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Human Rights Based Approaches to Development Keywords: Human Rights

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New World Hope Organization organized a training workshop on Human Rights Based Approaches to Development from 06-07 December 2007 at Deen plaza, Institute of A1 Skill (Skill Development Council), Taxila. Pakistan

Expertises from the (comsat university) Pro-Hamad Shah, (Punjab University) Pro-Nasir Abbas, (Director of A1 Skill) Shabaz Ahmed gave the training. The participants of the training workshop were representatives from different organization, institutes and universities.

Description

Objective Human Rights Based Approaches to development have long been established in the legal and policy commitments of international development actors. Development practitioners and human rights specialists need to understand and learn to apply each others concepts and professional tools.

Aim:
The aim of the Programme is:

   To explore the principles, policies and practice underpinning human rights based development.

   To enhance the participants skills in programming on this basis through providing a supportive      environment in which both development and human rights specialists can pool learning to adapt      existing skills.

   To raise participants self-awareness in terms of behavior, attitudes and values in undertaking      human rights based development. Participants are facilitated in approaching their own development      as an on-going process to enhance skills in teamwork, building relationships, communication,      advocacy and designing strategic partnerships. The emphasis is on ensuring that programming is      relevant, effective, sustainable, participatory with accountability for impact. Modules include      development programme cycle management (PCM) with special focus on situation      analysis- programme design and evaluation as key stages for applying organizational learning from      human rights impact assessment. Case studies will be drawn from the contexts of development      and humanitarian action. As a successful applicant you will be part of a multinational, multicultural      group with a range of relevant skills and experience. Participants Reflecting the multi-disciplinary      nature of human rights based development and the training programme, applications are invited      from:

   Human rights specialists who wish to adapt pre-existing knowledge of international human rights      framework to the context of development programming; and from

   Experienced development or humanitarian practitioners who wish to reflect on their work and      enhance their skills with a human rights based perspective e.g. policy advisors or project      managers. Typically, participants have worked for, or plan to work for, international human rights or      development actors bi-lateral or multi-lateral, government ministries or in the non-governmental      sector. Participants will generally have a relevant degree/training and a minimum of three years      relevant experience. However, the diverse skills of applicants will be taken into account so as to      ensure an optimum mix of disciplines and profiles. The course will be conducted in English and      places are limited to Twenty. Participant preparation The Training Programme is designed so as to      maximize mutual learning across the range of participating disciplines. To ensure a common      starting point for discussion participants will need to be familiar with the basics of international      human rights law and institutions; and the basics of programme cycle management. They will, in      any event, be provided with core 'refresher' materials as required preparatory reading. In addition,      each participant may be allocated specific case study materials for advance preparation. The      programme is designed to be a highly participatory learning process. Rather than merely supplying      information, it is designed to nurture skills which can be adapted to any development context. The      programme uses the structure of the Programme Cycle familiar to development practitioners. For      each key step of the cycle, the application in practice of human rights based approaches is explored      and tools developed for day to day application. The programme emphasises prevention but case      studies also address conflict and post-conflict contexts. Subjects overview:

   Evolution of international human rights law and implementation mechanisms relevant to      development

   Legal and policy commitments to NWHO of key development actors

   Five core principles of Human Rights Based Development

   Applying the core principles to programme cycle management from situation analysis and needs      assessment through programme design, implementation, management and impact evaluation

   Applying the core principles in conflict and post-conflict environments

Introductory Sessions:

After passing through the process of registration, participants gathered in training hall. Before commencement of the training, NWHO showed Video documentary to participants. This documentary was about interventions of NWHO's project of “Human Rights and Environment Preservation ”.

After showing documentary Shahzad Ismail (General Secretary, NWHO) gave brief introduction about NWHO programs and all the completed projects and activities to the participants. Mr. Shahzad Ismail delivered introductory session to explain, training goals and objectives in detail. He discussed training schedule with participants in order to convey clear information about training contents as well. Participants showed their keen interest to learn different important concepts through this training.

Under discussion. All participants appreciated efforts of the New World Hope Organization for these achievements in very short period of time. After introduction of NWHO, participants gave introduction of themselves in short.

OPENING REMARKS BY THE CHAIRMAN

Muhammad Ajmal Khan Chairman New World Hope Organization addressed the participants in his addressed he told that What is a human rights-based approach to development? ;, What is new about a rights-based approach to development?and the human rights obligations of international organizations and corporations.

He said to the participants that time has come that now we have to face various kinds of challenges from the global community where they ask us to refine our systems in judiciary, Human Rights, women rights and children rights, therefore it is obligatory on us to see all such issues and get ourselves prepared well before the international community shall criticize us and hold us in the list of sub-standard countries.He further encouraged to the participants that such kinds of trainings will be held on periodic basis.

He reiterated the fact that in our country the situation of Human Rights is not very encouraging and we as custodians of Human Rights have to act in time and properly to nip the evil in the bud before it shall grow in size and torture our society to a point of no return. He also advised the participants to actively get maximum involvement in the workshop and receive professionally from the resource persons who had a great deal of experience in their respective fields. He assured the participants that it would be a great learning opportunity for them.

Day 1
Presentations of two tools:

• Presentation by Pro-Hamad Shah (To explore the principles, policies and practice underpinning human rights based developmen and To enhance the participants skills in programming on this basis through providing a supportive environment in which both development and human rights specialists can pool learning to adapt existing skills.
  
  
• Presentation by Pro-Nasir Abbas (international human rights law) of the methodology developed by Rights and Human Rights Based Developmen;

Day 2
Presentation  on Human Rights Based Developmen  by the A1 Skills Trade Promotion and Training Organization :

• Presentation by Shabaz Ahmed (Director of A1 Skill) and Muhammad Raja Waqas (NWHO) on the Human Rights Compliance Assessment (HRCA)-tools; and core principles of Human Rights Based Development; and Applying the core principles in conflict and post-conflict environments.

• Presentation by Dr Ajmal Khan (POF) on the use of Country Risk Assessments and the international human rights law.
  

The Two days of workshop training were very productive. Participants appreciated the efforts for this successful training and were interested to have such training programs in future as well.

Mr Muhammad Ajmal Khan (Chairman, NWHO) distributed the certificates to the trainers. After distributing certificated chairman gave his comments and appreciated the struggles of NWHO for the promotion of human rights and paid his gratitude to all guests and participants for their warm participation and making this training successful.

Views By the Participants

The participants expressed their views on the workshop to be very fruitful and encouraging. They said that such workshops should be conducted regularly and for all other police officials including the prosecution officials. They learnt a great deal of new concepts especially on the Human Rights that was really a new horizon for them.

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Participants:
The participants of the training workshop were representatives from different organization, institutes and universities from several different cities (Wah cantt, Gujar Khan, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Lahore, Karachi, Kohat, and Peshawar) of Pakistan participated in this training workshop.