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Egypt National Child Rights Observatory (ENCRO) is a tri-partite initiative aiming to put the bases for a scientific research mechanism

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Goal

The NCCM Information Centre is constantly working on the development of an integrated database on children in Egypt. Entries will be catalogued by gender, age, educational level, and geographic location. The database will be used to develop policies and decide on resource allocation.

Geographical Scope

The information collected for and stored in this database covers the entire Arab Republic of Egypt.

Objectives

The NCCM Information Centre will:

Provide a database on childhood in Egypt;
Carry out studies on the quantitative and qualitative issues of childhood;
And evaluate the workshops and activities of the various programs of the Council (upon request).

Achievements

The information regarding all the relevant fields included in the database is gathered by means of (periodically revised and elaborated) questionnaires and targeted activities within the framework of 5 initiatives:

Girls’ Education: the first step of this Initiative was to update the information recorded in the database. A new survey was held, collecting data on the educational status of girls in the targeted villages, their housing characteristics, and the conditions of their families as well as and the educational level of the heads of their households.
The capacities of those working in the information centres of local development were also supported: they received training on a number of information technology and data collection topics.
Finally, within the scope of the Initiative NCCM established the Geographic Information System, which can be used to produce detailed digital maps of the locations targeted by the Initiative; very useful indeed, since the maps cover the many parameters linked to and surveyed in those locations.
Adolescent Health: the Information Centre gauges the impact of health education seminars on participants, using “before and after” questionnaires. The collected data is also entered into the computer system and analysed.
Combating Child Labour: a new questionnaire for this specific field is being designed; also, special training is provided to surveyors of participating NGOs to prepare them for carrying out the research and entering the collected data via an Access-based system. Once the data has been put into the system, it will be analysed and a final report will be presented.
Survey of Street Children: participants in the survey received a specially developed training to help them carry out the survey and enter the data into the system.
Survey of Trends in Youth: the questionnaire was reformulated and rearranged; researchers were trained specifically for the survey; data collection is almost finished; and the entry of the information into the computer is underway. Once the final data file is completed, a final analysis and report will be presented.

In addition, the IT network of the Council has been improved, strengthened, and expanded to increase its speed and effectiveness.