The HELP Training-of-Trainers (ToT) on Anti-discrimination was held in Tirana on 8 and 9 August 2016. The training was organised in the framework of the long term cooperation between HELP in the Western Balkans and the EU/CoE Joint Project “Enhancing the Effectiveness of the Albanian System of Human Rights Protection and Anti-Discrimination”.  

HELP ToTs are one of the tools to support National Training Institutions (NTIs) and Bar Associations (BAs) in delivering high-quality and tailor-made training courses to legal professionals, who are at the forefront of the protection of human rights. The increasing demand for new HELP courses to be implemented at the national level has been accommodated through the training of representatives of the NTIs and BAs in the CoE member states in becoming HELP trainers and familiar with the HELP methodology.

In line with the HELP training methodology, the ToT on anti-discrimination was aimed at setting up a pool of three national trainers who will moderate the HELP course on Anti-discrimination after its adaptation to the Albanian legal order. The first pilot course will be launched in September for 50 participants targeting the Ombudsperson Office, the Commissioner for the Protection from Discrimination (CPD), the Ministry of Social Welfare and Youth (MOSWY), the Albanian School for Public Administration (ASPA) and NGOs. Cascade trainings will be organised after the pilot course is completed in order to reach a broader target audience including participants with hearing and visual impairments.

The HELP pilot course will be aimed not only at increasing the knowledge of the target audience on anti-discrimination issues, but also at raising awareness about the impact of their daily work in anticipating discrimination practices.