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(c)
To identify the amount and proportion of the budget spent on children at the
national and local levels in order to evaluate the impact and effect of the expenditures on
children.
Data collection
16.
The Committee, while acknowledging that the National Survey on Socio-Economic
Characteristics (CASEN) takes place in Chile every two years, expresses its concern that the
Survey is based mainly on surveys and does not include all the areas covered by the Convention.
17.
The Committee recommends that the State party improve its system of data
collection with a view to incorporating all the areas covered by the Convention. Such a
system should cover all children below the age of 18 years, with specific emphasis on those
who are particularly vulnerable.
Dissemination
18.
The Committee, while acknowledging that there have been efforts to disseminate the
Convention during the process for the development of regional plans for children and to train
professionals working with and for children in line with its previous recommendation
(ibid, para. 18), nevertheless expresses its concern that these measures need to be strengthened,
in particular in rural areas and among indigenous children.
19.
The Committee recommends that the State party:
(a)
Increase its efforts to translate informative material into the main indigenous
languages and disseminate it;
(b)
Develop more creative methods to promote the Convention, including
through audiovisual aids such as picture books and posters, in particular at local level, and
through media;
(c)
Continue and strengthen its efforts to provide adequate and systematic
training and/or sensitization on children’s rights of professional groups working with and
for children, such as judges, lawyers, law enforcement and health personnel, teachers and
school administrators;
(d)
Debate and discuss the principles and provisions of the Convention with a
view to integrating them into the curricula at all levels of the educational system; and
(e)
OHCHR.
Seek technical assistance from, among others, UNICEF, UNESCO and