The thematic focus and direction of the capacity building programme is Human Rights in Development and a closer focus on Human Rights Based Approaches that bring the human rights and development worlds together. Dignity International works with a range of partners to bring experienced development activists from the different world regions working either at the grassroots or at the international advocacy levels. The learning programmes organised by Dignity are based on the rich experience of the participants themselves who, in an informal and participatory learning framework, explore together the meaning of human rights in development work and how integration of human rights into development work translates into concrete strategies and development programming at the grassroots and international levels.

• Provide development organisations (from headquarters and field) with knowledge and a better understanding of human rights and in particular economic, social and cultural rights and their direct relevance and impact on development work;


• Equip participants with the skills necessary to integrate human rights and the human rights based approach in development work and to learn from them what new ideas and methods would be possible for implementation in the field.


• Provide a space for the exchange of experiences and ideas in the actual programming of rights based approaches and the current implementation of human rights in development work;


• Affect change in international policy and campaign work by paying more attention to international human rights instruments and how these help to strengthen our work to address the global processes of impoverishment;


• Affect change in development strategies to tackle the root causes of poverty through human rights and what this means in the actual programme implementation.

9th Annual Global Linking and Learning Programme on Human Rights in Development
1-10 December 2010, MALAYSIA
Programme Report

Annual Global Learning Programme on Human Rights in Development
1-11 December 2006

Get Up - Stand Up - Stand Up for your Human Rights
Dignity is assisting Hakijamii, Centre for Economic and Social Rights and the Nairobi People's Settlement Network on a series of learning programmes on human rights.
Training of Community Trainers, 7-11 November 2006
Training for Community Theatre, 12-13 November 2006

Regional Learning Programme on ESC Rights - Latin America (Español | English)
November 2006

Regional Learning Programme on Human Rights in Development - East Africa
[Draft Report] [List of Participants]
Tanzania, 4-14 September 2006

Training Programme on ESC Rights Focusing on Women
Ireland, 26-29 June 2006

Get Up - Stand Up - Stand Up for Your Human Rights_Community Leaders Programme_Report
20-27 May 2006

Global Learning Programme on Human Rights in Development
Nairobi, December 2005

Regional Learning Programme on ESC Rights - Latin America (Español | English)
Uruguay, November 2005

Global Learning Programme on Budget Analysis and ESC Rights (Español | English)
Portugal, March 2005

Regional Learning Programme on ESC Rights - Mekhong
Thailand, November 2004

Global Learning Programme on ESC Rights
(Portugal 2002, 2003, 2004)

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