Collaborating for change 3 1 16 5 Despite the diverse social, cultural and political environments in which they operate, APF members face a raft of common human rights challenges. One of the great strengths of the APF is the collegiality that exists between our members and their desire to collaborate and share their knowledge and expertise. very high high medium low very low no response ANNUAL MEMBER SURVEY 2019: VALUE TO MEMBERS OF COLLABORATING AND SHARING KNOWLEDGE The APF convened meetings and professional networks that provided opportunities for collaboration among our members, including the: • • • APF Annual Meeting, held to coincide with an international conference on equality in the Asia Pacific region, co-hosted by the APF and the Hong Kong Equal Opportunities Commission (September 2018) Senior Executive Officers Network, which explored strategies to strengthen the organisational culture and performance of NHRIs (January 2019, hosted by the National Human Rights Committee of Qatar) APF Facilitators Network, which included the development of guidelines on effective human rights facilitation (September 2018, hosted by the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand). STRENGTHENING HUMAN RIGHTS FACILITATION During the year, the APF Facilitators Network – which includes representatives from 16 APF members – finalised a comprehensive set of guidelines to support the human rights education work of NHRIs. The Jakarta Guidelines for Human Rights Facilitators set out key principles to guide the practice of human rights facilitation with adult learners, as well as the necessary skills and attitudes of the individual facilitator. The Guidelines stress the importance of considering gender when planning, leading and evaluating any human rights activity. They also describe effective approaches for working with diverse groups, such as religious groups and indigenous peoples’ groups. In addition, the Jakarta Guidelines include a competency framework for effective human rights facilitators. WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/USER/ASIAPACIFICFORUM 14 ASIA PACIFIC FORUM OF NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS WHAT WE ACHIEVED IN 2018–19 • APF networks collaborated to produce good practice guidelines on NHRI management and on facilitating human rights education programs • Coordinated a digital storytelling and mentoring project involving communications staff from five APF members • Recorded a 15% increase in APF website sessions and page views