ࡱ> hjg9 Kbjbj"hFllllllll~~~8$Db>**"LLLL> =======$h@ Bj=-lLL=@llLL>$@@@NlLlL=@=@ @!#;ll=L @oc ~&;=$&><b> <B"B=@llllPresentation on street children Romania Ladies and Gentlemen, Overview on the situation of street children in Romania Each country is presently deploying important efforts to address the complex issue of street children. It is necessary indeed much courage to assume the responsibility of deciding upon the future of a child. Fortunately, research results on child development and the legal standards that have consequently been established provide us with a solid basis for the decisions that we as parents, doctors, judges, policy makers, parliamentarians or citizens have to take concerning children. Wide-spread dissemination of research studies and the promotion of standards is a must if we want to ensure that the best interests of children prevail in each and every decision. To put all chances on the side of children, the root causes of their distress should also be analyse. All resources should be mobilised to ensure that the impact of poverty, social exclusion, violence, sickness and disability on children is properly assessed and effectively addressed according to the real needs of street children. In Romania, the transitions period to a market economy generated a series of bad social consequences and a series of risk factors which favored the appearance and the increase of the number of street children: the increase and polarization of poverty, together with the reduction of the living standards for many families, the increase of the unemployment, the family abandonment, the incapacity of families to ensure an increase and harmonious development. In this general context, the phenomenon of "street children has complex causes: economic, socio-demographic, family, political. The phenomenon of Street Children in Romania has its primary causes rooted into several specific conditions: the forced rural to urban migration, which torn apart communities and dissolved traditional solidarity; the lack of appropriate infrastructure and policies; the local communities lack of action and initiative and the weak or uncoordinated activity of the civil society; poverty The appearance especially in large cities of the children generically called street children" is one of the most important phenomena of the last decade and in relation to the measures made and the results obtained, they proved to be less efficient than expected. The most numerous services for this category of beneficiaries were developed by the non-government organizations but the lack of coordination made their intervention difficult or more than that, by offering street help, to favor the phenomenon. From June 2001, the measures taken by the authorities are more firm and better coordinated. A program of intervention in favor of street children was initiated for the significant reduction of the phenomenon. Under the coordination of the General Secretary Office of the Government, periodical meetings were held among the representatives of the authorities involved in solving the street children's problems: the National Authority for the Child Protection and Adoption, specialized public services from the capital districts, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, The Capital Police, the district mayor offices, the Ministry of Public Health, the Sanitary Department Bucharest, the Bucharest prefecture, the Ministry of Transport and Railway Police. At the same time for increasing the efficiency of these interventions, NAPCR drafted and signed together with the General Police Inspectorate an Action Plan for the social reintegration of street children , which entered into force on November 1st, 2001. Furthermore street children have become one of the priorities of NAPCR, being allocated sums for the development of services for them within national programs performed annually for the integration of street children. In 2002, NAPCR, provisioned a budget of 225.000 Euro for this category, to be spent by auction of the projects deposited by the active non-government organizations for establishing/developing three services, in Bucharest, Iasi and Constanta. In 2003 funds were also allotted for establishing services addressed to this disadvantaged category, part of The national program for social integration of street children . In this program, a "night counseling center" for street children, was established in the 4th district of Bucharest, which offered its services in the period December 2003- November 2004, to a number of 268 street children, among which 22% were reintegrated in their natural family. The phenomenon of street children represented an indicator of the conditions in which many underage children live. A research elaborated by UNICEF in 2004 shows that institutions are no longer the main place of origin of street children, the majority of them being abandoned children or belonging to separated families. A third of these children are illiterate, 40% hardly know how to read and write, and 20% have never been to school. The majority of children of the street suffer from skin diseases, tuberculosis and hepatitis. Life on the streets is correlated with delinquency, prostitution and drug consumption. In fact, all the categories of street children are exposed to several risks, mainly: use of drugs of different types; prostitution, paedophilia, pornography, rape and other related crimes; traffic of human beings; contacting different diseases; school abandonment; committing of crimes as individuals or integration in criminal networks. By the Order no. 100/2006 of the State Secretary of the National Authority for the Protection of the Children's Rights was approved the frame Action Plan for the social reintegration of street children. According to this order, are defined several categories of street children: Families with children on the street; Street children who permanently live on the street and have no connection with the family; (in some situations, children from the first category have their own children and live together in the street. Even if this category is not very large, they provide usually leaders for the groups of children and try to keep them in the street in order to maintain their sources of income.) Street children who circumstantially are on the street and keep occasional connections with the family; Street children children which live with their families, the ones permanently sent on the streets by the family to earn money doing various labors( begging, windscreen cleaning and other similar activities). The operational objectives of such an Action Plan were to reduce the number of children on streets by: - creating, developing and diversifying specialized services, addressed to this category of children, at the level of the Mayors Offices from the districts of Bucharest/local councils /DGASPCs. In additional with the achievement of these objectives, measures were taken to specialize the personnel involved in the activity of evaluation, protection, recovery and reintegration of street children and establishing teams inside the DGASPCs of street teams/street social services. Also, this measure was based upon the authorities intention to spread the measures stipulates in Law 272/2004, on the protection and promotion of the childs right on the sanctions applied to the people who encourage or facilitate the practice of begging by an underage child, by informing its parents on the obligations and sanctions introduced by law in this moment. In the article 132 it is stipulated that The encourgement or facilitation or collecting benefits from the practice of begging by an underage child is punished with 1 to 3 years in prison; the recruirment or constraint of an underage child to begging is punished with 1 to 5 years in prison; if the deed is made by a parent or legal representative of the underage child, the punishment is 2 to 5 years in prison, respectively 2 to 7 years and removal of rights, for forcing an underage child to begging. Also the article 133 stipulates that the action of the parent or of the legal representative of a child to use it to repeateadly appeal to the publics mercy, claiming financial or material help, is punished with 1 to 5 years in prison and removal of rights ". The policy of the Romanian Government for improving the situation of street children is based on the principles of the UN convention for the childrens rights. In this context, with financing from CEB or from the World Bank, the Romanian Government initiated in 1997 the Project for reforming the child protection system which among the 165 alternative services financed (of which 143 currently functional) has also created 10 day and night shelters for street children (Bucharest 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th district and the localities Arad, Timi_oara, Constanca, Ia_i, Petro_ani and Bra_ov). Taking into account the need for developing the services to support street children and the need of an intervention especially in the domain of drug addiction, on the basis of the research presented by the experts of the Europe Council on the child protection, at the beginning of 2003, the Romanian Government elaborated the Project Street Children Initiative. The most important directions of action for the elaboration of the project were: The need to help the street children using drugs, through general services within the integrated policies of child protection; The need to create mechanisms and procedures for inter-sector coordination, on all levels, with the purpose of offering integrated services. The need to develop the administrative and institutional capacity, especially locally to allow the effective implementation of the strategy for school children. The ongoing project Street Children Initiative F/P 1480 during 2007-2011, addresses the phenomenon of street children in Romania, including those with drug addiction. The project will create approximately 20 centres for 300 children in day or night facilities (shelters and emergency reception centres etc.) and will assure the training of social workers and social assistants in specific activities, especially in the field of prevention and elimination of drug addiction. Due to the lack of experience in the field of prevention and elimination of drug addiction among the street children, training programmes will be carried out for around 150 social workers and social assistants, especially in the field of prevention and elimination of drug addiction. The total number of beneficiaries is expected to be around 3,000 in 3 years of functioning. The project shall support the National Authority for the Protection of the Child Rights (NAPCR) to identify, finance and monitor community-based de-centralized sub-projects such as: - day and night shelters and emergency reception and assessment centres for street children; - networks of social street workers and social assistants; Summarizing, at the legal frame level, acknowledging the need to regulate the specific issue of the street children phenomenon, Romania substantially developed its legal frame in the last years, with normative acts which cover multiple areas of intervention, stipulating measures and concrete actions for the improvement of the situation of street children, such as: The Order no. 132/2005 for the approval of the minimum compulsory standards for the services destined for the protection of street children, Order no.100/2006 for the approval of the Action Plan framework for the social reintegration of street children, for the period 2006-2008, Law no.388/2006 for the ratification of the Framework Loan Agreement between Romania and the Development bank of the Europe Council, for financing the project The Street Children Initiative Law no.678/2001 subsequently modified and completed for the prevention and fight against traffic of human beings Government Decision no. 1295/2004 on the approval of the National Action Plan for the prevention and fighting the children trafficking National Anti-drug Strategy 2005-2012 The complexity of the phenomenon children/teenagers on the street needs a unitary, inter-institutional and inter-sector approach. The levels of responsibility are complementary and can be regrouped according to the following scheme: - Nationally, the National Authority for the Protection of the Childs Rights NAPCR (MMFES), The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administrative Reform (MIRA), The Ministry of Public Health (MSP), The Ministry of Education, Research and Youth (MECT), The National Anti-drug Agency (ANA), The National Agency against the Traffic of Persons (ANITP). - At county level, the General Direction of Social Assistance and Child Protection, with responsibilities and handling of the issue of street children. Within each GDSACP there are specialized compartments of street children. At the level of DGAS of the Bucharest municipality, subordinated to the Mayors Office of the Capital, operates the Centers of Coordination and Informing regarding the State of Street Children. Furthermore, the National Agency Against the Traffic in human beings established in the counties according to the effective law on the legal organization , 15 Regional Centers against the Traffic of Human Beings. At the level of statistics data, if in 2000 it was estimated a number of approximately 2500 children of the street, of which in Bucharest approximately 700 (their number varying from season to season), as a consequence of the measures taken, the number of street children dropped. After the estimates of the street social workers, as well as after the Police reports, at the end of 2005 there were approximately 400 children of the street in Bucharest, and at the level of the entire country approximately 1700. At 30.06.2007 the total number of street children was of 1393, out of which: - children living in the street with their family - 150; - children living in the streets without their families - 436; -children working on the streets and returning to their families at nights- 807 607 have benefited of services in the first semester of 2007, 300 day and nights shelters, 120 emergency centers and 187 other types of services destined to street children. At the end of the 2007 the total number of street children was of 1033 out of which: - children living in the street with their family 119; - children living in the streets without their families 279; -children working on the streets and returning to their families at nights- 635 The Romanian governmental approach on policies/measures addressed to the children in special risk of social exclusion is underlined by the provisions of the Governmental Decision no. 1827/2005 regarding the approval of the National Plan Against Poverty and for the promotion of Social Inclusion during 2006-2008. This plan comprise at the 11 point Children in risk situation specific objectives and determines the necessary activities to put in practice these objectives. For the achieving of his mission, the plan has the following main objectives: decreasing of the street children number assistance for the children major risk situation(victims or potential victims of the abuse, neglect, exploitation, traffic of persons and of the other types of violence against the child) increasing of the school attendance level for the children who come from the rural environment, poor families, roma families, separated families. prevention of the separation of the child from its parents decreasing of the children number, separated temporary or definitive from its parents. decreasing of number of children cases without identity papers decreasing of the abandoned children number In particular to tackling street children's needs, the plan provides several sub-objectives: establishment of one inter-ministries system of monitoring and control for this phenomenon. development of integrated services for street children(information and coordination centre, social service on the street, day care centre, day and night shelters, implementation of a monitoring system of this phenomenon, development and diversification of prevention services The implications of the EU membership on the situation of street children and the related policies. The issue of street children exceed the national framework and requires a comprehensive European approach. From this reason the Member States must design an efficient collaboration mechanism and the national policies must converge in one European strategy on street children . A recent phenomena which confronts Romania is that generated by the opening of the states borders as a consequence of accessing the EU, a moment that signifies also a new setting up of the labor reports towards the Romanian citizens. Attracted by the opportunity of a better income, justified by the desire to offer a better life stile to the family many families choose to leave the country abroad, leaving the children at home in the care of the relatives, extended family even state institutions. Some of these children are vulnerable and may become potential street children. Also, the free movement of persons, attracts the vulnerable category of street children accompanied or not by their families and living in poor condition. Initially disregarded at its true value, this phenomena has become a real reason of concern for the authorities. Thus a number of actions has been initiated, and together with a simultaneous applications of new instruments in order to provide adequate strategies adapted to the real needs of these beneficiaries. I conclude with the expectation that working all professional together: parents, doctors, judges, policy makers, parliamentarians or citizens we will succeed to find adequate solutions for this complex issue of street children. Before concluding, let me congratulate once again our host for the opportunity to exchange experiences and her contribution to bring the social inclusion policies closer to the specific needs of this marginalized group of these children. Thank you very much! PAGE  PAGE 1 *+,CD~k 5 6 = > =.')°ʂwmcXX6\]mHnHsH H*\mHnHsH CJH*\mH sH 6CJ\]mH sH  CJ\aJ5KHOJPJQJ\5OJQJ\mH sH 5KHOJPJQJ\mH sH "5KHOJPJQJ\aJmH sH \mHnHsH CJ\mH sH CJ\CJ\]aJ 5>*CJ5CJ]aJ *5CJ]aJ5CJ 5CJaJ!+,CD~PQhkl7 8 ( 6 > $$ & F W^`Wa$ $$a$$a$ $7$8$H$a$KK> ? =>./23G> $$ & Fxa$ $$xa$ $[$\$a$` d1$G$`$a$>fg7War#t#S$T$r&v&|&&&Ź߯ygTgTg%5H*KHOJPJQJ\aJmH sH "5KHOJPJQJ\aJmH sH \mHnHsH0J5CJaJmH sH CJ\aJmHsH CJPJ\CJ\mH sH CJ\aJmH sH CJ\aJ mH sH 5OJQJ\mH sH "5KHOJPJQJ\aJmH sH \mHnHsH CJOJQJ\mH sH 6\]mHnHsH \]mHnHsH  9NgXS!T!S$T$$ & Fa$$a$ $[$\$a$ $$a$ $$ & Fxa$&&&&H'J')+)+*+E+M,,,//111K2P23*3-455999:ssis[sMs>*B*CJ\mH phsH 6B*CJ\mH phsH >*CJ\mH sH B*CJ\mH phsH \mHnHsH "5KHOJPJQJ\aJmH sH CJ\ CJPJ\CJ\mH sH CJPJ\aJmHsHCJPJ\aJ5OJQJ\aJmH sH CJOJQJ\mH sH "5KHOJPJQJ\aJmH sH %5H*KHOJPJQJ\aJmH sH T$H'J')d))t*++,.l.#/ $$xa$$ & p@ P !a$ $$ & Fa$$$h`ha$ $[$\$a$ $$a$ #////111L2334,4-455y6z6 8!88$ & Fa$$a$S$$  Eƀ x()^a$88:::G;;;<<<<=Q=====?? @6@@AAB $$ & F1$a$$$1$a$  d1$G$$a$:<<==->.>Z>[> AAAABBTDUDDDEII5J6JJJKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKŽŵ0JmHnHu0J j0JUB*CJ\aJphCJ\]aJmHsHCJ\]aJmH sH CJ\]aJOJQJ\^J *CJ\]aJCJ\mH sH  CJ\aJ >*CJ\ 5>*CJB*CJ\mH phsH CJ\ CJ\aJ*BYBBB?CCDTDUDDDDEEH$IIIIJKKK$H$]^a$ $H$]a$$a$$ & Fa$$a$ $$ & F1$a$KKKKKKKKKKKh]h&`#$$a$ $h^`ha$ 1h/ =!"#$% i8@8 NormalCJ_HaJmH sH tHN@N Titlu 1$<@&5CJ KH OJQJ\^JaJ BA@B Font de paragraf implicitHP@H Corp text 2$a$CJaJmHnHsH uHOH TxBr_p0$ d1$G$a$ aJmH sH `@` Text not de subsol $xa$CJOJQJaJmH sH tH (O!( linie1 5\phNO2N Ant-e5$7$8$9D@& H$CJKH\^JaJmH sH N^@BN Normal (Web)dd[$\$OJPJQJmHsHD&@QD Referinc not de subsolH*J @bJ Subsol$ p#xa$CJOJQJaJtH 4B@r4 Corp text$a$mH sH .U@. Hyperlink >*B*phHQ@H Corp text 3 7$8$H$>*CJOJQJ^J.)@. Numr de pagin<V@< HyperlinkParcurs >*B* phF h +,CD~PQhkl78(6>?= >   . / 23G>9NgXSTS T ""$d$$t%&&')l)#****1,,L-../,/-/00y1z1 3!333555G66677778Q88888:: ;6;;<<=Y===?>>?T?U????@@C$DDDDEFFFFFFFFF0000000000000000000 0 0 0 000000@0@0@0@0@0@00@0@0@0@00000 0 0 0 0 0 00000 0 0 0 0000000000000000 0 0 0000000000 0 0 0 0 0 00000000000@0@0@0@0@0@0@0@0@0@0@0@0@000000 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 0  0 00000000000000000@0@0@0 0 &:K'+-1> T$#/8BKK(*,./023K) !! _Hlt181160345 _Hlt181160346 . .F@@..F6=v { ty!!j"n"p"y"{"""""""")),,P-V-..h0m0o0t00011o1t12$2l2p2a<e<m?o?VAXAFFFhths(+6=x $9?OYV_%*(***8-D---33/676I6Q666668 8S8[888:0: ;;6;@;;;<<<<="=Y=c===?>J>>>?(?U??@@2C:CCC=D@DFFF3333333333333333333333333333333333333333336>FFFMonalisa CirsteaGD:\Monalisa\DOCUMENTE\Copii strazii Bruxelles\Presentation document.docMonalisa CirsteaC:\Documents and Settings\Monalisa Cirstea\Application Data\Microsoft\Word\Salvare cu recuperare automat pentru Presentation document.asdMonalisa CirsteaC:\Documents and Settings\Monalisa Cirstea\Application Data\Microsoft\Word\Salvare cu recuperare automat pentru Presentation document.asdMonalisa CirsteaC:\Documents and Settings\Monalisa Cirstea\Application Data\Microsoft\Word\Salvare cu recuperare automat pentru Presentation document.asdMonalisa CirsteaC:\Documents and Settings\Monalisa Cirstea\Application Data\Microsoft\Word\Salvare cu recuperare automat pentru Presentation document.asdMonalisa CirsteaC:\Documents and Settings\Monalisa Cirstea\Application Data\Microsoft\Word\Salvare cu recuperare automat pentru Presentation document.asdMonalisa CirsteaC:\Documents and Settings\Monalisa Cirstea\Application Data\Microsoft\Word\Salvare cu recuperare automat pentru Presentation document.asdMonalisa CirsteaC:\Documents and Settings\Monalisa Cirstea\Application Data\Microsoft\Word\Salvare cu recuperare automat pentru Presentation document.asdMonalisa CirsteaC:\Documents and Settings\Monalisa Cirstea\Application Data\Microsoft\Word\Salvare cu recuperare automat pentru Presentation document.asdMonalisa CirsteaC:\Documents and Settings\Monalisa Cirstea\Application Data\Microsoft\Word\Salvare cu recuperare automat pentru Presentation document.asd :j_z%i#Cb*)2r8V3.xEJ/H|&K^XN:FeYR5nHjv~?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVXYZ[\]^`abcdefiRoot Entry F Vdk1Table5BWordDocument"hSummaryInformation(WDocumentSummaryInformation8_CompObjjObjectPool Vd Vd  FDocument Microsoft Word MSWordDocWord.Document.89q