Programme-Informing Evaluation of the Child Rights Monitoring System in Montenegro
Programme-Informing Evaluation
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Highlights
This report presents the findings, conclusions and recommendations stemming from an evaluation of the child rights monitoring (‘CRM’) system in Montenegro at the national and local levels for the period from January 2014 to October 2017, in light of the Government of Montenegro and UNICEF’s planned approach to strengthening the CRM system under the 2017- 2021 Country Programme. The evaluation was commissioned by the UNICEF Country Office in Montenegro and conducted by Coram International at Coram Children’s Legal Centre. The overall purpose is for UNICEF and key national stakeholders (notably the Government of Montenegro; Parliament; the Ombudsperson and particularly the Deputy Ombudsperson for Child Rights, Social Protection and Youth (‘DO’), civil society organizations (CSOs) and academia) to use the recommendations, knowledge and insights from the evaluation to inform the development of UNICEF–Government joint programming under the new 2017-2021 Country Programme. Secondary or indirect beneficiaries include children, parents, caregivers, professionals and practitioners who work with children, and others who may benefit from the use of the evaluation by the primary target audience. The ‘CRM system’ – the first object of the evaluation – is defined as comprising the following CRM mechanisms: state party, CSO and Ombudsperson reports to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (‘CRC Committee’) and the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (‘CEDAW Committee’); annual reports of key line ministries and parliamentary committees; annual reports on the implementation of the 2013-2017 National Plan of Action for Children (‘NPAC 2013-2017’); annual reports of, and the handling of individual complaints concerning alleged violations of child rights by the Ombudsperson; and state reports to the Universal Periodic Review (‘UPR’). The theory underlying UNICEF’s planned approach to CRM under its 2017-2021 Country Programme – the second object of the evaluation – may be summarized as follows: by working towards (i) improvements in the functioning of the CRM system and (ii) raising the awareness of CRM stakeholders and the general public of the importance of child rights and the CRM system, the 2017-2021 Programme Document will result in all girls and boys in Montenegro progressively utilizing a well-governed and accountable CRM system by 2021, contributing towards the overall goal of enhancing equitable systems for the progressive realization of the rights of girls and boys in Montenegro, with a special focus on children affected by poverty, adversity and exclusion.
