Deadline: 26-Jun-22
The Asia Europe Foundation (ASEF) has launched an open call for Training Proposals-Training Design & Delivery on the Topic of Human Rights & Climate Change to promote greater cooperation and better understanding of human rights issues in Asia and Europe.
The training is part of the Informal ASEM Seminar on Human Rights Series which aims to promote better mutual understanding and cooperation on human rights issues in Asia and Europe.
The objectives of the training are to increase participants’ knowledge of the interlinks between human rights and climate change policy and how human rights obligations can support action to tackle climate change at the national, regional, and international level.
Topics
ASEF is seeking a training organization to design and deliver learner-centered training on the topic with a view to:
- Build capacity and technical knowledge in support of ASEM Partners efforts to mitigate climate change and promote rights-based climate action
- Provide practical, participatory, and interactive learning about the methodologies and approaches to addressing human rights concerns associated with climate change
- Facilitate the exchange of knowledge and best practices to alleviate the impact of climate change on human rights.
The training organization may explore any of the following sub-topics:
- Reinforcing socio-ecological resilience of communities through information and public participation
- Promoting the full enjoyment of human rights by all persons affected by climate change
- Green, equitable and inclusive: Innovative ideas on international cooperation to address the impacts of climate change on human rights
- Taking stock of national and international human rights regimes to protect against the consequences of climate change
Benefits
Through the training, participants should:
- Gain practical, participatory, and interactive learning about human rights-based approach to climate action
- Gain relevant and up-to-date knowledge and tools to better understand and respond to climate change and human rights challenges and opportunities
- Exchange knowledge and evidence-based best practices in relation to promoting and protecting human rights against climate change impacts with their peers from Asia and Europe.
Methodology & Training Curriculum
Target Groups
The proposal shall include a suggestion of one or multiple of the following target group(s):
- Government officials working for ASEM Ministries (such as Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Social Affairs, Environment/ Sustainable Development, Justice, Trade and Commerce)
- Representatives of national and regional human rights institutions
- Representatives of offices of national ombudspersons
- Representatives of relevant civil society organisations, including youth organizations
Eligibility Criteria
Candidate Requirements The candidates are required to have the following qualifications:
- Experience in designing and delivering trainings on human rights, specifically on issues relating to climate change (eg international and regional frameworks, national level policymaking, legal reform, capacity-building, technical support, training and literacy)
- Experience in conducting trainings for government officials, intergovernmental organizations and/or NGOs
- Qualifications in human rights, international environmental law, environmental science, or other related fields
- Experience in human rights-based training methodology and facilitation
- Experience in using mixed methodology in the design and delivery of
- Training in a virtual environment
- Up-to-date knowledge on international and regional human rights systems
- Related to climate change
- Familiarity with the ASEM process, and Asia-Europe relations in general
- Strong communication, facilitation and inter-personal skills including tact and cultural sensitivity
- Proactive and flexible
- Able to work with an international team
- Fluency in written and spoken English
For more information, visit https://asef.org/projects/asemhrs21_training/