1 Ministry of Social Protection, Family and Child 27 th September 2007

2 Structure Vision of social sector Current situation and summary assessment of policy Strategic objectives Needs regarding donors’ technical assistance

3 Vision of social sector Targeted policy to ensure cohesion and social welfare Social equity and social development policy Consolidated institutional sectorial framework Efficient and effective policy Sectorial partnership among central and local governments and the public authorities and the private and the non- governmental sector

4 Current situation and summary assessment of policy Public social expenditures - 10% of GDP, 30% of public national budget, Relatively low share of state budget in public social expenditures

5 Current situation and summary assessment of policy Low correlation of payments with services in social policy Not enough efficiency and effectiveness of policy by groups of beneficiaries Public Social Policy 2. Family and child protection; 4,9% 3. Labour accidents insurance 3,7% 10. Bank services 0,1% 9. System expenditures 2,6% 8. Monetary aid; 0,1% 7. Nominative compensations; 5,8% 4. Indemnities; 7,1% 6. Health recovery; 2,0% 1. Pensions 72,7% 5. Unemployment; 1,0% Social policy priorities: groups, thousand lei Pensioners ,4; 19% Persons with Disabilities (excluding Children) ,7; 40% Families with children ,5; 21% Children with disabilities ,1; 4% Children at risk ,0; 2% Unemployed ,5; 1% Employed workers ,2; 13%

6 Current situation and summary assessment of policy Insignificant share of services, Lack of supply of services for families and children, children in difficulty and children with disabilities, and vulnerable groups Quality of services not high enough , , , ,9 287, ,0 0, , , ,0 Social Insurance budget, thousand lei State budget, thousand lei Local governments, thousand lei Correlation between money and services, budget, thousand lei (pensions excluded) moneyservices

7 Strategic objectives (key documents) National Development Plan (NDP) Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) Strategy for reform in residential care system (draft) Strategy for the development of an integrated system of services (draft) Strategy for the Development of the social sector 2012

8 Objectives: 1 Vertical policy: –Reform of mechanism of assessment and identification of disabilitiy and capacity to work, –Enhancement of efficiency of the system of cash benefits through the targeting of resources towards the vulnerable layers of population, –Development of integrated system of social services, –Enhancement of efficiency of social services through de-institutionalisation of beneficiaries from the system of residential care and their reintegration with the community through the provision of community based family type services

9 Objectives: 2 Horizontal policy and sectorial capacity: –Development and implementation of integrated automated informational system „Social Protection”, –Development of human resources’ capacity in the social sector (social assistants, capacity regarding policy and mechanisms of public bids for services), –Development of mechanisms of accreditation and inspection of quality and efficiency of benefits and social services, –Building of institutional mechanism of ensurance of gender equality, –Setup of National Referral System for protection and assistance to victims and potential victims of trafficking in human beings

10 Needs regarding donors’ technical assistance (the main ones) Reform of the mechanism of assessment and identification of disability and capacity to work, Development of capacity of human resources in the social sector (capacities regarding policy, bidding mechanisms and tools, and the assessment of quality of services), Development of mechanisms of accreditation and inspection of quality and efficiency of benefits and social services