A/HRC/19/64 National plans on violence must include indicators for measuring the scope of the objectives proposed, with particular attention to implementation at local level. Financial and public investment indicators should be considered. It is recommended that the Inter-American Children‘s Institute (IIN), as a regional technical body, support the work of unifying concepts and recognizing or standardizing indicators, providing a technical service to the States of the region. Another aspect of possible collaboration between the IIN and the States is development of an effective model of intersectoral data management and modernization of instruments and systems. It is recommended that the IIN encourage initiatives in this respect, fostering exchange and taking into consideration good practices at country level (e.g. Ecuador and Mexico). III. Follow-up to the Roadmap Complements to this regional Roadmap are the Manifesto produced by children and adolescents of the Latin American countries participating in the meeting and the Declaration of the Meeting, to which the Government of Paraguay subscribed through its National Secretariat of Children and Adolescents. Participants in the working groups also produced an initial draft roadmap for each country, adapting the recommendations to each country‘s context. These roadmaps will later be augmented and applied at national level by those who participated in this process in Asunción. It is hoped that the resulting documents will be attached to the regional Roadmap, contributing the country level perspective. In South America, the multilateral organization MERCOSUR and its Permanent Commission Niñ@Sur, in conjunction with MERCOSUR children‘s authorities, represents a valuable structure for institutionalizing regional follow-up to the Study, grounded in the Roadmap agreed to at the Asunción meeting. Within this forum mechanisms can be established for exchange of experiences that contribute to implementation of the Study‘s recommendations. In this respect, it should be considered that, every year at the Permanent Commission of Niñ@Sur, each State presents a follow-up report about country level progress and unresolved challenges. Such a common approach has great value in creating opportunities for collective progress and synergies in the region. Technical support should be provided by MERCOSUR‘s Institute of Human Rights and Public Policies. It is recommended that Niñ@Sur reinforce its institutional relationships with the SRSG with a view to contributing to this UN mandate. Finally, MERCOSUR‘s Member States and associates should consider providing support to the SRSG‘s Office. The Office depends on voluntary contributions, putting at risk the efficiency, long-term planning and independence of the mandate. It is crucial that States – which unanimously declared their commitment to the Study and its recommendations at the UN General Assembly – mobilize in support of the SRSG‘s mandate and contribute to ensuring the continuity and visibility of the agenda on violence against children within the United Nations system. Manifesto of children and adolescents from Latin American countries taking part in the South American Meeting for Follow-Up to the United Nations Study on Violence against Children and Adolescents. Here in the city of Asunción we have been taking part as delegations of organizations of children and adolescents from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela, sharing reflections and concerns about violence against children and adolescents, and we therefore, 33