<< Background >>The aim of the strategic partnership JustNow - A Toolbox for Teaching Human Rights: Blended-Learning Edition is the further development of methodical-didactic materials for (historical) human rights education with elements of the simulation game as well as the addition of methods of diversity learning for use in non-formal youth education. Since all partners are also networked with schools, the aim is also to use the materials across sectors that is why this project needs to be carried out transnationally. The partner organizations from Germany, Croatia, the Netherlands, and Poland have been working together for more than ten years as part of the Model International Criminal Court (MICC) project, which has been funded several times since 2009 by Youth in Action and later by Erasmus+ Programme. In the simulation game, young people simulate the final phases of historical cases before international criminal tribunals. Through intensive workshops on human rights, the historical background of the situations, and training in criminal law, an intensive and lasting learning experience is achieved. However, these youth encounters are designed for one week and take place in English. This makes access difficult or impossible for many young people due to language barriers or their economic situation, their school or training situation, or their residence status in the case of refugees.The JustNow 2.0. the learning platform is intended to further develop the MICC project but also prepare the learning content in other forms and formats for new target groups. It is intended to support youth workers and young peer educators in actively creating and using learning opportunities for (historical) human rights education. In order to make the abstract topic of human rights tangible for young people and to pick them up in their own real-life, there should be offers for different types of learners on the learning platform. There will be exercises and texts, blended learning concept, but also audiovisual content such as animated films, podcasts, timelines, with the help of which young people can acquire knowledge about human rights, diversity, basic democratic values, and the rule of law, independently or with the support of youth workers or educators. The aim is to enable young people through “JustNow 2.0.” to recognize human rights violations and to stand up for their protection. With the innovative approach of creating small-scale learning modules, youth education institutions receive a method box that enables them to carry out high-quality educational projects that are adapted to their needs and target groups.With JustNow 2.0., the project consortium reacts to the results of internal evaluations and wishes that have been formulated by the youth organizations and schools that have participated in MICC in the past and additionally throughout the experience made in implementing the JustNow project (in the period of 2017-2019), inputs and evaluation of the project. Learning materials are to be developed that are available online as open source so that they can be used more flexibly and by different target groups and require less prior knowledge to be used in work with young people. All materials will be further developed and translated into German, Arabic, Polish, Croatian, and English in order to overcome language barriers in their use and certain materials will be translated in other international languages to have a broader impact (based on the experience from JustNow project 2017-2019 - where the animation videos were translated into over 15 different languages as internal support of our partner network).<< Objectives >>The achievement of the project will be the resulting platform with learning materials that are freely accessible and can be downloaded free of charge. The materials can already be used by future instructors in the four advanced training courses. The target group of these events is youth work specialists, young peer educators, teachers, volunteers, and other interested parties such as scientists and journalists. The aim is to distribute the materials as widely as possible because many organizations are already active in the field of human rights education or history education. These organizations can be supported in creating synergy effects with the materials that are available free of charge. In addition, we will also promote the materials at future training courses and youth exchanges that are funded by Erasmus +. As expected, we will reach more people in the four participating countries, but assume that the method will also spread beyond online accessibility.The consortium expects an intensive exchange from the strategic partnership on the qualitative improvement of youth work with offers that are target group-oriented, diversityconscious, and contemporary. The partners want to supplement existing offers of (historical) human rights education and develop them for new target groups. The high-quality product that is to be created as part of the partnership will be the web-based learning platform “JustNow”, which will make learning materials, animated films, podcasts, timelines, and texts available for use and download free of charge. The same platform which is already created (JustNow project 2017-2019) will be furthermore developed with new intellectual outputs and content and later after the project ends, expanded by the partners. During the project implementation of the previous JustNow project 2017-2019, we engaged 212 multipliers from 25 European and MENA region countries, and additionally, we reached 5000 beneficiaries directly (example: workshop participants) and 6000 beneficiaries indirectly (example: unique website visitors and video viewers).Since the official end of the project, the JustNow materials reached additionally 2450 beneficiaries directly and over 24000 beneficiaries indirectly (Google Analytics for the JustNow website and Youtube views on animation movies). The JustNow animation movie about Migration was viewed over 20000 times on Youtube. Based on the statistics, JustNow materials are approximately used by 840 users every month since the platform is created, which shows the need for such learning platforms.Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the increase in online education throughout Europe, we realized that we needed to enhance the JustNow 2.0. materials by creating blended learning adaptations of the existing content (primarily created for classroom-based/offline use), as well as address the complexity of Europe’s contemporary human rights challenges by developing educational content based on new themes.<< Implementation >>In six transnational meetings, the partners will compose and compile texts, learning materials, and videos mainly in English and translations in German, Croatian, Arabic, and Polish, which are available for download on the website of JustNow 2.0. All downloads are free of charge. Through multiplier events over 250 youth workers, teachers and peer-educators will be enabled to use the materials in their work contexts. At the end of the two-year project, symposiums will take place in one of these countries. These events will reach 100 people directly. As we offer the JustNow materials as OER we expect to reach 25000 people in two years. The high-quality product JustNow is especially aimed at youth to support them in creating and seizing learning opportunities. The openness of the simulation game approach allows self-determined participation. Through the innovative approach to create small learning modules, organizations active in the youth field receive a collection of materials that allow them to conduct high-quality educational programs that are the right fit for their needs and target groups.<< Results >>Creation of learning materials which will include the following content:- Pedagogical concept of (historical) human rights education in the MICC project: basics of non-formal education, use of the simulation method, learning from history, contemporary human rights education, learning from the dilemma, diversity-conscious learning;- Learning modules in the area of human rights of 45 minutes each, which can be used individually or as a series;- Practical manual for the application of the learning modules with information and recommendations on the target group, age of the young people, level of difficulty, dealing with language;- Good practice examples from other providers.Following education materials will be created and added into the JustNow Toolbox:a) 3 - New animation moviesb) 22 - New learning modulesc) 10 - Podcastsd) 4 - New timelinesAll currently available materials will be reviewed and edited as a blended-learning adaption.The new materials will cover the following topics:- Contemporary human rights issues (e.g. LGBTIQ rights, feminism)- Contemporary society issues (e.g. right-wing extremism, populism)- Media Education and Polarization (e.g. media literacy, countering disinformation, digital safeguarding)The concrete topics will be decided on by the project partners upon interviewing focus group teachers (from within the partners’ network), to determine which topics would be of most use and interest to them, to cover with their students.