CRC/C/GEO/CO/3 page 9 complaint mechanism and periodic review of placement, in conformity with article 25 of the Convention. The Committee also recommends that all institutions providing alternative care to children be regulated by the State and requests that the State party specifically report on its efforts to regulate all institutions and the number of children in their care. The Committee further recommends that the State party consider introducing measures to ensure and provide for follow-up and after-care to young persons leaving care centres. Adoption 38. The Committee welcomes the steps being taken by the State party to establish an appropriate procedure for adoption in accordance with the Convention and the 1993 Hague Convention (No. 33) on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption.1993, as well as the enactment, in May 2008, of the Law on Child Adoption which, inter alia, prohibits direct adoptions. The Committee however regrets the lack of sufficient information received on: programmes for the preparation of the prospective adoptive parents and the children to be adopted; bilateral agreements on adoption; number of accredited adoption agencies and their regulations; information, including statistical data, on children awaiting adoption who are living in temporary accommodations or with foster families; and programmes that encourage adoption of older children and groups of siblings. 39. The Committee recommends that the State party continue with its efforts and provide appropriate professional and financial resources with a view to strengthening programmes related to adoption, its promotion and its respective control, by, inter alia: (a) Strengthening the central authority on adoption, so that it successfully performs all the functions mandated by the national legislation and the 1993 Hague Convention, through, inter alia, programmes, regulations and instruments to facilitate training and monitoring the performance of all actors involved in adoption; (b) Raising public awareness about adoption and the conditions for adopting. In this connection, special attention should be given to the identification of prospective adoptive families for children who may have particular difficulties in being adopted, including: older children; groups of siblings; children with disabilities; and children belonging to minority groups; and (c) Establishing a system to effectively identify children who are potentially adoptable (having explored the possibility to maintain the link with their families) and expedite the adoption process. Abuse and neglect 40. While welcoming the enactment, in June 2006, of the Law on Combating Domestic Violence, Prevention of and Support to Victims, the Committee regrets that the Action Plan on Measures to Prevent and Combat Domestic Violence, as envisaged in the aforementioned legislation, has not yet been adopted. The Committee also regrets the paucity of information provided by the State party on the extent of violence, sexual abuse and neglect within the family, including statistical information.