A/HRC/41/29 transformations needed for the fulfilment of the 2030 Agenda”, a project led by the Office of the Resident Coordinator and UNDP. The project is a joint effort of United Nations agencies, the Government, academia, civil society and the private sector and is aimed at strengthening the implementation of the 2030 Agenda in a high-income country by addressing bottlenecks hindering the transition to sustainable development. 35. The Voluntary Fund was also used to hire a consultant to integrate human rights and a gender dimension into the project in Uruguay, providing inputs interlinking the 2030 Agenda with the main human rights tools, including the recommendations emanating from the international human rights system, such as the universal periodic review. A series of consultations and dialogues with civil society organizations and other stakeholders are also planned. 36. The OHCHR Regional Office for Central America, through a joint project implemented with the United Nations Resident Coordinator and with the support of the Voluntary Fund, assisted Costa Rica in the establishment of a national database to be used by the Inter-Institutional Commission for the Monitoring and Implementation of International Human Rights Obligations for the tasks of reporting to international human rights mechanisms and following up on their recommendations, including those emanating from the universal periodic review. The database, modelled on the database developed by Paraguay, will also facilitate the preparation of follow-up plans. 37. In 2018, the Regional Office for Central America procured the required software to install the recommendations monitoring database, and supported the coordination between the ministries of foreign affairs of Costa Rica and Paraguay, facilitating technical assistance by Paraguay in order to build the capacity of members of the Inter-Institutional Commission. However, the presidential elections held in April 2018 and the subsequent change of Government in May of that year delayed the execution of the planned activities related to the database. 38. In 2018, the Regional Office for Central America also continued to provide technical assistance to the Inter-Institutional Commission in the integration of human rights indicators into public policy planning and monitoring, including through the organization of a three-day follow-up workshop. 39. In addition, the Regional Office supported the Inter-Institutional Commission in its coordination with civil society organizations, through the permanent body of consultation and participation. It also supported the Inter-Institutional Commission and the permanent body of consultation and participation in the definition of their methods of work and their programme of work for 2019. 40. In response to a request from the Government of Mongolia for assistance from the Voluntary Fund, OHCHR provided technical assistance to support the implementation of the Government’s Universal Periodic Review Action Plan 2016–2019, which contains the 150 recommendations from the second cycle of the universal periodic review that the Government accepted, grouped in 12 clusters, including actions against torture, to strengthen the national human rights institution and to counter discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons. The project, which runs from July 2018 until the end of 2019, includes plans for the establishment of a national preventive mechanism in line with the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; the establishment of a national mechanism for reporting and follow-up and a national recommendations tracking database; the adoption of a national strategy to implement the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework; the submission to the parliament of a draft law on human rights defenders; and the launching of the Free and Equal Campaign at the national level. 41. On 17 and 18 October 2018, in close collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia, OHCHR organized a national consultation on a national preventive mechanism, in which approximately 50 representatives from the parliament, ministries, the police academy, prisons, non-governmental organizations and academics participated. The objective of the consultation was to issue concrete recommendations by participants to identify the most suitable model for the establishment of a national preventive mechanism 8