This article examines the most relevant aspects regarding the need for the development of child abuse data collection and monitoring systems as well as the capitalizing of the monitoring results for the promotion of child protection public policies and their efficient implementation. The article takes stock of the most important international acts that recommend the creation of monitoring systems for the phenomenon of violence against children, including the recommendations for the Republic of Moldova. Several types of data collection methodologies are also presented as applied at the international level as well as models of monitoring of violence against children phenomenon.
