ANNUAL SPECIAL REPORT 2017 29 ians and various public or non-governmental institutions for education, professional training, counseling, mental health, addiction management, adolescent support and encouragement, creative activity and artistic expression. The Ministry could initiate registration of those entities, bound to collaboration by means of contract with Minors’ Guardians Services and it could also seek the creation of a certification system thereof, as the Ombudsman has already suggested. __ There is no mention of promoting foster family placing as a corrective measure. Despite the obstacles in the implementation of this measure, it is important to note that the Ministry will examine its reinforcement, given that this has also been an intention of K.E.S.A.TH.E.A. (Central Scientific Council for the prevention and confrontation of the victimization and the criminality of minors). __ In respect of Companies of Minors’ Protection, it is not clear where the Ministry stands regarding their mission. Two issues in specific call for answers: __ • Whether Social Services of Companies of Minors’ Protection nationally shall actually operate and undertake their mission, as provided for by law (see, especially, art. 53 of L. 2447/1996) • Whether Companies of Minors’ Protection, will be reinforced by the State in order to operate Minors and Youth Care Units, not in the form of children protection units (of a welfare nature), as is the case today, but in the form of modern structures, specialised in adolescent behavioural disorders. For this mission to be accomplished, the Ministry shall have to ensure the Companies’ staf fing with educators and scientists, in contrast to unskilled employees, as is the case today. Finally, concerning the measures towards establishing minor-friendly justice system, it would be useful if the Strategic Planning included specific objectives, such as raising awareness nationally among prosecutors and judges who participate in handling minors’ cases of the principles of minor-friendly justice, expediting trying of juvenile delinquent cases, offering legal aid to underage offenders and victims, ensuring the use of interpreters in all cases involving minors who do not speak Greek, establishing bureaus for interdisciplinary examination of underage victims, using audiovisual recording devices, in order to avoid repeated testimonies.