A/HRC/19/64 It is recommended that a strategy be designed and mechanisms sought through which the recommendations can be incorporated into all spheres and levels of the State, at the same time ensuring effective and efficient vertical coordination. Financial resources must be transferred from national to decentralized levels in accordance and consistent with responsibilities assigned, avoiding the creation of inequalities in access to prevention and protection anywhere within the territory. To achieve this without limiting compliance by a country, the clause addressing budget allocation in Recommendation 1 – ―must be in accordance with the country's resources‖ – should be viewed in relative terms. Development of a wide-ranging national strategy to prevent and respond to all forms of violence against children and adolescents It is recommended that the recommendations of the Study be included in public policy planning instruments, both those of a general nature and those specifically designed for children. These should include national plans of action for children, national development plans, national human rights plans and other plans and programmes. These planning instruments must be given strategic objectives, with defined timelines and resource allocations that are adequate and sufficient in both financial and human terms. They should include follow-up indicators and regular evaluations of their results and impact. Reports of their activities should be presented annually to Parliament and the general public. This strategy must be applied using high-level coordination, with management responsibility for organizing activities that span different government departments and political and administrative levels. This should take place in association with other relevant parties, in particular civil society organizations and other groups representing children and adolescents, as well as academic institutions. These actions must be accompanied by a dissemination plan involving the media to ensure that the public has access to information on strategies for combating violence. The plan will also seek to contribute to changing the social mindset (entailing a social and cultural change) based on the key role of the media. This should be directed both at the general public and at anyone who takes political decisions, using appropriate, child-friendly language. The intention should be to strengthen the principles of transparency and public control. From this viewpoint, based on the existing structural framework, spaces and mechanisms (and creating them if there are none), the following operational suggestions are made for dissemination of information: 1. A coordination group should be created at national and regional levels specializing in the issue of violence, with a specific budget and the use of technologies to facilitate communication between specialists within the region. 2. At country level, each representative should mobilize a process for drawing up a national plan (national roadmap), with a budget and involving the highest authorities, bearing in mind cultural diversity. This calls for forming committees for participation by different state actors, civil society and children and adolescents; establishing common goals and objectives; and dividing responsibilities to permit follow-up of actions and regular evaluation of results. Common results indicators are essential. Promotion of and support for the participation of children and adolescents It is fundamentally important to encourage participation by children and adolescents in the follow-up to the Study. Their ideas and experiences should be valued and considered. Appropriate conditions should be established for them to act within their own communities, including a mechanism for their own protection. It is therefore recommended that a 30