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Human Rights Impact Resource Centre (HRIRC)

Human Rights Impact Resource Centre (HRIRC). John Lannon Jan de Vries. www.humanrightsimpact.org. Presentation Overview. About the HRIRC Background Initial Needs Assessment System Overview – How it Works Beta Release Next Steps Stakeholder and Partner Opportunities. What is the HRIRC?.

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Human Rights Impact Resource Centre (HRIRC)

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  1. Human Rights Impact Resource Centre (HRIRC) John Lannon Jan de Vries www.humanrightsimpact.org

  2. Presentation Overview • About the HRIRC • Background • Initial Needs Assessment • System Overview – How it Works • Beta Release • Next Steps • Stakeholder and Partner Opportunities

  3. What is the HRIRC? An online database, designed to bring together as much information and documentation as possible on Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA) • Developed and managed by HOM • A resource for policy makers, NGOs, academics and others working in the area of HRIA • General source of information for anyone who wants to know about HRIA • Phase 1 launched in July 2006

  4. Site Map (Layout)

  5. Background • HRIA expert meeting in November 2004 called for better cooperation and exchange of information • HOM committed itself to work on ways to enhance cooperation and facilitate formal information exchange on HRIA

  6. Needs Assessment Primary sources of input for HRIRC design were • HOM staff • Online questionnaire sent to stakeholders included policy makers, NGOs and academics • Conducted in July 2005 • 59 Responses • Follow-up interviews and meetings with key stakeholders

  7. Needs Assessment Findings • Stakeholders need access to comprehensive and structured HRIA information at many different levels • Stakeholders (including HOM) want to provide a wide audiences with access to HRIA tools, instruments, case studies, etc. • Stakeholders want to contact and learn from other organisations • Stakeholders need to learn more about the various applications of HRIA • Organisations and networks wish to provide integrated access to the broadest possible range of human rights/development information

  8. Questionnaire Results • Proposed system seen as having the potential to bridge a gapbetween HRIA objectives and the implementation of these objectives • Perceived need for a system that enables and promotes a systematic approach to HRIA • General emphasis on simplifying and organising the existing information on HRIA, rather than on providing more information • Interest in helping organisations to incorporate HRIA into rights areas (such as child rights)

  9. Questionnaire Results (continued) • Different needs: NGOs interested in broad HRIA information; governmental and inter-governmental institutions more interested in specific instruments and tools • Emphasis in online system should be on a simple and easy-to-navigate layout. Complex user interfaces should be avoided. • General willingness amongst a high number of organisations to contribute content

  10. How the System Works

  11. Implementation • Based on open source Content Management System [TYPO3] • Uses metadata - defined set of fields for sharing of information between websites • Contains RSS Feeds to provide access to news sources • Built-in search feature • Linked into other search tools such as HURISEARCH

  12. Beta Release • Beta Release: 15 Feb – 10 Mar (2006) • Feedback from 30 people (21 from outside HOM) • Issues raised covered content, design and presentation “We think that the HRIRC has a very clear layout, with a practical menu tool and a very accurate search tool” “… brings together the information that is available on HRIA in a structured way. This certainly increases the accessibility and overview of the issue” “… non-specialists that we would all wish to carry out [such] human rights impact assessments may be discouraged by the complexity of the exercise, as presented on the web-site”

  13. HRIRC Usage October statistics: • 3048 different visits to the website • Visitors came from 1346 different locations • On average, 360 different pages of information read every day

  14. HRIRC User Countries

  15. Next Phases - Objectives Information Management • Single repository for all HRIA-related information • Stakeholders throughout the world work together & with HOM to develop HRIA strategies, approaches, instruments and tools Networking and Communications • Worldwide network of people and organisations that are interested in HRIA • Ongoing clarification of concepts & issues Education Training and Capacity Building • Online delivery of training and education programmes • Collaborative development of training and education material • Access to all instruments and tools

  16. Next Steps • Extend content (ongoing) • Promote HRIRC • Technical advisory group • Content management groups set up (not limited to HOM) • Develop new networking and information dissemination modules • Collaborative work environment (secure access) • HRIA concepts and methodologies developed and presented • Online training workshops

  17. Stakeholder and Partner Opportunities • Contribute content • Become content editors • Promote HRIRC • Identify functional priorities • Provide technical direction

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