Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions Communications and cooperation • The NHRI has the capacity to ensure communication, coordination and collaboration across and among all its units and offices, through participation in planning, transparency in decision making, good information flows and program implementation • The NHRI has the capacity to ensure communication, coordination and collaboration with external stakeholders, including government, the judiciary, other national commissions, civil society and international partners. Management and resources • The NHRI has the capacity to develop and implement rules and procedures for making key decisions and for overall management of the staff • The NHRI’s leadership has the capacity to ensure the necessary resources (staff and finances) to enable the NHRI to fulfil its mandate • The NHRI has the capacity to utilise fully the individual expertise of its members in building a strong NHRI • The NHRI has the capacity to develop and implement a staff management system, including an appropriate staff structure, recruitment, promotion, motivation, remuneration and terms and conditions of employment, training and development, and performance appraisal • The NHRI has the capacity to attract high quality staff, with the necessary expertise and experience, and to ensure that women are equitably appointed or promoted to positions at all levels within the NHRI • The NHRI has the capacity to develop and implement a staff training needs appraisal and a staff training and development plan for the institution as a whole and for each individual staff member • The NHRI has the capacity to ensure financial autonomy and accountability by establishing its own rules and procedures for expenditure, including salaries and allowances • The NHRI has the capacity to develop and implement rules and procedures for administration and finance • The NHRI has the capacity to ensure accountability of staff to managers and to the Commission and of the Commission to the parliament and the community for the performance of NHRI and individual responsibilities • The NHRI has the capacity to evaluate its impact on improving the promotion and protection of human rights in its country. 68