A/68/274 D. 1. Strengthening strategic alliances to accelerate progress Enhancing partnerships with Governments 80. Strategic collaboration with Governments has been crucial to advancing progress in the implementation of the study recommendations across regions. Member States have been active supporters of the process of ratification of the Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child and other international standards on the protection of children from violence, and key players in the organization of regional consultations and the shaping of regional and national policy frameworks for the prevention and elimination of violence against children. As a result, children’s protection from violence has gained visibility in the policy agenda and in the public debate, as highlighted directly below. National integrated strategy 81. As noted in the Special Representative’s 2012 annual report (A/67/230, paras. 50-78), countries in every region have taken steps to develop national integrated strategies to prevent and eliminate violence against children. In 2007, 47 States had established a national agenda on violence against children; currently, more than 80 have such a policy framework, either comprising specific action plans on violence, or constituting a component of broad national child protection strategies. 82. Ghana, for example, completed its national plan of action on violence against children, 2008-2012; Jamaica adopted a national plan of action for an integrated response to children and violence, 2011-2016; Lebanon finalized a national strategy to prevent and protect children from violence; and Belgium developed an action plan on child abuse, violence and mistreatment. The first national programme on child protection (2011-2015) established by Viet Nam gives priority attention to children at risk of violence, exploitation and abuse. With special emphasis on economically disadvantaged areas and those where high proportions of ethnic minorities live, the plan aims to establish child protection systems in half of the country’s provinces and cities by 2015. 83. The Special Representative promotes the development of a national integrated strategy on violence against children through advocacy and policy dialogue and in her field visits. This was also a strategic goal of her visit to Norway in June 2013. The visit coincided with the parliament’s review of the Government’s white paper on violence in close relationships, in the course of which the Special Representative highlighted strategic areas for further action (see box V). 20/26 13-41970