The right to participation of people living in poverty 2013, para. 78
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Rather than just using meetings to extract information, facilitators and organizers should seek to actively build the capacity of the participants and foster their better enjoyment of rights such as education and freedom of expression. The opportunity to provide workshops or courses relevant to the needs of the participants, for example literacy or leadership training, should be taken. It may be helpful to involve local organizations in building local organizing capacity. Facilitators can also help participants forge useful links - both horizontal links with other communities or community-based groups, and vertical links with decision-makers and relevant officials, for example in the local government.
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Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights