Assisting Communities Together (ACT): grants to NGOs for human rights education activities

The Assisting Communities Together (ACT) Project makes small grants available for non-governmental organizations, local associations and other similar institutions carrying out human rights education and training activities in local communities. It was launched jointly by OHCHR and UNDP, who since 1998 have implemented a pilot (1998-2000), second (2000-2001), third (2001-2003) and fourth (2003-2005) phase of the ACT Project. The current fifth (2005-2007) phase was launched in November 2005.

Supported activities have included (this is a non-exhaustive list):

- Organizing human rights workshops and training courses for various groups, including teachers, women, social workers, public officials and indigenous peoples;
- Building human rights awareness through cultural events, such as theater performances, art exhibits and rock concerts;
- Producing/translating human rights materials and disseminate them through the media;
- Creating information centres for the promotion and protection of human rights;
- Developing education programmes for specific vulnerable populations such as prisoners, sex workers, HIV-positive persons, orphans, internally displaced persons;
- Developing activities for human rights education with children and youth, such as school competitions and establishment of human rights youth clubs.

•  Phase 5 (2005-2007)
•  Reports of Activities Phase by Phase:

Phase 4 (2003-2005)
Phase 3 (2001-2003)
Phase 2 (1999-2000)
Phase 1 (1998-1999)

•  Distribution of grants by country/phase (1998-2005)
•  OHCHR Publication/ACT Project Brochure, Phase I&II
•  Other OHCHR grants programmes

United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture
United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations
Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery

For further information, please contact:

ACT Project
OHCHR, Palais des Nations
CH - 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland  
Telephone: +41-22 9289304
Fax: +41-22 9289061
E-mail: ACTProject@ohchr.org