A/HRC/4/48 page 47 18. The OHCHR Office promotes the sustainability of this project through institutional agreements with the Procurator General ’s Office and the Ombudsman’s Office, and a series of recommendations addressed to the INPEC and the Ministry of the Interior and Justice, which are followed up through further technical assistance and cooperation. F. “Municipal development plans and human rights” project 19. September 2006 saw the initiation of the “municipal development plans and human rights” project, which is co-financed by the European Commission. Its aim is to integrate a human rights perspective into the development plans of several municipalities throughout the country and 10 districts within Bogotá, and to facilitate the participation of civil society. This project has supported the Vice-President’s Human Rights Programme and the programme implemented by the Ministry of the Interior and Justice since 2003. G. Training in human rights and international humanitarian law 20. Given that the Ministry of the Interior and Justice is responsible for the formulation of the Government’s policy on harmonious civil coexistence and human rights, and for contributing to the development of the governmental peace policy and promoting and ensuring the fundamental rights and freedoms of citizens, the OHCHR Office signed a framework agreement with the Ministry at the end of 2006. Technical assistance will be provided for human rights training and the joint preparation of didactic and bibliographic materials. 21. A letter of understanding was signed with the Magdalena Medio Development and Peace Programme, the diocese of Barrancabermeja, the School of Public Administration and UNHCR on training in human rights and displacement, targeting mayors and councillors in 30 municipalities in the region. Execution of this project will begin in 2007. 22. The OHCHR Office participated in two international events organized by the Ibero-American Federation of Ombudsmen, conducting a Latin American course on human rights education in Cartagena and an international seminar on ombudsmen and the right to water in Guatemala. 23. The OHCHR Office in Mexico requested two basic human rights courses and one on a human rights-based approach in programming for officials from various United Nations agencies in Mexico. In addition, two 40-hour courses were conducted for some 70 judges and magistrates in the States of Guerrero and Queretaro. The OHCHR Office in Colombia also collaborated with the Regional Office in Chile on the subject “Construction of subjectivities and human rights education” as a component of a human rights course for United Nations agency officials in Southern Cone countries. 24. The Colombian Family Welfare Institute’s network of human rights trainers was expanded; an 80-hour training course was held for 21 Institute staff members. 25. The OHCHR Office provided training for 30 members of the Development and Peace Programme in Huila. This activity was carried out with the support of the UNDP Reconciliation and Development Programme.

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