of organized crime offences (preventive custody, preconceived evidence, special prisons). To coordinate this reform process, on 13 October 2008 the Coordinating Council for the Implementation of the Criminal Justice System was set up as the government entity composed of representatives of the three branches of government at federal and state levels, responsible for directing and designing relevant strategies for putting into effect the new model of justice contained in the above constitutional reform. Its aim is to ensure that the system operates and performs in a manner that is comprehensive, consistent and effective throughout the country, and compliant with the principles laid down in the Constitution. 442.Between its founding in June 2009 and January 2011 the Council has met seven times and among other things has worked out arrangements for approving the training and dissemination programme of the Council’s Technical Secretariat (SETEC), the strategy for implementing the constitutional reform in the federal entities and the guidelines for allocating resources for implementing the reform in the states. 443.In the same vein, the Technical Secretariat of the Coordinating Council for the Implementation of the Criminal Justice System was set up, tasked with implementing the decisions of the Council, supporting the local and federal authorities in their process of implementing the new criminal justice system and channelling financial support and expert assistance to the federal entities. It has taken a comprehensive approach to the reform process, based on five main areas: legislation, interinstitutional relations, training and dissemination, technical assistance and administration. Those areas are the foundation for the relationships and work with the institutions and players that share responsibility for carrying out the reform. 444.In the legislative field, SETEC has worked hard to coordinate the efforts of various agencies of the Federal Executive to draft a Federal Code of Criminal Procedure, enhanced by analysis and comments of the Coordinating Council. On the instructions of the Coordinating Council, the draft was referred to the Legal Service of the Federal Executive for the addition of the formalities relating to the explanatory introduction, the transitional arrangements and any other arrangements deemed necessary to prepare the draft for submission to the head of the Federal Executive, who in turn will submit it as a bill before the Congress of the Union. 445.The players involved in this implementation process are not only government authorities; there is also citizen participation. In this regard, the task of the federal government, through SETEC, is to coordinate the efforts of: State attorneys-general’s offices and the Office of the Attorney-General of the Republic; State courts and the Supreme Court; State and federal ministries of public security; State legislatures and the Congress of the Union; Offices of public defenders; Universities; Human rights commissions; Organized civil society. 446.In this context, SETEC carried out a variety of activities in response to particular circumstances in 27 of the 32 Mexican states.Among other things, the Implementation Strategy was produced for the federal entities, as a manual illustrating national and international best practices in relevant policy areas, and including two key technological planning tools:a simulation model and a localization model.It has also carried out evaluation and monitoring visits in 20 federal entities and conducted planning workshops in six. 447.In the field of international cooperation SETEC has conducted several projects with foreign governments, notably those of Canada and Chile. Each of these projects involved many activities such as planning workshops, discussion forums, international seminars, training courses for judges, defenders, prosecutors and lawyers, and technical advice on specific aspects of reforming the criminal justice system. We have also developed important ties with other foreign governments, enabling us to undertake learning missions to Colombia and Costa Rica, while other cooperation programmes with various international bodies are envisaged. 448.At the same time, SETEC devised the national training programme to provide approved nationwide guidelines, setting quality and performance standards. It has also given many training courses for operational staff of the justice system throughout the country. It has developed framework curricula for training operators and for undergraduate and graduate studies in educational institutions, and formed a training committee to achieve high levels of quality by including a methodology for validating study plans and programmes and for recruiting trainers and teachers after a specialized certification process. 449.In the field of technical assistance, a programme entitled Reorganization of the Criminal Justice System in Mexico was prepared as a guide for existing institutions in their new role and activities, as well as those that need to be set up in an adversarial system. There is an architectural model and guide for designing and planning courtrooms for oral hearings and related services, and draft general criteria for information and communication technology. Develop rules for implementing the ongoing constitutional reform in order to ensure that it is judicial authorities, not prosecuting authorities, who take statements from detained persons accused of any type of criminal offence (paras 46 and 58) Compliance measures