Part V Regional cooperation for development
Output summary (participants) Impact summary Actual 2010-2011 Estimate 2012-2013 Estimate 2014-2015 Advisory services 83 84 84 Seminars/workshops 20 (500) 25 (625) 25 (585) Fellowships 20 40 40 Total 123 149 149 In 2012-2013, the subprogramme’s capacity-building programmes have succeeded in providing high- level expertise for the development of policy-related issues, strategies and programmes on human rights through advisory services, technical training, and field projects in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, Central Asia and the Americas. Interventions resulted, inter alia, in the integration of human rights in curricula for justice administration, including the development of a strategy on the protection of civilians during elections. In 2014-2015, the subprogramme will support: (a) the provision of expert advice to support national capacity-building in the field of human rights and the strengthening of cooperation between the United Nations and regional arrangements in the field of human rights, including through the work of regional offices; (b) the provision of expert advice through holding consultation missions with governments and participation in meetings and missions to promote system-wide coordination of human rights activities and cooperation with regional organizations; (c) the holding of three workshops per region per biennium, and the provision of support to regional stakeholder dialogues to allow government representatives, as well as representatives of national human rights institutions and of civil society, to discuss human rights issues that require a regional approach and initiative; and (d) the provision of 40 fellowships to give individuals belonging to indigenous groups and national institution fellows the opportunity to gain knowledge and skills in the field of international human rights.