CRC/C/RWA/CO/3-4 made in the areas of data collection and awareness-raising but recommends that the State party further: (a) Strengthen its data collection system to ensure availability of up-to-date data on children in the most vulnerable situations, including children heading their own households, children with disabilities and living in poverty, children affected by HIV/AIDS and from marginalized Batwa communities. In this regard, the NCC, the Child Rights Observatory and the National Institute for Statistics should coordinate and harmonize their data collection to avoid duplication and discrepancies in data and information on children; and (b) Intensify public education and training on the provisions of the Convention for all professionals working for and with children, in particular parliamentarians, judges, lawyers and law-enforcement officials at the provincial, district and sector levels. Legislation 9. The Committee notes with concern that the implementation of national legislation related to the promotion and protection of the rights of children remains weak and inconsistent in the State party. 10. The Committee recommends that the State party undertake all measures, including the establishment of effective monitoring mechanisms, to ensure that childrelated laws are effectively and consistently implemented at national, provincial, district and sector levels and address disparities in the fulfilment of children’s rights. Comprehensive policy and strategy 11. While commending the adoption of the Integrated Child Rights Policy (ICRP) and its Strategic Plan in 2011, the Committee expresses concern that their implementation is weak and hampered by the lack of clear and adequate budgetary allocations. 12. The Committee recommends that the State party strengthen the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the Integrated Child Rights Policy and its Strategic Plan and increase its budgetary allocations. Coordination 13. The Committee notes that the NCC was recently established under the Ministry of Gender and Family Promotion as the leading coordinating body for the protection and promotion of children’s rights. However, it is concerned that the NCC lacks sufficient stature, independence and adequate capacity, including decentralized coordination structures at the district and sector levels, to perform its role effectively. 14. The Committee strongly recommends that the State party take all the necessary measures to provide the NCC with the stature, authority and independence as well as the human, technical and financial resources to effectively coordinate and influence necessary actions for children’s rights across all technical sectors at national level and among all provinces, districts and sectors. Furthermore, the Committee recommends that the State party strengthen the capacity of the NCC to monitor and evaluate the implementation of all activities to fulfil children’s rights under the Convention. Allocation of resources 15. While noting the positive response of the development partners towards supporting efforts of the State party to fulfil children’s rights, the Committee is concerned that reliance on donors to implement the various activities, including under the ICRP, could affect 3