Table 6. Capacity Building for Governments for Minorities in Development
Types of
Capacity
Capacity Building on
Minorities in Development
INDIVIDUAL
CAPACITY
Experience
Knowledge
Skills
• Training for government staff on
non-discrimination and minority rights
• Information about measures to prevent
discrimination, e.g. employment tribunals
• Access to data on the status of minorities
• Information about existing minority CSOs
and areas of expertise
• Encourage employment ‘diversity’ associations of minority
staff and other underrepresented groups
• Creating opportunities for dialogue between government
actors and minorities
• Building capacity of minority CSO leaders to work
with government officials (e.g. through briefings
on policy proposals)
ORGANIZATIONAL
CAPACITY
Internal Policies • Establishment of national councils on non-discrimination
Procedures
and/or minorities and similar institutions at the local level
Frameworks
• Data collection reforms to produce and analyze adequate
disaggregated data
• Integration of consideration of minorities into all national
development plans and policies
• Systematic monitoring of impact of policies and programmes
on minorities
• Adoption of non-discrimination policies for all public and
private sector employment
• Establishment of competencies on minority issues in all
public institutions (e.g. through designated staff or divisions)
• Building institutional cooperation with minority CSOs
and networks
ENABLING
ENVIRONMENT
Policies
• Legislative reform protecting the rights of minorities to
Legislation
express culture, language and religion
Power relations • Strong mechanisms to implement
Social norms
non-discrimination legislation
• Public education campaigns on non-discrimination
• Ensuring freedom of association for minorities
in law and practice
• Support to media outlets aimed at minorities
• Review of budget allocations to ensure
non-discrimination against minorities
• Minority support to parliamentarian networking
• Integration of minority issues into all UN Treaty Body reports,
the Universal Periodic Review mechanism and country visits
of UN Special Rapporteurs
Levels of Capacity
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