UNICEF

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UNICEFs contribution to the reform

• Perspectives on
• child protection

Dita Reichenberg, Regional Advisor, Child
Protection, CEE/CIS
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Overview

• Progress of reforms and challenges in South East
  Europe
• Situation of children
• A way forward
• Role of international organizations

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Progress of the reform in SEE,

• Policy vision for the refrom decentralization,
  pluralism, deinstitutionalization, continuum of
  services
• Legislative changes Rights of children,
  continuum to address risk rather than  groups 
• Continuum of services Family support, family
  substitute
• Plurality of service providers public private
• Gatekeeping new statutory services, standards,
  licensing and inspections
• Decentralization Planning and management of
  services and welfare functions
• Deinstitutionalization closing down
  transformation of residential institutions
• Cash assistance better targetting and linking to
  social service provision

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Child care trend the good news!
See country profiles for source details. Analysis
based on data from 8 countries, excluding Serbia
and Kosovo. Data for Montenegro, which is
available for 2000, 2002 and 2004 only has
extrapolated to the following missing years.
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Child care trend concerns!
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Economic growth the good news!
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Children most vulnerable to poverty
Ratio of poverty rates between children and
total population
Poverty Rates set at PPP 2.15/day (World Bank
2005 - see country profiles). Results shown for
countries with available data.
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Economic growth but not for welfare of children!
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Making child rights central!
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The continuum of services
Closure reintegration
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The continuum of services
Family support services
Closure reintegration
Statutory services
Statutory services
Family substitute / family support services
Statutory services