[hr-education] National benchmarks for measuring and evaluating progress

Dear members,

First of all, we would like to thank you once again for all your
interesting and constructive contributions to the Global Consultation for
the Plan of Action for the World Programme for HRE. The contributions on
the Global HRE List and the regional listservs from NGOs and learning
institutions from countries as diverse as Argentina, Canada, Colombia,
Belarus, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Indonesia, Mali,
Mexico, Peru, Russian Federation, The Netherlands and the USA -among
others- made clear that you have many ideas about how to implement and
sustain HRE in the school system. Obviously, a lot has already been
achieved in various countries. At the end of next week you will receive a
summary with the main findings of this week's discussion on tools and
resources.

Next week (28 June-4 July) we would like concentrate our dialogue on how
we can measure and evaluate the implementation of HRE in primary and
secondary schools.

The Plan of Action for the World Programme is supposed to set out clear
examples of ways in which human rights education can be introduced and
sustained in schools. In order to help ensure that these efforts are
undertaken with a serious intention, methods of accountability through
national benchmarks should be included. What are indicators that can be
used for measuring and evaluating performance and progress in the human
rights education effort? You might think about indicators in relation to:

-         educational policies
-         curriculum
-         textbooks
-         learning materials
-         teacher training (pre-service and in-service)
-         extracurricular activities
-         the learning environment in schools.

You might also make a distinction between "outputs", such as trainings,
development and dissemination of materials, and "outcomes", which would be
the impact of the learning programme on students.

We encourage you to think of benchmarks that are realistic in your
national or regional context for the period 2005-2007.

We hope you will share your insights and experiences, which will
contribute to the development of a Plan of Action for the World Programme
for Human Rights Education. We also encourage you to continue to send
messages about the first and second topics of this Global Consultation,
strategies for introducing HRE into primary and secondary school at the
national level, and resources and tools that are necessary to accomplish
this.

Warm regards,

the Moderators,
HREA
Asian Regional Resource Center for Human Rights Education (ARRC)
Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies
Instituto Interamericano de Derechos Humanos (IIDH)
Union Interafricaine des Droits de l'Homme (UIDH)




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