2. Please provide information on the progress made by the State party in gathering, processing and analyzing data relevant under the Convention, including through the Shared Government Information System on Migration (SGISM), and in improving the compilation of statistical data, or studies and estimates, on migrants in an irregular situation, in line with the recommendation contained in paragraph 20 of the Committee’s previous concluding observations 14. The State party reiterates the importance of effective collection and utilization of migration data to support policy and programme implementation. Pursuant to existing laws, the DFA and DOLE submit to the legislative branch a semi-annual Report to Congress on Filipino Overseas. A biennial survey is conducted by the National Statistics Office (NSO) to collect data on overseas Filipinos and their socio-economic characteristics. 15. In 2013, the Philippine Country Migration Report was published in cooperation with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Scalibrini Migration Center. Said report contains migration data and statistics over the years and an analysis of the country’s experience in terms of labour migration governance. 16. The implementation of the SGISM is a work in progress. The Overseas Filipinos Information System (OFIS) of the OPRT, which regularly gathers and updates information on the whereabouts of overseas Filipinos, particularly in crisis-prone regions, is designed to enhance and complement the SGISM. 17. Efforts are ongoing to connect the databases of migration-related agencies with the assistance of the Advanced Science and Technology Institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). The POEA and Bureau of Immigration (BI) started the phased implementation of a data-sharing system as part of the preventive measures on illegal recruitment and human trafficking. Other existing databases that will contribute to the SGISM also include the Foreign Labor Operations Information System (FLOIS) of DOLE and the National Recovery and Reintegration Database (NRRD) for trafficked persons of the DSWD. 3. Please provide information on the State party’s cooperation with civil society organizations working on migrants’ rights in relation to the implementation of the Convention and the preparation of its periodic reports (see CMW/C/PHL/CO/1, paragraphs 22 (c), 50 and 52) 18. The State party engages civil society organizations (CSO) and non-government organizations (NGO) as part of its comprehensive effort to promote the rights of Filipino migrant workers. The land-based and sea-based OFW sectors and the women sector are represented in government policy-making bodies on migration, such as the POEA Governing Board and the OWWA Board of Trustees. Three (3) NGOs, representing the women, children and migrant workers sectors, also sit in the IACAT. 19. In May 2013, the Overseas Land-based Tripartite Consultative Council (OLTCC) composed of the POEA, CSOs, licensed private recruitment agencies, and key government agencies was established. The OLTCC (a) serves as a forum for labour, management and government to address OFW issues and concerns together; (b) acts as an advisory body to the Secretary of Labor and Employment on policies and programmes affecting labour, employers and their intermediaries in the overseas employment sector; and (c) strives for consensus on matters brought to it for consideration, deliberation and/or resolution. 20. CSOs are also consulted under the ASEAN initiative to protect migrant workers. The consultation meeting highlighted the work of the ASEAN Committee on Migrant Workers (ACMW) and the progress on developing an ASEAN binding instrument on the protection and promotion of the rights of migrant workers. 84