UK: Rights Based Approaches to Development

Summary: Download the application form at the link below.

The aim of the course is to familiarise participants with principles, approaches and practices, which define a rights-based approach to development. The course provides an opportunity to reflect on the implications of applying rights-based approaches in the context of programmes and organisational development and to assess if and how an organisation might take these ideas forward.

Objectives:

  • Learn about different meanings of a rights-based approach to development
  • Examine the key legal instruments underpinning the rights-based approach
  • Discover the issues and challenges around taking a rights-based approach
  • Explore different ways that NGOs have incorporated a rights-based approach into their strategy and programming
  • Identify the implications for NGOs moving towards a rights-based approach
  • Gain knowledge of how to analyse the appropriate position for your organisation towards the rights-based approach

pdf: http://www.intrac.org/training.php?id=85

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