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Developing specialized and urgent foster care measures
- Start activities
- 15-05-2023
- End activities
- 03-12-2023
- Partner Institution
- Institute for Social and Child Welfare [Zavod za socijalnu i dječju zaštitu]
- Type of Assistance
- Policy development
- Code
- 2023-03
- Description
- The social and child welfare and protection system implemented by the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare of Montenegro is oriented towards the development of social and child protection services to prevent the separation of children from their biological families, guarantee alternative forms of care and achieve reintegration, wherever possible by its international commitments. Ending institutionalisation has been a priority for Europe and is also one of the conditions for accession to the European Union. Experts from Hungary, Croatia, Sweden, the Czech Republic and the Netherlands mobilised by SOCIEUX+ supported the Institute for Child and Social Welfare in the development of a Foster Care Action Plan and the design of a curriculum for the Institute's social workers on foster care competencies.
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Support on the development of individual foster care plans
- Start activities
- 17-10-2023
- End activities
- Ongoing
- Partner Institution
- Ministry of Health, Work and Social Policy
- Type of Assistance
- Institutional capacity building
- Code
- 2023-32
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Development of counselling standards and services for children and youth at risk
- Start activities
- 04-09-2023
- End activities
- 01-12-2023
- Partner Institution
- Ministry of Labour and Social Policy (MLSP)
- Type of Assistance
- Organisation/business strategy & planning
- Code
- 2023-23
- Description
- The Ministry of Labor and Social Policy requested development of counselling standards and services for children and youth at risk implemented in the institution of 25.maj in Skopje. The peer-to-peer technical assistance represented by Croatian, French and Czech expertise allowed to develop a methodology and standards for new services. These standards create an enabling environment for empowerment to the vulnerable youth, children and families at risk and will serve as a pilot project in the country with the possibility for multiplication.
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Improving the linkage between cash benefits and social services and the specific needs of persons with disabilities (PwDs)
- Start activities
- 03-08-2023
- End activities
- Ongoing
- Partner Institution
- Ministry of Labour and Social Policy (MLSP)
- Type of Assistance
- Institutional capacity building
- Code
- 2023-24
- Description
- The Ministry of Labour and Social Policy sought to enhance the system that links cash benefits and social services to the individual needs of persons with disabilities (PwD). The initiative focused on crafting a personalized approach to entitlements, ensuring that the benefits and services, including income replacements and long-term care benefits, are appropriately aligned with the needs of PwDs. Experts from Austria, Germany, Romania, and Slovenia provided relevant EU countries’ examples of tools and scales for individual needs assessment and linkage, while developing recommendations for the reinforcement of the legal framework existing in North Macedonia.
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Improving and structuring social services in Uzbekistan
- Start activities
- 16-11-2022
- End activities
- 15-05-2023
- Partner Institution
- Agency for the Development of Medical and Social Services of the Republic of Uzbekistan
- Type of Assistance
- Legislative & regulatory framework development
- Code
- 2022-09
- Description
- The National Agency for Social Protection (NASP) under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan is committed to reinforce and modernize the offer of social assistance to vulnerable populations including persons with disabilities and older people. In this action, the Partner Institution was supported by the peer experts from Italy, Romania and Poland. After the initial analysis of the situation of organization and delivery of basic targeted social services in Uzbekistan the action displayed, including through a study-visit to different peer institutions in Romania, practical examples and conceived ways of improvement of the existing services. The NASP gained a practical understanding of how social services are set up and managed in communities, as well as contributed to outline a strategic vision and operational steps for the reform.
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Set-up of a foster care system for minors without parental support and protection
- Start activities
- 23-05-2022
- End activities
- 24-03-2022
- Partner Institution
- Commissioner for Children's Rights
- Type of Assistance
- Institutional capacity building
- Code
- 2021-24
- Description
- In Kazakhstan, the Commissioner for Children’s is engaged into deinstitutionalization reform as a lead of a consortium of NGOs, childcare institutions, and state administration. Professional foster families are considered an alternative to institutional placement for children without parental care. Through the peer-to-peer cooperation with the experts from Croatia and the Czech Republic, a set of methodological guidelines was developed with recommendations for different stages of working with foster families, from identification and selection to continuous support and evaluation. The outputs of the action also include the training curricula for prospective foster parents elaborated on the basis of EU countries best practices and good examples from Kazakhstan organizations. Finally, the action was an occasion for the partners to discover the practical set up of alternative care and services provision for vulnerable children during a study visit to Czech Republic (Prague, Pardubice).
