ENGAGEMENT WITH ACADEMIA AND SPECIALIZED TRAINERS
8th Course on Teaching Refugee Law for Academics and Trainers
22 April – 7 June 2024, Online
Live sessions of the Course will be held from 5.00 pm to 7.00 pm, Rome time. Please, click here to check your time zone.
Overall objectives
- Enhance the skills of trainers and academics based on the latest learning methodologies and tools, focusing particularly on the design and delivery of online and face-to-face trainings;
- Empower national governmental training officials and academics to:
– Raise awareness on and advocate for the protection of refugees and other forcibly displaced;
– Enhance and develop sound and up-to-date training programmes, in methodology and structure;
– Ensure that their training programmes incorporate content conforming with the Global Compact on Refugees; - Allow participants to directly apply and practice the design and delivery methodologies and presentation techniques;
- Create an environment of exchange of best practices and experiences among participants, practitioners and learning experts;
- Identify areas of cooperation between institutions represented at the Course.
Target audience
- Training officers from State training centers and academies involved in capacity building of government officials and other civil servants;
- University professors and other academic staff involved in teaching refugee law or other related areas of law, or managing legal clinics at the undergraduate or postgraduate level;
- Trainers from international organizations engaged in internal training programmes and capacity building of governmental, academic and civil society partners.
- Participants are expected to have previous knowledge of International Refugee Law and other related bodies of law. Based on the experience the participants bring, the Course will create an environment of exchanging best practices to identify the best ways to teach and promote International Law.
Methodology
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