CRC/C/NIC/CO/4 (d) Protect children and social budgets from external and internal instability, such as economic crisis, natural disasters or other emergencies, in order to maintain the sustainability of investments; (e) Define strategic budgetary lines for situations that may require affirmative social measures, such as birth registration – especially in the Caribbean Coast autonomous regions (RAAN and RAAS), chronic malnutrition, violence against children and women, children without parental care, indigenous and migrant children, among others; (f) Ensure proper accountability by municipal and national authorities in an open and transparent way that enables participation by communities and children in budget formulation and monitoring, as appropriate; and (g) Seek technical assistance from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and other international organizations included in the Alliance Group for Investment, as appropriate. Data collection 21. The Committee welcomes the five-year plan for the modernization of the National Development Information Institute (INIDE) and the National Statistical System (SEN). It particularly commends the process to design and implement the statistical information system on children and adolescents (SIENA) and establish a system of child rights indicators in close cooperation with all concerned institutions. The Committee is however concerned that SIENA falls under MIFAN and is not part of SEN. Furthermore the Committee is concerned that data on children at risk is still not available and that sufficient financial and human resources are not allocated for the full functioning of the system. 22. The Committee recommends that the State party strengthen the implementation of the National Statistical System (SEN) and its adjustment to the National Information System on Child and Adolescent Rights (SIENA), and allocate appropriate human, technical and financial resources, as well as ensure that the systems produce comprehensive statistical information and analysis on the implementation of children's rights, with particular attention to children at risk at the national and municipal levels. Dissemination and awareness raising 23. While noting the efforts undertaken to provide child rights education to children and teachers through the inclusion of human rights of the child in the primary education curriculum, the Committee is concerned at the low level of awareness of the Convention among children themselves and the general public. 24. The Committee recommends that the State party increase efforts, together with civil society, to broaden the knowledge of the general population, children and adolescents about the Convention and national laws formulated and approved on the basis of the Convention and other international instruments. Special emphasis should be placed on the Caribbean Coast autonomous regions (RAAN and RAAS). 25. The Committee further recommends that the State party ensure that both the private and public media respect child rights, especially the dignity of the child, support dissemination of the Convention and its Optional Protocols, and include the points of view and voices of children in their programmes. The Committee further recommends that the State party encourage the media sector to establish professional codes of ethics regarding, in particular, the rights of the child. 5