A/HRC/29/48 systems of the Office. The Board encourages the United Nations Secretariat to ensure that the transition of OHCHR to the new Umoja resource planning system will not have a negative impact on the achievements of the performance monitoring system, but will rather strengthen it further. D. Guidance tools on technical cooperation 45. As one of the vehicles used by OHCHR to fulfil the mandate of the High Commissioner, technical cooperation continues to be an effective means for overcoming gaps in-country knowledge and capacity, and for supporting efforts made by the country to address them. For technical cooperation programmes to be effective, they need to be based on a comprehensive situation analysis and a thorough assessment of capacity and other critical shortfalls. The efforts and increased guidance of the Office towards strengthening its planning and programming guidance tools (in particular in preparation of the organizational management plan for the period 2014-2017) have further developed its capacities to respond better to the needs identified and the requests for technical and advisory services on the ground by, for example, developing further the process of consultation with main stakeholders. 46. OHCHR has continued to develop and provide specific reference tools relevant to technical cooperation in order to guide its field presences and staff on the approach of OHCHR to technical cooperation and to ensure access to updated OHCHR policies, practices and procedures relating to technical cooperation and results-based management. 47. The Board found the efforts of the Office to use the gains and experiences reflected in a study on the protection impact of United Nations human rights field presences 3 particularly relevant to strengthening the capacities of the staff of the Office in its field presences through follow-up training and seminars. In all its visits, the Board has observed with satisfaction the recognition by State entities, national human rights institutions and civil society organizations of the engagement efforts of the Office and its staff, and its ability to maintain trust while being able to discuss difficult issues frankly, building on its observance and monitoring work, and to adapt to changing environments without losing focus. The OHCHR office in Mexico, for example, which receives support from the Fund, has benefited from these capacity-building efforts. The Board welcomes the plans of the Office to continue to strengthen capacities on the ground, building on these useful experiences and lessons learned. 48. The Voluntary Fund has traditionally provided support for the deployment of human rights advisers to United Nations Resident Coordinators and country teams. Since 2012, all deployments are operated under a new framework formulated by the United Nations Development Group and supported by a dedicated multi-donor trust fund For this reason, human rights advisers deployed prior to the endorsement of the framework in 2012 policy (and therefore supported financially by the Voluntary Fund) work alongside advisers by the above- mentioned multi-donor trust fund. The Board has commended the Office for its efforts to align all deployments, regardless of the source of funding, with the mentioned policy. It also welcomes recent initiatives aimed at strengthening the results-based management capacities of human rights advisers. As the number of deployments has increased in response to growing demand, such initiatives as the global workshop for human rights advisers, held in Geneva from 30 June to 4 July 2014 and aimed at 3 Liam Mahony and Roger Nash, Influence on the Ground: Understanding and Strengthening the Protection Impact of United Nations Human Rights Field Presences (Brewster, Massachusetts, Fieldview Solutions, 2012). 13