Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions 2.3 Cooperation among APF members Evaluation findings Outcome indicator: Cooperation Performance rating: On track Senior Executive Officers Network On 24–25 May 2012, senior executive officers from each APF member institution met together in Sydney, Australia for a roundtable discussion of issues related to running effective NHRIs. The two-day meeting, hosted by the NHRI of Australia, allowed members of the APF’s Senior Executive Officers (SEO) Network to share their experiences on key management issues, such as supporting the transition to new Commission members and developing strategic plans for their NHRI. During the discussions, NHRIs shared resources they had developed to guide their work in these areas, including a Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Toolkit. A key topic at the SEO meeting was the role that NHRIs can play in times of conflict, crisis, emergency and national transition, as well as the difficulties involved in operating in such environments. Other discussions considered: • the participation of NHRIs in the international human rights system, including the perceived costs and benefits to individual NHRIs • the NHRI accreditation process and the way in which the Paris Principles are being interpreted and applied by the ICC Sub-Committee on Accreditation, and • the involvement of NHRIs in developing or revising their State’s National Human Rights Action Plan, as well as the role that NHRIs can and should play in implementing and monitoring the plan. Participants expressed a high rate of satisfaction with this year’s SEO roundtable, rating it an average 4.5 out of 5. The overall effectiveness of the APF’s SEO Network is apparent in Figure 7, which shows that the gains in communications between member SEOs achieved last year has been consolidated. Senior executive officers from each APF member institution. Photograph APF. 28 | 2. Enhance members’ communication, cooperation and engagement