3.3 HRCLD in the Pacific In late 2022, the APF began the delivery of a three-year capacity development programme on human rights community-led development in the Pacific. A reference group made up of NHRI representatives from each of the Cook Islands, Fiji and Samoa was formed to guide the activities and ensure that they were Pacific-centric. An online HRCLD capacitybuilding programme was developed and facilitated and in-country workshops held. Facilitated by the APF and with partnership support from the Pacific Community (SPC), a community of Pacific HRCLD practitioners grew from these early beginnings. They worked together online and face-to-face to progress their thinking about what a HRCLD Approach in the Pacific may look like. They developed the Lautoka Navigation Principles for Human Rights Community-led Development in the Pacific (Fig 4) and the Human Rights Community-led Development Approach for Pacific NHRIs (Fig 9) to guide their work. Late in 2023, each NHRI was supported with a small grant to facilitate a HRCLD project in a community in each of their countries. To be successful in attaining a grant, each country demonstrated: 1. Institutional commitment – the NHRI / Office of the Ombudsman has the capacity to commit to the activity for its entirety 2. Institutional capability – noting that APF, SPC and HRCLD practitioner peer support would be ongoing. 3. Alignment with the Pacific HRCLD Approach and the Lautoka Navigation Guidelines. 4. Realising the following tests - investment value, capacity-building, reach and sustainability. 5. Commitment from a community to engage in the activity. While at the time of writing, these projects are still underway the focus. Monthly online mentoring and support sessions are ongoing where countries report on their progress, identify what is working well, any challenges they are facing and the strategies they are using to address these challenges. APF HRCLD Guide 58