CHAPTER III PROJECTS RUN UNDER THE COMMISSION 3.1 Capacity Development Project of National Human Rights Commission The Commission has been running a Capacity Development Project since 2000 April in cooperation with Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland. Norway, UNICEF along with Switzerland, the United Nations High Commissariat for Human Rights, International Labour Organisation and Asia Pacific Forum, and under the coordination of United Nations Development Programme. The prominent activities undertaken by the project in this fiscal year were: • Preparing a strategy and action plan of the Commission. • Purchasing computer, photocopy and other materials for developing a qualitative information system. • Counselling services provided to the Chairperson, Members and Secretary of the Commission in the spheres of administration, human rights and leadership development. • The team consisting the members and secretary of the Commission visited National Human Rights Commissions of Sri Lanka, Thailand and Philippines and collected information on the working style and activities of these commissions. • The Commission's employees and the representatives of non-governmental organisations were provided training for carrying on the task of human rights protection at the time of conflict. • The Danish Institute for Human Rights is helping to develop policy-oriented strategy on research and advocacy by fixing on the priority. The UNICEF will bear the responsibility for preparing a comprehensive social survey, with the cooperation of the Danish Institute a Documentation Centre has already been established. • The Commission is providing specialised training for developing strategic plans and capacity. 3.2 Project for Preparing a Paper on Human Rights Situation With a view to provide information on all aspects of human rights, the Commission has started to prepare a paper on human rights situation. The paper will be circulated in public on the forthcoming August/September/October both in English and Nepali languages. The total budget of the project to be borne by Asia Foundation is 2.607 million. 3.3. Establishment of a National Rapporteur Office for Countering Trafficking of Women The office of the National Rapporteur had been established on August 28, 2002 as had been approved by Women, Children and Social Welfare Ministry and the Commission for developing a separate powerful mechanism for carrying on monitoring and research works in the sphere of trafficking women and children. The office has begun to function from January 10, 2003. The activities of this office during this fiscal year may be given as: 17