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The project is carried out by UNICEF in partnership with the General Directorate of Social Assistance and Child Protection Bacău, Bacău County Council, Bacău Public Health Directorate, Moinești City, Bacău City, Colonești Commune, Corbasca Commune and Brasov City.
The project aims to increase the availability, accessibility and quality of integrated basic and specialized social services available for vulnerable children, in particular children with disabilities (CWD), children living in rural areas, and Roma children.
The target groups are: at least 3,400 vulnerable children and 3,000 parents and caregivers selected from Brașov and Bacău County (Moinești, Bacău, Colonești, Corbasca and 11 other rural localities in neighboring communes); 252 of professionals working with vulnerable children.
The children and their parents will benefit from integrated services at community level - including social assistance, health care, (early) education, organized in five Integrated Community Services Centers. Children and adolescents will be both relevant actors and participants, through the component of Child Friendly Localities, which systematically monitors the involvement of children in the process of debating and formulating public policies, programs and decision-making, thus influencing their lives and future. The professionals will achieve knowledge and skills to meet the needs of the vulnerable children.
The experiences, good practices and lessons learned in the project will be documented and disseminated to national authorities in order to be used in the development of relevant national legislation and policies on integrated (digital) Community services.