Annual Report - Palestinian Center for Human Rights

• Three persons who had previously received training at PCHR started to work on
projects relating to human rights.
• Many trainees participated in PCHR’s activities, including the wall painting on the
Palestinian Prisoners’ Day and workshops. They also invited PCHR staff
members to deliver lectures in activities they had organized.
• The unit prepared a brochure to introduce the alumni body, including its goals,
membership conditions and advantages, etc.
• 125 trainees throughout the Gaza Strip (25 in each of the five governorates) were
selected to make up the core of the alumni body.
4) Maintaining Relations with Civil Society Organizations through Training
Activities
The unit contributes to the promotion of PCHR's relations with civil society
organizations, through participating in training activities organized by these
organizations. The unit also receives many invitations from governmental and nongovernmental
organizations requesting it to organize training courses for their
members, to deliver lectures or to design training programs. This demand shows the
respect and recognition that exists among civil society groups for PCHR’s
professionalism in delivering training courses.
The unit was fully committed to its priority activities in 2005 and was not able to
accept many of the invitations received from other organizations to participate in
external training activities. The unit prioritized those external activities that were most
in line with its own mandate.
4.1) Training Courses
The unit organized 3 training courses in coordination with civil society organizations,
as outlined previously in this section. These courses came as an outcome of activities
already carried out by the unit.
4.2) Technical Assistance
• The unit provided technical assistance to the Palestine Red Crescent Society in
order to design a training course on human rights and democracy for participants
in the Work for Food Project. This training program included 11 training courses
throughout the Gaza Strip.
• The unit hosted two training days (24 February and 5 April) on human rights and
democracy for university students, organized by the Center for Conflict Resolution
and Social Reconciliation (Wifaq).
• The unit hosted a training course organized by Mithaq Association and the Voice
of the Society for members of Mithaq Association. The course was held from 27
July to 2 August 2005 and ran from 09:00 to 16:00 on each of the six days. The
number of trainees involved was 27, including a number of disabled persons.
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