Implementation of the National Plan of Action
Review of Progress at End Decade

Format for Input in the India Country Report

Part 1: Role of NGOs

What is the support role that NGOs and civil society have played in the achievement of various
        national  goals  as expressed in the following policy documents:

                        ·        National Plan of Action for Children;

List specific activities that have been carried out by  NGOs for social mobilisation, awareness
       building and for educating communities about rights and responsibilities related to achievement
       of goals for  children at the community level.

     Are you encouraging and providing an  interface between government programmes and the
       community  level actions? List specific areas of such cooperation as well as specific instances of
       problems and constraints and methods in which you have been able to overcome them.

What are the areas that NGOS would like to be involved in the future, for ensuring that Rights of
       Children are realised and in doing so, goals for children as set globally, nationally, and at State level?

What are the specific ways that you as a member of the community or an NGO or a community based
       organisation can help in monitoring and also enabling action against violation of child rights and thus
       achieving goals e.g. in the areas of child labour, child trafficking/prostitution, street children,  child
       destitution?

 Are you already involved in such activities? If yes, give additional information of the extent to which
 you  have been able to achieve results and the constraints that you face in your work related to such
 monitoring.

 Part 2: Goals/Issues

  What is the impact of the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and
         preparation of the National Plan of Action in provision of ;

·        health care;

·        education;

·        stopping violence against children; and

·        improving visibility and public awareness of child protection issues.

What specific practical and measurable actions would you recommend to provide:

                       ·        A healthy start in life for children

·        quality education.

 As the girl child is most vulnerable to abuse, exploitation and HIV infections, what measures would you
 recommend for her protection?

As the girl child is most vulnerable to abuse, exploitation and HIV infections, what measures would
  you recommend for her protection?

If poverty is not the primary and only cause of child labour, which non-economic factors, according to
you  affect the likelihood of a child’s enrollment and staying in school?

  What can be done, as children become adolescents, to ensure that they have an opportunity to 
        acquire skills and values to empower them to lead healthy, productive lives as responsible citizens?

   What are the emerging issues for children in the next decade?