The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples A Manual for National Human Rights Institutions 3.3. PARTNERSHIPS The work of NHRIs benefits greatly from partnerships and collaboration on public awareness raising and educational activities. These partnerships help to ensure that the efforts of NHRIs have maximum impact. The National Alliance of Indigenous Peoples in Indonesia engaged in a partnership agreement with the Indonesian National Commission on Human Rights to address the human rights of indigenous peoples in Indonesia.199 3.3.1. The State199 Where possible, NHRIs should seek to develop cooperative working relationships with the State. As noted previously, State buy-in of education programmes for public officials will enhance their uptake and their effectiveness. In addition, NHRIs can seek additional funding from the State to support the development and delivery of awareness raising and education materials targeting the broader community and indigenous peoples. 3.3.2 Indigenous peoples’ organizations It is particularly important for NHRIs to collaborate with indigenous peoples’ organizations for awareness raising and educational activities around the Declaration and indigenous peoples’ human rights. Consistent with human rights standards, indigenous peoples’ organizations should be involved at every stage of the process, from design and development through to implementation and monitoring. Indigenous peoples’ organizations can provide necessary expertise on content, ensure cultural appropriateness and provide advice on language and communication methods. The active involvement of indigenous peoples’ organizations will also help to legitimize the activities of the NHRI in the eyes of indigenous peoples. Further, indigenous peoples’ organizations can act as key networking and dissemination hubs.200 A number of NHRIs in Latin America have established a Permanent Bureau on Indigenous Issues. These bureaus bring together indigenous leaders and organizations and NHRI staff to agree on priorities. The initiative has helped build trust between indigenous peoples and NHRIs and have also helped facilitate joint work and strategies to advance the human rights of indigenous peoples.200 The involvement of indigenous peoples’ organizations is not necessarily confined to activities targeting indigenous peoples. These organizations can provide context, case studies, advice on specific areas of concern and other valuable information for population-wide education and awareness raising activities to ensure that the promotion of human rights generally is relevant to indigenous peoples. 199 OHCHR, Note on the outcome of the subregional consultation, The Operationalization of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by National Human Rights Institutions. 200 Responses to OHCHR questionnaire on possible good practices in addressing the rights of indigenous peoples. 66 | Chapter 7: Awareness raising and education