A/70/289 6. The agenda of the Special Representative has been guided by four strategic priorities: consolidating progress and mainstreaming the recommendations in the study on violence against children in the policy agenda; reinforcing regional processes to enhance the protection of children from violence; ensuring prominence for violence against children on the global development agenda; and addressing emerging concerns, which in 2015 includes a focus on children affected by armed violence in the community. In the sections below she reviews the progress made on that important agenda. II. Consolidating progress and mainstreaming the recommendations in the United Nations study on violence against children in the national policy agenda 7. The commemoration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the adoption by the General Assembly and opening for signature, ratification and accessio n of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in November 2014 provided significant opportunities to mobilize support for the protection of children from violence in the priority areas identified by the mandate. Events organized around the world helped to revitalize networks, develop new partnerships and promote campaigns to prevent violence and its impact on the development and well-being of children. That has generated enhanced support for legal and policy reforms and for the consolidation of data and research to prevent and address violence against children. Consequently, concrete results have been achieved. A. A national agenda on violence against children 8. At the national level, more than 90 countries now have a multisectoral agenda to prevent and address all forms of violence against children, which is double the number in 2006. That includes most recently the Dominican Republic, the first nation in Central America to adopt such a road map, Ecuador, Ghana, Indonesia, Norway and the United Republic of Tanzania. 9. Multisectoral agendas are crucial for promoting coordinated action across government departments and between central and local authorities; fostering synergy between institutions and overcoming working in silos, with the risk that can present of leaving behind the most vulnerable children; and generating resources for implementation. 10. In some countries, the agenda constitutes a core component of the national development plan and is supported by research that has uncovered the scale of children’s exposure to violence. Led by a high-level authority and implemented by a cross-departmental body, along with civil society, the agenda provides a key reference for action by central and local authorities. Some Governments have also issued guidelines for child protection budgeting to provide predictable funding for implementation. The recently adopted policy of the Government of Ghana is described in box 2 below. 4/25 15-13244