In order to mainstream child rights, as a minimum, the TOR for monitoring and evaluation should:

• Include children as a key stakeholder group and primary source of data.
  


• Clarify the importance accorded to child rights in monitoring and evaluation questions, relative to other cross-cutting issues and competing priorities.
  


• Include both qualitative and quantitative data collection methods based on both primary and secondary sources of data.
  


• Detail children’s role in the monitoring and evaluation process – e.g. as respondents, data collectors, as stakeholders in data analysis and validation.
  


• Include ethical guidelines on consent, confidentiality and protection where children are participating in monitoring and evaluation processes.
  


• Provide for appropriate expertise in child rights and protection in the selection of external consultant(s), with accountability for child rights mainstreaming situated with the team leader or principal consultant.
  


• Ensure adequate financial resources to assess child rights realisation, in keeping with the TOR methodology.
  


• Ensure that the monitoring and evaluation report outline appended to the TOR includes a section on child rights realisation where appropriate.