Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions “The NHRC is learning a lot from the Secretariat to be more effectively working for the people of Bangladesh.” national human rights commission of Bangladesh “The Secretariat has been very effective in managing the APF, particularly in facilitating technical assistance and capacity building for the APF member institutions.” Human Rights Commission of Malaysia Figure 13: Members’ ratings of the APF’s strategic management services – 2010 to 2013 Strengthening of the APF's governance and organisational structure 2013 Serving the Forum Council and sub-committees 2011 2012 2010 Implementing the decisions of the Forum Council Completing all monitoring, evaluation and reporting requirements Implementing strategy to secure financial independence and organisational growth Professionalism of APF secretariat staff Mainstreaming gender into the APF's operations 0 1 2 3 4 5 5.2. Gender mainstreaming Evaluation findings Outcome indicator Gender mainstreaming Performance rating On track The APF has adopted a gender policy and, for the second year, members were asked to rate the APF’s efforts at mainstreaming gender into its operations. A slight increase in the median response (4.5 out of 5 in 2013, up from 4 out of 5 in 2012) indicates an ongoing high degree of satisfaction with this initiative. The average ratio of males to females at the level of Commissioner, senior staff and junior staff for the 15 members who responded is shown in Figure 14. On average there is slightly higher proportion of men overall except in junior staff, this tendency increases with seniority. 48 | 5. Effective, efficient and strategic management of the APF