ANNUAL REPORT 2014–2015 APPENDIX 2: APF training courses for 2014–15 1. LIBRARY AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS TRAINING: ONLINE, 1-31 AUGUST, WORKSHOP IN KUALA LUMPUR FROM 22-26 SEPTEMBER 2014 Average ratings by the 17 participants (6 female, 11 male) 2. EU BLENDED-LEARNING COURSE ON MONITORING POLICE CUSTODY: ONLINE, 13-24 OCTOBER, WORKSHOP JAKARTA, 25-28 NOVEMBER 2014 Average ratings by the 15 participants (11 female, 4 male) Relevance Overall quality of online course Overall quality of the workshop Relevance Overall quality of online course Overall quality of the workshop N/A 3.9/5 4.6/5 4.5/5 4.2/5 4.3/5 This is the only known training course specifically targeting librarians and other documentation staff in NHRIs. It was run by documentation specialists from the Raoul Wallenberg Institute with the participants from 12 APF member institutions. The APF’s role was confined to promoting the course to its membership and covering the costs of several participants’ travel and accommodation expenses. The Ombudsman of Samoa, Maiava Iulai Toma (centre), with staff from his office. Credit: Office of the Ombudsman of Samoa The Bahasa speaking NHRIs of Indonesia, Malaysia and Timor Leste participated in this blended-learning course, which was the first APF-APT activity to focus specifically on torture and other ill-treatment within police custody. The decision to focus on police custody was taken following the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture’s identification of the period of detention within police custody as a particular flash point for torture in the Asia-Pacific region. The objectives of the course were to provide NHRI staff with an understanding of issues within police custody, enhance participants’ skills to undertake effective monitoring visits to places of police custody, and encourage the three participating institutions to institutionalise a programme of regular monitoring visits to police detention facilities. The course was unique in being the first APF course to cater for speakers of Bahasa, as the key course readings and all of the workshop sessions were all translated into Bahasa. This course was an initial attempt to make APF training accessible7. The course evaluation data and report indicates that the online and workshop were both very well received by participants and successful in meeting the objectives of providing the individual officers with information and skills to undertake monitoring visits of police custody. However, the extent of institutional uptake from the training is less clear. 7 An APF survey in 2014 indicated that only 40% of staff from Indonesia for example have an adequate working knowledge of English for APF training courses conducted in English. The same survey showed 100% of staff from Malaysia have sufficient English, but other survey data suggests Timor-Leste staff have very limited English language capacity. 37