rights

Project: Democratic Dialogue through Media in Sierra Leone
Evaluation Date: March 2011
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

The project design should have included a more explicit strategy to address editors and publishers, particularly those of media outlets to which trainers were assigned. The grantee sent trainers to selected media outlets, which had made a formal expression of interest and had received a briefing about the tasks to be carried out by the trainers and the support that the media outlets were expected to give. In addition, each media organisation was asked to sign a Memorandum of Understanding setting out each side’s key responsibilities. This MoU covered a range of practical issues, but did not require media outlets to commit themselves to enhance their coverage of human rights issues, or otherwise to facilitate the fulfilment of the project’s objective.

Theme: Media
Sierra Leone   , ,
Project: Participatory Rights of Physically Disabled Persons in Georgia
Evaluation Date: April 2013
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

The grantee attempted to drive change by lobbying members of the coordination council, a body assigned with the monitoring of two consecutive, almost identical, government Action Plans for implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Disabled Persons. While the evaluation found that the efforts were not always successful, Georgia did in fact ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on 14 March 2014.

Theme: Rule of law
Georgia   ,
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   , ,
Project: Active democracy and political participation of tribal communities in the Indian Himalayas
Evaluation Date: October 2012
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

When people are encouraged to claim their rights and entitlements, there is a risk that they will not be successful or that the services they are seeking will not materialize, and this risk must be taken into account. It is inevitable that not all those who apply for government schemes and entitlements will receive them and it is also possible that promised services may not materialize, or that louder voices may prevail. In order to mitigate negative examples they may see, put in place an active process for sharing success stories.

UNDEF/ India
Theme: Tools for knowledge
India   ,