ACERWC African Committee of Experts on the Rights & Welfare of the Child 7.2 Reporting • While reporting on implementation of relevant international and regiosnla instruments, including the African Children’s Charter, States should present as far as possible comprehensive information on children on the move; including the challlenges and the legislative and adiministrative measures they have taken to address the challneges of children on the move, as well as disaggregated data in terms of age, gender, unaccompanied or separation status of children. There should be harmonization of migration data, data collection tools, methods and intervals at regional and continental level to ensure that data is comparable across countries and regions. 7.3 Coordination • Not all RECs are advanced with respect to regional protection mechanisms. Yet, this is necessary due to movement within regions. Furthermore, as children move across the borders of the RECs as defined by the AU, greater coordination is required. In particular, child protection information management systems can be linked across borders, and strengthen referral of critical child protection concerns across states to ensure a continuum of care for vulnerable children on the move. The Committee would be pre-disposed to facilitate discussions on coordination. • Coordination between the Committee and other African Union programmes and agencies could also be fruitful. Notably, coordination with the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) to integrate the child protection analysis in country-review process could help address some of the challenges related to data and information on country-specific frameworks. Similarly, coordination with the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) could help create awareness with respect to the challenges faced by children on the move. 7.4 Collaboration/Role of other stakeholders • The Committee notes that international agencies (e.g. IOM, the UNHCR and UNICEF) are increasingly recording children on the move in their statistics. While the Committee commends international agencies for these efforts, it notes that most data (although not all) is available with respect to children moving outside of the continent and would encourages international agencies to also record data relevant to children on the move within the continent. • Support Member States in relation to coordination and connecting social welfare systems on migration. This can entail capacity building programmes for state officers involved in social welfare of children on the move. • Partnership could provide technical and resources support to the ACERWC to undertake protection and promotion activities on children rights specially to address human rights challenges faced by children on the move. • Partners could also support Member States to address legal, policy and institutional gaps in children rights protection especially strengthening their capacity to ensure the best interests of the child are upheld. 92