CAT/C/46/2 (b) Information exchange: where bodies are working in a relevant field, it will often be useful to share information on current issues, approaches and practices to enable each body to be better informed about the work the other is doing, or issues which it faces or is seeking to tackle so as to be able to take this into account when fulfilling its own mandate; (c) Coordination: where bodies are engaged in similar activities, either in conducting visits to places of detention or in engaging with NPMs it will be often useful to ensure that the planned activities do not conflict with each other, both practically and conceptually; (d) Participation: this involves playing a role in the activities of a relevant body in a manner which goes beyond those more general forms of engagement set out in subparagraphs (a) and (b) above. It may, for, example, involve a commitment to an event or a process which is led by others but which is believed to be significant for the work of the Subcommittee; (e) Collaboration: this involves partnership in devising and delivering activities on a shared basis, with joint responsibility for both its design and execution. 115. At any given time the Subcommittee is liable to be involved in a range of such forms of engagement with a variety of bodies. There may often be an element of “confidencebuilding” within such relationships, as experience of successful relations encourages a move from one level of cooperation to another. However, it is not a question of “progression” within a relationship: each request or opportunity for cooperation must be considered on its own merits, though the overall nature of the institutional relationship may form part of the background to particular decisions. GE.11-40683 25