DEFENCE FOR CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL (DCI) - Belgium | Practical Guide As a consequence, the monitors (and interpreters) should pay particular attention to the way they dress while visiting a facility. The dress code should be serious and professional without being confused with the way the staff members and director of the place are dressed. In order to be clearly identified, monitors may wear a badge or a distinctive sign such as a jacket or tee shirt of a specific color or with the logo or the name of the monitoring body. In addition, the dress code should be in accordance with the cultural context and in any case it should be correct and respectful. Logistics The required time and flexibility to be dedicated to logistical arrangements should not be underestimated but should not allow authorities to “prepare” for the visit. The following aspects should be taken care of prior to the visit: ʺʺ Announcement of the visit (phones calls, letters, authorizations, informative document, program); ʺʺ Setting the date(s), day(s) and time(s) of visit; ʺʺ Ensuring that the place to be visited is accessible on the planned dates; ʺʺ Ensuring that the chosen period allows the monitoring of all aspects to assess (for example, performing a visit during public holidays may not allow to monitor how the right to education is implemented); ʺʺ Ensuring that the security context allows the visit on the planned dates; ʺʺ Getting the required authorisations to enter with the necessary equipment; ʺʺ Providing and testing the required equipment; ʺʺ Preparing all the required documents, making enough copies and bringing all the material needed (paper, pen, badges, etc.) ʺʺ Organising the travel and accommodation of the team; ʺʺ If needed, contracting interpreters, providing them with all the appropriate documentation and information well in advance, inform and prepare them about their role as well as, if necessary - training in child interviewing. 66