The action plan's new funding of $25 million over five years has been allocated as follows: $8.6 million over five years for the development of more community safety plans across Canada, including in vulnerable communities with a high incidence of violent crimes perpetrated against women as identified by the RCMP's national operational overview; $2.5 million over five years for projects to break intergenerational cycles of violence and abuse by raising awareness and building healthy relationships; $5 million over five years for projects to engage men and boys, and empower women and girls in efforts to denounce and prevent violence; $7.5 million over five ...[+++]years to support aboriginal victims and families; and $1.4 million over five years to share information and resources with communities and organizations, and to report regularly on progress made and results achieved under the action plan.

(Return tabled) Question No. 182 Ms. Chris Charlton: With respect to mental health support in prisons and other detention facilities operated by Correctional Services Canada (CSC): (a) what progress has been made since 2004 in the implementation of the CSC Mental Health Strategy; (b) what plans are in place for the operation of the Community Mental Health and Institutional Mental Health initiatives over the next five years; (c) what plans are in place to act on the recommendations in the 2008-2009 Annual Report of the Office of the Correctional Investigator; (d) what is the total amount of funds allocated to all types of mental health ...[+++] support by CSC for the upcoming fiscal year, broken down by program type; (e) what percentage of overall CSC funds are allocated to mental health support for the upcoming fiscal year; (f) what percentage of overall CSC funds are allocated to security, risk management and control for the upcoming fiscal year; (g) how many offenders have access to intermediate mental healthcare units in the region in which they are incarcerated; (h) what processes are in place to review the effectiveness of existing mental health programs and identify gaps in services; (i) what recommendations have arisen from such reviews in the last two years; (j) what progress has been made in conducting an independent review of long-term segregation cases; (k) what progress has been made in the creation of a measurable set of performance indicators to evaluate CSC’s response to offender mental health concerns; (l) what guidelines does CSC provide to operational staff on the use of segregation placements with offenders who have mental health concerns; (m) what progress has the National Population Management Committee made in reviewing specific cases of the use of lengthy periods in segregation and treatment alternatives for offenders with mental health concerns; (n) what progress has been made on the creation of a national strategy for managing chronic se ...

In its Policy Plan on Asylum, adopted in June 2008, the Commission announced its intention to develop the CEAS by proposing a revision of existing legal instruments in order to achieve greater harmonisation of the applicable standards and by strengthening support for practical cooperation between the Member States, in particular by a legislative proposal to establish a European Asylum Support Office (the Support Office) in order to increase coordination of operational cooperation between Member States so that the common rules are implemented effectively.

The key component of the plan is a Regional Programme for the Reconstruction of Central America (RPRCA) but it also includes a series of ancillary measures designed to help the region return to normality: relieving the external debt burden on the countries concerned, maintaining cooperation in areas such as the rule of law, human rights and support for regional integration, the special preferential tariff arrangements for their agricultural and industrial exports, environmental issues and support operations via the Central American Bank for Economic Integration.

EU objectives and action plan guidelines Support from the EU and its Member States could be targeted to the following six areas: (1) Support for economic reform The Union will continue to support a policy of macroeconomic stabilization in conjunction with the IMF, develop its backing for more far-reaching reforms and endeavour to accelerate the transition to a market economy (privatization, SME development, a more dynamic labour market).

2. Honduras - Nicaragua special fund Agreement in principle to set up a special fund of ECU 30 million to strengthen the export capacity of the two least developed countries in the area, Honduras and Nicaragua. 3. Refugees Commitment by the Community to provide substantial support for the voluntary repatriation of refugees and the resettlement of displaced persons. These operations will be carried out under the auspices of the United Nations. 4. Debt The Community Member States undertake to give full support, bilateral and multilateral, so that all countries in the Central American region which adopt adjustment policies approved by the international community obtain under the Brady Plan ...[+++] the best terms for renegotiating their debts.