Planning and implementation of Tajikistan Victim Assistance Programme Reykhan MUMINOVA, Tajikistan Mine Action Center, VA Officer Central Asia Regional VA Workshop May 2011

VA Programme planning process The Strategic Mine Action Plan MSP to the APMBC in Zagreb (2005) Tajikistan objectives for the period First National VA Workshop - VA Plan of Action (approved on 27 July 2006 by the CIIHL) PoA contained 19 objectives

Second National VA Workshop (April 2008) Revised VA Plan of Actions - contained 21 objectives

Tajikistan’s new Mine Action Strategic Plan (MASP) The goal of VA is: All mine victims, boys and girls, men and women, have equal and proper access to adequate medical and physical rehabilitation and psychosocial support as well as to socio-economic and legal assistance. Five specific objectives for VA which aim to: 1.reinforce the capacity of national organizations and institutions; 2.organize summer camps to provide psychosocial support to victims; 3.provide income generation and socio-economic support; 4.establish a reliable and systematic victim information system; 5.and, advocate in favour of Tajikistan ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM).

Annual Work Plans 2010 and 2011 VA is addressed under Activity 3 : Mine victims have proper access to adequate medical, rehabilitation and psycho-social support as well as to socio- economic assistance.

AWP 2011 Provide psycho-social support to 25 survivors during summer camp rehabilitation activities Organizing Second inter-country psycho-social conference Conducting needs assessment re-survey Support to the capacity building efforts of NGOs representing mine victims & PWDs; Organize an advocacy campaign in favor of Tajikistan acceptance of the CRPD & CCM Socio-economic reintegration of mine victims

Review of VA Programme by ISU(August 2010) AWPs are adequate AWPs are discussed and agreed among the key partners in implementation The activities of the VA programme have been consistent with the objectives of the 2006 and revised 2008 VA plan and MASP The activities have been guided by the outcomes of the needs assessment survey The activities assigned to TMAC to achieve specific objectives of the VA Plan of Action have either been fully or partly achieved good progress is being made on implementing activities of the 2010 work plan.

VA component budget per year

Recommendations of Review of VA Programme for future activities coordination, data collection, planning, monitoring and reporting, capacity building, accessibility, awareness-raising, resource mobilization, inclusive development, and regional and bilateral cooperation

Inter-agency Victim Assistance coordination group VA Key partners: Ministry of Labour and social protection of population, Ministry of Health, MSSS, NRIRDP, NOC, Psychology Department of the National University, District departments of social protection International agencies and NGOs, UNDP, WHO, ICRC, AAR, AKF, National agencies, NGOs and DPOs, RCST, Harmony in the World, Survivors, their families, and communities.

Inter-ministerial coordination and collaboration Through regular meetings of VA Coordination group Law on Social Protection of Disabled Persons (December 2010) foresees establishment of disability coordination council (Article 4) VA PoA, MASP was developed in coordination and consultations with inter-agency coordination group Needs Assessment Survey

(March 2008) Two questionnaires i.e.IMSMA and Needs Assesment (we began to use this document since 2006) Two team of experts (TMAC, Ministry of Health and Ministry of Labour & Social Protection) Surveyed all mine-affected districts

Inter-ministerial coordination and collaboration Training course on "Rehabilitation of Patients with Traumatic Amputation of the Limbs" in Dushanbe Information letter “On improving referral system of amputees to the Orthopaedic Centre by Primary Health Care workers” which was accepted by MoH. TMAC published a “Guideline on psycho-social support for landmine survivors” “Borderline mental disorders and quality of life of landmine survivors” TMAC published a “Medical and Social Diagnostic Guideline” for staff of the MSSS.

survivors 2006 –19 survivors 2007 –25 survivors 2008 –34 survivors 2009 – 25 survivors 2010 – 25 survivors Summer Rehabilitation Camp Totally - 160

Income generation projects

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