the background:

The "Universal Periodic Review" project as a tool for improving public policies during the transitional period aims to effectively involve media professionals in following up and advocating for the necessary reform of human rights in Egypt. In order to achieve this goal, the project implements an integrated program to build media professionals' capabilities to cover the UPR media. With the aim of improving the quality of media reports that address human rights issues and increasing media coverage about the universal periodic review.

The project also networking between media professionals and local civil society organizations who have benefited from the project’s trainings with the aim of increasing media coverage of human rights issues at the local level and linking them to recommendations accepted by Egypt during the second session of the review in 2014. In addition to using the universal periodic review application for smartphones that was specially developed. For media professionals with the aim of informing and updating them of news during the UPR follow-up period.

The training program consists of 8 training workshops for media professionals working on covering topics related to human rights at the level of the Arab Republic of Egypt in two phases, with two training workshops in each of the regions targeted in the project, each training workshop lasting for two days. The first phase of the training program ended in September 2016, and 100 media professionals benefited from it in all governorates of the Republic, and the second phase of the training program will be completed in January-February 2016 in four governorates nationwide divided as follows: -

 

Territory	The site of the training workshop	The second phase of the training program	The targeted governorates within the region
Canal region, Sinai and East Delta	Suez	January 8-9, 2017	North Sinai, South Sinai, Suez, Ismailia, Port Said, Damietta, El Sharkeya.
Upper Egypt Region	Fayoum	January 22-23, 2017	Fayoum, Beni Suef, Minya, Assiut, New Valley, Sohag, Red Sea, Qena, Luxor, Aswan.
Central and western delta region	Alexandria	05-06 February 2017	Alexandria, Beheira, Kafr El Sheikh, El Gharbeya, Dakahlia, Menoufia, Matrouh.
Greater Cairo region	Cairo	February 19-20, 2017	Cairo, Giza, Kaliobeya

Project "The Universal Periodic Review as a Tool to Improve Public Policies during the Transition":

A project implemented by Maat Foundation for Peace, Development and Human Rights with funding from the European Union over the course of 2016-2017, within the framework of the Foundation's work plan to follow up the results of Egypt's submission to the universal periodic review mechanism and to strengthen communication between Egyptian stakeholders and international mechanisms for the protection of human rights in general. The project is implemented in various The territories of the Arab Republic of Egypt according to the table shown above.

The project targets a group of stakeholders who have positive attitudes and a desire to learn and engage in activities to follow up Egypt's obligations in the field of human rights, especially media professionals, electronic media activists, and local civil society organizations.

The project seeks to strengthen the role of the universal periodic review to improve public policies and reform human rights during the transitional phase in Egypt, by actively involving civil society organizations, activists, and media professionals in following up and advocating for the necessary reform of human rights, as well as by calling for the adoption of new policies compatible with standards. International Human Rights Based on the 2014 Universal Periodic Review.

Media Training Program:

The training targets 100 media professionals working on issues related to human rights from all governorates of the republic, through 8 training workshops divided into two phases, each phase includes four training workshops at the rate of one workshop for 25 participants in each of the targeted regions.

The first group of four workshops took place between May-September 2016, and the second phase of the training program will be held in January and February 2017.

The training program seeks to provide media professionals with the necessary knowledge and skills that enable them to understand the system of human rights protection mechanisms in general and the universal periodic review mechanism in particular, in addition to providing them with the necessary knowledge related to improving public policies based on human rights standards and the state's obligations to the universal periodic review mechanism, and the implementation skills Media campaigns and writing media reports for monitoring and following up on the implementation of recommendations.

Candidates to attend the training program must be:

 

• Media and journalists officially registered in the relevant unions (to whom the matter applies).
• With at least 3 years of experience reporting on topics related to the promotion and protection of human rights.
• Interested in learning about international mechanisms for the protection of human rights, especially the universal periodic review mechanism.
• We are committed to publishing a number of topics related to UPR recommendations that are a practical part of their training.
• They have not previously participated in any of the training programs of the “Universal Periodic Review as a Tool for Improving Public Policies during the Transition” project.

The Foundation will provide accommodation for the participants from the same region and outside the governorate in which the training workshop will be held. The Foundation will also take care of the transfers and meals of the participants during the training period.

Participants will receive a certificate for completing the training program.

How to apply for the training program:

Gentlemen wishing to participate in the second phase of the training program must complete the attached form no later than December 31, 2016 and send it along with the CV to the following mail address:

fatma@maatpeace.us.to   &  maat@maapeace.org

For inquiries, please call the following numbers:

Mr. Ayman Aqeel, General Manager: 01226521170

Ms. Marwa Abdel-Hamid, Administrative Coordinator: 01273221224

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