1. REFORM DIRECTIONS IN SOCIAL PROTECTION SYSTEM MINISTRY FOR LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL POLICY June 2006

2. WHY REFORMS? EU STANDARDS EU STANDARDS RATIFICATION OF INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS RATIFICATION OF INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS STRATEGY FOR POVERTY REDUCTION AND NATIONAL ACTION PLAN FOR CHILDREN STRATEGY FOR POVERTY REDUCTION AND NATIONAL ACTION PLAN FOR CHILDREN ЕCONOMIC EFFICIENCY ЕCONOMIC EFFICIENCY THE BEST PRACTICE WORKING WITH USERS THE BEST PRACTICE WORKING WITH USERS BETTER STATUS OF EMPLOYEES IN SOCIAL PROTECTION SYSTEM BETTER STATUS OF EMPLOYEES IN SOCIAL PROTECTION SYSTEM

3. WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THE REFORM ? IMPROVEMENT, CHANGES – CLEAR DEFINITIONS OF WORKING ASPECTS IN SOME INSTITUTIONS OF SOCIAL SYSTEM (USERS MORE SATISFIED – EMPLOYEES LESS BURDENED) IMPROVEMENT, CHANGES – CLEAR DEFINITIONS OF WORKING ASPECTS IN SOME INSTITUTIONS OF SOCIAL SYSTEM (USERS MORE SATISFIED – EMPLOYEES LESS BURDENED) BETTER QUALITY, EFFICIENCY AND COST EFFECTIVENESS OF SERVICES BETTER QUALITY, EFFICIENCY AND COST EFFECTIVENESS OF SERVICES CREATION THE NUMBER OF SERVICES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS CREATION THE NUMBER OF SERVICES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS ESTABLISHMENT OF MULTI LEVEL COOPERATION ESTABLISHMENT OF MULTI LEVEL COOPERATION

4. REFORM PROCESS GOES ON SEVERAL LINES TRANSFORMATION OF THE INSTITUTIONS TRANSFORMATION OF THE INSTITUTIONS BETTER WORKING STANDARDS IN CENTRES FOR SOCIAL WORK BETTER WORKING STANDARDS IN CENTRES FOR SOCIAL WORK PROVIDING THE INTEGRAL SOCIAL PROTECTION ON THE LOCAL LEVEL PROVIDING THE INTEGRAL SOCIAL PROTECTION ON THE LOCAL LEVEL DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATIVE TYPES OF USERS SETTLEMENT DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATIVE TYPES OF USERS SETTLEMENT PROTECTION FROM ABUSING AND NEGLECTING PROTECTION FROM ABUSING AND NEGLECTING NETWORKING OF CENTRES FOR SOCIAL WORK NETWORKING OF CENTRES FOR SOCIAL WORK PILOTING THE REFORM IDEAS THROUGH SOCIAL INNOVATIVE FUND PILOTING THE REFORM IDEAS THROUGH SOCIAL INNOVATIVE FUND NUMBER OF “SMALL” NGO PROJECTS AND THE PROJECT OF PRIVARE SECTOR NUMBER OF “SMALL” NGO PROJECTS AND THE PROJECT OF PRIVARE SECTOR

5. ТRANSFORMATION OF THE INSTITUTIONS - LESS PERSONS IN INSTITUTIONAL SETTLEMENT - LESS PERSONS IN INSTITUTIONAL SETTLEMENT - AT THE SAME TIME TRANSFORMATION OF THE INSTITUTIONS IN RELATION TO BETTER USAGE THE REST OF THE CAPACITIES - AT THE SAME TIME TRANSFORMATION OF THE INSTITUTIONS IN RELATION TO BETTER USAGE THE REST OF THE CAPACITIES - MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY - MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY

6. BETTER WORKING STANDARDS IN CENTRES FOR SOCIAL WORK AIM – INTRODUCING MODERN WORKING STANDARDS IN ALL CENTRES FOR SOCIAL WORK, CLEAR DEFINITION OF THE PROCEDURES AND NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, AS WELL AS THE SYSTEM OF RESPONSIBILITIES, ETICAL CODEX, REPORTING, MONITORING… AIM – INTRODUCING MODERN WORKING STANDARDS IN ALL CENTRES FOR SOCIAL WORK, CLEAR DEFINITION OF THE PROCEDURES AND NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, AS WELL AS THE SYSTEM OF RESPONSIBILITIES, ETICAL CODEX, REPORTING, MONITORING… CENTRES FOR SOCIAL WORK BECOME MORE EFFICIENT AND EMPLOYEES LESS BURDENED CENTRES FOR SOCIAL WORK BECOME MORE EFFICIENT AND EMPLOYEES LESS BURDENED

7. DEVELOPMENT OF INTEGRAL SOCIAL PROTECTION ON THE LOCAL LEVEL AIM – DEFINING THE WAYS AND DEVELOPMENT OF MECHANISMS FOR QUALITATIVE COOPERATION AND EFFICIENG COORDINATION OF DIFFERENT SYSTEMS WITHIN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY (HEALTH, SOCIAL PROTECTION, EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION, POLICE, LEGISLATION, LOCAL GOVERNMENT) AIM – DEFINING THE WAYS AND DEVELOPMENT OF MECHANISMS FOR QUALITATIVE COOPERATION AND EFFICIENG COORDINATION OF DIFFERENT SYSTEMS WITHIN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY (HEALTH, SOCIAL PROTECTION, EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION, POLICE, LEGISLATION, LOCAL GOVERNMENT) FASTER, CHEAPER AND MORE EFFICIENT SOLVING THE SOCIAL PROBLEMS ON THE LOCAL LEVEL FASTER, CHEAPER AND MORE EFFICIENT SOLVING THE SOCIAL PROBLEMS ON THE LOCAL LEVEL

8. ALTERNATIVE TYPES OF SETTLEMENT – IMPROVEMENT OF FEEDING AND FOSTER FAMILIES AIM – MORE CHILDREN SETTLED IN FEEDING OR FOSTER FAMILIES, DEFINING EFFICIENT AND CLEAR PROCEDURES FOR SELECTION, PREPARATION AND MONITORING OF POTENTIAL FAMILIES, AS WELL AS REGULAR PAYMENT OF ALLOWANCES FOR FOSTER/FEEDING FAMILIES AIM – MORE CHILDREN SETTLED IN FEEDING OR FOSTER FAMILIES, DEFINING EFFICIENT AND CLEAR PROCEDURES FOR SELECTION, PREPARATION AND MONITORING OF POTENTIAL FAMILIES, AS WELL AS REGULAR PAYMENT OF ALLOWANCES FOR FOSTER/FEEDING FAMILIES

9. PROTECTION FROM ABUSING AND NEGLECTING AIM – PROVIDING MORE EFFICIENT PROTECTION FROM ABUSING AND NEGLECTING THROUGH CLEAR DEFINING MECHANISMS OF COOPERATION AND THE SYSTEM OF RESPONSIBILITY FROM DIFFERENT AREAS( SOCIAL AND HEALTH WORKERS, JUDGES, PROSECUTORS, POLICEMEN, TEACHERS) AIM – PROVIDING MORE EFFICIENT PROTECTION FROM ABUSING AND NEGLECTING THROUGH CLEAR DEFINING MECHANISMS OF COOPERATION AND THE SYSTEM OF RESPONSIBILITY FROM DIFFERENT AREAS( SOCIAL AND HEALTH WORKERS, JUDGES, PROSECUTORS, POLICEMEN, TEACHERS) FASTER AND MORE EFFICIENT RECOGNITIONS THE CASES OF ABUSING/NEGLECTIN AND ADEQUATE PROTECTION FASTER AND MORE EFFICIENT RECOGNITIONS THE CASES OF ABUSING/NEGLECTIN AND ADEQUATE PROTECTION

10. NETWORKING OF CENTRES FOR SOCIAL WORK AIM – DEVELOPMENT OF JOINED COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR NETWORKING OF ALL CENTRES FOR SOCIAL WORK AIM – DEVELOPMENT OF JOINED COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR NETWORKING OF ALL CENTRES FOR SOCIAL WORK BETTER INFORMATION EXCHANGE WITH AIM TO ACHIEVE THE MOST ADEQUATE SOLVING THE SOCIAL PROBLEMS BETTER INFORMATION EXCHANGE WITH AIM TO ACHIEVE THE MOST ADEQUATE SOLVING THE SOCIAL PROBLEMS

11. SOCIAL INNOVATIVE FUND THIS PROGRAMMEE FUNDS SMALL PILOT PROJECTS IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SUGGESTING THE TESTING OF REFORM CHANGES AND THEIR CHECKING IN PRACTICE – THE BEST SOLUTIONS BECOME THE PART OF THE SYSTEM THIS PROGRAMMEE FUNDS SMALL PILOT PROJECTS IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SUGGESTING THE TESTING OF REFORM CHANGES AND THEIR CHECKING IN PRACTICE – THE BEST SOLUTIONS BECOME THE PART OF THE SYSTEM THE PROJECTS ARE IN RELATION WITH THE BASIC STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS OF THE REFORM PROCESS THE PROJECTS ARE IN RELATION WITH THE BASIC STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS OF THE REFORM PROCESS PARTHERSHIP OF GOVERNMETANL AND NON- GOVERNMENTAL SECTOR PARTHERSHIP OF GOVERNMETANL AND NON- GOVERNMENTAL SECTOR

12. SMALL PROJECTS FUNDED FROM OTHER DONORS BUT SUPPORTED FROM THE MINISTRY FOR LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL POLICY AIM – SUPPORT TO BIG AND SMALL NGOs TO CREATE NEW OR INSUFFICIENTLY DEVELOPED ALTERNATIVE SERVICES IN OUR SYSTEM, WHICH ARE IN RELATION WITH BASIC REFORM DIRECTIONS AIM – SUPPORT TO BIG AND SMALL NGOs TO CREATE NEW OR INSUFFICIENTLY DEVELOPED ALTERNATIVE SERVICES IN OUR SYSTEM, WHICH ARE IN RELATION WITH BASIC REFORM DIRECTIONS UNICEF, SAVE THE CHILDREN, HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL... UNICEF, SAVE THE CHILDREN, HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL... DFID – PROJECT FOR REFORM OF SOCIAL POLICY DFID – PROJECT FOR REFORM OF SOCIAL POLICY REGISTERED 300 ‘’SMALL’’ NGOs WHO ARE WORKING IN AREA OF SOCIAL PROTECTION REGISTERED 300 ‘’SMALL’’ NGOs WHO ARE WORKING IN AREA OF SOCIAL PROTECTION

13. WHAT THE REFORM OF SOCIAL PROTECTION SYSTEM WILL NOT BE? ■ THERE WILL NOT BE THE CLOSING OF THE INSTITUTIONS EMPLOYEES IN THE INSTITUTIONS WILL NOT LOOSE THEIR JOBS EMPLOYEES IN THE INSTITUTIONS WILL NOT LOOSE THEIR JOBS NO ONE OCCUPATION WILL BE JEOPARDISED NO ONE OCCUPATION WILL BE JEOPARDISED CENTRES FOR SOCIAL WORK WILL NOT HAVE MORE JOB TO DO CENTRES FOR SOCIAL WORK WILL NOT HAVE MORE JOB TO DO NGO AND GOVERNMENTAL SECTOR WILL NOT BE RIVALS NGO AND GOVERNMENTAL SECTOR WILL NOT BE RIVALS