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Specialized training can help UNDP staff and partners to increase their awareness of the situation of minorities and minority rights. Staff could be provided with training on minority rights standards that are relevant for their work and learn from minorities about their cultures, livelihoods and concerns for development. Such training could be integrated into existing training initiatives by including modules on minorities.
Trainings with a particular focus on individual practice areas might also be appropriate, enabling an in-depth examination of how minorities can be more effectively included in accordance with their rights, while at the same time encouraging training support to government counterparts on these issues.
Special attention in training could be paid to understanding non-discrimination and the promotion of minority rights. This could include raising awareness of international and national non-discrimination standards. It could also include training on the issue of ‘special measures’ to overcome discrimination, which enables governments to take extra steps in the economic, social and political spheres to ensure equality in fact. An understanding of actions that can be taken by States in promoting other minority rights is also important.
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