A/HRC/24/49 recommended that impact assessments should consider cultural impacts in addition to economic, environmental and social impacts. 47. The Chairperson of the Permanent Forum referred positively to the World Bank’s Open Contracting initiative, which aims to ensure effective disclosure and participation of indigenous peoples in all public investment concerning extractive industries. He also noted the importance of ongoing collaboration between the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transitional corporations and other business enterprises, the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and the Expert Mechanism to promote the effective implementation of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous peoples in relation to the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (A/HRC/17/31, annex).3 He also highlighted the importance of indigenous peoples as entrepreneurs. 48. Ms. Lasimbang reported on the South-East Asia Sub-regional Meeting on Extractive Industries and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights to Land and Natural Resources, organized by the United Nations Indigenous Peoples Partnership (UNIPP) in June 2013 in Thailand, where she had the opportunity to present the follow-up report and advice on indigenous peoples and the right to participate in decision-making, with a focus on extractive industries (A/HRC/21/55). Ms. Lasimbang recommended that businesses ensure that their employees have an understanding of the rights of indigenous peoples, including the right to participate in decision-making. She called upon indigenous peoples to continue to play a positive role by asserting their human rights in relation to extractive industries, with an emphasis on forming equal partnerships with States and business enterprises in order to engage in sustainable development. 49. The Chairperson-Rapporteur referred to the study on the right to education and updated participants on a national development concerning the implementation of this right, whereby a task force was created and, as a result, work is currently under way on the development of an Education Act. He called for the implementation of article 19 of the Declaration, referred to by said task force, which requires States and indigenous peoples to work together as partners. 50. The Chairperson-Rapporteur emphasized that the right to culture is one of the fundamental pillars of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and referred to a consultation organized by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission in association with the University of Ulster and in cooperation with the United Nations Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, in June 2013. The consultation examined how cultures in divided and post-conflict societies are reflected in museums, memorials and in history textbooks. He welcomed the reference to the mechanism’s advice No. 3 (2012) on indigenous peoples’ languages and cultures for consideration in the outcome document. 51. The Chairperson-Rapporteur referred to the Global Compact work on guidelines focusing on free, prior and informed consent. He also complimented the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) and the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues on the publication of the adolescent-friendly version of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. 3 12 See also, OHCHR, Guiding principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations“Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework (New York and Geneva, 2011).