CAT/OP/TUN/2 functioning, including installation costs, staff salaries, publication of reports and dissemination of awareness-raising materials.8 22. The Subcommittee recommends that the mechanism take the necessary steps to recruit its staff directly in order to ensure their full independence from the Government of Tunisia, in accordance with article 18 (1) of the Optional Protocol, and have a sufficient number of qualified persons with a variety of skills to enable it to fill posts in its various administrative departments and its permanent secretariat and to fulfil its various mandates and functions. In this respect, the Subcommittee suggests that the mechanism explore creative measures to develop its human resources, such as internship programmes or partnering with universities and civil society organizations. 23. The Subcommittee is concerned about the lack of funds allocated to the mechanism for its implementation in 2016 and insufficient material resources made available for the year 2017. It also notes that it may take some time yet to adopt the government decrees establishing the mechanism’s rules of procedure and organizational structure, and also to make available the human, technical and financial resources required for the mechanism’s launch, thereby delaying its implementation and effective functioning. 24. The Subcommittee recommends that the mechanism increase its lobbying of the Government of Tunisia to provide it with initial human, material and financial resources as a matter of urgency to facilitate its implementation and the early launch of its activities. More specifically, the mechanism should use all the means at its disposal to urge the Government of Tunisia to provide it with adequate staff to form a temporary secretariat or administration, functional premises that meet security and confidentiality requirements in which to hold its first meetings, and a budget large enough to ensure that it can function, as soon as possible. IV. Coherence of the torture prevention system 25. The Subcommittee notes with satisfaction the establishment of various institutions with mandates to prevent and combat torture, including the High Committee on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, the Administrative Ombudsman in the Office of the President and the Truth and Dignity Commission. However, it also recognizes the challenges posed by such a wide variety of bodies in terms of coherence, and it emphasizes the need for their work to be coordinated with that of the mechanism so as to reduce the risk of confusion among stakeholders, beneficiaries of the services offered by these bodies and the authorities. It also notes that effective coordination and cooperation among these bodies would limit the risk of disputes arising as to their competence or of conflicting activities being carried out. 26. The Subcommittee encourages the mechanism to formulate, within its mandate, a strategy for identifying guidelines for action and collaboration that will enable it to use its resources as efficiently as possible and ensure effective cooperation and coordination with the various bodies whose mandates include preventing and combating this practice, particularly the High Committee on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, the Administrative Ombudsman in the Office of the President and the Truth and Dignity Commission, so as to reduce the risk of confusion among stakeholders, beneficiaries and the authorities and to avoid the possibility of conflicting activities, which could weaken the national system for the prevention of torture. The mechanism should take all necessary measures to promote an appropriate division of labour among the bodies concerned and to emphasize the complementarity of their activities in order to avoid overlap and duplication in the exercise of their respective mandates. To that end, the Subcommittee encourages the mechanism to prioritize its preventive functions and to engage in dialogue with these 8 GE.17-13879 The budget should distinguish between the necessary fixed running costs of the mechanism, including installation costs, and the variable operating costs that depend on the activities to be carried out, such as visits to places of deprivation of liberty. 7