In order to prepare children to take up their responsibilities towards his family, the society, the State or any other legally recognised community, the State focused its action on: - educating children on their responsibilities, as part of the celebration of commemorative days dedicated to children (International Day of the African Child, International Children’s Rights Day, International Day of the Girl Child, National Youth Day); - enhancing citizenship and moral education (ECM) in the curricula of training institutions (civic education, ethics and moral education); - training youths as part of the National Civic Service for Participation in Development (11 000 young volunteers were trained from 2013 to 2014); - enhancing platforms for the expression of children (Children’s Parliament, Children’s Government in schools, Advisory Council of Children and Youths, Children’s Municipal Councils); - setting up children’s forums and child protection committees in over 100 communities in the Centre, North, Far North, East and North West Regions; - experimenting young girl clubs in primary and secondary schools (Yaounde in the Centre Region). 44