Development cooperation requires data in order to plan its projects or programmes, to monitor them and to measure their results. A particular challenge is posed by the collection of data when children are the target group of the development cooperation measure. How can children’s dignity, their wellbeing and protection be ensured whilst collecting data?
This publication describes the requirements for data collection involving minors as set out in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), and explains how they can be fulfilled in practice.