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The Diplomacy Training Program – Making a Difference

The Diplomacy Training Program (DTP) is an independent NGO which seeks to advance human rights and empower civil society in the Asia Pacific region through quality education and training, and the building of skills and capacity in non-governmental organisations and for individual human rights defenders and community advocates.

The DTP was founded in 1989 by HE José Ramos-Horta, 1996 Nobel Peace Laureate and current President of Timor-Leste. Since January 1990, the DTP has conducted an 'Annual Regional Human Rights and Peoples’ Diplomacy Training Program'. This three week program has been hosted in Australia, Timor Leste, Thailand, the Philippines, Fiji, Sri Lanka, Nepal and New Zealand. Since 2003, the Diplomacy Training Program has also conducted shorter, specialised, thematic training programs in Australia, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, the Philippines and Fiji. DTP also occasionally conducts specialised programs in response to a particular issue or to assist a specific community, in addition to occasional country-specific training when requested.

Capacity Building Programs – Responding to the Challenges of a Changing Region

• Indigenous Peoples:

New Resource for Indigenous Rights Advocates - in partnership with Oxfam Australia, DTP had produced a guide for Indigenous Advocates "Free and Equal."

- New! Applications are now available for DTP and The Fred Hollows Foundation's "Indigenous Peoples, Human Rights and Advocacy: Training for Community Advocates." The program will be held in partnership with the Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education from 27 Sept—1 Oct 2010 in Katherine, NT. This program is open to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples from Katherine and the surrounding regions. Applications close 6 August 2010. Application - Brochure

- 2010 Regional Indigenous Peoples, Human Rights and Advocacy, 22-28 March 2010, Chiang Mai, Thailand: Brochure

- 2010 Indigenous Peoples Human Rights and Advocacy Program, training for community advocates in Western Australia : Brochure

- 2009 Indigenous Peoples, Human Rights and Advocacy, a training program for community advocates in Katherine, NT: Brochure - Participant Feedback - Schedule

- 2009 Indigenous Peoples, Human Rights and Advocacy, a training program for community advocates in Alice Springs, NT: Brochure - Schedule

- 2009 Oxfam Indigenous Youth Program: Report - Participant Feedback - Schedule

• Annual Human Rights and People's Diplomacy Program:

- 20th Annual Human Rights and Peoples' Diplomacy Training Program Application - Brochure

- 2009 Annual Program: Brochure - Schedule - Report

• Migrant Workers:

- New! Applications are now available for Capacity Building on Human Rights and Migrant Workers in the Asia-Pacific Region – A Training Program for Advocates. The program will be held in partnership with Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA) and the Asia Pacific Forum (APF) from 22-26 September 2010 in Lombok, Indonesia. Applications close 7 August. Application - Brochure

– 2009 Migrant Workers Program: Brochure - Report - Participant Feedback - Schedule

• Human Rights Advocacy and Business:

2010 Human Rights Advocacy and Business Program: A Training Program for Advocates in the Asia-Pacific Region. Brochure - Schedule

- 2009 Human Rights Advocacy and Business Program: Brochure - Report - Participant Feedback - Schedule

• Human Rights and Trade:

- 2008 International Trade and Human Rights Program: Report – Participant Feedback - Schedule

• Special Programs:

-Corporate Accountability: Tools to Promote Responsible Business Conduct, a Capacity Building Program for NGOs and Trade Unions. Brochure - Schedule

- 2009 Building Human Rights Capacity in Timor-Leste: Report

- 2008 Intensive Program for the People from Burma: Brochure - Report (2007) - Participant Feedback - Schedule

Building human rights capacity in Asia and the Pacific

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