Interesting country example: Respect for the family and realizing the right of children with disabilities to be included in the community in Serbia – prevention, inter-sectoriality and overall lessons learned from child care reform From 4th Child Protection Forum in Tajikistan, 2013.

1. Dushanbe, Tajikistan August 3, 2013
Mr Bozidar Dakic, Manging Director
Republic Institute for Social Protection

4. Local municipalities /Local services
140 centers
85
Institutions
4 centers

10. Year Measure / Action / Document
2005 Social Welfare Development Strategy adopted
2006 Administrative gate-keeping to residential
placement introduced
2007 Establishment of Institutes for Social Protection
Analysis of child-protection system conducted
2008 Reform of centres for social work introduced

11. Year Measure / Action / Document
2008 Establishment of the Centre for fostering and adoption
2009 Development and adoption of the Master plan for transformation
of residential institutions for children
 Sets national targets (to reduce residential capacities by 50% in 5
years) as well as targets at the level of individual institutions –
FOCUS on children with disability
 Based on the analysis of local and regional needs and capacities
 Includes Work plan for implementation and it is followed by cost
analysis for priority institutions
 Provides inputs for further development of foster care and other
‘leaving care’ modalities (such as supported living)
 Developed with strong participation of decision-makers (central,
local), institutions’ managers and professionals

12. System approach to reforms – key milestones
Year Measure / Action / Document
2010 - 2013 More focused support to development of CBS for children with
disability and their families
Supporting less developed municipalities to get access to funds to
develop services for children with disability
Focus on the most marginalized children and their families (rural
areas, multiple / moderate / severe disability)
Capacity building of service providers to run services in line with
national service standards
Capacity building of municipal authorities to establish and
commission community services in line with the social welfare law,

13. System approach to reforms – key milestones
Year Measure / Action / Document
2011 New Social Welfare Law adopted
Banning institutional placement for children 0-3
Residential capacity of individual institutions limited to 50
Licensing of professionals and service providers introduced
System of service standardization established
Plurality of service providers promoted
Controlling / supervisory function of the Ministry strengthened
Special-purpose funds for CBS from national level (ear-marked transfers)
introduced to support less developed municipalities and those where there
is an institution in the process of transformation

14. System approach to reforms – Results

15. System approach to reforms – Results

16. System approach to reforms – Results

17. System approach to reforms – Conserns

18. System approach to reforms
Lessons Learned

19. The way forward