E/2010/43 E/C.19/2010/15 countries. The Permanent Forum recommends that OHCHR continue to expand such training and capacity-building efforts for its staff, both at headquarters and in country teams in all regions. 12. The Permanent Forum recommends that OHCHR produce a periodic electronic bulletin on relevant activities regarding the rights of indigenous peoples, including decisions and observations by United Nations human rights mechanisms regarding States under review, and its activities at the regional or local levels and other events. 13. The Permanent Forum recommends that OHCHR take a leading role in ensuring that United Nations country teams undertake their policies or programmes affecting indigenous peoples in cooperation with indigenous peoples’ representatives and organizations. II. International Fund for Agricultural Development 14. The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues expresses its appreciation to and congratulates the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) for the constructive dialogue between the delegation of IFAD and the Permanent Forum held on 26 May 2009. The Permanent Forum also expresses its appreciation for the detailed and informative report presented by IFAD on its activities specifically related to indigenous issues (E/C.10/2009/3/Add.6). b 15. Since the establishment of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, IFAD has been a valuable partner within the framework of the Inter-Agency Support Group on Indigenous Issues and has supported the work of the Forum, including its efforts towards the establishment of indicators relevant to indigenous peoples. Focusing on agriculture and rural development, IFAD has provided a significant contribution to the reduction of poverty among rural indigenous peoples, for whom the issue of land rights, territory and agricultural production is of vital interest. Observations on the dialogue 16. The Permanent Forum congratulates IFAD for its ongoing initiative to develop an institutional policy on engaging with indigenous peoples and supports the approval of the policy by the Executive Board of IFAD. That initiative is a positive example to be followed by United Nations agencies and other intergovernmental organizations, and conforms with the repeated call of the Permanent Forum to agencies to adopt policies on indigenous peoples’ issues. 17. The Permanent Forum takes note with appreciation of the Fund’s approach with regard to incorporating the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in its programmes and projects at both the institutional-policy and operational levels through its country-level operative planning tools. The Permanent Forum acknowledges and appreciates the participatory and consultative approach taken in the development of the policy. The Permanent Forum is concerned, however, about the lack of mechanisms for addressing problems relating to the application of the policy in future. __________________ b 10-36959 For an extensive summary of the in-depth dialogue between the Permanent Forum and the International Fund for Agricultural Development, see http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/ 2009/hr4987.doc.htm. 33