A/HRC/FMI/2010/2 V. Format and agenda 23. The views of participants from minority communities are consistently given a high priority within the Forum’s proceedings. 24. The Forum has developed a unique format where participants comment on a set of draft recommendations prepared and circulated prior to the Forum. The draft recommendations will be developed on the basis of information, surveys and studies received by the independent expert. The Forum will be devoted to brief, targeted oral interventions which comment on specific provisions of the draft recommendations, limited to three to five minutes each. Participants will be invited to devise their contributions to help develop the draft as the subsequent outcome document. In addition to the draft recommendations, an annotated agenda will be provided in advance of the session. VI. Participation in the Forum 25. Pursuant to resolution 6/15, the Forum will be open to the participation of States, United Nations mechanisms, treaty bodies and specialized agencies, funds and programmes, intergovernmental organizations, regional organizations and mechanisms in the field of human rights, national human rights institutions and other relevant national bodies, academics and experts on minority issues and non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council. The Forum shall also be open to other NGOs and organizations representing minorities whose aims and purposes are in conformity with the spirit, purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations. 26. Given the thematic focus of this session of the Forum, persons belonging to minorities who may have some of the following experiences will be particularly welcome as participants: – Actively engaged in developing programs to encourage greater participation of minorities in economic life; – Engaged in policy issues relating to economic development or budget processes; – Elected officials at national or local levels or engaged in political parties and responsible for economic issues; – Members of trade unions and other forms of associations of workers; – Members of business associations; – Representing workers in the informal sector economy; – Development specialists and economists focusing on issues of minority participation and non-discrimination; – Actively engaged in issues related to access to land and/or land rights; – Working on gender issues, women empowerment and equal participation of minority women in economic life. 27. Requests to be accredited to participate in the Forum should be sent to: minorityforum@ohchr.org. 7