Deadline: 16 March 2020
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) is currently implementing a project in Ukraine entitled “Advancing the Human Dimension of Security in Ukraine”.
As part of this project, ODIHR is opening a call for applications for a 4-day training event on: “Human Rights Monitoring and Reporting” for up to 20 Roma human rights defenders working on issues related to the human rights of Roma.
The purpose of this training is to enable Roma human rights defenders to independently carry out high quality and objective human rights monitoring and reporting, including on hate motivated incidents and hate crimes targeted at Roma.
The training will cover the human rights monitoring cycle and principles as well as core principles of human rights advocacy and of working with state actors.
When: 27-30 April 2020
Where: Kyiv, Ukraine
Costs: The training is offered free of charge to selected participants, including travel and accommodation expenses within Ukraine.
Eligibility Criteria
- The training is specifically designed for Roma human rights defenders working on Roma issues with some or limited experience of human rights monitoring in Ukraine.
- Particular importance will be attached to gender diversity among participants, representation of Roma women’s rights activists and participants from different age groups, including Roma youth.
- ODIHR will select participants on a competitive basis. Selected participants will be invited to the training by ODIHR at the latest in the week of 6 April. ODIHR does not inform applicants who have not been selected for the training.
Criteria
The following criteria are used by ODIHR for selection of the participants:
- Involvement as a Roma human rights defender on Roma issues in Ukraine;
- Some or limited experience on human rights monitoring and reporting;
- Relevance of the training for applicant’s future human rights activities in Ukraine;
- No or limited previous training in human rights monitoring and reporting;
- Computer literacy;
- Fluency in Ukrainian/Russian;
- Available for the full duration of the training.
The language of the event will be English, Ukrainian/ Russian. Simultaneous interpretation from English to Ukrainian/Russian and Ukrainian/Russian to English will be provided during the training. The training will be based on interactive learning methods and requires a high level of active participation by all participants.
For more information, visit https://www.osce.org/odihr/447721