structures, enable NGOs, trade unions and social welfare services to initiate referrals for the assistance of victims of all forms of trafficking and to co-operate with the relevant authorities.388 The OSCE recommends that states enhance co-operation among the responsible officials and, in particular, among embassy and consulate personnel to facilitate the speedy verification of personal data and the avoidance of undue or unreasonable delay.389 In addition, participating States should strengthen international co-operation among national referral mechanisms or other relevant national structures, and should continue to work towards an enhanced comprehensive and co-ordinated approach to preventing and combating trafficking, and to protecting and assisting victims in cross-border cases.390 The co-operation of state bodies with NGOs, as well as with international organizations, in assisting trafficking victims is also foreseen by the a programme developed by the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) to strengthen co-operation in combating trafficking in human beings.391 Similarly, the EU Trafficking Directive requires the co-operation of support organizations with civil society organizations in establishing national rapporteurs or equivalent mechanisms.392 The EU Plan on Best Practices also recommends the consolidation of co-operation between public authorities and civil society organizations, for example 388  2013 Addendum to the OSCE Action Plan, part IV, para. 1.2. It also recommends increasing multi-disciplinary partnerships in the framework of national referral mechanisms, with the aim of facilitating dialogue and co-operation between public authorities, NGOs, trade unions and other relevant institutions engaged in anti-discrimination programmes and the protection of the rights of women, children, members of ethnic, national and religious minorities and migrants, as well as to contribute to the identification of trafficked persons and advance the protection of their rights (see ibid., part V, para. 2). 389  OSCE Action Plan, part V, para. 5.2. 390  Importantly, the OSCE is also attempting to strengthen international co-operation between relevant agencies in countries of origin, transit and destination in the OSCE’s Asian and Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation, in particular by establishing joint investigation teams (see 2013 Addendum to the OSCE Action Plan, part V 3, para. 5). OSCE Asian Partners for Co-operation include Japan, South Korea, Thailand and Afghanistan, while as of March 2014, OSCE Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation are Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia. 391 See CIS Programme on Cooperation of CIS Members in combating trafficking in Human Beings 2014-2018, 25 October 2013, para. 4.4. 392  EU Trafficking Directive, arts. 11(4) and 19. Recital 6 of the Directive also suggests working closely with civil society organizations to monitor and evaluate the impact of anti-trafficking measures. The Brussels Declaration likewise recommends developing exchanges between NGOs, social workers and others concerned with victim assistance from countries of origin, transit and destination (see Brussels Declaration, p. 14). 94 Part 2: Explanatory Report to the Principles