A/HRC/13/44 was also discussed. Participants underwent a strategic planning session and agreed to elaborate region-specific prioritized plans to be merged into one International Coordinating Committee Plan. (c) Side events 68. In March 2009, the International Coordinating Committee established a ninemember working group on business and human rights, comprising two NHRIs per region and the International Coordinating Committee Chairperson’s representative. The working group’s mandate includes strategic planning, capacity-building, resource-sharing, agendasetting and outreach. 69. In June 2009, some 30 representatives from NHRIs, NGOs and Governments met at a side event to the eleventh session of the Human Rights Council, organized by the International Coordinating Committee and OHCHR. The discussion was on the role of NHRIs in the area of business and human rights, focusing on the issues canvassed by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises. The next international conference of the International Coordinating Committee, in Edinburgh, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, in 2010, will focus on human rights and business: the role of NHRIs. OHCHR is preparing it in cooperation with the Scottish Human Rights Commission. 70. In August 2009, the International Coordinating Committee and OHCHR organized a side event to the third session of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee entitled “Draft Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training: Experiences and Contributions of NHRIs”. The event provided a forum to discuss and share NHRI experiences and best practices in the field of human rights education and training. 2. Subcommittee on Accreditation 71. OHCHR provided secretarial support to the meetings of the Subcommittee on Accreditation, held in April and November 2009. A report of the Secretary-General (A/HRC/13/45) provides more information on those sessions. 3. Ibero-American Federation of the Ombudsman 72. OHCHR participated in the fourteenth Congress and Annual Assembly of the IberoAmerican Federation of the Ombudsman held in Madrid on 28 and 29 October 2009. The meeting, hosted by the Spanish Defensor del Pueblo, was attended by about 150 NHRI representatives. 4. Commonwealth Forum of National Human Rights Institutions 73. OHCHR participated in the Commonwealth Forum of National Human Rights Institutions in Port of Spain on 23 and 24 November 2009. The work of the Forum focuses on the role of NHRIs in climate change and human rights. OHCHR, together with the NHRI of Canada, Chair of the Forum, will organize a workshop in 2010 to promote the establishment of Paris Principles-compliant NHRIs in the Caribbean countries. 12 GE.10-10269