Engagement of the United Nations System in the Reporting Procedure BACKGROUND READING FOR FACILITATORS 5 • Chapter 5, Part I (The Manual) of this Training Guide • See documents listed below in the Session preparations section. • List of SDGs with their targets • OHCHR table linking human rights and the SDGs DOCUMENTS FOR PARTICIPANTS LEARNING OBJECTIVES By the end of the session participants will be able to: ¡¡ identify how the human rights mechanisms’ recommendations fit or are already included in the UNDAF; ¡¡ establish the link between the human rights mechanisms’ recommendations and the SDGs; and ¡¡ appraise who within the UNCT may be best placed to support a country in implementing specific recommendations from the human rights mechanisms. SESSION PREPARATIONS ¡¡ This session builds on Session 1.1 (overview of the international human rights system), Session 4.2 (the reporting cycle); and Session 4.2.4 (follow-up and implementation of recommendations), which need to be conducted at some point prior to this session to ensure that its learning objectives are met. In fact, it is suggested that it be conducted immediately after Session 4.2.2 to maintain the natural flow of the training. ¡¡ In order for this session to be meaningful, facilitators should do the following: üü Familiarize themselves with the links between the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and human rights as well as with the role of the United Country Teams and relevant policy and programming documents such as the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF). üü Assess the level of participants’ knowledge of the UNDAF and the SDGS. This should be integrated in the TNA (see section on planning your course) through, for example, a questionnaire or application form sent to participants prior to the training (see Annex 3). ¡¡ Useful reference documents and sources of information include: üü the UNDG Guidance Note on Human Rights for Resident Coordinators and United Nations Country Teams, available at: https://goo.gl/wjlj65; the Interim United Nations Development Assistance Framework, available at https://goo.gl/csziVG; United Nations Development Group (UNDG), Mainstreaming Human Rights in Development, which contains country examples, available at the website of the UNDG at https://undg.org/; üü the OHCHR paper: Transforming our World: Human Rights in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, available at: https://goo.gl/BMmSYs; OHCHR dedicated webpage on the SDGs at https://goo.gl/DCcivU; the Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform website at https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/. 69