A/HRC/10/49 page 8 31. The Board developed and provisionally adopted new guidelines and policies containing special provisions on a two-year funding policy - subject to the availability of funds. Recommendation 5 32. OIOS recommended that the Board of Trustees should encourage applicants to focus their project proposals on capacity-building through activities such as technical assistance or training. 33. Special provisions were inserted into the new guidelines and policies to encourage applicants to use a part of their grants for capacity-building such as human rights education, project management, training and bookkeeping. In addition, the Board decided to request NGOs to include beneficiaries during the design and implementation phases of the projects. 34. The Board also stressed that its members should have a more proactive role by providing capacity-building training, without any financial implication for the Fund, to selected NGOs in their respective regions. Recommendations 6 and 7 35. OIOS recommended improving access to information available on the Fund’s website, to facilitate the establishment of partnerships and sharing of best practices among grantees, further raise awareness of the problem of slavery and to publicize the achievements of the Fund. 36. The Board discussed the new version of the website of the Fund prepared by the secretariat which contains links with other organizations working on slavery issues, success stories, and a directory of alternative sources of funding available for projects aiming to provide assistance to victims of contemporary forms of slavery and recommended that it be put online. The Board recommended that a compilation of best practices taken from narrative reports be drafted at the end of each reporting year and made publicly available. The Board also recommended disseminating its report to NGOs and OHCHR field offices. 37. The Board reviewed the directory of NGOs working on contemporary forms of slavery which was compiled by the secretariat and recommended extending the directory by including grass-roots NGOs. It further recommended widely disseminating information materials to NGOs, such as the booklet “The United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery”,1 the special issue paper “Abolishing Slavery and its Contemporary Forms”2 and the application forms. 38. The Board recommended that OHCHR encourage its field offices, Special Rapporteurs and other partners, to disseminate these materials. 39. The Board stressed the importance of annual observances to mark the United Nations International Day for the Abolition of Slavery (2 December) to raise awareness of the issue. 1 HR/PUB/05/03. 2 HR/PUB/02/04.