CRC/C/MKD/CO/2 (e) Allocate adequate funds for the implementation of the 2010 Programme for Compulsory Health Insurance for All Citizens in order to ensure health insurance coverage of children among the most vulnerable segments of the population. Data collection 18. While noting ongoing development of a child protection data system, the Committee regrets that there is no systematic approach to data collection for monitoring the situation of children in the State party and no centralized database on children, in general, and on children in vulnerable situations, in particular. 19. The Committee encourages the State party to continue and strengthen its data collection system with the support of its partners and use this data as a basis for assessing progress achieved in the realization of child rights and to help design policies to implement the Convention. Data should cover all children up to the age of 18 years and be disaggregated by sex, age, urban and rural area with specific emphasis on children in vulnerable situations, including child victims of abuse, neglect or illtreatment, children with disabilities, refugee and asylum-seeking children, children in conflict with the law, working children, and children in street situations. Dissemination and awareness-raising 20. The Committee acknowledges the translation of the Convention into the languages of the communities and the production of a child-friendly version of the Convention. The Committee, however, remains concerned about the low level of awareness on the provisions of the Convention among the public at large and children in particular. 21. The Committee recommends that the State party continue and increase efforts to disseminate and promote the Convention in order to raise awareness of the Convention and the rights of the child among the public at large and children in particular. Training 22. While noting that the Academy for Judges and Prosecutors, established in 2007, offers training on international law, including human rights and the Convention, the Committee is concerned that such training reaches only a very small number of judges and prosecutors and other professionals working with or for children. 23. The Committee recommends that the State party increase efforts to provide training to all professionals working with and for children, in particular by including training on the provisions of the Convention in pre-service and in-service training. Cooperation with civil society 24. The Committee notes the adoption of a strategy for cooperation with the civil sector and a 2007–2011 action plan for its implementation, as well as plans to increase the number of and to extend equal voting rights to NGO members of the National Commission on the Rights of the Child. The Committee is, nevertheless, concerned about the lack of consultation with civil society in the preparation of the second periodic report and inadequate cooperation in the design of legislation and policies in areas concerning children’s rights, and about lack of transparent criteria for NGO participation in the work of the National Commission on the Rights of the Child. In addition, the Committee is concerned about the lack of recognition of the significant contribution of NGOs in the provision of services. 5

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