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114external goal of establishing relationships with international human rightsorganizations; The Professional Training Program (Programa de Formação),aimed at training human rights activists; The Program for Economic, Socialand Cultural Human Rights (Programa de Direitos Humanos Econômicos,Sociais, Culturais DHESCs), created to analyze the successful experiencesof affiliated organizations and transform them into new public policies forthe Northeast; The Volunteer Program for Human Rights (ProgramaVoluntário para os Direitos Humanos), which seeks to create a voluntaryprogram that focuses on human rights.InterAmerican Platform on HumanRights, Democracy andDevelopment Brazilian Section(Plataforma Interamericana deDireitos Humanos, Democracia eDesenvolvimento Seção Brasileira)The Inter-American Platform began in the early 1990s and hasbeen successful in promoting the exchange of experiences among the manyforces working toward the implementation of human rights throughoutthe Americasmore specifically, those in Peru, Ecuador, Argentina, Chile,Bolivia, Cuba, Colombia, Paraguay, and Venezuela, among others. Inrecent years, the MNDH has coordinated the Brazilian section of thePlatform.While the theme of human rights was gaining strategicimportance in Brazil, especially in the areas of economic, social, andcultural human rights, the MNDH opted to expand participation in thePlatform, which now includes: the Food First Information and ActionNetwork (FIAN-Brazil), the Global Justice Center, GAJOP, the Justiceand Peace Commission of São Paulo (Comissão Justiça e Paz), and FASE.The Brazilian section of the Inter-American Platform acts withinthe following areas: a) lobbying and organization at the international level;b) organization of annual campaigns in Brazil on themes not ordinarilyassociated with economic, social and cultural rights; c) monitoring theimplementation of human rights in Brazil; d) overseeing the process ofrevising and amplifying economic, social and cultural rights in theBrazilian National Human Rights Plan; e) creating national special