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| Introduction |
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This
is a Follow-Up Workshop to the Regional Workshop on Protecting
Minority Rights and Defending Diversity in South Asia,
held in Waduwa, Sri Lanka from 4 – 9 October 2003.
It represents one of the 4 main activities of a project
implemented by the International Centre for Ethnic Studies
(ICES) and the Canadian Human Rights Foundation (CHRF)
entitled “Capacity-building for human rights organisations
to promote and defend diversity in South Asia”.
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| Workshop
Goal |
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goal of this Follow-Up Workshop is to draw on the activities
undertaken and the skills and experiences gained by representatives
of human rights organizations, academics and experts since
the 2003 Regional Workshop, with a view to developing strategies
for future initiatives on minority protection in South Asia. |
| Objectives |
- To
review and evaluate project activities, which have taken
place since the Regional Workshop in October 2003.
To draw lessons learned from project activities, which
can strengthen future work on the protection of minority
rights in South Asia.
To develop strategies and action plans for regional
activities, which respond to existing needs and gaps. |
| Participants |
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are four main groups of participants attending this workshop,
as follows:
1) A selected number of participants who participated
in the 2003 Regional Workshop and represent human rights
organisations in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan
and Sri Lanka. These participants are small grants recipients
as they were granted funding for a follow-up project
in the field of minority protection.
2) A selected number of participants who attended the
2003 Regional Workshop and who have undertaken activities
which have contributed significantly to minority protection
in South Asia
3) Five researchers from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan
and Sri Lanka have each prepared a
paper on the protection of the rights of minorities
and diversity based on the particular objectives of
the overall project.
4) Five minority rights experts from Bangladesh, India/Nepal,
Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, who are members of the Core
Group of the Advisory Services, whose role is to review
and assist in the implementation of the project, and
more specifically, to provide guidance for follow-up
activities and the research work, as well as strategies
for future activities.
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| Methodology |
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workshop methodology is based on a participatory approach
to learning. A basic assumption in this approach is that
much of the content comes from those individuals participating
in the workshop and that the workshop serves as the framework
for drawing out this content. There will be a combination
of small group work, presentations by resource persons and
participants of this workshop, as well as plenary discussions. |
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