A/HRC/35/20 programmes at the state level. Later, this methodology helped the State of Oaxaca to elaborate its 2011-2016 development plan with a human rights-based approach.8 Implementing a human rights vision of development in Uganda 36. In 2013, the Government of Uganda launched Uganda Vision 2040, an overarching national planning framework which considers human rights a prerequisite for development. Uganda Vision 2040 was developed by the National Planning Authority in consultation with other national stakeholders and partners, and OHCHR Uganda contributed to the drafting process. According to Uganda Vision 2040, “Government shall ensure that the human rights-based approach to development is integrated in policies, legislation, plans and programs.”9 37. The National Planning Authority requested technical support from OHCHR for the effective integration of human rights into sector and district government development plans, and ultimately into the second five-year National Development Plan. 38. In that context, OHCHR provided technical cooperation in partnership with the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) and with funding from Norway. In May 2014, with the support of OHCHR and GIZ, the National Planning Authority issued new planning guidelines with a human rights-based approach. In order to strengthen the integration of human rights into plans and to identify and refine indicators, OHCHR launched a strategic training programme targeting planning officers, chief administrative officers and community development and population officers from 66 districts and 16 thematic sectors. The training was so well received that the National Planning Authority requested OHCHR to cover the remaining 46 districts, with UNDP funding. C. Formulating and implementing technical cooperation programmes through consultation and with the broadest possible participation 39. As the Board of Trustees has suggested, the broadest possible participation of all segments of national societies increases the chances of technical cooperation projects being effective and successful. 10 Furthermore, the medium- and long-term sustainability of the technical cooperation activities is often influenced by how well the activity is anchored with beneficiaries and their organizations, or with institutions mandated to promote and protect the rights of a specific group of rights holders. When designing technical cooperation projects, OHCHR is systematically ensuring the participation of key stakeholders, particularly the direct beneficiaries, through the design of the activities. 1. OHCHR Tunisia supports broad participation in the constitutional reform process 40. OHCHR Tunisia and prominent civil society organizations co-organized a national consultation on the Constitution, the rule of law and human rights, which was held from 18 to 20 July 2012 in the Tunisian city of Mahdia. At the consultation, approximately 100 representatives of civil society discussed the importance of having a constitution based on the rule of law and in compliance with international human rights standards. As a result of the consultation, a joint proposal for improvement of the draft constitution, known as the Mahdia Declaration, was developed by civil society actors and provided a common platform for civil society organizations’ advocacy before the National Constituent Assembly. 8 9 10 8 Coordinación para la Protección de los Derechos Humanos del Estado de Oaxaca, Derechos de las Personas Afrodescendientes (2013). Available from www.hchr.org.mx/images/doc_pub/08_Afrodescendientes_oax.pdf. National Planning Authority, “Uganda Vision 2040”, p. 108. See A/HRC/29/48, para. 30.