STUDIES AT THE INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION

I am delighted that you are considering our institution for your academic ambition and career goal. To succeed in the 21st century, today’s students must develop the competence to effectively function in a global environment. We have revised and

we will still continue to revise our curriculum to respond to the present and future needs of the global environment. We will continue to develop new courses in the coming years. Apart of the bilingual nature of Cameroon, we emphasize foreign

language proficiency because language provides much more than the ability to communicate:

It is a window to another culture in addition to providing the insights about values, and one’s perception of reality. The programmes offered strives to prepare students for the challenges of today and tomorrow in a variety of ways

EDUCATION

One of the major aims of the Institute for Human Rights Education is to encourage education; we have been assisting the community in the provision of educational facilities and educating the populace on issues of human rights, health and

 development. Each year our organisation provides four Partial scholarships to Cameroonian Human Rights Education students who wish to continue their education at home or abroad. The institution ensures that student sent abroad return home after completing their studies to share the knowledge, culture and experience that they acquired in their studies abroad. The foundation has a scholarship board responsible for the selection of scholarship awardees from the seven Universities in

the country, scholarship awardees are selected on the bases of academic and financial need, while the education investment board are responsible for the provision of financial and material assistance to educational institution by providing books to libraries and also constructing benches, chairs, tables, and class rooms to institutions with limitations. Our organisation also provides opportunities to volunteers interested in studying international relations and law, religion/ethics and morality. These courses are free and are taught along side Human Rights Education. This gives the opportunity for participants to be admitted into our human rights activist group.

Our courses and progremmes operate all year round with equal opportunities to all a pplicants and students. After completing of our programme courses a Diploma in  Human Rights is issued for six to nine months course and a higher Diploma in Human Rights Education is issued after two years programme.

Training programme for Trainers

Introduction

Institute for Human Rights Education and training centre

In 2001 the Institute for Human Rights Education, in Cameroon developed a training programme to train trainers in human rights, democratic process and basic conflict management. The programme was designed as a result of the increasing rate

of conflict in Africa and the rest of the world. Many seminars have been held in Buea on democracy and human rights. But the feeling was that the same people tended to go to the seminars and that not much activity actually came out of them.

A different approach was needed and there was a wish to reach people outside of Buea and the rest of the world as well as people who normally didn't attend these kinds of seminars. At the same time people who would be willing to make a

commitment to further work would be located and invited into the process. A model for training for trainers was therefore developed which sought to give basic training in the areas of conflict management, human rights and democratic process

and to give participants the opportunity to design, plan and run workshops, with experienced facilitators as co-facilitators or observers/advisors.

Objectives

The Objective of IHRE Training Progammes

· To contribute to positive social change and peacebuilding

· To empower local capacities in the area of conflict management, human rights,democratic process and Community/project management

· To train teams of trainers that can organise and run their own workshops and seminars after the our training programme

· Give participants experience in project management These objectives are met in the training for trainers programme through a process of training and co-facilitation, which gradually hands over skills and competence tothe trainees within a very clearly defined exit strategy. Seminars will also look at possibilities for projects for change within communities, institutions etc.

Part one of the Training Programme

In this phase of event IHRE will consult with other organisers on the specific planned outcomes, the content, strategies for peacebuilding etc. The organisers of the training for trainers programme will identify, select and invite participants who

will take part in the programme (see selection criteria below). They also locate and book an appropriate venue, set dates for the first training with IHRE trainers as well as other preparatory matters. The duration of this phase will vary depending on

whether funding is available or not.

Part two of the Training Programme

The first training

The first training normally lasts seven days. It will begin with a consultation with participants on needs, expectations and contributions as well as matters relevant to their situation and the people they will later be training. The training will then cover

 topics such as basic conflict management, communication skills, negotiation, basic human needs, human rights, democratic process as well as project management and workshop design. Trainer teams will be formed to work on the latter which will be

 the teams which will plan and implement their own workshops. Participants will also be provided with an updated manual, which will cover the topics of the workshop and describe exercises used during the training.

Part three of the programme

Workshop planning

In this third phase the trainer teams will work together to complete preparations for the workshop to be held in part IV. Teams will:

· Complete a draft workshop programme

· Draft and finalise budget for workshop

· Book a venue for the workshop

· Draft workshop invitation and/or advertisement

· Distribute invitations

· Select and confirm participants

· Design evaluation and method for measurement of change This will of course require teams to meet and work together over a month or two (the exact time frame will be agreed on together with IHRE trainers and organisers at the first workshop). They will have the opportunity to communicate as needed with IHRE trainers and to get coaching and advice from these by e-mail and through the IHRE web site.

Part four of the programme

Participants' workshops

In this phase the workshops planned in the last two phases will be carried out. Teams will first meet with IHRE trainers for a day to finalise workshop programme and who will do what, and discuss concerns and needs of trainer teams. The workshops will then be held from Monday to Wednesday, evaluation and discussion with all teams will then be held to consolidate the learning from this

experience. After the IHRE training programme a report on the workshops will be written with comments and suggestions about the role of the trainers, the exercises, learning outcomes etc. for the benefit of the participants. These workshops can be

run by the participants themselves with observation on the part of the IHRE trainers or in co-facilitation with IHRE trainers. This will depend on the readiness of the participants. If co-facilitation is decided on then an extra phase will be added to allow trainees to run further workshops with IHRE trainers as observers. After  these workshops IHRE trainers will still be available to give advice to new trainers but at this stage they will pull out of the project. In previous training for trainers programmes run in Buea and Kumba many kinds of workshops have been run by the participants. Previous workshop topics have been human rights and democratic  process, organisational development and networking, negotiation, children and conflict management, community development and conflict management.

Part four of the programme

Continued training

 In this final phase the new trainers will plan and run at least two additional workshops. These could be longer or shorter workshops and can be the same or different as the workshops run in part IV. The trainers may choose to continue working in the same teams or they may divide up into pairs or form new teams

IHRE will do the following:

· Be in communication with other organisers of the Training for trainers programme and be available to discuss and answer questions about the programme and the preparations. Be able to advise participants on any questions they may have about

the programme.

· Run the first 7-day seminar in different phases.

· Be available to advise and coach training teams during part III and will work by e-mail directly with the teams in finalising their workshop programmes, invitations etc.

· Co-facilitate and/or observe the new trainers while they run their workshops in part IV.

· Write an evaluation of the workshops for the benefit of the learning of the newtrainers.

· Be available to give advice during part V.

Participants who take part in the Training for trainers programme must show a commitment and willingness to participate and contribute to the programme course/events. They must be willing to work as trainers, to run their own workshops in the final phase and preferably wish to continue training after this.

Criteria for Selecting participants

The most important criteria for participation in the Training for trainers programme are motivation and willingness to actively train and contribute to all phases of the programme. In addition to this we encourage our organisation to include equal

numbers of men and women. It can also be an advantage that participants come from different parts of the country including villages. An even geographical distribution or a balance between participants from major cities and smaller towns

gives the group diversity and strength and may make it easier to provide training in towns outside the big centres. In countries where there are several ethnic groups it is useful to include people from all ethnic groups where this is possible and to

consider a balance of age groups as well. In the latter case though, if the focus is on youth work then obviously most or all of the participants will probably be young.

Enjoy a two weeks Plus two days free Hospitality Tour in Cameroon organise by the Institute for Human Rights Education. We are interested to make friends and show the hospitality of Cameroon to the world in our effort to contribute in world peace and international collaboration. Be part of us and apply now! All application should reach us on or before the 10th of November 2005.  Click to Contact  us for more  information and join our hospitality safari trip to exploit the Beauty of Cameroon.

                     Application fee for Conference Registration is $150 for foreign applicants and $50 for nationals, excluding logistics. An additional fee of  $1500  will be changed for those interested to take part in our Hospitality safari Trips to the many areas of beauty across the Country. The above additional fee will cover the cost of; (Accommodation, Feeding, All transport cost inquire in our Hospitality Safari Trips). IHRE will also provide as souvenirs to participants numerous gifts such as (African arts and craftworks, African jewelry and dresses for both men and women). Our programme will end up with a fund raising auction sale to support the Buea handicap centre and motherless baby home.

Attend our 2005 international conference and use this opportunity to enjoy the beauty of Cameroon and the hospitality of the Cameroonian people through the various tours that will accompany the conference programme.

Application is open to all interested persons.

 

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Attend our 2005 international conference and use this opportunity to enjoy the beauty of Cameroon and the hospitality of the Cameroonian people through the various tours that will accompany the programme.

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