Participant profile

We are searching for new and experienced stakeholders of the network who wish to make a difference and engage in countering hate speech on a national / local level.

A participant should:

• Qualifications

• Be of age 18 - 30 years old, with some exceptions for applicants with highly relevant experiences and expertise;

• Be resident in one of the European Cultural Convention signatory countries (we also welcome the participants from the following countries not signatory to the European cultural convention but who had an active NHSM campaign, namely: Kosovo, Tunisia, Morocco, Mexico and Canada);

• Be able to work in English;

• Commitment

• Take part in all the activities in the project, including establishing a national committee, implementing national pilot actions and taking part in the national committee meeting in October-November

• Be motivated to develop and implement national campaigns against hate speech

• Commit to the implementation of the pilot actions developed at the conference;

• Competences and experience

• Have a basic understanding of hate speech and strategies on how it can be countered.

• Have relevant experience with managing projects, implementing awareness raising activities or running campaigns

• Be able to mobilise and engage national networks and partners into their work

• Having worked with/for or belonging to a marginalised group is relevant experience, but not an absolute requirement