A/HRC/23/16 and of participating in OHCHR strategic planning meetings, both regionally and globally, is a form of additional support in this area. 5. The present report covers the thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh sessions of the Board. At those sessions, the Board built on its previous experience, and continued to explore various components of the Human Rights Programme on Technical Cooperation, funded by the Voluntary Fund, with a view to providing policy guidance and advice on the technical cooperation activities carried out by OHCHR. II. Activities and results of the Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation in the Field of Human Rights and the Board of Trustees A. Thirty-sixth session 6. The Board of Trustees of the Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation in the Field of Human Rights held its thirty-sixth session in Geneva, from 23 to 26 April 2012. The session was chaired by Ms. Udagama, who was elected Chairperson of the Board of Trustees at that session. The other members of the Board (Mr. Sobari, Ms. Mbaye and Mr. Sidoti) attended the session. Owing to conflicting schedules, Ms. Medina was not able to participate in the session. 7. The objective of the session was to benefit from a country/region-specific overview of the 2012-2013 Management Plan of OHCHR and thematic strategies, and to meet with relevant OHCHR divisions and to provide policy guidance and advice on technical cooperation activities carried out by the Office. 8. The Board was updated on follow-up activities of the universal periodic review mechanism and the use of the Universal Periodic Review Voluntary Fund for Financial and Technical Assistance. In this regard, the Board received a status report on the involvement of field presences in the universal periodic review and follow-up actions undertaken to support the implementation of recommendations by Member States. 9. The Board members expressed their appreciation for the engagement of field presences in their support for follow-up activities on universal periodic review recommendations. The Board also expressed its willingness, should such a request be made, to assume the functions of the Board of Trustees for the Universal Periodic Review Voluntary Fund for Financial and Technical Assistance. 10. The Board was also updated on the 2012-2013 Management Plan, in particular with regard to thematic priorities and the streamlining of the planning process, as well as the OHCHR performance monitoring system. In this context, the Board received a brief overview on the use of the online performance monitoring system, which was designed to monitor and report on results for the biennium. As at 18 March 2012, 33 OHCHR field presences had been trained on the use of the system, the new feature of which is the possibility of including financial monitoring. The system makes an important contribution to the commitment of OHCHR to becoming a fully results-based organization, transparent and accountable to all stakeholders. Board members assessed the system very favourably and requested that they be granted access to the online system. 11. The Board was updated on the human rights mainstreaming mechanism of the United Nations Development Group, which was established in November 2009. The mainstreaming mechanism comprises 19 United Nations agencies, funds and programmes. It is chaired by OHCHR, with a rotating vice-chairpersonship, and reports to the United 4