ECCHRD


European Coordination Committee on Human Rights Documentation

28th meeting, Warsaw, Poland - June 16-17, 2005



Dear friends and colleagues,

We have the pleasure of inviting you to participate in the 28th meeting of the European Coordination Committee on Human Rights Documentation (ECCHRD). As you probably know, the ECCHRD organises annual meetings for information workers and documentalists of human rights organisations based in Europe. The aims of the 28th meeting are:

a. to discuss new and relevant themes of common interest, both with regard to the context of human rights documentation work as well as issues of particular interest to information workers and documentalists;
b. to share experiences in doing documentation and information work on a daily basis;
c. to develop strategies for collaboration on specific themes and in response to new technological opportunities.

As previously announced, the 28th meeting will take place in Warsaw, Poland. The local organiser is the OSCE / Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR). The meeting will be held at the OSCE-ODIHR office (Al. Ujazdowskie 19, 00-557 Warsaw) or at the nearby Sheraton Hotel (UI. B. Prusa 2, 00-493 Warsaw).

The agenda for the 28th ECCHRD meeting is attached.

Accommodation
The local organiser has taken options on rooms in the following two hotels. Both are very close to the OSCE-ODIHR office in the city center of Warsaw and both have special prices for the OSCE:

Grand Hotel:
Single room with breakfast costs 234 PLN (56.16 EUR)
Double room with breakfast costs 140 PLN per person (33.60 EUR per person).

Sheraton Hotel:
Single room without breakfast costs 412 PLN (99.-- EUR)
Double room without breakfast costs 206 PLN per person (49.50 EUR per person).

Please note that the prices in EUR might change slightly depending on exchange rate.

Other expences
There is no registration fee. To enable you to plan your participation to the 28th ECCHRD meeting, we give you an indication of prices of transportation and meals in Warsaw. Getting from the airport to any of the hotels mentioned above shouldn't be more than 7.-- or 8.-- EUR.
OSCE-ODIHR is in the city center so you can walk around on foot, but if you want to use public transportation to get to the "very" center, the normal ticket costs 0.72 EUR if you buy it from a driver, and a 3-day ticket to be used in all public transportation costs 2.90 EUR.
Lunch costs approximately 7.-- EUR without wine, and dinner approximately 14.-- EUR.

Training
There will be a HURIDOCS "training for trainers" course in particular on the Events Standard Formats and the WinEvsys software which will take place on 13-16 June 2005 (ending on 16 June in the morning before the official start of the ECCHRD meeting.) Anyone interested in attending this training should contact Bert Verstappen at info@huridocs.org.

Registration
You can register for the meeting by filling out the online registration form. Please confirm your participation with the Secretariat before Monday, 16 May 2005. Please note that all costs related to travel and hotel have to be borne by the participants themselves. No funding is available from the Secretariat or the local organisers.
Additional and practical details about the venue, the final agenda and the list of participants will be sent end of May to those who have registered.

Please do not hesitate to contact the ECCHRD Secretariat if you have any questions.

We are looking forward to seeing you at the 28th meeting in Warsaw!

The ECCHRD Secretariat,
Fiona Bolt and Iris Reiss-Golumbeck
Amnesty International / International Secretariat
1 Easton Street
London WC1X 0DW
Telephone: +44 20 7413 5583 or +44 20 7413 5861
Email: ECCHRD-Secretariat@amnesty.org

Local organiser:
OSCE-ODIHR (contact: Aleksandra Pietrowska)
Email: Aleksandra.Pietrowska@odihr.pl