Annual Report 2012–2013 Training-of-trainers Human rights education is critical to building a human rights culture within a country and an essential part of the work of NHRIs. Across the Asia Pacific, NHRIs develop programs that engage and empower children, young people, adults and communities to identify and address the human rights issues facing them. Many NHRIs also design and deliver training programs to support public officials – such as law enforcement agencies, the judiciary, parliamentarians, the military and others – to understand and meet their obligation to respect, protect and fulfil the human rights of those within their jurisdiction. The APF has established a blended learning training course to support and equip human right trainers in APF member institutions to carry out this important work. It was developed following a comprehensive training needs assessment of APF members in 2010, which noted the need for a larger number of highly skilled human rights trainers in the Asia Pacific region. The training-of-trainers course provides knowledge and skills on the planning, design, delivery and evaluation of human rights training programs. It combines a four-week online training component with a regional face-to-face workshop, encouraging participants to share strategies for conducting effective human rights training. Participants who run, evaluate and report back on a human rights training session that they deliver within three months of returning to their respective NHRIs have the opportunity to be accredited as an APF master trainer and be provided with opportunities to assist in the delivery of future APF training programs. During the reporting period, a total of 15 participants from 11 APF member institutions completed the four-week online program from 8 April – 3 May 2013, which explored the following key themes: • assessing the needs of adult learners • developing training materials for adult learners • face-to-face workshop facilitation skills, and • evaluating human rights training courses. Participants then put their learning into practice during a five-day regional workshop held in Yangon, Myanmar from 3–7 June 2013. The workshop was hosted by the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission. 1.2. Capacity assessments Evaluation findings Outcome indicator Capacity Performance rating On track The capacity assessment program is an initiative that supports APF member institutions to identify the capacities they have and those they need to develop in order to fulfil their respective mandates to promote and protect rights at the national level. The assessment proposes strategies to strengthen NHRIs as a whole, to develop the capacities of staff members and to make the internal processes of NHRIs more efficient and more effective. The program is jointly facilitated by the APF, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). 1. Enhance members’ institutional capacity to promote and protect human rights | 15