Uzbek labour ministry, UNDP discuss implementation of joint project
12/07/2015 12:21
Uzbek labour ministry, UNDP discuss implementation of joint project
12/07/2015 12:21
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Population of Uzbekistan hosted a session of the Council of the project “Improving quality of social service delivery for persons with disabilities and lonely elderly people in Uzbekistan”.
Minister of Labour and Social Protection of Population of Uzbekistan Aziz Abdukhakimov and other officials of the minister, the UN Resident Coordinator and the Resident Representative for the UNDP Stefan Priesner, UNDP workers, representatives of NGOs attended the session, the press service of the Uzbek ministry said.
Aziz Abdukhakimov said that the goal of the project to improve quality of social services, provided to single elder people and people with special needs. He said that within the project and at the support of the Ministry, the draft law “On social services for elder people, people with disabilities and other categories of population” was developed. At the same time, two draft resolution of the Government, directed at strengthening social protection of elder people in Uzbekistan, were developed.
Stefan Priesner, in his turn, said that the project team justified expectations. He said that in this case, international organization shares the best global practices, while the Ministry uses them taking into account local conditions.
Manager of the project Yana Checherena briefed the participants on conducted work so far and plans for the second half of 2015. She said that the works is underway for preparation of proposals of prominent international experts in standards of social services for elder people and requirements and positions for employees of the medical-social establishments. The manuals and educational materials for training of specialists are also developed. The work on introduction of interactive services in social protection and employment is also underway.
The participants shared their proposals on further optimizing and improving activities of the project. It was noted cooperation of Ministry with the NGOs is giving fruitful results in the sphere of social partnership.
The report of the project and its plans for the second half of the year were approved at the end of the session.
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