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