The Timor Leste Ombudsman, the Provedoria dos Direitos Humanos e Justiça was established in 2006 with a triple mandate - human rights, good governance and anti-corruption, as well as general oversight responsibility for the constitutionality. At the time of its establishment in 2006 donors and, to some extent, civil society, tended to see the organization through the three silos of human rights or anti-corruption, or to a lesser extent, maladministration.

Because there was little international experience with this type of multiple mandate, and little organisational integration, the organization and its international partners tended to focus on and fund one area, or to promote one aspect of the mandate over the other.

Expectations were developed in accordance with funder priorities. The UN funded primarily the human rights mandate, and other funders supported the other two aspects. The silo approach led to uneven organizational development, some internal tension, and missed opportunities for synergies between the mandates. In response to perceived inaction, the government floated the idea of creating a separate anti-corruption commission.

More recently, projects from all funders have attempted to push for more balanced and vigorous organizational development and capacity building.13