In this section, we present strategies for securing buy-in for programmes that support human rights defenders within a university. These include examples of approaches to encourage leadership teams, senior administrators and key departments to back your programme, and to galvanise interest more broadly within institutions. Next, the Guidelines provide suggestions about how programmes can be funded and staffed, with examples of funding models. The section concludes with a list of questions to assist hosts in establishing the key criteria of the programme and a discussion of the selection process. The latter includes the call for applications, nomination process, and the actual mechanics of how criteria are applied and selections made, with examples from universities currently running relevant programmes.