Joint MECC JPHR/ATIME Training of Trainers (ToT)
The Justice, Peace and Human Rights Program (JPHR) and the Association of Theological Institutes in the Middle East (ATIME) organized their second To T session from January 12-13, 2007, in Atchaneh-Lebanon on ³Spreading a culture of human rights² among students of theology.
Around 50 trainees, students, young theologians and priests from Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, and Syria exchanged experiences and learned how to overcom e challenges in their respective countries. The seminar was enriched by the participants¹ testimonies about their practical experiences. They shared information on their churches¹ position and discourse in defending human rights and human dignity, and in working toward the observance of a culture of rights.
A series of workshops held during the training, focused on the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as treated in the International Covenant on Huma n Rights. Others focused on the issue of ³Identity and Citizenship² highlighting each individual¹s potential in effecting social change at the community level.
Certificates were distributed at the end of the workshop, thus completing this awareness and training cycle. For more information, kindly contact Ms . Alexa Abi Habib at: mecccypr@spidernet.com.cy
Middle East Council of Churches Office of International Ecumenical Relations P.O. Box 5376, Beirut, Lebanon
Guirgis Ibrahim Saleh, General Secretary
mecc@cyberia.net.lb or guirgissaleh@cyberia.net.lb
+961-1-353-938 http://www.mec-churches.org/