A/HRC/22/17 40. OHCHR and UNDP are leading the post-2015 global thematic consultation on governance, which includes outreach to States and parliamentarians, civil society organizations and media in different regions, as well as technical work on measuring governance and human rights in a new global development agenda. OHCHR is contributing to other thematic consultations on inequality, health and water. The Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation led discussions on ways to address inequalities in the post-2015 development agenda, focusing on access to water and sanitation. The results of these efforts will serve as input for the work of the High-level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda and the open working group on sustainable development goals, as well as intergovernmental discussions on this matter. 41. OHCHR supported Member States in integrating human rights into their development and poverty reduction policies by providing technical advice and conducting capacity-building activities. OHCHR supported Ecuador in piloting the guide on rightsbased approaches to sectoral policies and further integrating human rights into the formulation of its national development strategy. In Togo, OHCHR organized a workshop on budget monitoring and human rights in the context of formulating a new national development plan. 42. Further progress was made in integrating human rights into the United Nations system, particularly through the work of the Human Rights Mainstreaming mechanism of the United Nations Development Group. OHCHR, by means of the mechanism, will further intensify system-wide efforts to strengthen the Organization’s capacity and coordinated responses to support national capacity-building when requested by Member States. Human rights items have now been added to the agendas of both the Chief Executives Board and the High-Level Committee on Programmes. 43. In 2012, OHCHR continued to develop resource materials and practitioners’ tools, and to conduct workshops on the use of indicators to assist national and international human rights stakeholders in assessing progress in human rights implementation. The Office published Human Rights Indicators: A Guide to Measurement and Implementation. At the request of and in collaboration with national stakeholders, OHCHR organized workshops on human rights indicators in Togo and the Philippines, and continued to provide technical support to, inter alia, Brazil, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Ecuador, Kenya, Mexico, Nepal, Paraguay, Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. OHCHR also conducted a series of workshops on the relevance of indicators as tools for fostering the assessment and implementation of recommendations from United Nations human rights mechanisms. 2. Economic, social and cultural rights 44. The year under review was challenging for the enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights. In particular, the austerity programmes introduced by several countries in response to the financial crisis had serious implications for the recognition and enjoyment of these rights. In recognition of this, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights addressed a letter to States to remind them of their obligations to use the maximum available resources to fulfil these rights, even in times of crisis. 45. OHCHR promoted the judicial protection of economic, social and cultural rights and the signature and ratification of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Costa Rica, Mali, the Republic of Moldova, Senegal, Slovenia and Uruguay. Its advocacy contributed to ratification by Bolivia (Plurinational State of) and signing by Burkina Faso. 10