CRC/C/SRB/CO/1 page 8 Follow-up to the United Nations study on violence against children 37. With reference to the United Nations study on violence against children (A/61/299), the Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Take all necessary measures for the implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of the independent expert for the United Nations study on violence against children while taking into account the outcome and recommendations of the regional consultation for Europe and Central Asia, held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, from 5 to 7 July 2005. In particular, the Committee recommends that the State party pay particular attention to the following recommendations: (i) To prohibit all violence against children; (ii) To promote non-violent values and awareness-raising; (iii) To provide recovery and social reintegration services; (iv) To develop and implement systematic national data collection and research; (b) Use these recommendations as a tool for action, in partnership with civil society and in particular with the involvement of children, to ensure that every child is protected from all forms of physical, sexual and psychological violence and to gain momentum for concrete and, where appropriate, time-bound actions to prevent and respond to such violence and abuse; (c) Seek technical assistance from UNICEF, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the World Health Organization (WHO) and other relevant agencies, inter alia, ILO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) as well as NGO partners in this context. 4. Family environment and alternative care (arts. 5; 18,paras. 1-2; 9-11; 19-21; 25; 27,para. 4; and 39 of the Convention) Family environment 38. The Committee notes the progress made in legislation, including through the adoption of the new Constitution and the Law on Family Relations as well as the introduction of joint custody and other measures taken by the State party to improve the situation for children in alternative care and decrease the number of children in institutions, including the establishment of a Social Innovation Fund. The Committee also notes the shift towards decentralized and community-based services with a view to improving living standards that are directed to reintegration. However, the Committee is concerned at the lack of a systematic support system and multisectoral service provision to parents, and at the overall weakness of measures to support families and prevent deterioration of family relations and its effect on children due to the lack of well trained social workers. 39. The Committee recommends that the State party: