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<strong>Third</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Fourth</strong> <strong>Periodic</strong> <strong>Report</strong> National Plan of Action for Education for All (NPA EFA) Strategy <strong>and</strong> Action Plan for Mainstreaming Vulnerable Children in Primary Education Early Childhood Development Policy A plan of Action on Juvenile Justice NPA for Combating Trafficking NPA against the Sexual Abuse <strong>and</strong> Exploitation of Children including Trafficking 1.2.4 National strategy for children The third National Plan of Action (NPA) for Children (2005-2010) was formulated <strong>and</strong> a mechanism for monitoring the implementation of the plan has been established under the leadership of the Ministry of Women <strong>and</strong> Children Affairs (MoWCA). A mid-term evaluation in 2008 <strong>and</strong> an end-term evaluation will be undertaken to measure the effectiveness of implementation of the NPA The NPA was prepared in a participatory manner. In line with a concept paper prepared by the MoWCA, <strong>and</strong> following a series of meetings, a working committee for NPA was established. In order to deal with specific areas of the NPA, five multi-sectoral <strong>and</strong> inter-disciplinary Advisory Panels were formed. The Panels took into consideration the CRC, Plan of Action of the WFFC agenda, MDG <strong>and</strong> the NSAPR. 1.3 Administrative <strong>and</strong> other measures, budgetary analysis 1.3.1 Child/Human rights institutions The National Children Council, headed by the MoWCA, is the highest policy-level body for children. A draft law on Children's Commissioner (Ombudsperson) has been framed. It is awaiting final approval of the Cabinet. Some sporadic attempts towards establishing a National Human Rights Commission have been initiated by the State Party without any tangible results during the reporting period. 1.3.2 Cooperation between government <strong>and</strong> civil society BSAF <strong>and</strong> CDF are networking organizations for few hundred child-related NGOs. Government partnerships exist with NGOs to implement important projects such as the Basic Education for Urban Working Children, Adolescent Girls' Empowerment, Early Childhood Development projects - HIV&AIDS, Anti-trafficking, ARISE (which is a component of Protection of Children at Risk Project, PCAR since April 2007), WFCL-IPEC (Worst Form of Child Labour-International Programme for Elimination of Child Labour), <strong>and</strong> many others The Government <strong>and</strong> NGO collaboration enables supplementation <strong>and</strong> complementation of efforts specially covering vulnerable groups such as urban street children, working children, adolescents <strong>and</strong> so on. The important collaborative areas include: child rights, health, early childhood development, non-formal education, water, sanitation, environmental programmes <strong>and</strong> so on. 1.3.3 Budgetary measures Bangladesh has been allocating more than 20 percent of the total Government expenditure in social sectors since 1990, which is more than 3 percent of the GDP. The Government has increased its investment in education sector by allocating about one-sixth of the national budget of which the share of primary <strong>and</strong> non- 18
Convention on the Rights of the Child formal education sub-sector is nearly half. The Table 1.4 shows that there is an overall consistency in development budget (Annual Development Programme-ADP) allocation in two major social sectors- education <strong>and</strong> health. Table 1.4: Budget allocation under ADP (Taka in million) Year Total Development Primary <strong>and</strong> Mass Education Health Budget Education (part of Education budget) 2001-02 160,000 14,053 (8.8%) 21,710 (13.6%) 14,430 (9.0%) 2002-03 171,000 14,466 (8.5%) 25,520 (14.9%) 15,430 (9.0%) 2003-04 203,000 11,058 (5.5%) 27,110 (13.4%) 16,120 (7.9%) 2004-05 220,000 15,957 (7.3%) 31,410 (14.3%) 21,560 (9.8%) 2005-06 245,000 16,660 (6.8%) 32,970 (13.5%) 22,690 (9.3%) 2006-07 260,000 19,920 (7.7%) 38,650 (14.9%) 20,633 (7.9%) 2007-08 270,000 22,800 (8.4%) 35,950 (13%) 26,063(10%) Source: Annual Budget for 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08; Finance Division, Ministry of Finance; (Exchange rate of 1 US$= Taka 68.0) The education <strong>and</strong> health sectors together account for about one quarter of the total development budget. The increase in allocation has been substantial in the last seven-year period. It is to mention that the development budget is composed of both internal resources <strong>and</strong> foreign aid <strong>and</strong> loan. In 2006-07, for example, total internal resources have been estimated to be 56 percent of total development allocation while 44 percent is coming from external resources. Five sectors, namely, education, health, social welfare, sports <strong>and</strong> culture, <strong>and</strong> labour <strong>and</strong> manpower are considered under the Social sector. The following table gives sector-wide break-up of allocation for last seven years. Table 1.5: Allocation in Social Sectors under ADP (Taka in million) Sector 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 1. Education 21,710 25,520 27,110 31,410 32,970 38,650 40,765 2. Health <strong>and</strong> Family Welfare 14,430 15,430 16,120 21,560 22,690 20,633 26,063 3. Social Welfare, Women 1,730 2,270 1,690 1,800 1,880 3,765 2,113 Affairs & Youth Development 4. Sports <strong>and</strong> Culture 790 940 1,210 1,450 1,570 1,606 803 5. Labour <strong>and</strong> Manpower 180 270 570 690 710 837 940 (Employment) 6. Sub-total 38,840 44,420 45,179 55,290 58,128 65,491 70,684 7. As percent (%) of 24.3 26.0 22.3 25.1 23.7 25.19 26.0 ADP expenditure 8. Total ADP allocation 160,000 171,000 203,000 220,000 245,000 260,000 270,000 Source: Annual Budget for 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08 Finance Division, Ministry of Finance; (Exchange rate of 1 US$= Taka 68.0) 19
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