human rights, the National Institution has organized in cooperation with the Embassy of the Netherlands a training program targeting civil society organizations in the Kingdom of Bahrain, and the program aimed to enhance and develop the civil society organizations capacities in the field of human rights, and to render them a culture and way of life, where three hundred and eighty individuals from among civil society organizations affiliates participated. Actually the training program tackled a constellation of topics related to raising the awareness and capacities of those affiliated to civil society organizations of their role in protecting and promoting human rights, and most important of these topics: the international and regional mechanisms for promoting and protecting human rights, civil society organizations and their role in promoting and protecting human rights, the rules of exercising freedom of opinion and expression, methodology of preparing parallel legal reports, and monitoring and documentation in the field of human rights. 34. Moreover, the National Institution devoted care to the aspect of training of the youth segment, where it prepared in cooperation with the Embassy of Netherlands an intensive program for youth under the heading: youth leaderships for peace and human rights, which addressed topics related to peace and human rights, and most importantly: human rights and good governance, the process of peace building, advocacy campaigns, and around fifteen youths availed of this program from among those affiliated to youth associations and university students. 35. Moreover, the National Institution was keen on building the capacity of its staff by participating in a number of workshops and local training courses, including a training course on the rights and duties of an employee in Bahraini legislation, a training course on the analysis and interpretation skills to produce synergy between national legislations and international human rights standards, a training course on the international, regional and national mechanisms for promoting and protecting human rights, a training course on monitoring and documenting in the field of human rights, a training course in international humanitarian law, and a workshop elucidating the mechanism of applying the bill project of the government sector. Table showing the number of training programs and events implemented in 2017 Number of training programs and events Number of lecturers Number of beneficiaries Number of days Number of hours 40 41 865 56 160 49