Date: 6-11 February 2006
Location: Fribourg, Switzerland

The Institut Universitaire Kurt Bösch (IUKB) is organising the Master of Advanced
Studies in Children's Rights (MCR), a two year post-graduate training programme on
children's rights. The 5th Module of this year's MCR, takes violence against
children as its theme. The international norms and practice relating to the issues
of violence against children in the family, trafficking in children, children in
armed conflict situations and child sexual exploitation will be examined from a
number of different perspectives. In addition to the regular MCR students, a maximum
of five persons will be accepted in the module as free auditors. [Source: CRIN]

Application deadline: 31 January 2006

For more information, contact:
Sarah Bruchez, Programme Secretary
Institut Universitaire Kurt Bösch (IUKB)
Master of Advanced Studies in Children's Rights
PO Box 4176 CH - 1950 Sion 4, Switzerland
Tel: + 41 27 205 73 06; Fax: + 41 27 205 73 01
E-mail: sarah.bruchez@iukb.ch
Website: http://www.iukb.ch
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EDUCATION: Child Rights, Classroom and School Management [course]

Date: Phase I: 29 May to 16 June 2006 - Phase II: November 2006
Location: Lund, Sweden, and South Africa

International Training Programmes (ITP) are organised by the Swedish International
Development Co-operation Agency (Sida). These programmes aim at enhancing managerial
and technical skills in partner countries and cover subjects of strategic importance
to economic and social development. Special emphasis is placed on areas in which
Sweden has a considerable level of expertise to offer.

Sweden has extensive experience of working with the mainstreaming of democratic
governance and human rights in policy, legal instruments and practice and it is
actively working to promote the right to education for all. Sida has therefore
decided on sponsoring the international training programme "Child Rights, Classroom
and School Management" scheduled to take place in 2006 in Sweden and South Africa.

The right to, in and through education will be the guiding principle in this course
and the training programme has a child rights based approach. The programme aims to
develop the skills and attitudes in favour of rights-based educational work at
classroom and school level. The programme gives opportunities to compare and share
experiences among the participants from different countries while taking into
consideration the Convention of the Rights of the Child, Education for all and other
internationally agreed declarations.

The training will be conducted in English. The target group for the training
programme are persons working with pedagogical support and pedagogical development,
at school level, district level and central level. In addition, the course will also
be open for application to professional staff at NGOs working in the field of
education and human rights, based in developing countries.[Source: CRIN]

Application deadline: 1 March 2006

For more information, contact:
Richard Stenelo, Programme Co-ordinator
Lund University Education AB
Box 117, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
Tel: + 46 46 222 07 52; Fax: + 46 46 222 07 50
Email: richard.stenelo@education.lu.se
Website: http://www.education.lu.se/sida/child.