A/HRC/22/54 79. The Code has become the leading tool for companies to integrate into their responsible tourism/corporate responsibility programmes for child protection. To date, the Code has a membership of over 1,000 companies in over 42 countries around the world. Its strength lies in it aims to institutionalize child protection within its member companies, making child protection sustainable. 80. NGOs have played a particularly important role in implementing The Code by providing training and expertise. In France, for example, ECPAT has delivered campaigns in partnership with professionals from the tourism sector including Air France, the guidebooks Petit Futé, the holiday company Club Méditerranée, the Fédération francaise des techniciens et scientifiques du tourisme , the Syndicat national des agencies de voyages and the Accor hotel group (A/HRC/19/63/Add.2, para. 97). In June 2012, the Accor group, the police and ECPAT France also came to an agreement on signalling cases of CST more speedily. The agreement institutes the training of group’s professionals on sex tourism destination countries so that they can help prevent the abuse of children by tourists and better collaborate with the authorities to report abuse.51 81. It is important to note that the Code has been assessed and evaluated on a periodic base throughout the initiative to ensure and strengthen its impact. A 2011 independent evaluation by UNICEF identified the Code’s strengths, weaknesses, gaps and lessons learned. A key strength highlighted by the report was the positive impact on staff of the training provided on the Code. Challenges, on the other hand, included members’ limited progress in implementing a clause with suppliers, providing information to key local persons at destinations and prioritizing reporting their activities. 52 6. Coordinated transnational cooperation 82. With a view to sharing information and providing legal support, memoranda of understanding and bilateral agreements have been drafted between different countries. In July 2012, for example, the Austrian Federal Minister of the Interior concluded a police cooperation agreement with Thailand, which facilitates the cooperation between the two countries inter alia in the fight against human trafficking, child pornography and sex tourism. Since 2011, a police attaché to the Austrian Embassy in Bangkok has been assisting in the investigation and prosecution of alleged perpetrators.53 83. An international alert system has also been established in order to report and communicate information on individuals who have committed infractions of the law and are capable of reoffending in other countries. Interpol’s main tool for dealing with travelling sex offenders is the Green Notice, which is issued to provide warnings and criminal intelligence. It is an effective way to share key police intelligence on a global scale and prevent offenders from crossing borders. As well as working to prevent these crimes from taking place in the first place, Interpol also coordinates joint operations between multiple countries to track down offenders. Support given to these operations includes training, briefings, sharing of data, intelligence analysis and technical advice. 54 To enhance international collaboration, the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), CEOP and Europol have also provided training for law enforcement units around the world. However, this training is not sustainable for or fully integrated into police training academies. 51 52 53 54 18 Contribution of the Women’s World Summit Foundation. Contribution of The Code. Contribution of Austria. See www.interpol.int/Crime-areas/Crimes-against-children/Sex-offenders.