A/HRC/22/55 D. Monitoring and re-energizing progress 53. In 2011, five years after the submission of the Study to the General Assembly, the Special Representative launched a global survey to assess progress in the prevention and elimination of violence against children. The survey was designed to gain perspective on achievements, reflect on good practices and success factors and boost efforts to overcome persistent challenges and consolidate violence prevention and elimination. The survey findings are a critical reference for fast-tracking progress in children’s protection from violence. 54. The survey was promoted in collaboration with a wide range of partners and informed by research, regional consultations and analytical reviews of violence against children promoted by the Special Representative. It was also supported by international monitoring processes, including the universal periodic review of the Human Rights Council, reporting to human rights treaty bodies and the follow-up to the World Congresses against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents and the Roadmap for Achieving the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour by 2016. 55. More than a hundred Governments submitted contributions to the global survey.7 Children and young people were also important allies and their contribution was framed by a child-friendly version of the survey developed in close collaboration with civil society partners. 56. The analysis reveals an evolving a picture, with violence against children gaining visibility in the national agenda, increasing legislative action, policy interventions and information campaigns to safeguard children’s freedom from violence, and some promising initiatives to capture the magnitude and incidence of this phenomenon and its impact on children’s daily lives. 57. However, progress remains uneven and more vigorous efforts are needed in particular to develop a cohesive and well-resourced national strategy on violence against children; promote coordinated policy interventions to overcome dispersed and ill-enforced pieces of legislation and insufficient investment in family support; and promote capacitybuilding of professionals and safe and child-sensitive mechanisms to address incidents of violence. The survey also emphasizes the pressing need to consolidate data and research to promote evidence-based decision-making. 58. The findings of the survey will be captured in greater detail in a separate publication, but the chapter below highlights its most significant dimensions. 7 Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Finland, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Norway, Oman, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, the Republic of Moldova, the Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, the Syrian Arab Republic, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Togo, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, the United Republic of Tanzania, Uganda, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela (the Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam, Yemen and the State of Palestine. 13