Additionally, you should consider that 2015 is the expected date for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). The Millennium Project began in 2000 as means of creating new global collaborations and sponsorship plans to solve pressing problems faced by the world’s most deprived populations. These problems were summarised into eight targets to be achieved by 2015. Since then, a series of new programmes and aid schemes have been promoted around the globe to contribute to the achievement of the stated targets.
Crucially, the core objective of the MDG is the improvement of human wellbeing and dignity for all. As such, the Declaration of Human Rights set the guidelines for conceptualising the main areas of intervention, such as the eradication of extreme poverty, achievement of universal primary education, promotion of gender equality, reduction of child mortality, improvement of maternal health, the defeat of HIV ad other diseases, the protection of environmental sustainability, and the promotion of global partnerships for development.
The approaching deadline of 2015 is indeed ambitious and to be sure, these targets will not be fully reached within the next two years. As such, the UN is working on a post-2015 plan to continue its efforts in creating a more just and equal society for all.
All organisations working towards the promotion of human rights should consider researching existing schemes developed towards the achievement of the MDG in order to design and propose activities, which could be funded once the post-2015 financial plan materialises.
For instance, you could start by looking into programmes developed in your country, contact organisations that received funding to explore the ways In which new collaborative projects could be written, and also contact your local UNDP office to propose your ideas. A complete list of all the sponsored projects according to geographical areas could be found here.
Additional resources
If your organisation is planning on designing new projects targeting the promotion of human rights, it is also crucial to gather sound information about the status of human rights in the country where you work.
Among available sources of information, it is recommended to engage with data released by Human Rights Watch. This is a human rights NGO that works globally by collaborating with experts, academics, lawyers, and journalists to gather facts and write reports about human rights conditions in more than 90 countries. The goal of this organisation is to make available information that is able to inspire other human rights organisations and educate the public in order to highlight current infringement of human rights laws as well as to press governments to change their policies in regards to human rights norms.
A complete list of their publications could be found here.
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