106. The State party works closely with NGOs in the provision of assistance to victims of trafficking. It partnered with a number of faith-based CSOs, NGOs and relevant private sector industry organizations on various anti-trafficking projects namely: International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (ICMEC), ECPAT International, Plan International, MTV EXIT (End Exploitation and Trafficking), Center for Migrant Advocacy (CMA), DNA-Pro Kids, DAKILA, Philippine Inter-faith Movement Against Trafficking, Bankers’ Association of the Philippines (BAP), Association of Bank Compliance Officers (ABCOM), Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines, and the League of Cities and Municipalities of the Philippines. The State party held three (3) NGO summits in 2013 alone. 107. The State party, with additional funding from its bilateral partner, will establish a new Victim Processing Center that to serve as a temporary shelter exclusively for victims of TIP. Similar shelters will be established in other identified hotspots nationwide. III. Additional information 27. Please provide any additional information on measures adopted since the Committee’s consideration of the State party’s initial report in 2009 to implement the Convention and the Committee’s previous concluding observations (CMW/C/ PHL/CO/1, para. 51), including relevant disaggregated statistical data, as well as information on any other important developments in the State party relating to the provisions of the Convention 108. The Philippine Labor and Employment Plan 2011-2016 (Inclusive Growth through Decent and Productive Work), a sectoral plan annexed to the overall Philippine Development Plan, was formulated to provide strategic direction on labour and employment in the short term. The Plan stresses the protection of OFWs, especially those in vulnerable occupations and the expansion of social protection for Filipino migrant workers. It calls for the review of the implementation in law and practice of relevant ILO and United Nations conventions on migrant workers. Many of the strategic activities in the plan are being carried out, some of which relate to the issues raised by the Committee on Migrant Workers. 109. There are about 10.4 million Philippine nationals living and/or residing abroad. They include about 4.2 million temporary migrants (about 40%), with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as top destination, the rest are permanent migrants mostly living and residing in North America. 110. The number of Filipinos leaving the country for temporary work has been increasing since 2009. From 1.4 million Filipinos who left the country for work abroad in 2009, the number has increased to 1.8 million in 2012. 111. Of the 1.8 million workers in 2012, 1.4 million were land-based workers, while 366,865 were sea-based workers. For land-based workers, there were 976,591 re-hires, while 458,575 were new hires. The top ten destinations for new hires and rehires are: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Hong Kong SAR, Qatar, Kuwait, Taiwan, Malaysia, Italy, and Bahrain. Most new hires find employment as service and production workers. 112. Remittances have been increasing, reaching almost US 21.4 billion dollars in 2012. Data indicates that the share of remittances to the gross national product (GNP) over the past ten years (from 2001) had been substantial, ranging from 7.9 per cent to 10 per cent. 101