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International Human ~Zlghtslaw GROUP !/ \ ' International Human ~zlghtsLAW GROUP !/ \ '. \ The Znw Group USAID, CDIElDI Washington, DC 20523-1 802 Telephone 202/822-M00., Tuesday, December 3 1,2002 To Whom It May Concern: Enclosed with this letter are the completed quarterly reports of USAID Cooperative Agreement No: 620-A-00-99-00304 with the-International Human Rights Law Group 10r.the pco-O2-@ough FY 2002. +lease note that th~ssubrmss~on~, 7. ' ccinstitutes our final report una?erfhF@mra'greement. ~ ~ - --- .- --- If you'it~eany questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me via telephone at (202) 8224600, via fax at (202) 822-4606, or via email at markb@hrla\\~goup.oro,. Have a happy New'Yeear. Quarterly Report: October 1-December 31,1999 Award No. 620-CA-00-99-00304 International Human Rights Law Group Introduction This report represents the initial narrative report submitted by the International Human Rights Law Group concerning its program of work for Nigeria. The grant period for this award commenced on September 24, 1999, and the Law Group has focused its work over this fust quarter on program start-up activities, particularly for the scheduled U.S. study tour for core partner groups in Nigeria. In addition, during this reporting period, the Law Group also organized a workshop in Northern Nigeria addressing the strategic use of the media within the context of a legislative advocacy campaign. The workshop served as an importanr forum for evaluating the Law Group's overall prowdesign for legislative advocacy support in Nigeria, and it provided the basis for discussions with USAID on the overall conceptualization and implementation of the program. 1. During this first quarter, Law Group staff began planning a legislative study tour that will bring Nigerian advocates to Washington to shadow civil society advocates in the United States. 2. The Law Group's Washington staff also focused on developing the programmatic framework for this new initiative, including the production of a draft workplan. Through this process, the staffing needs and the qualifications of candidates for the Law Group's various Nigeria positions were derived, and an intensive search resulted in the identification of top candidates for each of the three primary program positions. 3. Law Group staff traveled to Nigeria in December for an initial start-up mission to: (a) meet with potential civil society partner organizations; @) interview candidates for pro_- positions in the Law Group's Abuja office; and (c) discuss the Law Group's approach and long-term program focus with USAID. 4. In December the Law Group organized a workshop in Northern Nigeria focusing on NGO media strategies. The workshop was organized in cooperation with Human Rights Monitor and was held in Kaduna from 9- 10 December. Activities 1. Advance Planning for the Study Tour: The Law Group began its planning for a legislative study tour of the United States for Nigerian civil society activists (tentatively scheduled for June 2000) by entering into discussions with Wade Henderson, Executive Director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR), who was a key facilitator at the Law Group's Legislative Advocacy workshop in Abuja in July 1999. The LCCR is an advocacy coalition of over 185 national organizations representing a broad spectrum of U.S. civil society. The LCCR has achieved notable success in its work, particularly through congressional advocacy campaigns in support of civil rights legislation in the United States. During the meetings with Mr. Henderson, the primary elements of the study tour were outlined and Mr. Henderson agreed to work with the Law Group to fiuther develop the components of the tour. In the coming quarter, the Law Group will continue to work with the LCCR to contact the necessruy NGOs, individual activists, grassroots organizers, legislators, media strategists, and professional lobbyists in the United States who will help develop the nvo- week progam. In addition, Mr. Henderson agreed to participate in the tour in a subhmntive manner. (As the Law Group recognizes that the study tour will require a high level of coordination, a dedicated staff person will be assigned to organize tour logistics at least one month prior to the participants' arrival.) 2. Programmatic Framework and StafGng The programmatic framework for this initiative was developed through an in-house process of discussion, which culminated in the production of a detailed timeline and workplan. The workplan has now been submitted to USAID. The challenge of preparing such a document stemmed from the need to clarify the program while allowing sufficient space for the Abuja- based team to fine-tune the content after the formal establishment of the Law Group office. The staffing configuration originally conceived in the initial program design was also altered based on the development of the programmatic framework. Instead of a director and deputy director, or a director and two field officers, the Law Group decided that three highly specialized positions would be necessary, as outlined in the workplan, namely, an experienced international human rights professional with legislative advocacy experience; a Nigerian civil society activist with a history of involvement in the prodemocracy movement and strong ties to advocacy- oriented CSOs; and a senior Nigerian program administrator with extensive experience in managing programs funded by international foundations or agencies. Based on the staffing alterations, the Law Group has re-focused its recmiting campaign and the Law Group office in Abuja is now scheduled to open on March 1,2000. 3. Start-up Mission In December, the Law Group's Africa Coordinator, Marie-Elena John Smith, and Deputy Director of Programs, Mark Bromley, traveled to Nigeria to initiate a broad series of consultations on the Law Group's proposed program of legislative advocacy support for civil society. In addition to extensive discussions with representatives of Nigerian civil society organizations, the Law Group also met with USAID to discuss the overall Law Group initiative. As an important focus of the mission, the Law Group team discussed a draft worlcplan for the overall program with a number of civil society partners. In addition, the Law Group team discussed important programmatic points with USAID in Lagos. The Law Group also interviewed several candidates for staff positions in the Abuja office. Based on consultations with partner organizations, the Law Group mission concluded that while Nigerian civil society stands poised to participate in the ongoing democratic transition in Nigeria, the legislative process in Abuja remains inaccessible to most Nigerian non-governmental organizations. This is due, in large part, to the significant expenses and operational difficulties that groups have encountered in conducting activities in Abuja Based on these general findins, the Law Group drafted and submitted to USAU) a revised workplan for program activities in Nigeria. The revised program of support will: 1. Provide concentrated training and coordination to enable a core group to ten partner organizations to undertake more effective legislative advocacy at the national and state levels while strengthening their general organizational capacities; 2. Facilitate coalition-building behveen core partners and other CSOs engaged in legislative advocacy, as well as constituency-building between advocacy-based CSOs and community- based, grassroots organizations; and 3. Coordinate international advocacy study tours for core partners to gain exposure to the advocacy strategies and techniques of civil society counterparts in the United States an4 funding permitting, South Africa, as well as exposure to the advocacy mechanisms of the United Nations. 4. Media Strategies Workshop From December 9-10, the Law Group organized a workshop in cooperation with Human Rights Monitor in Kaduna. Building on the Law Group's July 1999 workshop on legislative advocacy in Nigeria, the Kaduna workshop focused specifically on the critical role of the media in a comprehensive legislative advocacy campaign. The agenda focused on advocacy priorities in the North, including proposed legislation a,ginst the removal of girls at a young age from school for the purpose of early marriage, in order to ensure that the workshop was relevant and useful in the ongoing work of the participants. A South African participant from the Law Group's July workshop in Abuja, Zane Dangor, participated as a lead facilitator in this recent program. He was also joined by a number of impressive Nigerian workshop facilitators, including Dapo Olorunyomi, a respected Nigerian media expert, and Ayesha Imam, a leading women's rights expert. The adoption of Sharia laws in Zamfara state strongly colored the content of the workshop. Following the workshop, discussions in Lagos behveen the Law Group and USAID highlighted the joint commitment of both USAID and the Law Group to working on legislative issues that could contribute to the development of the overall political system in Nigeria Wthin the unfolding developments in the North, the Law Group also recognized that a women's rights focus will in fact address critical national-level issues, with implications that extend beyond women's rights concerns. Through the workshop, the Law Group brought together a broad collection of civil society pups and media experts to address the key role the media has played in advancing the human rights agenda in the country. Discussions highlighted strategies for expanding these relationships within the new democratic environment while recognizing the pitfalls that a number of groups have experienced in dealing with the media. A full workshop report will be completed in the upcoming quarter. International Human Rights Law Group Quarterly Report: January 1'' - April 3oth2000 Award No. 620-CA-00-99-00304 Introduction This is the second quarterly report submitted by the lntemational Human Rights Law Group concerning its Nigeria Programme. The report covers the period of January to April 2000. The period has been devoted mainly to the recruitment of the Nigeria Programme Director, the establishment of the Nigeria field office in Abuja and the constitution of the core group.
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