List of issues prior to the submission of the second periodic report of the Philippines Specific information on the implementation of articles 1 to 71 of the Convention, including with regard to the Committee’s previous recommendations during the 16th session Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers & Members of Their Families CMW/C/PHL/Q/2 21 May 2012 I. General information 1. In light of the recommendations made by the Committee in paragraphs 14 and 50 of its concluding observations on the initial report of the Philippines (CMW/C/PHL/CO/1), please provide information on the measures taken to improve the capacity of the State party’s institutions for effectively implementing the Convention by: (a) Simplifying and streamlining the institutional structure dealing with migration issues; (b) Allocating sufficient human and financial resources for agents within this structure to carry out their work efficiently; (c) Establishing proper follow-up procedures as well as clear, measurable and timebound targets in order to facilitate tracking the implementation of the various initiatives and programmes in place to respond to challenges faced in the State party’s labour migration policy. Please also provide information on the results of any evaluation made in relation to the implementation the Convention and of relevant national legislation. 2. Please provide information on the progress made by the State party in gathering, processing and analysing 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. 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). 4. Please provide information on the measures taken by the State party to evaluate and further intensify training programmes on the application of the Convention for public officials working in the area of migration, including consular officials, border police officers, social workers, judges and prosecutors (CMW/C/PHL/CO/1, para. 22 (a)). 5. Please describe the measures taken by the State party to widely disseminate the Convention and the Committee’s previous concluding observations, in particular to government departments, Parliament, the judiciary, the national human rights institution and non-governmental organizations (CMW/C/PHL/CO/1, para. 53). 75