STRATEGY for SOCIAL INCLUSION, SOCIAL PROTECTION and ALLEVIATING POVERTY in the MUNICIPALITY of NEGOTINO Јuly2011
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STRATEGY FOR SOCIAL INCLUSION, SOCIAL PROTECTION AND ALLEVIATING POVERTY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF NEGOTINO Јuly2011 Publisher Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights – BIM-FV Skopje The preparation and the printing of this publication is supported by The Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC) Prepared by Liljana Alceva – Local consultant on behalf of BIM-FV Marina Dimova – Assistant to the local consultant Contact person from the Municipality of Negotino Slobodanka Krteva, Coordinator of the Local Partnership Group Project Human Rights and Social Inclusion in Macedonia Institute of Human Rights Ludwig Boltzmann- BIM-FV, Skopje ul. “Veljko Vlahovic” 1 A-1 / 4 1000 Skopje tel.: +389 (0)2 3216 956 AND SOCIAL PROTECTION FOR SOCIAL INCLUSION, STRATEGY OF NEGOTINO THE MUNICIPALITY POVERTY IN ALLEVIATING fax: +389 (0)2 3216 982 BIM-FV Support Team, Skopje 1 Petranka Delova-Miladinova - Project Manager Stojan Mishev - Human Rights Advisor Ninoslav Mladenovic – Human Rights Advisor Jagoda Iljov - Administrative Assistant Contact Person from the Ministry of Labour and Social Aairs of the RM Irena Todoroska - Head of Sector for Social Inclusion Translation from Macedonian into English Tatjana Stoimenovska The opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not always reect the ocial position of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights (BIM-FV) and the Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC) When using the data, please indicate the source: STRATEGY FOR SOCIAL INCLUSION, SOCIAL PROTECTION AND ALLEVIATION OF POVERTY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF NEGOTINO, CONTENT Address of the Mayor of the Municipality of Negotino 3 Executive Summary 4 Introduction 5 1. Process of Preparation of the Strategic Plan for Alleviation of Poverty and Social Exclusion 5 1.1. Basic Principles 5 1.2. Denitions 6 1.3. Methodology 6 2. Analysis of the Current State 7 2.1. Social Protection in the Municipality of Negotino 7 2.2. General Characteristics of the Municipality of Negotino 8 2.3. Institutional and Extra-Institutional Capacities in the Municipality of Negotino 8 2.4. Dominant Social Problems in the Municipality of Negotino 9 2.5. Social Protection in the municipality of Negotino 10 3. Findings from the Workshop on Dening the Priorities for Social Development of the Municipality of Negotino 11 3.1. Identifying Vulnerable Groups 11 3.2. Problems and Proposal of Solving Measures 13 2 4. Strategic Plan 15 4.1. Strategic Priorities and Strategic Objectives 15 4.2. Measures for Achieving the Strategic Objectives 16 ALLEVIATING POVERTY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF NEGOTINO OF NEGOTINO THE MUNICIPALITY POVERTY IN ALLEVIATING AND SOCIAL PROTECTION FOR SOCIAL INCLUSION, STRATEGY 5. Implementation of the Strategy 18 5.1. Action Plan for Implementation of the Strategy for Alleviation of Poverty and Social Exclusion in the Municipality of Negotino 18 5.2. Assumptions for Application /implementation of the Strategy for Alleviating Poverty and Social Exclusion in the municipality of Negotino 33 5.3. Observation/Monitoring and Evaluation of the Application/ Implementation of the Strategy for Alleviation of Poverty and Social Exclusion in the Municipality of Negotino 33 6. Annexes 34 Annex 1: List of abbreviations 34 Annex 2 List of Reviewed Existing Strategic Documents 34 Annex 3. List of participants 35 Annex 4 - Agenda of workshops 36 ADDRESS OF THE MAYOR OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF NEGOTINO The municipality of Negotino in cooperation with the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights BIM-FV, Skopje worked on the preparation of the Strategy for Social Inclusion, Social Protection and Alleviation of Poverty within the frameworks of the Project Social Inclusion and Human Rights in Macedonia, nanced by the Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC). Our municipality was selected, among 8 other municipalities, to promote and implement the human rights based approach in the local development planning, as well as to participate in the preparation of strategies for alleviating poverty and social exclusion. To this aim, a Local Partnership Group was created, consisting of representatives from the local self-government, the Council of the Municipality of Negotino, the civil sector, representatives from public institutions, the business sector and local communities in order to enable greater participation in the creation of the Strategy for Social Inclusion, Social Protection and Alleviation of Poverty. The members of the Local Partnership Group participated at many training sessions for preparation of the Strategy: • The rst training was on project cycle management and preparation of project –proposals; AND SOCIAL PROTECTION FOR SOCIAL INCLUSION, STRATEGY OF NEGOTINO THE MUNICIPALITY POVERTY IN ALLEVIATING • Workshop on non-discrimination and gender equality; • Workshop on human rights based approach in the elaboration of local development strategies; • Strategic planning workshop • Action planning workshop. 3 In the process of preparation of the Strategy, focus groups were organised where representatives from marginalised groups participated. Therefore, their needs and problems were discovered and were taken into consideration when the priorities of the most vulnerable and poor groups were dened. The Municipality of Negotino supports the Project and co-nances the implementation of a micro-project from the priority areas for improving the living conditions of the most vulnerable groups of citizens. The creation of such strategic document, to a large extent, helps the municipality of Negotino to prepare its future plans, and to nd and oer suitable solutions in dealing with the problem of poverty. Mayor of the Municipality of Negotino Pane Trajkov EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The preparation of the Strategy for Alleviation of Poverty and Social Inclusion at Local Level in the Municipality of Negotino is an initiative of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights (BIM-VF Skopje), within the frameworks of the Project Social Inclusion and Human Rights in Macedonia nanced by the Austrian Development Cooperation. The Strategy for Alleviation of Poverty and Social Inclusion applies the human rights based approach. This approach is used for improving the processes of planning, the implementation and the monitoring of the progress. Using the human rights based approach in the process of planning guarantees that the priorities, the measures and the activities in the strategies and the action plans will be based on the current situation and on the real needs in the community. The process particularly focuses on strengthening the vulnerable and poor persons, allowing them to express their needs to the decision-makers. The municipality of Negotino is located in the central part of the Republic of Macedonia, in the area of middle Povardarie. According to the last census of the population, in 2002, there were 19.212 citizens; the ethnic structure of the population was as follows: Macedonians 92.48%, Albanians 0.16%, Turks 1.26%, Roma 2.36%, Vlachs 0.07%, Serbs 3.26%, Bosnjaks 0.01% and other 0.40%. In the process of strategic and action planning, the working group identied the following vulnerable groups of citizens in the municipality of Negotino: 1. Unemployed persons 2. Neglected children and youth 3. Persons with mental or physical disability (disabled persons); 4. Victims of family violence; 5. Drug users or injecting drug users 6. Single parents; 7. Roma; 8. Elderly people. The following strategic priorities and objectives were dened at the workshops to improve the position of the vulnerable groups: 4 Strategic priority 1: Alleviating poverty in the municipality of Negotino Strategic objective1.1.: Increasing national and foreign investments for 10%, by 2016, in the municipality of Negotino; Strategic objective 1.2.: Decreasing the unemployment for 10%, by 2015, in the municipality of Negotino; ALLEVIATING POVERTY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF NEGOTINO OF NEGOTINO THE MUNICIPALITY POVERTY IN ALLEVIATING AND SOCIAL PROTECTION FOR SOCIAL INCLUSION, STRATEGY Strategic objective 1.3.: Increasing the access to information regarding the rights of the vulnerable and poor persons in the municipality of Negotino. Strategic priority 2: Social inclusion of vulnerable groups in the municipality of Negotino Strategic objective 2.1.: Active inclusion of over 50 to 100 neglected children in an education centre by 2015 in the municipality of Negotino; Strategic objective 2.2.: Active inclusion of 50 persons with disability within the available facilities in the municipality of Negotino; Strategic objective 2.3.: Inclusion of Roma population in the educational and social life Strategic priority 3: Social protection Strategic objective 3.1.: Increasing the budget allocations of the municipality of Negotino for one-time nancial assistance for 10%, by 2015; Strategic objective 3.2.: Improving all forms of institutional and extra-institutional support for vulnerable groups, by 2015; Strategic objective 3.3.: Continuous participative nancing of already existing services in the municipality of Negotino; Strategic objective 3.4.: Increasing the level of coordination between the institutions in the municipality of Negotino; Strategic objective 3.5.: Strengthening the capacities of the municipal administration for providing new forms of social protection to all vulnerable groups in the community; Strategic objective 3.6.: Establishing mechanisms for identifying, consulting and including poor and vulnerable groups in decision-making processes and their implementation. INTRODUCTION 1. Process of Preparation of the Strategic Plan