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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);
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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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