A/HCR//18/42 indigenous experts and representatives of United Nations agencies, has been cited as an example of best practice. The meetings are followed up by Asia Caucus meetings during the sessions of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and the Expert Mechanism to formulate common statements and recommendations and to plan activities for advocacy, networking and generating support.55 72. Another example of a good practice of indigenous participation at the international level was the role played by the global indigenous peoples’ caucus in the negotiation and adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. 73. The Advisory Council of the Andean Community (Plurinational State of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru) is a consultative body that provides advice on political, cultural, social and economic aspects of subregional integration as it affects indigenous peoples. The body comprises one indigenous delegate from each State, chosen from among the highest ranks of indigenous national organizations according to procedures that are established at the national level..56 74. In Bangladesh and India, efforts by the ILO regional office to include indigenous representatives in the consultation and implementation of its activities are examples of good practices. In Bangladesh, ILO supported an activity to bring together representatives of indigenous parliamentarians and peoples to draft recommendations and proposals relating to their constitutional recognition, which was subsequently submitted to the Constitutional Reform Committee.57 75. Six indigenous peoples’ organizations participate formally in the Arctic Council, which is a high-level intergovernmental forum in which indigenous peoples as Permanent Participants are represented alongside the 8 arctic states and play a major role in the agenda-setting and decision-making processes based on consensus.58 76. The United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries has been consulting with indigenous peoples on its programme guidelines for seeking the free, prior and informed consent of indigenous peoples and other forest-dependent communities,59 although the Special Rapporteur notes ways in which the draft guidelines could be improved (for 55 56 57 58 59 See submission by the Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (see footnote 19). ILO, Guide to ILO Convention 169 (see footnote 4). Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (see footnote 19). Submission by Olsvig (see footnote 15). For example, in Arusha from 27 to 30 January 2011. 19