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About the Inter-Agency Workshop, 1-3 October 2008
Following the previous two workshops held in Princeton (2001) and Stamford (2003), the Action 2 Interagency Task Force will convene the third interagency workshop which will give greater substance and impetus to the system-wide mainstreaming of human rights, including guiding human rights mainstreaming within UNCTs and at the country level in the future.

Objectives:

(1) To take stock of where the UN system and its development partners have come to in conceptualizing and implementing a human rights based approach to development cooperation, at programming and policy levels; (2) To consider how a HRBA can further strengthen the foundations for UN system-wide cooperation, in the context of newly agreed ‘five key programming principles and thematic issues’ that must be applied for UN common country programming as provided in the 2007 CCA/ UNDAF guidelines; and (3) To propose elements and options for interagency coordination arrangements on human rights mainstreaming.

Concept note
Programme Agenda

Programme Agenda
Agenda for the Action 2 Global Programme's Third Interagency Workshop on Implementing a Human Rights-based Approach to Development.
List of Participants

Participant list
Background Documents

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Day 1
Day 2
Participants are invited to attend the side event, Mainstreaming Human Rights: The Role for Knowledge Management, to be held in the sidelines of the Third Interagency Meeting. The event is being organised by HURITALK - the UN Human Rights Policy Network, and will be held on Thursday October 2, at 12:45 in the Sunnyside Room. The purpose of the meeting is to hear directly from practitioners what knowledge they require in order to effectively integrate human rights into development programming. The event outline may be downloaded via the (fourth) link below. Interested participants are requested to complete the brief questionnaire at the (fifth) link below by 30 September, to ensure a more focused discussion.
Day 3
Logistics Note

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Logistics note
Hotel, ground travel, reimbursement guidelines
Tarrytown House Estate and Conference Center welcome note