While institutionalization of counter trafficking initiatives has yet to occur, a few common policy platforms are beginning to emerge in the region that may support more targeted response strategies. International mobilization against the commercial sexual exploitation of children, the worst forms of child labor, and violence and discrimination against women have encouraged the creation and adoption of national plans in these areas.
In great measure, these
platforms follow the principles established in the Declaration and
Agenda for Action against the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of
Children (World Congress in Stockholm, 1996) and the international
instruments mentioned in the previous section. In addition, the IOM,
through its country offices, has been supporting coordinated national
policy responses to issues related to migration although, with the
exception of the Dominican Republic, none have focused on
trafficking.
| Country | Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children | Violence against Women | Child Labor | Immigration |
| Belize | - - - | - - - | - - - | - - - |
| Costa Rica | National Plan against Child Sexual Exploitation; National Council against Child Sexual Exploitation (CONACOES) | - - - | International Program for the Eradication of Child Labor | Permanent Forum of Migrants |
| Dominican Republic | National Plan; National Commission on the Eradication of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children | Inter-Institutional Committee for the Protection of Migrant Women (CIPROM) | International Program for the Eradication of Child Labor | Inter-Institutional Committee for the Protection of Migrant Women (CIPROM) |
| El Salvador | National Plan; ECPAT Network | National Policy on Women | National Plan for the Eradication of Child Labor; International Program for the Eradication of Child Labor | Migration Forum |
| Guatemala | National Plan against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children; Articulating Group | National Policy on the Promotion and Development of Guatemalan Women; National Commission on the Prevention of Violence against Women (CONAPREVI) | National Plan for the Eradication of Child Labor; International Program for the Eradication of Child Labor | Proposed National Plan; National Table on Migration (MENAMIG) |
| Honduras | - - - | National Plan | International Program for the Eradication of Child Labor | National Forum |
| Nicaragua | Public Policy against the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents; National Board for Integrated Attention and Protection of Children and Adolescents (CONAPINA) | National Plan for the Prevention of Domestic and Sexual Violence | International Program for the Eradication of Child Labor | International Program for the Eradication of Child Labor |
| Panama | - - - | - - - | - - - | - - - |