The Reporting Procedure 4 3. Gathering information and collection of data: what information and data are needed to draft the report? (25 minutes) • What measures or actions are in place to implement the treaty provision assigned to them, using the questions below as a guide: –– How is the right set out in the treaty provision assigned to the group protected at national level (i.e. legislative framework, including remedies for violations of rights)? –– What are the most relevant policies, programmes, strategies, etc. in place to implement this right? –– How do these laws, policies, programmes and strategies specifically address the issues previously identified by the group? • For periodic reports: do the final concluding observations addressed to the State party contain a recommendation relating to the treaty provision assigned to the group? If so, have any specific measures been adopted to implement such a recommendation? • Has the State party reported to other human rights mechanisms how it has been implementing measures related to the treaty provision assigned to the group? How would this information be useful for the current report? • What type of information and data aimed at assessing the impact of the actual enjoyment of the rights contained in the treaty – in particular the treaty provision assigned to the group – is available (e.g., monitoring and evaluation reports of policies and programmes, statistical data, etc.)? Is there a mechanism for monitoring progress in implementation? TIP ÎÎDuring a sub-regional or regional event, this is an opportunity for participants to share within their groups their different country experiences and present a summary to the plenary. Do not forget to inform participants accordingly. 4. Gathering information and collection of data: who has the information needed? (10 minutes) • Who within the government has the information and data, identified by the group, needed to draft the section of the report on the treaty provision assigned to the group? Please indicate, as far as possible, who would be responsible for providing the different items of information. 5. Identifying elements for good reporting (30 minutes) • Review the badly drafted paragraph of a State party report that has been given to you. • What do you think is good about it? What is insufficient about it? How would you improve the text? TIP ÎÎProject on the screen slides showing the guiding questions, for ease of reference. Step 3: Debrief in plenary  Duration 30 minutes a) Invite a representative of one of the groups to present his or her group’s conclusions with respect to planning and organization in no more than 3 minutes. Immediately afterwards open the floor and invite the other groups to highlight what they have done differently or to make a brief comment; b) Next invite a representative of another group to present his or her group conclusions with respect to identification of key issues to be included in the report. Immediately afterwards open the floor and invite the other groups to highlight what they have done differently or to make a brief 45