the ACRWC and decentralizes matters relating to legal rights of children, care and support services for children as low as the sub county which is the lowest administrative unit, making such services more accessible. 1.2.5 Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MGLSD) The Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development is mandated to promote social protection of poor and vulnerable children. It is the Secretariat for the Social Development Sector under the sector wide approaches. The ministry has a fully fledged department for Youth and Children, a child labour department and other departments that deal with marginalised groups such as disabilities. It is also a ministry charged with culture, community mobilisation and gender concerns that largely impact on children. The social development sector consists of the civil society and development partners who are implementing social sector interventions. Within the same sector is the lead agency for co-ordinating and monitoring the implementation of child rights related programmes, the National Council for Children (NCC). The NCC is a semi autonomous body, the Ombudsman for children. Other ministries/departments are responsible for sectors that fall within their mandates. Under MGLSD, a Street Children‟s Desk (SCD) and the National Street Children Committee to ensure integration of children back into their communities has been set up in the department of Youth and Children Affairs. 1.2.6 Ministry of Education and Sports The Education Sector Investment Plan (ESIP) 2004-2015 brings together Government, development partners, the private sector and CSOs to mobilise support and resources for the education sector. Working committees have been established to manage the ESIP. The working groups are responsible for: sector policy and management; financial planning and management; monitoring and evaluation; primary education; secondary education; technical and vocational education and training; tertiary; and teacher education working group. Each working group produces a report every six months and a composite report is compiled to form input into the biannual ESIP review. Government, through the Ministry of Education and Sports, has established the National Council for Higher Education and the Education Standards Agency (ESA). The Ministry of Education is the Secretariat for the ESIP. Through the sector, a number of policies and guidelines have been developed to improve the quality of education and provide a safe and healthy environment for children. 1.3.3 Ministry of Health The Ministry of health houses the Health Policy (HP) and the Health Sector Strategic Plan (HSSP). The HSSP is implemented through the Health Policy Implementation Committee (HPIC), which consists of eight subcommittees, namely: Human Resources, Health Infrastructure, Basic Package, Finance and Procurement, Supervision and Monitoring, Decentralisation, Research and Development and Public-private mix. A Health Sector Review Committee (HSRC) has also been formed to: generate consensus of all stakeholders in the implementation of the HP and the HSSP; review and endorse reports and recommendations of the Health Policy Implementation Committee; and provide support and guidance in the implementation of the HP in general. Membership to the HSRC is multi-sectoral and includes representatives from: central government departments, local authorities, higher institutions of learning, research institutions, NGOs parliament, civil society and traditional practitioners. Consultative meetings and joint meetings are held bi-annually to review sector performance (expenditures and outputs) for each component of the sector, agree on the financial resource envelope for the following year and the revised draft annual plan of action for the next year. Membership to the meeting includes the government 3