This training manual consists of a curriculum for five-day training introducing rights-based programming. Its objectives are: to provide UN staff with a conceptual and operational understanding of RBA and its importance to development programming; to understand fundamental human rights concepts, both national (Philippines) and international; to master the use of rights-based tools in the programming process; to understand the role and added value of human rights in development strategies towards the realization of the Millennium Development Goals. The training is based on five modules, which are intended to firstly give participants a human rights ‘lens’ and then build the necessary skills for programming using such a lens. Based on participant-centered adult education techniques, the training relies on participants to provide much of the content and to share their analysis, insights, and experience.
