CRPD/C/PHL/CO/1 Reduction — lacks disaggregated data on women, children, persons with disabilities, persons living in poverty and indigenous peoples, among others, disaggregated by type of impairment, gender, age, geographical location and other appropriate variables. 57. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Work in consultation with persons with disabilities through their representative organizations to establish a system for the collection of up-to-date, appropriate, disaggregated data, in line with the proposal by the Washington Group on Disability Statistics; (b) Strengthen the capacity and resources of the National Council for Disability Affairs and the Philippine Statistics Authority concerning collection, management, analysis and dissemination of statistics and data concerning persons with disabilities; (c) Collect data on those among its population with disabilities, disaggregated by sex, age, ethnicity, type of impairment, socioeconomic status, employment and place of residence, as well as data on the barriers that persons with disabilities face in society and their level of poverty; (d) Pay attention to the links between article 31 of the Convention and target 17.18 of the Sustainable Development Goals to increase significantly the availability of high-quality, timely and reliable disability data, disaggregated by income, gender, age, ethnicity, migratory status, geographic location and other characteristics that are relevant in national contexts. International cooperation (art. 32) 58. The Committee is concerned about: (a) The lack of a systematic and institutionalized approach to incorporating the Convention into its disability-inclusive development cooperation initiatives, including programmes for the national implementation and monitoring of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and the extent of the State party’s collaboration with international bodies; (b) The extent to which persons with disabilities have been included in developing, implementing and monitoring disability-inclusive projects. 59. The Committee recommends that the State party review its international projects carried out in partnership with global aid agencies to ensure full compliance with the principles of the Convention, in particular to ensure the meaningful and empowered inclusion of persons with disabilities and their representative organizations in designing, implementing and monitoring disability-inclusive development projects and also in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, especially Goal 1 on poverty reduction. National implementation and monitoring (art. 33) 60. The Committee is concerned about: (a) The lack of information about a coordination mechanism, and the designation of focal points across all branches of government on disability matters, which collaborate with the National Council for Disability Affairs on implementing the Convention; (b) The lack of specific mechanisms within the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines to engage and ensure the participation of persons with disabilities, through their representative organizations, in monitoring the Convention at the national and local levels. 61. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Strengthen the competencies and resources of the National Council for Disability Affairs concerning the implementation of the Convention, and ensure that 13