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3.3.4a Biometry Biometry has been applied without major problems since November 2013. MS have shared their feedback on the starting up problems, which were minor (finger prints scan not always reliable, due to over use of nail polish/moistening cream by some Philippine women). A couple of MS currently use the services of an external provider for biometry. Others are considering it. And one will as soon as possible start the bidding process/outsourcing of a service provider who will perform biometry of their applicants. 3.3.4b Return Control The MS have different practices in applying the Return Control but most of them closely monitor this. 3.4 Any other initiative taken in LSC 3.4.1 Training on Visa and Consular Officials and Local Staff in the Visa Section As mentioned in the last report, a level-up training on Fraud Document and Detection of Impostors was conducted as scheduled on 15 May 2013. The target participants were staff members working for the visa and consular sections who have just joined the mission and the previous participants of the September 2012 workshop. The participants are not as many as the previous workshop. A similar training is offered again this month but the MS suggested that there should be no need for additional training at Consular level in the coming months. 3.4.2 Human trafficking Human trafficking was planned to be a regular item for update and discussion during the meetings. It was suggested that, “Human trafficking/smuggling” should be a fixed point on the LSC agenda to strengthen the cooperation between the embassies and create awareness on this topic; that in each meeting a case of human trafficking/smuggling could be discussed/presented. NL took the lead and on 4 th June 2013 presented the first case. NL actively cooperates with the IACAT and supports two key projects: Victim Processing Center Pilot Project and the Philippines Anti-Trafficking in Persons Database Enhancement Project. A short video presentation was prepared. During the meeting of 2 nd July 2013 NO presented a comprehensive update on human trafficking donor's meeting which was held on 18 th June 2013 at the Norwegian Embassy. The meeting focused mainly on prevention, the plan to have an information center available to groups with risk of exploitation and campaign against agents ( esp. for study permit to go to Norway) that will also involve partnership of private sectors and different partners. 3.4.3 Accreditation of Crewing agencies Accreditation of crewing agencies is among the many challenges some MS face to date. In March 2013, there was a discussion whether the joint-accreditation process should be continued or discontinued as one of the concerns is the capacity to do the accreditation on top of all other visa applications being managed by each MS and that the Philippine Overseas Employment Agency (POEA) is performing similar accreditation process. It was agreed that an annual meeting will be 12893/14 PR/lm 139 DG D 1 A EN
done to discuss how an accredited company performed – the aim is to make a common decision to re-accredit or not. To address other issues concerning seafarers, a small "Working Group for Seafarers" was formed. It was suggested that the MS who receive the biggest number of seafarer applications takes part. The members are DE, ES, GR, IT and NL. The group will: ‐ gather how each country proceeds ‐ detect main problems per country ‐ put all these in paper ‐ respond to the main idea gathered on this and will come up with a plan/structure with a deadline, distribute this to the MS and consolidate the ideas. ES volunteered to help with the structure and to come up with solutions. 4. Challenges In spite of all efforts, the LSC did not manage to get the harmonised list approved by the Visa Committee. Therefore, the main challenges for the coming year are remain: ‐ To achieve harmonised procedures for handling visa applications ‐ To achieve harmonised issuance of visas to Seafarers. 5. Other issues This report has been approved by all MS present. 12893/14 PR/lm 140 DG D 1 A EN
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