Children Literature Regional Programme » Background
OUR FOCUS:
“Children Literature “books” in the heart of the programme as a tool for promoting diversity, intercultural dialogue, tolerance among children”
OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME:
Overall objective of the programme:
- Strengthen the intellectual, spiritual, moral, social and emotional development of children in the MENA region.
Specific objectives
- Increase the access and availability of quality children’s literature in the MENA region.
- Increase the production and use of children's literature with a human rights perspective, a cultural diversity perspective, and the perspective of the child.
- Increase the dialogue between MENA countries as well as with the EU, in the field of children's literature and reading promotion.
Main strategies and principles:
1. Promotion of books
- Promoting Children Literature and reading in five Arab countries (Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria)
2. Capacity building
- Building the capacity in strategic Planning for stakeholders and institutions working in the same field and sharing the same vision in each of the five countries
3. Networking
- Creation of local and regional networks of stakeholders involved in books and reading in the five countries
Target Groups:
A. Book Producers
B. Book Users:
C. Officials:
D. Underprivileged children AND girls:
