Mr Mathias Haule, representative of the Government of Tanzania shared the experience of Tanzania in the consideration of the concluding observations of the ACERWC in developing laws and policies. He informed that Tanzania has undertaken initiatives to translate the concluding observations and to prepare an action plan on its implementation. It was indicated that the action plan and translated concluding observations will be widely disseminated. Towards the implementation of the concluding observations, Mr Haule underscored that the Government of Tanzania has undertaken analysis of gaps in laws that perpetuate violation of children’s rights, build the capacity of Legal Sector Institutions, orienting and developing guidelines on reporting mechanisms for various officials, and support interventions which aim at providing series for children and women. The presentation also highlighted some of the challenges in the implementation of the concluding observations including insufficient resource allocation for child development issues, other competitive priorities of the government, as well as deep-rooted sociocultural practices such as child marriage, FGM, and corporal punishment. Finally Mr Haule stressed that active collaboration of the Government of Tanzania with CSOs and other international agencies is a key factor which helped the State Party to implement the concluding observations of the ACERWC. e. Discussions Following the panel presentations, participants were given the chance to make interventions. There was an experience shared bythe representative of Mauritania pointing out that there is a technical multi-sectorial committee that implements concluding observations and drafts plan of action on the implementation for all treaty bodies. And the plan of action will be distributed among various ministries and departments. The representative of Gambia highlighted that it would be good to know why Tanzania is struggling with child marriage as a challenge yet it has child marriage laws. In response, it was mentioned that socio-cultural practices take long to change and go beyond legal implementation to also broader attitudinal and behavior change. Finally, a participant from Save the Children wanted to know about the process of the preparation of alternative reports. The participant was referred to the guidelines on CSO reporting. 11. Role of supporting institutions This session was also facilitated through a panel of the Network of African Human Rights Institutions (NANHRI), Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and Civil Society Organizations (CSO) Forum. 15 | P a g e