judgments306 of birth, and more than 2,000 such judgments were delivered between 2015 and 2016. 482- In order to address the low rate of birth declaration in some communities, a mechanism for the speedy establishment of birth certificates was set up through the Service Quality Enhancement Support Programme with the collaboration of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). On 10 November 2017, some 17,000 birth certificates were handed to the people in Maga, Touloum, and Moulvoudaye Councils in Far North Region through the mechanism. 483- Civil status service delivery was also consolidated with the provision of registers by BUNEC. In this regard, from 8 to 13 May 2017, some 18,000 registers were distributed to secondary civil status registries nationwide. B: Promotion of the Participation of Children in the Decision-making Process 484- In a bid to step up the participation capacities of children in the decision-making process, regular sessions of children’s Parliament were held and enabled them to ask decision-makers questions on the protection of the rights of the child. Other children’s expression frameworks were experimented, in particular children’s governments307 in schools in 850 primary schools in Centre, North West, and Far North Regions, and children’s councils the evaluation of which helped in envisioning scaling. C: Promotion of a Protective Environment 485- Promotion of family supervision or failing which a replacement protection, and combating violence and exploitation reflect the determination to develop an environment conducive for child development. 1: Family Supervision and Replacement Protection 486- In addition to the actions on family protection referred to above, provision of parental substitute to the child was made either through temporary family administrative placement or through institutional placement of the child in distress or through adoption. In the first case, the child is placed in a foster family while waiting for a possible adoption and in the second case, the child is placed in a public institution or an authorised private institution308. During the period 2013-2017, there were 4 Centres for Children in Distress in Garoua (North Region), Yaounde (Centre Region), Ekondo Titi (South West Region), and Ambam (South Region). 487- In a bid to balance the temporary administrative placement of children, combat harmful practices and enhance transparency in the management of public institutions and proper care of children, a Rapid Results Initiative (RRI) was launched on 8 April 2013 in Yaounde and Douala in collaboration with NACC. The RRI was supplemented with a procedure manual on child adoption in Cameroon validated in 2013. These measures resulted in the care of 2,361 children by 192 structures under the supervision of MINAS in 2014. 306 The declaratory judgment of birth is required where the birth declaration time limit has elapsed. Its aim is initiate children to the management of the affairs of their cities and communities through elections and the setting up of a Government in school 308 According to the 2017 statistics, there were 102 child supervision structures distributed as follows: Adamawa Region: 3 private structures; Centre Region: 2 public structures and 30 private structures; East Region: 3 private structures; Far North Region: 1 public structure and 3 private structures; Littoral Region: 1 public structure and 20 private structures; North Region: 1 public structure and 1 private structure; North West Region: 6 private structures; West Region: 16 private structures; South Region: 10 private structures; South West Region: 1 public structure and 6 private structures. 83 307