CRC/C/KIR/CO/1 page 4 Resources for children 17. The Committee notes that the State party assigns significant resources to the health and education sectors. Nevertheless, the Committee is concerned about the economic difficulties that the State party encounters which prevent it from allocating more resources to children and families. 18. The Committee recommends that the State party strengthen its efforts to significantly increase the proportion of the budget allocated to the realization of children’s rights to the “maximum extent…of available resources,” including through international cooperation, paying special attention to children who belong to economically disadvantaged groups. The State party should ensure that international cooperation in its various forms also supports activities to implement the Convention. Dissemination of the Convention 19. The Committee is concerned that the Convention has not been fully incorporated into domestic legislation which could lead to a conflict between domestic laws and the provisions of the Convention. The Committee is also concerned that no apparent efforts have been undertaken by the State party to disseminate the Convention or to make it known to relevant stakeholders, including children and their parents and professionals working with and for children. 20. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Initiate the process of incorporating the Convention into its domestic law; (b) Take steps to disseminate the Convention, including through the use of the radio as well as child-friendly materials and school curricula in primary and secondary schools; (c) Expand its programmes to sensitize children and parents about the Convention; and (d) Ensure that the Convention and related domestic legislation form an integral part of education and training of professional groups working with and for children, including judges, lawyers, teachers and social workers, to firmly establish in Kiribati a legal culture supportive of the rights of the child. Cooperation with civil society 21. The Committee welcomes the participation of NGOs in the work of KNACC and the creation of the Kiribati Association of Non-Governmental Associations (KANGO). However, the Committee notes that there are few associations which are active on issues related to the rights of the child. 22. The Committee recommends that the State party take measures to facilitate the creation of (NGOs working on the rights of the child and their active involvement in KANGO.