[hr-education] Mechanisms for cooperation and coordination at the national, regional and international level

Dear Members,

We only have two more weeks left in the Global Consultation on the World
Programme for HRE. The remainder of this week we would like to focus the
discussion on possible mechanisms for cooperation and coordination of all
our efforts. Next week (12-18 July) we would like use to summarise and
synthesise the discussion and offer members the possibility to review the
draft summaries of each discussion topic.

Now that we have shared our views on strategies for introducing HRE in our
respective countries and regions, for bringing resources to bear on these
efforts and methods of accountability, how can we continue to learn and
grow from each others' experiences? What suggestions do you have for
communicating and coordinating our efforts at the national, regional and
international levels? Some examples of possible ways of REGIONAL AND
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION include:

- networking
- sharing best practices
- exchange of experiences
- databases
- regional and international initiatives like the 2005 European Year for
Democratic Citizenship, International Decade for a Culture of Peace and
Non-violence for the Children of the World (2001-2010), UN Decade on
Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014), the UN Millennium
Goals, the Education For All movement, among others
- UN system, Special Rapporteur on Right to Education, treaty monitoring
bodies

Examples of possible ways to COORDINATE EFFORTS NATIONALLY are national
focal points in the Ministries of Education, national platforms of
stakeholders, National Committees for HRE. What has been your experience
with such national coordination efforts (under the Decade for HRE for
example)? Are they effective? Can they be improved? Is there a success
formula that could possible be replicated in other countries?

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

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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