The Diplomacy Training Program – Making a Difference

The Diplomacy Training Program (DTP) is an independent NGO which seeks to advance human rights and empower civil society in the Asia Pacific region through quality education and training, and the building of skills and capacity in non-governmental organisations and for individual human rights defenders and community advocates.

The DTP was founded in 1989 by HE Jose Ramos-Horta, 1996 Nobel Peace Laureate and current President of Timor-Leste. Since January 1990, the DTP has conducted an 'Annual Regional Human Rights and Peoples’ Diplomacy Training Program'. This three week program has been hosted in Australia, Timor Leste, Thailand, the Philippines, Fiji, Sri Lanka and Nepal. Since 2003, the Diplomacy Training Program has also conducted shorter, specialised, thematic training programs in Australia, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, the Philippines and Fiji. DTP also occasionally conducts specialised programs in response to a particular issue or to assist a specific community, in addition to occasional country-specific training when requested.

Programs – Responding to the Challenges of a Changing Region

• Annual Human Rights and People's Diplomacy Program:

- 2008 Annual Program: Program Information - Brochure- Report (2007) - Participant Feedback (2007)

• Indigenous Peoples:

  - Applications now open for 2009 Oxfam Indigenous Youth Program: This program will be held 15-20 February 2009, applications close 15 January. Apply now!

-2008 Regional Indigenous Program: Program Information - Report (2007) - Participant Feedback

- 2008 Oxfam Indigenous Youth Program: Report - Participant Feedback

• Migrant Workers:

– 2008 Migrant Workers Follow-Up Training Program: Program Information – Call for Applications- Report (2007) – Participant Feedback (2007)

• Human Rights and Business:

– 2008 Human Rights Advocacy and Business: Program Information – Report (2007) - Participant Feedback

• Human Rights and Trade:

- 2008 International Trade and Human Rights Program: Program Information– Report – Participant Feedback

• Special Programs:

  - 2008 Intensive Program for the People from Burma: Program Information - Report (2007) - Participant Feedback (2007)

In 2008 the DTP Celebrates the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.