TRANSMONEE an information system to support evidence- based child rights policies and programmes 6 Th European Forum on the Rights of the Child November 2011 Anne-Claire Luzot Regional Advisor Monitoring and Evaluation Regional Office CEECIS

TRANSMONEE: Information system for social inclusion of children and women Brings together in a single information system national statistical information relevant to the welfare of children, young people and women Population, Natality Child and maternal mortality Life expectancy and adult mortality Family formation Health, Education Child protection (parental and residential care, foster homes, etc.) Crime (against children, juvenile crimes and sentencing, etc.) Economy Gender sensitive data whenever possible 2

TRANSMONEE provides Trends ( since 1989) Baseline Benchmarking Situation analysis Country profiles (in JJ and CP) 3

Geographic coverage Provides trends against common and comparable benchmarks across the following 28 countries since EU Member States: Bulgaria Czech Rep. Estonia Hungary Latvia Lithuania Poland Romania Slovakia Slovenia Candidate countries: Croatia the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Montenegro Potential candidate countries: Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbia Other European Countries and Eastern neighbours: Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Georgia Rep. of Moldova Russian Fed. Ukraine Central Asia: Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan

5

Utilisation Support national reforms for the advancement of children rights Inform sector strategies Measure trends (since 1989) and provide benchmarking of countries and sub-regions Improve the quality of situation monitoring at national level 6

7 UNICEF IRC Social Monitor publications Human Development Report – Beyond Transition: Towards inclusive societies

8 TransMonEE database Still too many children in infant homes

9 Monitoring child protection reform at country level

10

Monitoring diversion at country level 11

Lost in the Justice System 2008 highlighted a grave lack of data on juvenile justice as one of main issues to be addressed: Revision of our regional database TransMonEE Capacity development of countries to measure Juvenile Justice indicators (recently for South Eastern European countries) 12

Regional Study on JJ indicators Objective: Assess applicability and relevance of international and regional indicators. Develop more robust and relevant data collection and management systems.

Regional Study on JJ indicators CRC National policies Operational purpose Level of support attention

JJ indicators in TRANSMONEE Monitoring of the judicial process Monitoring of detention as last recourse Do not monitor the side of the child during detention Justice for children monitoring of children in contact with the judicial system Accent on perpetrators Work on the victims/witnesses treatment limited 15

Challenges Relevant indicators for tomorrows policies and decision making to enhance child rights Comparability of data Availability of data at national level Disaggregation of data to monitor disparities Strengthen partnerships with National Authorities etc. etc. 16

TransMonEE strengthening 17 3 dimensions: Equity – monitoring of children related disparities Social protection for children Impact of 2008 economic crisis on children Disaggregation of existing data Inclusion of new/refined data

Examples of potential new indicators in JJ 18 Number of children registered as being in contact with the police (because of their own behavior), during the year Number of convicted children who have already been convicted in the past Children involved in judicial proceedings (criminal and civil) during the year, of which: Number of children as victims Number of children as witnesses Number of children as offenders 6 in total

Way forward Unique information system focused on children related issues in the region, especially when it comes to child protection and juvenile justice Continuous work in progress to monitor children related inequities o To fill data gaps o To adapt the framework o To strengthen partnerships 19

Title goes here THANK YOU! More information available at: Contact: 20