A/HRC/30/52 Government of Canada for its support for that initiative. He provided an overview of the agenda of the session and invited participants to contribute actively to the deliberations. E. Adoption of the agenda 25. The Expert Mechanism adopted the agenda and annotations thereto, containing the programme of work of the eighth session. IV. Follow-up to the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, including the review of the mandate of the Expert Mechanism 26. Mr. Deterville recalled that the General Assembly, in the outcome document of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, invited the Human Rights Council, taking into account the views of indigenous peoples, to review the mandates of its existing mechanisms, in particular the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, with a view to modifying and improving the Expert Mechanism so that it could more effectively promote respect for the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including by better assisting Member States to monitor, evaluate and improve the achievement of the ends of the Declaration (para. 28). 27. Mr. Deterville presented some preliminary ideas for the review of the mandate, which had been agreed upon by the members of the Expert Mechanism, including the following: • The Expert Mechanism should remain a subsidiary body of the Human Rights Council and maintain some elements of its current mandate, including the provision of thematic studies; • The Expert Mechanism should play a stronger role in terms of facilitating the implementation of the Declaration at the national and international levels. That should include supporting States in the preparation of national strategies for the implementation of the Declaration and engaging with the private sector in order to overcome obstacles to the implementation of the Declaration; • The Expert Mechanism should have an increased role in facilitating dialogue between States and indigenous peoples to discuss issues of mutual concern. That should also include engagement with regional organizations and national human rights institutions; • The Expert Mechanism should engage more actively with the universal periodic review, the special procedures and the human rights treaty bodies. That should include assisting States to implement recommendations relating to indigenous peoples issued by those mechanisms and serving as a bridge between indigenous peoples and the United Nations human rights system; • The Expert Mechanism should continue to collect and disseminate information on good practices in the implementation of the Declaration, and issue general comments regarding the provisions of the Declaration. 28. The Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development reported on follow-up to the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples. The Secretary-General was developing a system-wide action plan, in collaboration with indigenous peoples, to ensure a coherent approach to achieving the ends of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Barriers to implementation did not necessarily relate to lack of coordination within the 8