National Council for Human Rights

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The first cooperation project between the National Institutions for Human Rights in Egypt and Norway

Based on Memorandum of Understanding of December 28, 2005

Opening ceremony December Opening ceremony December 3, 20083, 2008

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Goals of the project:

Contribute to the fulfillment of the National Council for Human Rights in Egypt’s goals and functions as a National Human Rights Institution

Collect, organize and disseminate human rights information

Serve as a national gateway to human rights information

Establish good network connections on a national, regional and international level

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The MoU and the library project

• The objective of the Memorandum of Understanding is to facilitate joint projects to enhance respect forhuman rights in either country.

• The MoU will be prolonged for three years today

• The library project is the first joint project based on the MoU

• Financed by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

• Application approved October 2007– Total budget NOK 1,2

million

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Project timeline

2005 2006 2007

2008

May 3 -5Dec 28

MoU

2007 Nov 29

MfA funding

Visit to Cairo One week training in Oslo

Visits to Cairo and Oslo

Setting up the library

2008 2009Visit to CairoOct

Setting up the library Prolongation of MoU

May

Final report to MfA

Dec 3

Project application

July 4May 16

April

May

Opening

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Main activities Setting up the library

—Purchase Library equipment (shelves and technical equipment)

—Convert to the ALIS, member of Egyptian Libraries Network

—Recruit and train staff

—Prepare list of core human rights literature

—Build up a core human rights collection

—Organize human rights information physically and virtually

Carry out training and cooperation visits

Establish networks

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Target groups for the Library

1. The general public

2. Students

3. Researchers (Masters and PhD students etc.), journalists

4. Human rights institutions (both government, NGOs and CSOs)

5. NCHR-E researchers and staff

6. Interested parties who wish to be informed about the human rights situation in Egypt

7. Lawyers

8. Law drafters (some of whom are represented in the membership of the Council)