A/HRC/27/41 72. OHCHR also delivered specialized training on human rights for government economists and planners and the secretaries of the 19 sectoral working groups coordinated by the Ministry of Devolution and Planning. 73. OHCHR, the Ministry of Justice and the United Nations Resident Coordinator’s office trained key departments on human rights indicators for the second Medium-Term Plan in the areas of health, education, housing, gender, vulnerable groups, governance and the rule of law. 74. With OHCHR support, the Government designated human rights focal points of the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights in all the sectoral working groups. 75. The Resident Coordinator’s Annual Report 2013, published by the United Nations Development Group, cited the best practice of Kenya in the area of mainstreaming human rights in national development strategies, plans and processes. Uganda: implementing a human rights vision of development 76. In 2013, the Government of Uganda launched Uganda Vision 2040, an overarching national planning framework which considers human rights a prerequisite for development. The Vision was developed by the National Planning Authority (NPA) in consultation with other national stakeholders and partners. OHCHR-Uganda contributed to the drafting process. According to the Vision, “Government shall ensure that the human rights-based approach to development is integrated in policies, legislation, plans and programs”.6 77. NPA 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. 78. In that context, OHCHR technical cooperation is being provided in partnership with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and with funding from Norway. In May 2014, with the support of OHCHR and GIZ, NPA 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. Training was so well received that NPA requested OHCHR to cover the remaining 46 districts, with UNDP funding. 79. In coordination with UNDP and other United Nations partners, OHCHR has continued to support inclusive consultative workshops at the regional level, enabling local government leaders to address their human rights priorities and concerns have them integrated into the second five-year National Development Plan. 80. The mainstreaming initiative led by NPA strengthened partnership and coordination between national institutions in Uganda, United Nations entities and international partners, such as GIZ, to work together on strengthening national capacities for efficient and quality planning. Ecuador: human rights in development planning 81. In 2008, the report submitted by the Ecuador within the framework of the first cycle of the UPR clearly defined the inclusion of a human rights-based approach to planning as a priority area for international cooperation. In 2009, the National Secretariat for Planning 6 Uganda Vision 2014, p. 108. 15