Seminar: Protection of national minorities

[Johanna Laakso]

Dear All,
with usual apologies, forwarded from the UGRIMUGRI & URAL-LISTA lists:


> THE TRAINING SEMINAR ON
> THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE’S FRAMEWORK CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF NATIONAL
> MINORITIES
> 27-30 May 2004, STRASBOURG, FRANCE
>
> Info:
> http://www.ogmios.org/conference04/call.htm
>
> http://www.suri.ee/tul/catalan.html
>
> IMPORTANT:
> The training is open to NGOs from countries whose state reports are due in
> 2004 only.  The training is open to NGOs from Armenia, Austria, Croatia,
> Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy,
> Lichtenstein, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, San
> Marino, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Ukraine, and United Kingdom.  The
> training is also open to NGOs from Kosovo.  MRG will not consider
> applications from other countries.
> NGO Training on the Council of Europe’s
> Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
>
> Programme Description
>
> As part of ongoing work on the Framework Convention for the Protection of
> National Minorities, Minority Rights Group International is organising a
> Training on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National
> Minorities.   The training is organised in cooperation with the FCNM
> Secretariat of the Directorate General of Human Rights of the Council of
> Europe, and will be held in Strasbourg from 27th to 30th May 2004. The
> training is for minority based and interethnic human rights NGOs from
> countries whose state reports are due in 2004 only.  The training is open to
> NGOs from Armenia, Austria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark,
> Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Malta,
> Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
> Spain, Ukraine, and United Kingdom.  The training is also open to NGOs from
> Kosovo.
>
> The deadline for applications is Thursday, 25th March 2004.
>
> The objectives of the training will be to:
> ·	provide information on the content of the Framework Convention and its
> monitoring mechanism;
> ·	identify ways in which NGOs can best contribute to the monitoring of the
> implementation of the Convention, both at the domestic level and at the
> level of the Council of Europe;
> ·	provide opportunities for participating NGOs to make contact with other
> NGOs working on minority protection, Council of Europe staff, members of the
> treaty monitoring body, and their government representatives to the Council
> of Europe; and
> ·	develop follow-up activities, focusing on involvement in state reporting
> process, producing shadow reports, and related advocacy.
>
> The programme will include presentations, case studies, discussions, small
> group and individual work.  It will include an overview of international
> instruments and mechanisms for minority protection, including in-depth
> consideration of the Framework Convention, its monitoring mechanism and
> opportunities for civil society to contribute.  Methodologies will be
> participatory and the focus will be on practice.  There will be task groups
> on the development of NGO advocacy strategies to contribute to effective
> monitoring of State compliance and drafting additional information/shadow
> reports.
>
> MRG will invite representatives of 25 NGOs from the target countries listed
> above.
>
> Participants will be selected on the basis of their organisations’
> institutional capacity and commitment to raise awareness of minority rights
> and monitor implementation of international instruments, specifically the
> Framework Convention, and their own professional experience.
>
>
> Priority will be given to NGOs who:
> ·	prioritise advocacy for protection of minority rights (international
> experience is not needed, but experience and organisational commitment to
> working on minority protection at the domestic level is key)
> ·	are interested in producing shadow reports on the Framework Convention and
> being involved in the state reporting process.
>
> NGO representatives applying to the training have to be staff members of
> their organisations, and should have:
>
> ·	experience in advocacy work;
> ·	commitment to human and minority rights;
> ·	in-principle support from the management of their organisation to take
> forward work on monitoring the Framework Convention;
> ·	very good English language skills.   Unfortunately, the budget does not
> allow for interpretation costs and therefore participants should have very
> good English language skills to be able to participate actively in
> discussions.
>
> MRG will aim for a mixture of people from different countries, at least 70%
> of whom will be from minority communities, and a gender balance. MRG will
> select participants on the basis of their application and the above
> organisational and professional selection criteria.
>
> MRG will not select more than one participant from any one organisation.
> The training is not open to organisations from which 2 or more persons have
> participated in MRG’s Strasbourg FCNM training since 2000.  Anyone not sure
> how many persons from their organisation have participated in MRG’s previous
> FCNM trainings can contact MRG to double check.
>
> Costs of travel, accommodation, and subsistence will be covered by MRG for
> all selected applicants.
>
> The deadline for applications is Thursday, 25th March 2004.  An application
> form is attached.  For more information, please contact Saskia Chilcott on
> saskia.chilcott at mrgmail.org, tel +44.20.7422.4213, fax +44.20.7422.4201, or
> Magdalena Syposz on magdalena.syposz at mrgmail.org, tel +44.20.7422.4211.
>
>
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