The Steering Committee Working Group of the Joint Programme on community-based social services convened on October 21, 2021 its fifth meeting online co-chaired by the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Population of Turkmenistan and UNICEF to review and discuss the Joint Programme implementation.
The participants representing UNICEF, UNDP, UNODC, and UNFPA, and the national stakeholders, including leading national partners such as Mejlis of Turkmenistan, Ministry of Education of Turkmenistan, and Ministry of Health and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan as well as civil society organizations, such as the National Red Crescent Society, Yenme, Keyik Okara, and Deaf and Blind Society of Turkmenistan reviewed the progress of the implementation of the Joint Programme.
The implementing partners presented the initial results of new piloted services including the Provision of primary social services at the etrap level; Specialized social services for children; Specialized social services for the prevention of domestic violence and unwanted pregnancy; Specialized social and medical services at home for people with chronic diseases and Specialized social services for families with teenagers with problematic behavior.
The participats were also briefed on the results of the review of the legal and regulatory framework of Turkmenistan governing social services. The implementation of this component is important to ensure the sustainability of the proposed model of social services at the local level. The development of th national mechanism for cross-sectoral coordination and the organization of economic analysis to ensure that the new community-based social services system is included in the state budget was also discussed.
Resuming the meeting the members of the Working group agreed on further steps to develop the mechanism for the implementation of inclusive social services at the local level.
The Joint Programme “Improving the system of social protection through the introduction of inclusive quality community-based social services”, funded by the Joint SDG Fund, is being implemented by the partnering UN agencies, namely, UNICEF, UNDP, UNFPA, and UNODC and Government of Turkmenistan. The Joint Programme aims to introduce a new model of social services at the community level accompanied by relative legislative reviews and capacity building of the national social service workforce. The lead national partner is the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of Turkmenistan and the lead UN agency is UNICEF. Other key national partners include the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Health and Medical Industry, and Ministry of Finance and Economy.
Implementation period: 2020-2022.
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Source: UN office in Turkmenistan.
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