A consultant in charge of revision of the ACERWC and ECOWAS collaboration plan briefed the committee about the status of revision of the plan. It was noted that Save the children has an initiative to update the collaboration plan between the two organs. It was noted that the presentations form ECOWAS Member States in the workshop indicates that the context and the problems that prevailed during the drafting of the firs collaboration pan remain the same. The objectives in the current collaboration plan are; to promote information and communication exchange, to outline advocacy strategies that MS will put in place to implement the Charter and capacity building of organizations involved in implementing the plan. It was stated that in the updated plan there should be Monitoring and Evaluation and it should show the activities that have been implemented, those that are partially implemented and those that have not been acted up on at all. This should also lead to analysis of the reason why some of the activities did not take place. The consultant asked 4 key questions to the representatives of Member States regarding suggestions for the revised collaboration plan. The key questions and answers given thereto are as below. What priorities should to be captured in the plan? - Street children - Children on the move - Trafficking - Trafficking – covering street children and domestic workers - Fight against trafficking, child labor and other exploitations - Child labor – especially street children - Trafficking and child labor - Violence against children – children on the street - Birth registration and certification - Education What activities should be undertaken to facilitate information and communication exchange? - media sensitization against harmful practices - create experience sharing forum for member states - Digital platform - Data collection system - Data collection - Establish west Africa media network - Popularize child rights instruments and translate them to national languages