CRC/C/CRI/CO/4 Data collection 18. The Committee takes note of the current efforts by the State party to strengthen its Statistical Information System on the Rights of Children and Adolescents, with a view to obtaining disaggregated statistical data on all areas covered by the Convention, and the establishment of an Observatory for analysis, in cooperation with civil society. However, it regrets the lack in the State party’s report of disaggregated data on the implementation of children’s rights with particular attention to children at risk, such as children with disabilities, indigenous children and children affected by migration. 19. The Committee encourages the State party, with the support of its partners, to strengthen the National System for the Comprehensive Protection of the Rights of Children and Adolescents and related activities in order to track and assess progress achieved in the realization of child rights, in collaboration with the National Institute of Statistics and Census, and to design policies and programmes to implement the Convention. The State party should ensure that data is disaggregated by age, sex, geographical location, nationality, education and socio-economic background to facilitate analysis of the situation of all children. Dissemination and awareness-raising 20. The Committee remains concerned about the low level of awareness of the Convention among children and adolescents. 21. The Committee recommends that the State party, in close cooperation with civil society and public and private media, design and implement programmes specifically targeting children and adolescents, including children with disabilities, Afrodescendant children and indigenous and migrant children, to disseminate knowledge about their rights under the Convention and relevant national legislation. It also recommends that the State party increase its efforts to raise awareness among the general public about the rights provided for in the Convention. Training 22. The Committee recommends that the State party provide adequate and systematic training on children’s rights to all professional groups working for and with children, in particular law enforcement officials, teachers, health workers, social workers and personnel working in all forms of alternative care, among others. Cooperation with civil society 23. The Committee welcomes the general cooperation with civil society organizations but takes note of the State party’s observation that coordination between the public and private sectors needs to be improved, including in the report preparation process. 24. The Committee recommends that the State party intensify its efforts to systematically involve and cooperate with civil society, including children’s and indigenous organizations, in the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies, plans and programmes for the promotion and protection of the rights of children and adolescents, and in the report preparation process. Child rights and the business sector 25. The Committee notes with interest the information provided by the delegation that the State party has enacted a law to promote corporate social responsibility in tourism (Ley sobre Incentivo de la Responsabilidad Social Corporativa Turística) in order to eradicate sexual exploitation of children in this sector. The Committee is concerned about the impact on child rights of other industries, such as mining and services, given the high foreign 5

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