This Resource Guide and Toolkit, led by a Task Force, has benefited from the contributions of a vast number of colleagues from UNDP and the UNOHCHR. Our sincere thanks go to Gay McDougall, UN Independent Expert on Minority Issues, for her leadership and commitment, and Mark Lattimer, Executive Director of Minorities Right Group International (MRG), for being with us throughout the lengthy journey. Special appreciation is due to Mary Robinson (President - Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative, and the former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights) for attending the first global consultation on “UNDP’s Engagement with Minorities in Development Processes”.

Colleagues who attended two global consultations, organised to initiate and validate the draft, responded to the organisation-wide survey, and provided immense support during the process in various ways include: Soknan Han Jung, Sayed Aqa, Douglas Gardner, Luis Gomez-Echeverri, Pippa Norris, Brian Gleeson, Dorothy Rosenberg, Andrey Ivanov, Celine Moyroud, Valeria Izzi, Bharati Sadasivam, Lazima Onta Bhatta, Chandra Roy, Fran Deans, Paola Pagliani, Michel Guinand, Maina David, Hugo Cayzac, Julia Kercher, Hans Buvollen, Florin Botonogu, Beatriz Fernandez Carrillo, Tatiana Lopes, Emilie Filmer-Wilson, Rustam Pulatov, Louise Nylin, Susanne Milcher, Albana Gjuzi, Oksana Leshchenko, Monjurul Kabir, Jagoda Walorek, Marie-Claire Angwa, Randa Aboul-Hosn, Sarah Lucey, Emiliana Zhivkova, Oksana Remiga, Martin Zeh-Nlo, Francois Duluc, Hodan Addou, Lenni Montiel, Ernest Rwamucyo, Brian McQuinn, Deena Patel, Linda Maguire, Aleida Ferreyra, Terence Hay-Edie, Clarence Dias, Kathryn Ramsay, Yanti Triyulianti, Elisabet Eklund, Davaadulam Tsegmed, Tanni Mukhopadhyay, Seeta Giri, Edwin Berry, Giulia Senigaglia, Tsung-Ping Chung, Thinguri Thomas, Jennifer Rubis, Nguyen Tien Phong, Shireen Said, Varsha Redkar, Matthias Meier, Seid Turkovic, Maruan El Krekshi, Isolina Sanchez Andrade, Thord Palmlund, Rajju Malla Dhakal, Scott Hubli, Moises Venancio, Diane Sheinberg, Fayyaz Baqir, and Joccy Fajardo. Special thanks also to Markko Kallonen who helped us in developing the survey, analysing findings and assisting in producing the first draft.

Particular thanks also due to the following colleagues from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights who attended the consultations and provided immense support throughout the process: Ibrahim Wani, Fiona Blyth-Kubota, Erik Friberg, Julian Burger, Pablo Espiñela, Antti Korkeakivi, Karim Ghezraoui, Jose Para, Ilona Klímová-Alexander, Michele Buteau, and David Marshall. Special thanks are due to Graham Fox for his unwavering dedication and support.

The Resource Guide and Toolkit also benefitted tremendously from the inputs provided by representatives of civil society organisations working on minority issues in over 35 countries to the UNDP Discussion Paper on Minorities, produced by MRG.

Special thanks are due to Corinne Lennox for her several years of tireless engagement with UNDP on minority issues and being the lead author of the Resource Guide and Toolkit.

The initiative was coordinated and managed by Zanofer Ismalebbe and Patrick van Weerelt, on behalf of the Democratic Governance Group and its Global Human Rights Strengthening Programme.