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government, the United Nations and civil society all work from one workplan, creating a
truly collaborative partnership.
Promotion of cooperation with the private sector
63.
Only a few organizations have started a dialogue with the tourism sector and the
media at a regional level. The Bali Process includes within its priority areas the
enhancement of operational techniques relating to child sex tourism. In this context, it
organized workshops on combating child sex tourism in 2005 and 2006.
64.
COMMIT in the Mekong region has also started addressing this concern. Its efforts
have focused on identifying private tourism sector partners active in the region and
involving them in the implementation of the regional plan of action. Current efforts focus
on the adoption of a regional strategy on cooperation with the tourism sector to combat
human trafficking.
Training
65.
Improving the capacity of all stakeholders, both governmental and nongovernmental, to implement a human rights-based approach to trafficking is of paramount
importance. Regional mechanisms, because of their capacity to collect information from
numerous countries within their region and analyse it by highlighting good practices and
challenges that are relevant for the entire region, are well placed to deliver training at the
regional level and to provide model training to be adapted and implemented by countries at
the national level.
66.
OAS has been very active in the provision of training on human trafficking. Through
its programmes, consular officers, diplomats, peacekeepers, public security officers and
migration officials, together with personnel from various government ministries and civil
society in Latin American countries, have had the opportunity to analyse different scenarios
to prevent and combat trafficking and learn about the profiles of victims of trafficking,
including gender and age as determining factors. Interest was expressed by participants
regarding the inclusion of the training materials in the curricula of diplomatic academies.
As a result, in 2009 nine countries have confirmed the inclusion of OAS training materials
in the curricula of their diplomatic academies.
67.
The OAS secretariat gave training in 2009 to Uruguayan and Argentine security
forces to be deployed on United Nations peacekeeping missions. As a direct result,
Uruguay’s training centre has trained more than 7,000 peacekeepers in the prevention of
trafficking and the identification and protection of victims. Also, as a result of the OAS
secretariat’s training conducted in Ecuador in 2009 for officers from various ministries, the
ministries have agreed on a protocol for victim assistance, identifying the responsibilities of
each institution.
68.
Finally, in the Mekong region, COMMIT conducts training needs assessments, in
order to monitor training needs and assess the impact of training. It also looks into
developing distance learning tools. Meanwhile, UNIAP, at the request of Governments, has
translated training manuals into local languages and adapted them to the national contexts,
and organized training of trainers.
Collection of data
69.
While the collection of credible statistical information on trafficked persons is
essential to the understanding of all facets of the problem and to informing appropriate
action, trafficking remains underreported and underdocumented.
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