New Course on Democracy and Human Rights Introduced in Secondary Schools
Documentary film for Canadian TV will feature the Project’s work
The project's work in Ukraine will be featured in a documentary film being shot for Canadian television. The film, conceived and produced by film-maker Donald Duchene of Nexus Media, Nova Scotia, explores the question, "Can democracy be exported?" It looks at international assistance projects in Tanzania, Indonesia, and Ukraine examining a different aspect of the question in each country. The final segment of the film, in Ukraine, looks at the “connection between the power of education and the forces of change.”
“ In the end,” Duchene says, “the film is a statement about what democracy means outside our borders and is a reflection on the idea that all democracies, ours included, are works in progress.”
Duchene made two visits to Ukraine to shoot film about the
Project’s activities. His film looks at the nature and impact of
its work from multiple perspectives: students who have taken Project courses,
authors of texts, participants in Project research conferences, leaders
of the Ukrainian educational system, and NGOs.
Fundamentals of democracy text reaches nearly 90 per cent coverage
New course for militia officers on democracy and human rights
The project has published four new books to support training on democracy and human rights for internal security personnel. One deals with general issues of the responsibilities of police in a democracy, two with curbing racism, and one with policing gender-related crimes.
The new books will be used in a compulsory course in the universities that train new officers for the Ministry of Internal Affairs.