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BIM Annual Report 2008
Human Rights in Development and Business
Strengthening the Principles of Human Rights in the Austrian Development Cooperation
Summary
In 2007, the BIM won the tender for a 2 ½-year framework contract with the Austrian Development
Agency (ADA). Its goals are to further root human rights, democracy and good governance, as well as
preventing conflict and securing peace within the work of the Austrian Development Agency and the
Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs (BmeiA). The framework contract is
composed of four main subject areas: Consultancy regarding policy-related questions, strengthening of
the project and programme level, capacity building, as well as digitalised documentation relevant for
development cooperation.
The transformation of ADA’s existing policy documents into practice stands at the centre of the framework
contract. Thus a big part of the activities of 2008 was devoted to work on handbooks related to
three ADA policy documents (Preventing conflict and securing peace; Human rights; Governance).
On the occasion of the 60-year anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, as well as
the 15-year anniversary of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action adopted by the World
Conference on Human Rights in Vienna, BIM and ADA together engaged in a discussion process of
the Human Rights Based Approach, which resulted in two successful events in October 2008.
The quarterly newsletter “Menschenrechte und Entwicklungszusammenarbeit“ (Human Rights and
Development Cooperation), just like the support for the “Justice Law and Order Sector (JLOS)“ in
Uganda ranged over the period of the whole calendar year.
Several background studies and supporting documents, on issues relevant to the Austrian Development
Cooperation, amongst others on Children’s rights and Disabilities, completed the 2008 activities
within the framework contract.
Country
Persons
involved
Austria
Coordination Development
Cooperation
Scientific Researcher,
Director
Scientific Researcher,
specialised on Disabilities
Scientific Researcher,
specialised on Child rights
Scientific Researcher,
specialised on Human Rights
Scientific Researcher,
Conflict Sensitivity
Scientific Researcher, IDPs
Scientific Researcher,
Security Sector Reform
Barbara Kühhas (until July 2008)
Christine Sommer (since August 2008)
Manfred Nowak
Claudia Hüttner (until June 2008)
Claudia Sprenger (since July 2008)
Helmut Sax
Walter Suntinger
Dorota Gierycz
Andrea Sölkner
Peter Hazdra
Contact person
Christine Sommer, christine.sommer@univie.ac.at
Lead
organisation
Ludwig Boltzmann Institute
of Human Rights
Partner
organisation
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Starting/
end date
December 2007 to June 2010
Funded by
Austrian Development Agency (ADA)
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