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Human Rights Education and Training

In November 2005 the fifth (2005-2007) phase of the ACT Project was launched to promote human rights education and training activities in 49 countries.

The fifth phase puts a special emphasis on activities related to human rights education in the primary and secondary school systems (including, for instance, material development/translation; workshop/training course for relevant authorities, teachers and other education personnel; school competitions and debates), although not exclusively supporting grants in this area. This is to create synergy with the World Programme for Human Rights Education (2005-ongoing), whose first phase (2005-2007) focuses on the primary and secondary school systems. In principle, the time allocated to the grant recipients to carry out the funded activities is six months and the maximum amount available for each grant is 5,000 USD.

The following countries are participating in the 5 th phase of the ACT Project:

Africa
Arab region
Asia-Pacific
Europe, North America and Central Asia
Latin America and Caribbean
Angola
Iraq
Afghanistan
Armenia
Belize
Burkina Faso
Occupied Palestinian territories
Indonesia Bosnia and Herzegovina Colombia
Burundi
 
Mongolia
Georgia
Ecuador
Cameroon
 
Sri Lanka
Republic of Moldova
Haiti
Central African Republic   Timor-Leste Serbia and Montenegro Mexico
Chad   The Pacific region (Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tuvalu and Vanuatu) Tajikistan Nicaragua
Comoros     The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Uruguay
Democratic Republic of the Congo     Ukraine  
Ethiopia        
Kenya        
Liberia        
Madagascar        
Mali        
Mauritania        
Niger        
Nigeria        
Sierra Leone        
Togo        
Uganda        

The selection of grantees is made in each participating country by the OHCHR/UNDP Country offices. The projects are currently under implementation and no new grants will be given during the fifth phase. Please contact the OHCHR ACT Coordinator at the address below should you wish contact information the focal point in any of the participating countries:

For general information, please contact:

ACT Project
OHCHR
Palais des Nations
8-14 Avenue de la Paix
CH - 1211 Geneva 10
Switzerland
Fax: +41 22 928 90 10
E-mail: OHCHR-HREdatabase@un.org