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TRANSMONEE an information system to support evidence-
based child rights policies and programmes
6Th European Forum on the Rights of the ChildNovember 2011
Anne-Claire LuzotRegional 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
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TRANSMONEE provides
Trends ( since 1989)
Baseline
Benchmarking
Situation analysis
Country profiles (in JJ and CP)
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Geographic coverage
Provides trends against common and comparable benchmarks across the following 28 countries since 1989
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EU Member States:Bulgaria Czech Rep.EstoniaHungaryLatviaLithuania PolandRomania Slovakia Slovenia
Candidate countries: Croatiathe former Yugoslav Republic of MacedoniaMontenegro
Potential candidate countries: AlbaniaBosnia and HerzegovinaSerbia
Other European Countries and Eastern neighbours: Armenia Azerbaijan BelarusGeorgia Rep. of Moldova Russian Fed.Ukraine
Central Asia: KazakhstanKyrgyzstanTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistan
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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
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UNICEF IRC Social Monitor publications
Human Development Report – Beyond Transition: Towards inclusive societies
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TransMonEE. 2010 database
Still too many children in infant homes
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Monitoring child protection reform at country level
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Monitoring diversion at country level
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2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Alleged as having committed a crime
Children sentenced
(a) 2,929(100%)
2,160 =74% of (a)
(b) 1,586 (100%)
410=26% of (b)
“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 TransMonEECapacity development of countries to measure Juvenile Justice indicators (recently for South Eastern European countries)
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“Regional Study on JJ indicators” 2009
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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” 2009
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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
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Challenges
Relevant indicators for tomorrow’s 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
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TransMonEE strengthening
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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
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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
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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 gapso To adapt the framework o To strengthen partnerships
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THANK YOU!
More information available at:www.transmonee.org
Contact:[email protected]
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