It was informed that the road map is shared with children’s parliament, the InterMinisterial Committee and Ministry of Finance for their consideration. Mr Noah mentioned that translation of the concluding observations and recommendations is a challenge as there are 363 local languages in Cameroon. Ministry of Social Affairs works in conjunction with the association in charge of child rights as well as media to popularize and disseminate the recommendations. b. Role of civil society in implementation of concluding observations and recommendations: Eastern Africa Child Rights Network (EACRN) The presentation on the role of EACRN was made by Mr Maximilien Ruzigana, Chairperson of the Management Committee of EACRN. Mr Ruzigna introduced that membership of the EACRN comprises of CSOs from Burundi, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia. He highlighted that members of the EACRN participate in the preparation of complementary reports both at the UNCRC and ACERWC levels. For instance the Burundi Child Rights Coalition is in the process of reporting to the UNCRC, while the Coalition of Rwanda has reported to the ACERWC. It was also indicated that the Sudan Child Rights Coalition has worked on the CSO reports for the UNCRC and the ACERWC. The EACRN assists in the preparation of the CSO reports which requires data collection, consultation and validation. It was mentioned that the EACRN also analyses the reports and in consultations with the national coalitions and try to pick the hot issues in the region. It further encourages states to report and to implement the recommendations of the ACERWC. c. Role of civil society in implementation of concluding observations and recommendations: Child Rights Network of Southern Africa (CRNSA) Mr Desmond Nyuma Mhango, Chairperson of the CRNSA briefly informed participants about the role of CRNSA. He started by mentioning that CRNSA was established in 2012 with the role of cross coordination among the various CSOs in Southern Africa. Mr Mhango indicated that CRNSA facilitates the participation of CSOs in the State Party reporting procedure. It was highlighted that CSOs who are members of the national coalitions speak to state parties to comply with their reporting obligations and support in the preparation of the reports. In addition, Mr Mhango underlined that child rights barometer assessment is developed by CRNSA to solicit the domestication of the charter and the implementation of concluding observations and recommendations of the ACERWC. d. Implementation of the concluding observations and recommendations of the ACERWC: Government of Tanzania 14 | P a g e