A/HRC/4/85 page 4 11. In addition, OHCHR contributed to the implementation of the World Programme and its Plan of Action by:1 (a) Facilitating information-sharing and networking among all actors through OHCHR’s Database on Human Rights Education and Training, which provides information on relevant institutions and programmes and is accessible through OHCHR’s website at http://hre.ohchr.org/hret, as well as the Resource Collection on Human Rights Education and Training, a specialized section of the OHCHR Library which includes a variety of human rights education and training materials and is publicly accessible. OHCHR continues to respond on a daily basis to related queries from governmental and non-governmental actors, including by providing human rights education and training reference services and advice. OHCHR also supported international and regional human rights education activities organized by other actors through provisions of grants, dissemination of publications, participation of specialized staff and other initiatives, as appropriate; (b) Supporting national capacities for human rights education and training through projects undertaken within OHCHR’s Programme of Technical Cooperation in the Field of Human Rights. More information on this programme is available on OHCHR’s website at: http://www.ohchr.org/english/countries/coop/index.htm. OHCHR also devoted enhanced efforts to strengthening national capacities for human rights training of military and other staff deployed to peacekeeping operations; in particular, the Office contributed to the development of training materials for the United Nations Police; (c) Supporting grass-roots human rights education initiatives through the Assisting Communities Together (ACT) Project, a joint initiative of OHCHR and the United Nations Development Programme which provides small grants to national and local non-governmental organizations for community-based human rights education and training projects. In November 2005, OHCHR and UNDP launched the fifth phase (2005-2007) of the ACT Project, focusing on supporting activities within the school system, in the following regions and countries: − Africa (Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Uganda); − Arab region (Iraq, Yemen, Palestinian Authority); − Asia-Pacific (Afghanistan, Cook Islands, Indonesia, Mongolia, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vanuatu); 1 More information on all these activities is available on OHCHR’s website at the address: http://www.ohchr.org/english/issues/education/training/index.htm.

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