with experts actively involved in the development of
local initiatives as well as in teaching innovative courses focused on development
of civil society. Instructors representing leading academic and research centers in
the EU, in Armenia, Ukraine and Georgia, delivered presentations, led discussions
and mentored the summer school participants.
Participants included young representatives of education, research and NGO
sector from Armenia, Ukraine and Georgia. All participants received rooms and
meal at the Blue Sevan resort, covered by organizers. The space to lead the
summer school was selected in order to comfortably host students and teachers,
and accommodate participants taking into consideration modern education
trends, including technical equipment, interactive teaching, and visualization.
Transportation to and from the place wasalsoprovided. Except classes, it included
cultural program tour for participants and teachers to the nice areas of Haghartin
and Goshavank Monasteries.
Each class took 1 hour and addressed specific issue, concerning International
Human Rights, Values and Intercultural Communication, Gender Issues,
Universalism and Cultural Relativism, Media Literacy and Media Discourse on Civil
Society issues, Leadership and its potential for further cooperation. The teaching
was accompanied with individual and group work, as well as with consultations,
and round-table discussions in the end of each session.
According to the survey conducted among the students after the last session of the
Summer School, they mostly enjoyed the topics, the manner of teaching, and the
group work.
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Faculty of Sociology, YSU
M. Navasardyan
A. Atanesyan
A. Mkrtichyan
Tigran Lorsabyan
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