Welcome to this online learning course
The course will introduce you to the concept of human rights budgeting and explain what it is and why human rights standards and approaches are relevant, and helpful, for local government budgeting processes. It will also look into the relationship between human rights and corruption, and how transparency and counter corruption measures can support the respect, protection and fulfillment of human rights in your municipality or region. It consists of three modules, each taking roughly 2-3 hours to complete. We recommend that you do one at a time.
Learning Objectives
After completing this course you can expect to have learned:
- Understand what human rights budgeting means, and how it is applicable in local government budgeting processes, particularly to critical areas such health, education, environment, and economic development.
- Understand how human rights and corruption are related, and what that means for local government operations and budgeting processes.
- Be able to evaluate how the budget in your local government advances equality for marginalized groups, such as women, youth, children, PWD, elderly, etc.
- Reflect on the role of innovation, social capital and leadership to advance human rights with limited resources.
- Create the human rights of your local government unit, using infographics.
Course authors
Ms. Martha Davis
Affiliated Professor, The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Mr. Morten Koch Andersen
Senior Researcher, The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Ms. Myriam Chilvers
Former operations Development Manager, Swedish International Center for Local Democracy
General Resources
General resources are not mandatory but can serve as inspirational add-ons to the course if time allows.
Learning cases
Learning Case: Securing the Right to Housing and Services in eThekwini’s Informal Settlements
Policy briefs
Videos
Other tools
Curriculum
- 4 Sections
- 28 Lessons
- Lifetime
- Module 1. Human Rights Budgeting Overview: What is it and Why do it?8
- 1.1Welcome to Module 1
- 1.2Definitions
- 1.3What is a Human Rights-Based Economy?
- 1.4What are local governments’ human rights obligations, and how do local economic policy and budget allocations affect human rights?
- 1.5What does a Human Rights-based economy mean for Public Budgeting?
- 1.6Why Adopt a Local Human Rights budget?
- 1.7Case study: Human Rights Budgeting Dilemmas, eThekwini, South Africa
- 1.8Module reflection and facilitation
- Module 2. Implications of Human Rights Budgeting for Local Level Governance8
- 2.1Welcome to Module 2
- 2.2How do Human Rights Budgeting Principles apply in Local Settings?
- 2.3Case Study: The Human Right to Food in Scotland
- 2.4Case Study: Participatory Budgeting in Recife, Brazil
- 2.5Case Study: Gender-Responsive Budgeting, Mexico
- 2.6The Role of Local Taxation
- 2.7Using Local Procurement to Promote Human Rights: Influencing the Private Sector
- 2.8Module reflection and facilitation
- Module 3. Influence of corruption on human rights and how to combat it11
- 3.1Welcome to Module 3
- 3.2What is the relationship between corruption and human rights?
- 3.3Definitions and why they matter?
- 3.4How can we approach and address corruption and human rights?
- 3.5The Synergy between corruption and human rights
- 3.6Case study: Building Political Will to Combat Corruption, Ukraine
- 3.7Case study: Using Social Norms to fight Corruption in Local Governments, Vietnam
- 3.8U4’s Lessons learned from anti-corruption efforts at municipal and city level
- 3.9Some examples of anti-corruption initiatives in local governments around the world
- 3.10Module reflection and facilitation
- 3.11Final quiz9 Questions
- Final Assignment: Create your own human rights budget2
Target audiences
- Local elected politicians in ICLD Steering groups.