Other bodies and processes Engagements at the international and regional level can also be useful in the longer term if NPMs are able to contribute to standard setting – for example by feeding their national experience into discussions around updates to documents like the Nelson Mandela Rules. Sometimes national practices can be ahead of regional and international standards and NPMs can help to raise the level by bringing these practices to the fore. Other international organisations can also be useful to NPMs, in particular where they have regional and/or national offices. Regional and national offices of institutions such as UNICEF, UNDP, and OHCHR, for example, can be useful sources of expertise and funding for NPMs. Many of these organisations can also be key allies of NPMs in raising issues of concern to the national authorities. NPM Toolkit for Asia Pacific NPM-NHRIs 47