A/HRC/33/27 Board of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples has recommended that a budget be set aside to support the participation of an additional 38 representatives of indigenous communities and organizations in the sessions of the Human Rights Council, the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review and the treaty bodies to be held from July 2016 to March 2017. 43. In 2016, the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples also supported two extraordinary meetings on the outcome document of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples: a workshop on the review of the mandate of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the General Assembly consultation process aiming to enhance the participation of indigenous peoples’ representatives in United Nations meetings affecting them. In order to support robust participation in these two strategic forums, the members of the Board recommended that an important part of its budget be used to facilitate the attendance of 28 representatives of indigenous peoples in those consultations. 44. Efforts to strengthen the role of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples beyond direct travel support were made, especially to build the capacity of the beneficiaries of the Fund and to contribute to their more effective engagement with human rights mechanisms. Induction courses and human rights training sessions were organized to that end in the framework of the sessions of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and in cooperation with Docip. 45. During the reporting period, the three United Nations mechanisms devoted to the rights of indigenous peoples — the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples and the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues — continued to strengthen cooperation, including by holding coordinating meetings during the session of the Expert Mechanism in July 2015 and the session of the Permanent Forum in May 2016. B. Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 46. During its eighth session, in July 2015, the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples held a panel discussion on the human rights of indigenous peoples in relation to business enterprises, a discussion on the post-2015 development agenda and indigenous peoples’ rights, and a consultation with States and indigenous peoples on the United Nations system-wide action plan to ensure a coherent approach to achieving the ends of the Declaration. The Expert Mechanism finalized and adopted a study on the promotion and protection of the rights of indigenous peoples with respect to their cultural heritage (A/HRC/30/53), including through their participation in political and public life. The study was submitted to the Human Rights Council at its thirtieth session, in September 2015. 47. Also in September 2015, the Human Rights Council adopted resolution 30/11, in which it requested OHCHR to convene a two-day expert workshop open to the participation of States, indigenous peoples and other stakeholders, including by inviting the submission of written contributions, to review the mandate of the Expert Mechanism. The expert workshop, which was held in Geneva on 4 and 5 April 2016, brought together approximately 100 participants, including representatives of States, indigenous peoples and other stakeholders. OHCHR submitted a report on the workshop (A/HRC/32/26) to the Council at its thirty-second session, in June 2016. 48. In February 2016, the Office organized an expert seminar in Montreal, Canada, jointly with McGill University. The main objective of the seminar was to collect 9