CRC/C/PRY/CO/3 (e) Allocate the adequate financial resources to all coordination mechanisms, in order to ensure effective coordination among the various institutions. National plan of action 12. The Committee welcomes the information received on the National Policy for Children and Adolescents (2003-2013) (Política Nacional de Niños y Adolescentes) and on its application through the National Plan of Action for Children and Adolescents (20032008) to further strengthen the implementation of the Convention and the coordination between the stakeholders. However, the Committee is concerned that insufficient resources have been allocated to the plan and that it still lacks a mechanism of follow-up, monitoring and evaluation which allows the identification of progress and limits in the application of the Convention. The Committee is also concerned at the lack of adoption of a new national plan of action. 13. The Committee recommends that the State party carry out the necessary monitoring and evaluation efforts to regularly assess the progress achieved by the National Plan of Action for Children and Adolescents (2003-2008) and to identify possible deficiencies against allocated budget. It also recommends that the State party take the necessary steps to ensure effective participation of children in the (implementation, monitoring and) evaluation of the National Plan of Action. It also urges the State party to adopt a new national plan of action which can be effectively implemented with sufficient human, technical and financial resources. Independent monitoring 14. The Committee welcomes the establishment in 2005 of the Department for the Rights of Children and Adolescents of the Ombudsman’s Office. However, it is concerned that the staff is limited and the mandate is not sufficiently clear as to act effectively to defend children’s interests. It is further concerned that the annual reports of the Ombudsman are not adequately disseminated among the general population, especially among children. 15. The Committee recommends that the State party defines clearly the mandate of the Department for Rights of Children and Adolescents of the Ombudsman’s Office. The Committee also recommends that the State party take action to promote the effective functioning of the Ombudsman and the effective dissemination of its annual reports among the general population, especially among children, as well as ensure that complaints mechanisms are easily accessible, child-sensitive and conform to the Paris Principles and take into account general comment No. 2 of 2002 on the role of independent human rights institutions. The Ombudsman’s Office should have a mandate to monitor the implementation of the Convention and to address complaints from all children, and to do so in a child-sensitive and expeditious manner. Allocation of resources 16. The Committee welcomes the efforts carried out by the State party in recent years to improve the allocation of resources for children. Nevertheless, it is concerned that these are not sufficient to answer to all children’s needs and that an approach based on the rights of the child is needed in the elaboration of the State’s budget. 17. The Committee strongly recommends that the State party: (a) Allocate adequate resources for children at both national and municipal levels in accordance with article 4 of the Convention; 4