What would be the capacity building activity that is most needed? - Civil society empowerment - Strengthen reporting and data management of countries - Prioritize training for law enforcement officers and judiciary - Training all actors of child protection including social workers, legislators, judges, CSO, communities and the likes. - Train social workers and other child protection personnel - Capacity building for vital statistics registry organs - Build capacity of communities and empower them What advocacy activity would you suggest? - Define and sustain budget line with clear indicators - Popularize laws and translate in to local languages - Annual conference of ministers on children’s rights - Sensitization - Develop a policy brief on increasing birth registration coverage for children Item 9: Closing remarks Honorable Marie Christine Bocoum, First Vice President of the ACERWC, summarized the highlights of the workshop in her closing remarks. She stated that there is a lot of progress in ECOWAS Member States, however there is a challenge of data collection that is hindering success in the protection of children’s rights. There is heavy reliance on figures given to by international organizations. She expressed her wish for all the participants to become ambassadors of Agenda2040 in their countries and to work in collaboration with the Committee on the collection of reliable data and intensifying capacity building. She extend great appreciation to representatives of ECOWAS for their continued support and expressed her hope to cement the collaboration and make it effective and efficient. She concluded by expressing her appreciation to the representatives of Member States and partners of the ACERWC who made the workshop a reality.