FW: Human Rights Advocacy Training

[Katalin Fabian]

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Katalin Fábián
Lafayette College
Department of Government and Law
Kirby Hall 103
Easton, PA 18042-1780

Tel: (610) 330-5392
Fax: (610) 330-5397



Please be advised that only participants from the following
countries
are eligible: Albania, Belarus, Moldova, Slovenia, Macedonia,
Turkey,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic,
Hungary,
Yugoslavia, Romania, Slovakia, Russia, Ukraine, Poland

Dear  Colleagues,

Please find bellow the information on Human Rights Advocacy
Training,
organized by CEU Human Rights Students' Initiative – HRSI, which
will
be held in Budapest on 2-9 March 2003.

HRSI is human rights organization comprised of the students and
alumni
of the Central European University in Budapest. It is funded by
the 
Open
Society Institute, Budapest, and works in close cooperation with
CEU
Legal Studies Department. This workshop is funded by the Council
of
Europe's European Youth Center, Budapest.

The workshop is envisaged as an opportunity for young NGO
activists to
learn how to lobby for human rights issues. By enriching the
knowledge
on human rights advocacy principles and providing the space for
practicing  of necessary skills, the workshop aims to enhance the
capacity of NGOs from the region to advocate for human rights.
Please
note that human rights advocacy is a far broader concept than
legal
advocacy, and therefore this workshop is not designed only for
lawyers,
but for everyone interested in lobbying for human rights.

The objectives of the workshop are as follows:

strengthen the capacity of the human rights activists from the
region
to pursue human rights advocacy in general, with a specific focus
on a
current human rights issues  in the region
provide training on human rights advocacy techniques
network young scholars and activists with NGO practitioners from
CEE
region
provide a forum for regional human rights professionals to
exchange
experience with the young activists through training and
discussions
related to current advocacy initiatives.

Hereby we would like to announce a call for applications for
participation in Human Rights Advocacy Training.

The requirements for the applicants are as follows:
to work for or be associated with an NGO
to demonstrate interest in human rights issues
to fall into the 18-30 age group
to be fluent in English

The deadline for sending the applications is 20 January, 2003. If
interested, please request the application form at
farsiyantsn at ceu.hu 

The training will take place in the European Youth Center in
Budapest
(EYCB). Travel expenses, board and lodging as well as visa
expenses 
will
be reimbursed by the EYCB  in accordance with their regulations,
however, the enrolment fee (43 euro) will be deducted from the
refund 
of
travel expenses, or paid directly if no travel expenses are
incurred. 

I would kindly ask you to forward this message to your colleagues
and
friends who might be interested to participate in this initiative.
Should you have questions or require more information, do not
hesitate
to contact me.



Best regards,

Natela Farsiyants
Project Manager
Human Rights Students' Initiative
CEU, Nador u. 9
1051 Budapest, Hungary
phone: (36 1) 327 3000 ext. 2377
fax: (36 1) 327 3198
e-mail: farsiyantsn at ceu.hu

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Location: Budapest, Hungary