A/57/153 elaborated for Indonesia, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Romania, Sri Lanka and Uganda. In Colombia, a preparatory assistance project in 2001 led to a fully fledged two-year anti-corruption project, which aims to strengthen the rule of law at the local government level as a pilot that may be replicated at the national level. Its objective is to increase the capacity and integrity of local government institutions, through social control mechanisms that strengthen prosecutorial capacity and implement results-based management. In Nigeria, a project for strengthening judicial integrity aims to strengthen the rule of law. The Centre assisted in organizing a federal integrity meeting for chief justices, during which three pilot States and pilot courts were identified, and a methodology on how to assess types, levels, causes and cost of and remedies for corruption was endorsed for testing in the pilot States. Subsequently, the Centre launched the project’s pilot activities in three States. In South Africa, a project on the theme “Support to the national anti-corruption programme” began in 2001. It is designed to assist the Government of South Africa in its efforts to prevent, detect and fight corruption and promote integrity, transparency, accountability and the rule of law. The Centre assisted the Government in (a) the preparation of a national anti-corruption strategy and action plan; (b) drafting anti-corruption legislation; (c) assisting specialized investigating and prosecutorial units; and (d) in the development and implementation of anticorruption initiatives in two selected provinces. C. Global programme against trafficking in human beings 44. The adoption of the Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the protocols addressing trafficking and the smuggling of persons by the General Assembly in November 2000 was very important for the work of the programme. The legal definitions of those activities have been largely accepted by Member States and international organizations addressing trafficking issues. In several countries, the provisions of the Convention and the trafficking protocol have not only guided legislation reform but also offered a framework for the formulation of regional and national anti-trafficking action plans. At present, technical assistance projects are being carried out or developed in several countries in Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America. 10 45. In Brazil, a project on assessing the routes and modalities used by organized criminal groups, improving law enforcement responses and victim support, has been developed in collaboration with the Government. Ongoing Centre projects in the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia aim to assist the authorities in reforming human trafficking-related legislation, strengthen investigation and prosecution capacity in trafficking cases and provision of assistance to victims. The project in the Philippines included assessment of the problem, awareness-raising and training sessions for law enforcement officers and workshops on improved police-prosecutor cooperation. Follow-up activities are under consideration, including developing specific measures for victim and witness support. Projects for western Africa are under preparation. 46. The programme has initiated work on a database, including data from multiple sources on global trafficking trends, cross-national routes and volume of trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants, as well as data on victims and offenders of trafficking and responses of criminal justice systems to this criminal activity. The analysis of data will result in regular reports presenting trends on the national, regional and global level. Jointly with the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), the programme is currently conducting research and assessment activities targeting the practices and the role of organized criminal groups in trafficking of human beings. It has developed research tools aimed at generating data on recruitment practices, travel routes, exploitation, criminal organizations and connivance and corruption. Instruments have been developed for use in interviewing victims, government officials and non-governmental organizations. Partnerships were established with the network of institutes and organizations cooperating with the Centre and UNICRI, in particular the Australian Institute of Criminology and the United Nations University, as well as relevant government agencies, local research institutions and individual scholars. The Centre also supported the implementation of a project of the International Organization for Migration involving trafficking in women and children from Tajikistan. 47. A related major development in 2001 was the formulation of a political declaration and action plan against trafficking in human beings for the member