P AN AMERIC AN SIL VER 51 G R I 4 1 0 1 T ra i n i n g o f Se cu r i t y C on t ra c t o r s The majorit y o f s ecurit y at our sit e s is pr o vided b y priv at e s ecurit y c ontr act or s The s e c ontr act or s ha v e little int er action with c ommunit y member s and in the e v ent that the y do our dual priorit y is the s af et y o f c ommunit y member s and r e spect f or their right s as w ell as the s ecurit y o f our as s et s O ur g o al is t o limit the deplo yment o f armed priv at e s ecurit y only t o tho s e oper ations wher e and when it is deemed nec e s s ar y and at tho s e loc ations r educing ac c e s s t o w e apons wher e v er po s sible In 2 01 9 an independent thir d p art y c onduct ed a g ap as s e s sment o f our s ecurit y pr actic e s ag ains t the r equir ement s o f the V olunt ar y P rinciple s on S ecurit y and Human Right s 1 and UNICEF Canada s Child Right s and S ecurit y Checklis t 2 Child Right s and S ecurit y Checklis t at t w o o f our thr ee oper ations with armed s ecurit y f or c e s L a C olor ada in Me xic o and E s c ob al in Guat emala B as ed on the r e sult s w e e xp anded human right s tr aining f or s ecurit y c ontr act or s t o c o v er br o ader is sue s such as c onfict manag ement B e f or e allo wing their emplo y ee s at our sit e s w e r equir e that the c omp anie s supplying c ontr act s ecurit y per s onnel pr o vide tho s e per s onnel with human right s tr aining that is in line with int ernational be s t pr actic e s t andar ds In 2 01 9 1 00 per c ent o f P an Americ an Silv er s ecurit y emplo y ee s and independent s ecurit y c ontr act or s w orking at E s c ob al 3 and L a C olor ada r ec eiv ed human right s tr aining The c ont ent o f our Glob al Human Right s P olic y will be included in the s e tr aining s as o f 2 0 2 0 T o bett er pr ot ect the right s and w ellbeing o f all C ommunitie s o f Int er e s t af ect ed b y a s ecurit y incident w e ar e intr oducing a mor e r obus t emer g enc y pr ep ar edne s s and crisis manag ement s tructur e t o f acilit at e appr opriat e and ef ectiv e manag ement o f a major incident Ne xt St ep s C ontinue implement ation o f our Glob al Human Right s P olic y and r elat ed pr ogr ams C onduct as s e s sment s o f our alignment with the V olunt ar y P rinciple s and the Child Right s and S ecurit y Checklis t at Shahuindo L a Ar ena and D olor e s and r oll out human right s tr aining C ontinue implementing our s ecurit y fr ame w ork including de v elopment o f a c onsis t ent tr aining appr o ach f or P an Americ an Silv er s ecurit y emplo y ee s and priv at e s ecurit y c ontr act or s 1 The V olunt ar y P rinciple s on S ecurit y S ecurit y and Human Right s ar e the int ernationally r ec ogniz ed be s t pr actic e f or the us e and c onduct o f s ecurit y f or c e s 2 UNICEF s Child Right s and S ecurit y Checklis t help s c omp anie s identif y pot ential s ecurit y r elat ed imp act s on childr en 3 V alidation o f tr aining at the E s c ob al f acilit y has been fully implement ed with a pr ec ontr act r e vie w o f pr o vider tr aining pr ogr ams a monthly r e vie w o f tr aining c onduct ed b y the s elect ed pr o vider and a f our monthly indepth r e vie w o f all priv at e s ecurit y s t andar ds r equir ement s that include s a tr aining r e vie w This r e vie w and v alidation pr oc e s s will be intr oduc ed t o our other f acilitie s as the tr aining pr ogr am is r olled out