CRC/C/15/Add.269 page 4 National Plan of Action and coordination 14. The Committee expresses its concern at the lack of a comprehensive national plan of action for the implementation of the Convention. Notwithstanding the establishment of the Solidarity Committee and the Inter-Ministerial Committee for the Protection and Development of the Child, the Committee is concerned that implementation of the Convention at the local and regional levels remains insufficient owing to the absence of a coordinating mechanism. 15. The Committee recommends that the State party strengthen coordination among the various governmental bodies and mechanisms involved in the implementation of the rights of the child, at both national and local levels, with a view to developing and adopting a comprehensive national plan of action for the implementation of the Convention, incorporating the objectives and goals of the document “A world fit for children” adopted by the General Assembly at its special session on children in 2002. In this regard, the Committee encourages the State party to seek technical assistance from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and to involve civil society in the preparation and implementation of such a national plan of action. Independent monitoring 16. While taking note of the establishment of the Commission consultative des droits de l’homme by presidential decree in March 2001, the Committee regrets the absence of an independent and child-sensitive monitoring structure with a mandate that includes the power to receive and address individual complaints of alleged violations of the rights of the child. 17. With reference to the Committee’s general comment No. 2 (2002) on the role of independent national human rights institutions in the promotion and protection of the rights of the child, the Committee recommends that the State party establish an independent and effective national body with an explicit mandate to monitor and evaluate the progress achieved in the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Such a body should also have a mandate to receive, investigate and address complaints from children in a child-sensitive and expeditious manner. It also recommends that this monitoring body be provided with adequate human and financial resources to perform its tasks. The Committee encourages the State party to seek technical assistance from, among others, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and UNICEF. Allocation of resources 18. The Committee takes note of the State party’s efforts to increase national expenditure on health care, education, support programmes for families and child protection but it is concerned that the allocated resources remain inadequate, in particular for the most vulnerable children. 19. The Committee recommends that the State party strengthen its efforts to significantly increase the proportion of the budget allocated for the realization of children’s rights to the “maximum extent … of available resources”, giving special attention to children belonging to disadvantaged groups.