Training and development are more than a one-time transfer of knowledge and skills: they should seek to ensure sustainability so that the NHRI develops the internal capacity to provide its own in-house training and develop training-of-trainers programmes. This will meant that an “engaged” or participatory approach is preferred. A core group of NHRI staff should be involved in all aspects of the training: programmeand material development; delivery; and evaluation. It also means that the trainer will be required, in tandem with the core NHRI group, to develop a training manual that the NHRI can use for subsequent in-house training. This approach, while more costly at the front end, promotes sustainability and allows the NHRI to train and orient new staff in core human rights issues.