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Alternatively, ATSIC recommends that the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commissionconsider a role for itself in the monitoring of the recommendations of the Inquiry, including thecapacity to reconvene the Inquiry, if and when necessary (ATSIC submission 684 page 9).The procedure we recommend adopts ATSIC’s second proposal. This processwill ensure that information on the progress of implementation is collected from allinterested parties, evaluated and publicly presented and capable of furtherindependent evaluation as desired by COAG.Procedure for implementationRecommendation 2a: That the Council of Australian Governments establish a workingparty to develop a process for the implementation of the Inquiry’s recommendationsand to receive and respond to annual audit reports on the progress of implementation.Recommendation 2b: That the Commonwealth fund the establishment of a NationalInquiry audit unit in the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission to monitorthe implementation of the Inquiry’s recommendations and report annually to theCouncil of Australian Governments on the progress of implementation of therecommendations.Recommendation 2c: That ATSIC fund the following peak Indigenous organisations toresearch, prepare and provide an annual submission to the National Inquiry audit unitevaluating the progress of implementation of the Inquiry’s recommendations:Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC), StolenGenerations National Secretariat, National Aboriginal Community Controlled HealthOrganisation (NACCHO) and National Aboriginal and Islander Legal ServicesSecretariat (NAILSS).Recommendation 2d: That Commonwealth, State and Territory Governmentsundertake to provide fully detailed and complete information to the National Inquiryaudit unit annually on request concerning progress on implementation of the Inquiry’srecommendations.