Chapter 4 Awareness-raising and training of relevant actors 1. The training and awareness-raising provided for migration officials, civil servants responsible for registering asylum seekers, refugees and migrants, civil registrars, guardians, judges on nationality and statelessness 41. Most states report that they provide training and awareness-raising for migration officials, civil servants responsible for registering asylum seekers, refugees and migrants, civil registrars, guardians and judges on nationality and statelessness. Training and awareness-raising activities are often prepared in co-operation with civil society, such as the European Network on Statelessness (ENS), and international organisations, such as the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA), the European Union European Migration Network (EMN), the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF). However, it is important to stress that the effectiveness of training and awareness-raising activities depends on their regularity for the public, which is most likely to recognise statelessness, especially of children. Identified promising practice In Germany, civil servants working in the field of asylum are trained in interviewing techniques. Methods to conduct child-sensitive asylum interviews and the variety of possible child-specific reasons for granting asylum/international protection are part of specific training. Registrars in Germany receive training on a regular basis and are therefore aware of problems around statelessness and nationality. Civil servants conducting asylum interviews and deciding on an asylum application are provided with general information about statelessness in the context of asylum and migration and, where relevant, specific information about statelessness in countries of origin. ► Page 22