Traduction de «Groupe de travail sur l'architecture intégrée du GC » (Français → Anglais) :

(Return tabled) Question No. 116 Hon. Carolyn Bennett: With regard to human trafficking in Canada and the National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking: (a) how many individuals were charged with human trafficking, specific offences under sections 279.01, 279.011, 279.02, and 279.03 of the Criminal Code from January 2005 to February 2012 and, in each case, what was the person charged with; (b) how many convictions were there of human trafficking specific offences under sections 279.1, 279.011, 279.02, and 279.03 of the Criminal Code from January 2005 to February 2012 and, in each case, (i) what was the person convicted of, (ii) what was the sentence, (iii) what other offences (if any) in the Criminal Code was the person charged with, (i ...[+++]v) what other offences, if any, in the Criminal Code was the person convicted of, (v) what was the sentence for each conviction for offences in the Criminal Code; (c) was there consultation done with stakeholders, non-governmental organizations or other interest groups in the development of the government’s National Action Plan to combat Human Trafficking and, if yes, (i) with which stakeholders, non-governmental organizations or other interest groups, (ii) did the stakeholders, non-governmental organization or other interest groups make recommendations to the government, (iii) what were these recommendations, broken down by each stakeholder, non-governmental organization or other interest group, (iv) which recommendations did the government incorporate into the National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking, (v) which recommendations did the government not incorporate into the National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking and why were they not incorporated; (d) what metrics will the government use to evaluate the effectiveness of the National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking and who developed these metrics; (e) what are the metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of the Human Trafficking Taskforce led by Public Safet ...

Because the entity referred to in the response to Q-972 was involved in active projects in several countries, CIDA took the following specific measures to protect the interests of the Crown: CIDA established a multi-disciplinary task force to oversee a common, integrated and corporate approach to managing the situation and mitigating potential risks; discussions and meetings were held with senior representatives of the organization, who provided detailed information on the extent and severity of the financial situation, and the likely operational impacts; based on the initial information received, as well as a review of the current sta ...[+++]tus of project implementation, management arrangements and contractual terms and conditions, CIDA completed an internal review and assessment of the fiduciary and other risks across each program; a proactive monitoring and integrated risk management approach was developed and agreed with the organization, which featured open and direct channels of communication at a senior level to provide regular updates on the financial situation and recovery as well as to facilitate the dissemination of information on operational progress across the agency and decision-making on individual projects; in projects where the organization was part of a consortium, the agency agreed, on a non-objection basis, to the transfer or assignment of the lead implementation role to other well-established members or partners, who were jointly and severally liable; for projects where the organization was solely responsible for delivery or implementation, the agency took steps to ensure that all financial and performance guarantees were enforceable, in case of need; as part of its efforts to continue operations and remain a going concern, the organization presented a comprehensive business plan and financial projections that were developed with legal and financial third party advisors, a plan was subsequently validated by independent auditors as part of the due ...

Of particular importance, since Canada is itself engaged in building its own peacebuilding architecture, through the stabilization and reconstruction task force in particular, Canada needs to ensure that its own architecture is appropriately linked to the global strategic framework.

In their answers to the questionnaire, Member States have identified a second set of themes of direct interest to the youth field - i.e. autonomy, non-formal learning, fight against discrimination, education training, employment, transition from education to employment, social inclusion, and health - which are well in line with the political priorities highlighted in the White Paper and encompassed in the new co-operation framework set up in the youth field.

Tomorrow the Convention will discuss the possible creation of a working party to examine the conditions under which the constitutional architecture of the EU could be based upon the Charter.

The Development Committee Task Force might explore the scope for improved consultation on respective country programs with a view to a clearer division of the sectoral responsibilities of these institutions in individual member countries The World Bank and the regional development banks should be encouraged to decentralise their operations wherever possible The activities of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) must be more strongly integrated into the World Bank Group.