OPT 3.7.1: CHILD ADOLESCENT PARTICIPATIO 3.7.1 The most marginalised and disadvantaged children and adolescents (particularly indigenous and afro-descendent) have
participatory spaces for use in developing and implementing laws, public policies, and allocating budgets, which contributes to Cross-Sectoral Communication For Development, Human Rights Institutions. UNICEF aims to achieve this through Systems Strengthening And Institution Building. This contributes to the following Country Programme result: 3.7 By 2017, public policies, social protection systems, legal framework, and budget allocations in favour of children, adolescents
and vulnerable women are strengthened at national and subnational levels, and are based on evidence and backed by disaggregated
data.