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The project covers a great need for protection services and social inclusion of people fleeing the war in Ukraine and located in
Romania, in 5 locations from 3 regions. These people in situations of maximum vulnerability (traumatized by the war, without
resources, with many children in their care or in poor health, with disabilities, victims of sexual abuse and violence) need legal
assistance, protection services, as well as direct support for resilience and rebuilding a dignified life in the country that hosts them
temporarily. In most cases, they do not have ID papers and documents proving their socio-economic status, which creates
difficulties for the access of benefits and social services in Romania. Even when the displaced persons obtain the status of
temporary protection, their rights are violated, and their access to social, medical and educational services remains extremely
limited. The local authorities fail to offer them services that are sufficiently diversified and adapted to their needs. The project aims
to develop support activities, legal assistance and social/economic inclusion for these people, and in parallel to implement advocacy
activities and development/promotion of 2 integrated models of intervention in social and humanitarian emergencies. The two
proposed models operationalize the concept of social emergency, recently introduced in the revised draft law on social assistance.
The concept of social emergency was proposed in 2021 by the members of the Social Platform in Romania and, currently, the same
members have the opportunity to propose a set of precise regulations, derived from the practice of the two successive crises, for
the generalization of integrated, multisectoral intervention in such situations. The project is carried out in the spirit of social
cohesion and social justice, and the vulnerable population in Romania has access to some of the support activities.