CAT/OP/ITA/1/Add.1 (second level of reception), in accordance with Legislative Decree No. 142/2015 and Article 1-ter, entitled “Extraordinary reception measures for unaccompanied minors under Article 1-ter of the Bill, converting into law, Decree-Law No. 113/2016, concerning urgent financial measures for the local Authorities and the territory", approved by the Chamber of Deputies on July 21, 2016, which complements Article 19 of Legislative Decree No. 142/2015, as follows: “3-bis. In the presence of large and frequent arrivals of unaccompanied minors, over a short period of time, in the event that the reception cannot be ensured by the Municipalities in accordance with paragraph 3, it is the Prefect who activates temporary accommodation being exclusively dedicated to unaccompanied minors, with a maximum capacity of 50 places for each structure, in accordance with Article 11. The services mentioned in the decree referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article are secured under any circumstances. The reception in temporary accommodation cannot be arranged for the child under the age of fourteen and is limited to the time strictly necessary to the transfer towards the facilities referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article. For coordination with local services, information about the reception of unaccompanied minors in the facilities referred to in this paragraph and paragraph 1 of this Article shall be provided by the managers of the facility concerned to its Municipality ". 65. The second level of reception of unaccompanied minors is arranged within SPRAR. Should places be lacking, reception is provided by local Authorities. 66. At the age of eighteen, UAMs can apply for a permit, to remain in Italy. 67. In order to support UAMs’ integration once they come of age, the Italian Ministry of Labour and Social Policies launched a project in 2015, aimed at promoting 1,000 individual grants in order to enable children to attend vocational and educational courses. This project is also in line with relevant actions under the new EU Funding Operational Programme, 2014-2020 (Support to social and labour market integration of unaccompanied minors in transition to adulthood). 68. According to domestic legislation in force (Legislative Decree No. 24 of 4 March 2014, transposing EU Directive 2011/36/EU) and in view of the adoption of a Decree of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers concerning age identification of UAMs as victims of trafficking, a new holistic multidisciplinary Protocol to identify the UAMs’ age has been drafted by the Conference of Regions under the coordination of its Health Commission and with the contribution by regional Authorities, scientific experts, and representatives of International Organizations. It has been approved by the National Health Council in July 2015 and is going to be implemented homogeneously throughout the national territory. - Given the traumas suffered by UAMs, this issue has been put to the attention of a Technical Committee at the Ministry of Health in charge of drafting new Guidelines on assistance, rehabilitation and support to refugees and persons, who have been victims of torture, psychological and physical violence or sexual abuse. The Guidelines specifically focuses on women and children. 69. During 2015, the number of unaccompanied minors hosted in the SPRAR system has increased significantly, compared to the previous year: from 1,142 in 2014 to 1,640 minors, in 2015. 70. The findings of the Annual SPRAR Report 2015, recently presented, consider some qualitative aspects of the System, including services and reception arrangements, teams’ organization, and training. According to the report, Gambians remain at the top, compared to the previous year, with 35.5%, to be followed by: Senegal (11.3%); Mali (10%); Nigeria (8.4%); Egypt (5.5%); Bangladesh (4.5%); Afghanistan (4,1%); Côte d’Ivoire (3.4%); Ghana (3.3%); and Pakistan (2.7%). Nevertheless, according to the data issued in June 11