curriculum. Teachers and education professionals are provided with tools and training on this topic. Details are available at http://eduscol.education.fr/cid46682/education-aux-droits-del-homme-et-du-citoyen.html There are also many local initiatives of NGOs working with young people on human rights issues, often with funding from the local authorities. There are various local youth centres or neighbourhood associations organising activitities for young people in which the issues of human rights appear, through specific topics selected in order to be relevant for the local young people. There are also national and international NGOs organising projects and activities in which human rights issues are connected with global issues. Institutions specialised in the promotion and protection of human rights also initiate and implement Human Rights Education activities. An example is the National Consultative Committee on Human Rights, which has a special section dedicated to Human Rights Education on its website and organises trainings for teachers and educators, as well as events directly targeting young people. Details at http://www.cncdh.fr/fr/education-aux-droits-de-lhomme Since 1984, the CIDEM (Civisme et démocratie) has been bringing together several associations that wish to promote citizenship and citizenship education. Their website offers resources on human rights, discrimination and equality, sustainable development, memory and history. A section is dedicated to "European citizenship". Finally, in the section "Participating in democratic life", numerous fact sheets inform about the right to vote, the conduct of elections, the
institutions of the Republic, politics in France and democracy in Europe. http://www.cidem.org/ A relevant independent constitutional authority is Defender of Rights created by the Constitutional Review on 23 July 2008, and established by the Organic Law of 29 March 2011. Appointed by the President of the Republic for a six-year term, the Defender of Rights rights is responsible for defending the rights of citizens not only in front of administrations (ombudsman) but also has special prerogatives in the promotion of the rights of the child, the fight against discrimination, respect for the ethics of security activities.The independence is guaranteed by the Constitution. In order to fight for parity and equality between men and women, the High Council for the Equality of Women and Men was created in 2013 (http://www.haut-conseil-egalite.gouv.fr/) with the mission to ensure consultation with civil society and to animate the public debate on the main orientations of the policy of women's rights and equality.
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Formal Setting Initiatives Project 1 The Secondary Competency Certificate Programme (SCCP) seeks to improve students' attendance, reduce school dropouts, shore-up equity and enhance quality and relevance in the area of technical and vocational education at the Grade 9 and Grade 10 levels. The competency-based modularized programme is designed with strong emphasis being placed on what students can do in the workplace after completion of training.
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