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, Nepal and New Zealand. 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.

Capacity Building Programs – Responding to the Challenges of a Changing Region

• Annual Human Rights and People's Diplomacy Program:

- 2009 Annual Program: Application Form - Brochure APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN!

- 2008 Annual Program: Program Information - Report - Participant Feedback -Schedule

• Indigenous Peoples:

  - 2009 Indigenous Regional Program: Brochure - Report - Participant Feedback - Schedule

- 2008 Indigenous Regional Program: Program Information - Brochure - Report - Participant Feedback - Schedule

- 2009 Oxfam Indigenous Youth Program: Report - Participant Feedback - Schedule

- 2008 Oxfam Indigenous Youth Program: Report - Participant Feedback - Schedule

• Migrant Workers:

– 2009 Migrant Workers Program: Brochure - Report - Participant Feedback - Schedule

- 2008 Migrant Workers Program: Program Information - Report - Participant Feedback- Schedule

• Human Rights Advocacy and Business:

- 2009 Human Rights Advocacy and Business Program: Brochure - Report - Participant Feedback - Schedule

– 2008 Human Rights Advocacy and Business Program: Program Information – Brochure - Report - Participant Feedback - Schedule

• Human Rights and Trade:

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

• Special Programs:

-Corporate Accountability: Tools to Promote Responsible Business Conduct, a Capacity Building Program for NGOs and Trade Unions. In partnership between OECD Watch and the Diplomacy Training Program. 4-6 November 2009, Bangkok, Thailand

Training Seminar Announcement - Letter of Invitation - Application Form

Brochure - Preliminary Program APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN!

- 2009 Building Human Rights Capacity in Timor-Leste: Report

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