Dear Anatoly, Your request comes at a very opportune time. Equitas, International Centre for Human Rights Education, in Montreal Canada, in collaboration with the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, will be holding an international human rights education evaluation symposium entitled "HRE for Social Change: Evaluation Approaches and Methodologies", May 3 to 5, 2007 in Montreal. See details below. I have also attached a copy of the symposium agenda We will be publishing proceeding from the symposium which will be posted on our website www.equitas.org, hopefully a few weeks after they symposium. We have also produced a participants' manual outlining the symposium process which will also be posted on our website. Once you have had the opportunity to review the proceedings and other materials we would very much appreciate review your comments and feedback. Vincenza Nazzari Director of Education/Directrice de l'education Equitas International Centre for Human Rights Education/ Centre international education aux droits humains Nouvelle addresse/New address 666 rue Sherbrooke O., Bureau 1100 Montrial, Quibec H3A 1E7, Canada Tel: (514) 954-0382 ext. 26; Fax: (514) 954-0659 www.equitas.org *Equitas est le nouveau nom de la Fondation canadienne des droits de la personne / Equitas is the new name of the Canadian Human Rights Foundation --------- International HRE Evaluation Symposium HRE for Social Change: Evaluation Approaches and Methodologies Montreal, Canada May 3 to 5, 2007 Goal The goal of this symposium is for human rights education practitioners to share new ideas, knowledge, skills and other practices to effectively evaluate human rights education, particularly over the longer term. Objectives The objectives of the symposium are to: 1) Discuss the various approaches to HRE evaluation within different contexts, nationally and internationally, and the current status of HRE evaluation. 2) To identify the successes and challenges of different HRE evaluation methodologies and the appropriate tools to effectively measure the results of the HRE in the development process over the long term. Participants The symposium will bring together a total of 25 to 30 international experts, researchers, practitioners and educators, including a number of alumni of Equitas' annual International Human Rights Training Program, (IHRTP) to share their experience in the effective evaluation of education, professional training and human rights education (HRE). The criteria for the selection of participants include those individuals who are currently somehow involved in the evaluation of human rights education, provided either by their organization or by others. There will also be a number of virtual participants from Equitas' IHRTP alumni community in Kenya and Ukraine also taking part. Methodology The methodology for this symposium is based on a participatory approach to learning. A basic assumption in this approach is that much of the content comes from the participants and that the consultations serve as the framework for drawing out this content. A gender approach is integrated throughout the symposium in order to identify and analyse how certain policies and practices to promote and protect human rights can affect men and women differently. This approach is necessary in order to develop gender-sensitive strategies that help achieve equality between women and men. Partner This initiative is being organized in collaboration with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). ======== Global Human Rights Education listserv ======= Send mail intended for the list to < >. Archives of the list can be found at: http://www.hrea.org/lists/hr-education/ **You are welcome to reprint, copy, archive, quote or re-post this item, but please retain the original and listserv source.
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