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Project: Empowerment of Shanty Towns’ Settlers through Democratic Spaces
Evaluation Date: September 2011
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

The project did not emphasise enough fundamental rights. It also could have done more to institutionalize opportunities for local engagement. The benefiting populations need greater opportunities for dialogue with local decision makers and for participation in negotiating venues. It is important that the community centres gain official representation so that they can be full-fledged partners in decision-making bodies.

Theme: Community activism

Argentina, Colombia, El Salvador, Peru community, government, housing, impact

Project: Empowerment of Shanty Towns’ Settlers through Democratic Spaces
Evaluation Date: September 2011
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

At the end of the project, the beneficiaries from the four participating countries shared information about their practices and experiences with their counterparts from other countries and draw lessons for the future. This encouraged networking and inspired continued engagement and problem solving.

Theme: Community activism

Argentina, Colombia, El Salvador, Peru networking, sustainability

Project: Empowerment of Shanty Towns’ Settlers through Democratic Spaces
Evaluation Date: September 2011
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

Having acquired skills in organizing, participation, problem solving, and the search for solutions, the shanty town residents came to understand the importance of engagement and the role they should play in community development. The transfer of knowledge and skills not only raised capacity, but also launched a social dialogue among marginalized people, who have become more articulate about their needs.

Theme: Community activism

Argentina, Colombia, El Salvador, Peru community development, marginalized, solidarity

Project: Empowerment of Shanty Towns’ Settlers through Democratic Spaces
Evaluation Date: September 2011
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

A salient feature of this project was its vigorous mobilization of qualified volunteers with a range of professional skills. These volunteers were very engaged in the project, and ensured quality volunteer monitoring and supervision. Young volunteers trained in leadership showed a strong and sustainable interest in community development. This approach also led to a positive cost-benefit ratio which was extremely beneficial to the project and its sustainability.

Theme: Community activism

Argentina, Colombia, El Salvador, Peru leadership, volunteers

Project: Human rights training and capacity-building for indigenous people
Evaluation Date: August 2010
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

Impact was also hampered due to the lack of any coordination and collaboration mechanisms between the project activities taking place in Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, and Peru. Useful modes of collaboration could have included peer-to-peer monitoring, and exchange of experience between the four countries. If such a mechanism had been available, lessons learnt could have been distilled and analysed, thus enhancing the project’s impact.

Theme: Rule of law

Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru design, monitoring, regional

Project: Human rights training and capacity-building for indigenous people
Evaluation Date: August 2010
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

Impact was limited as the project was mainly focused on mobilizing the partner organizations’ members, with little regard for establishing significant collaboration with other actors from Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, and Peru involved in the same issues.
It would have been useful to publish a simple directory of indigenous organizations existing in Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, and Peru, as well as of stakeholders in civil society and their donors, which include indigenous communities among their priorities.

Theme: Rule of law

Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru collaboration, partners

Project: Human rights training and capacity-building for indigenous people
Evaluation Date: August 2010
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

A local monitoring system would have helped the beneficiary groups tackle the human rights abuses that affect them by putting in practice the knowledge acquired. Beneficiaries from Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, and Peru expressed also the wish to take part in further training, and to receive updates with the latest news on indigenous peoples’ rights

Theme: Rule of law

Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru follow-up, sustainability

Project: Human rights training and capacity-building for indigenous people
Evaluation Date: August 2010
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

A broader strategic approach would have made it possible to go beyond factual information and to use the meetings and trainings organized to identify local intervention strategies effective in a range of settings. The participating indigenous people asked for very functional tools related to the mechanisms they must follow when there are claims of or action linked to human rights abuses. If possible, these tools should take also into consideration the diversity of languages and dialects of Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, and Peru.

Theme: Rule of law

Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru indigenous, rights, training

Project: Human rights training and capacity-building for indigenous people
Evaluation Date: August 2010
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

In terms of effectiveness, the strategy selected for the training of trainers was not well designed. More thought needed to have been given to designing an appropriate pedagogical approach to achieve a more sustainable impact among the targeted indigenous communities.

Theme: Rule of law

Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru impact, pedagogy, training

Project: Human rights training and capacity-building for indigenous people
Evaluation Date: August 2010
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

Training was effectively leveraged because it allowed participants to go on to organize additional human rights training courses within their own community. Knowledge about how to indigenous peoples’ rights was disseminated more widely at the local level and allowed people to make the links between their own situation and international norms.

Theme: Rule of law

Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru indigenous, rights, training

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