 The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research : 16. Its mission is the design, implementation and monitoring of the state policy on higher education and scientific research, in accordance with international conventions, laws and regulations. This ministry is active in promoting and protecting the rights of the child (RC) through the training of trainers, working closely with the Ministry of family, it works for the setting up of social services on university campuses.  Ministry of Labour, Civil Service and Administrative and Institutional Reform 17. It is in charge of the employment and occupational safety and health policy and therefore conducts all child protection actions related to the workplace. It has a General Labour Directorate, which through its Labour Standards Directorate provides the Secretariat of the National Steering Committee to combat child labor (CDN) The National Steering Committee, created by Order No 435 MTFP/DC/SG/DGT/DNT/SPLTE of July 07, 2008, is in charge of: 18. o o o o providing guidance for the development of policy and programs to combat child labour; coordinating and supervising the fight against child labor; approving any program for the fight against child labor; monitoring and evaluating activities to combat child labor; 19. This Multisectoral Committee is chaired by the Minister of Labour, Public Service, Administrative and Institutional Reform and works in close collaboration with the International Labor Organization. 20. Apart from the Ministry of Higher Education, the aforementioned ministries are those with concrete structures that effectively target childhood. These main ministries are therefore responsible for the national child protection policy initiated and implemented through programs and projects. 21. b. National childhood policies and programs: 22. Following the UN special session on children in May 2002 in New York, each State Party to the convention was asked to draw up a national action plan. It is within this framework that the Beninese State has adopted: - on October 09, 2007 the document of national child protection policies and strategies, 2008-2012 the National Policy for the Development of the Justice Sector (PNDSJ) ratified in June 2014 and whose national implementation program was adopted. 23. 24. 25. Various programs and projects from the government, civil society organizations and development partners were thus defined, but will unfortunately be implemented dispersedly without effective coordination. Following the evaluation of this first edition, which expired since 2012, a new National Child Protection Policy was developed and adopted in October 2014. This new policy has the merit of redefining and re-specifying the various issues behind vulnerable childhood. Unlike the first edition, the second states specific child protection action plans. The statement process is still ongoing.