A/HRC/28/42 of which integrate a strong gender framework. One of the main objectives of OHCHR support to the federal plan was to strengthen cooperation between the authorities and civil society. Building on that collaborative effort, the Office has contributed to the elaboration of one national human rights assessment, three national human rights plans and several local human rights programmes. 49. The National Human Rights Programme 2014–2018, which was presented by the Federal Government on 25 June 2014, is the first programme of its kind in the country to explicitly adopt the OHCHR human rights indicators methodology, as well as the interAmerican system indicators on economic, social and cultural rights, to measure the full realization of human rights. The next step will be to help start the development of human rights programmes at the level of the states. Nepal: addressing the equality imperative 50. In September 2012, the Government of Nepal and the United Nations country team signed the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) for the period 2013–2017. The strategic framework for the United Nations work in Nepal in those five years was prepared following human rights-based approach methodologies and has been acclaimed as a good example of an UNDAF. 51. Prior to the preparation of the UNDAF, the country team, with the support of OHCHR, prepared a common country analysis with a particular focus on the different types of vulnerability that people in Nepal face, as well as the root causes of the vulnerabilities. The aim was ultimately to help narrow down the potential policy and institutional issues that could form the core of the development efforts undertaken by the United Nations in Nepal. The country team used the analysis to understand the situation of vulnerable groups in the country, examine the structural causes of the vulnerabilities and gain a better understanding of which groups are particularly susceptible to future shocks that could substantially reverse the development gains achieved over recent years. 52. In order to gain a deeper understanding of the issue, the country analysis looked at specific groups of people, whose vulnerability was described on the basis of the experience and expertise of United Nations development actors. As a result, the following 19 groups were incorporated in the UNDAF design: women subject to sexual abuse and exploitation; women in the mid and far west; women of reproductive age; adolescent girls; endangered and highly marginalized indigenous people; other disadvantaged women and girls; Dalits; persons with disabilities; children without basic education; undernourished children; underemployed and unemployed youth; migrant workers and their families; rural landless and land-poor; bonded and forced labourers; urban slum dwellers and squatters; conflictaffected people; the illiterate; people from the lowest performing districts; and people from areas especially vulnerable to climate change. For each group, a detailed profile was prepared and reviewed with a wide range of stakeholders. The emphasis of the profiles was an analysis of the underlying causes of each group’s vulnerability. An aggregate analysis was developed aimed at identifying, thematizing and categorizing the groups’ characteristics and, perhaps most importantly, finding commonalities in the underlying causes of their vulnerabilities. 53. While social inclusion is the main thread linking all the efforts undertaken by the United Nations under UNDAF, specific programmes are designed and implemented that ensure the employment of targeted approaches to reach and have an impact on the lives of the 19 vulnerable groups that have been identified, and to promote their participation in decision-making processes. The United Nations actively contributed to the State’s efforts to ensure that its policies are implemented in an inclusive manner, with due regard to gender considerations as well as the particular interests of marginalized regions and communities. 13