CRC/C/15/Add.119 page 3 coordination and cooperation at and between national and local levels of government. The State party is encouraged to provide adequate support to local authorities for implementation of the Convention. Independent/monitoring structures 12. The Committee is concerned at the absence of a mechanism to collect and analyse disaggregated data on persons under 18 years in all areas covered by the Convention, including the most vulnerable groups (i.e. children with disabilities, children born out of wedlock, children who are living and/or working in the streets, children affected by armed conflicts, children living in rural areas, refugee children and children belonging to minority groups). 13. The Committee recommends that the State party develop a comprehensive system for collecting disaggregated data as a basis to assess progress achieved in the realization of children’s rights and to help design policies to implement the Convention. The Committee encourages the State party to seek technical assistance from, inter alia, UNICEF, in this regard. 14. The Committee emphasizes the importance of setting up an independent mechanism with the mandate of regularly monitoring and evaluating progress in the implementation of the Convention at the national and local levels. In this regard, the Committee welcomes the State party’s intention to establish a national commission for children. 15. The Committee encourages the State party to establish a statutory, independent national commission for children with the mandate of, inter alia, regularly monitoring and evaluating progress in the implementation of the Convention. Further, such a Commission should be adequately empowered, composed and resourced so as to effectively take the lead in the process of implementing the Convention. Allocation of budgetary resources (art. 4) 16. The Committee expresses its concern that insufficient attention has been paid to article 4 of the Convention regarding the implementation to the “maximum extent of ... available resources” of economic, social and cultural rights of children. 17. The Committee recommends that the State party develop ways to establish a systematic assessment of the impact of budgetary allocations on the implementation of child rights and to collect and disseminate information in this regard. The Committee recommends that the State party ensure the adequate distribution of resources at the national and local levels, where needed within the framework of international cooperation. Cooperation with NGOs 18. The Committee notes that cooperation with non-governmental organizations in the implementation of the Convention, including preparation of the report, remains limited. It is also concerned about the difficulties involved in the system of official registration of NGOs.