- The thematic Child Protection Group, coordinated by the Child Protection Directorate of the Ministry in charge of the Child with the support of UNICEF Faced with this situation, the Government decided to move forward with the support of UNICEF, towards a review and development of the child protection sector. This process began with the development of a framework document entitled "Mapping and Analysis of the Child Protection National System in Côte d'Ivoire", completed in April 2010 and endorsed in December of that year. This document gave an overview of the components of the child protection system and their efficiency. It is the main basis for the development of the National Child Protection Policy and other frameworks. Based on this inventory, it was decided to proceed with: a) The development of a framework document for the child protection sector, which will set national objectives and strategies to ensure a better protection of children against all forms of violence, abuse and exploitation and provide a basis for clarification of roles and responsibilities for different stakeholders. For this purpose the Child Protection National Policy document (NEPP) was developed in 2012, validated by all sectors and adopted by the government. b) The establishment of a National Child Protection Committee, which is a permanent multi sectoral structure for national coordination of child protection in Côte d'Ivoire. This multi-sectoral national committee will be set up following the adoption of the NEPP. The Policy reflects different national realities on the one hand, the aspirations and commitment of all stakeholders on the other hand. The actors involved in child protection were invited to make contributions to its development. The consultative process was set up in October 2010 and ended in May 2012. Given the cross cutting nature of any child protection policy, institutional actors of social action, security, justice, health, education, communication, local authorities, associations and the technical and financial partners were brought together to formulate strategies for the NEPP. These consultations took place throughout the territory and provided an opportunity for the various institutional players to provide guidance for effective protection of children from all forms of violence, abuse, exploitation. 1.1.1 Data Collection R 17. The Committee recommends that the State party develop a system of data collection and indicators consistent with the Convention and disaggregated by gender, age, indigenous and minority groups, urban and rural areas. (...) The Committee also encourages the State party to use these indicators and data to formulate policies and programs for the effective implementation of the Convention. There is no centralized data collection system and indicators which are consistent with the provisions of the Convention. However, the education, health and social action sectors have routine information systems to ensure regular the statistics release of disaggregated indicators by selected characteristics (sex, age, rural urban area). Furthermore, a financial and technical support from partners led in 2006, 2008 and 2012 to a national household surveys that helped to update most of the indicators monitored by the Convention t with a disaggregation level integrating vulnerable groups. The Statistics Act passed in 2013 establishes the National Statistics Institute (INS) as the institution responsible for the collection and dissemination of statistics related to the country’s on commitments. RAPPORT INITIAL SUR LA MISE EN OEUVRE DE LA CHARTE AFRICAINE DES DROITS ET DU BIEN ÊTRE DE L'ENFANT 20