About us

We provide learning resources to help people learn about, value and promote freedom of religion or belief for all.

What?

The FORB Learning Platform provides courses, learning resources and training materials for individuals, communities, organisations and decision-makers, free of charge. This includes resources suited to personal study, staff training and for educators and facilitators to use with groups of young people and adults.

We believe in quality and in accessibility. We strive to provide resources in many languages and our core resources are developed in dialogue with specialists and with reference people from a range of religious and belief backgrounds.

Why?

Violations of freedom of religion or belief have a devastating impact on individuals, communities and societies. The learning platform aims to contribute to building a social, political and legal culture of freedom of religion or belief for all from the grassroots up and the top down. Peace, stability and development depend upon human rights, not least our ability to live together, accepting rights for all, despite our deepest differences.

For whom?

Learning platform resources are useful in a wide range of contexts and for a wide range of audiences.

• Parliamentarians, diplomats and development professionals
• Officials responsible for making or implementing public policy, including officials of the justice system such as police, lawyers and judges
• Members and ordained or lay leaders of religious and belief communities
• Training institutions for religious leaders such as theological seminaries
• Educational bodies teaching/students studying human rights, democracy, law or religious studies
• NGO staff and business leaders working in contexts where serious violations occur
• Staff within human rights and freedom of religion or belief organisations
• The media

By whom?

The Freedom of Religion or Belief Learning Platform is an initiative of the Nordic Ecumenical Network on Freedom of Religion or Belief (NORFORB) in partnership with a wide range of secular and faith based organisations that seek to promote the human right to freedom of religion or belief for all, as given in Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

Find out more about NORFORB, who we work with, who advises and who funds us below.