The number of children placed in foster families has increased by 40 percent, announced the Minister of Labor and Social Welfare, Zorica Kovačević, and said that the Ministry will continue to create favorable conditions for children without parental care.
Kovačević met today with the head of the Department for Civil Society, Media and Research in the European Commission (EC), Nikola Bertolini and his associates.
She pointed out that the Government adopted the plan for the transformation of the "Mladost" Children's Home in Bijela, according to which children under the age of three, who are without parental care, will be placed in families.
As announced by the Ministry, Kovačević informed Bertolini about the good cooperation with representatives of the civil sector through their participation in working groups on the drafting of legal and by-laws.
"In the coming period, the Ministry will continue to cooperate in partnership with the representatives of the civil sector, who are also invited to get more actively involved in order to jointly solve all the problems that arise," said Kovačević.
She introduced Bertolini to the continuation of the "Every Child Needs a Family" campaign in cooperation with UNICEF, which is implemented in all cities through the Centers for Social Work, through the "Open Doors" project.
"In order to further strengthen social services, the Ministry will open day care centers in the municipalities of Tivat, Budva, Rožaje and Danilovgrad, in cooperation with local self-governments, so that each municipality will have a day care center," announced Kovačević.
She announced that a regional center for accommodation of children with disabilities who are older than 27 years will be opened in the municipality of Bijelo Polje.
"Next year, the construction of regional centers will begin in the municipalities of Bar and Herceg Novi," Kovačević said.
According to reports, she informed Bertolini about Montenegro's commitment to the activities of the Regional Housing Project, and added that the construction of the building with 61 residential units will be completed ahead of schedule.
As she said, a tender for the construction of 120 housing units in the municipalities of Podgorica and Pljevlja will soon be announced and, together with the EC, the implementation of projects from the Regional Housing Program will continue.
"Bertolini said that the EC is satisfied with all the activities implemented by the Ministry, as well as that the partnership cooperation will continue to be strengthened," the announcement states.
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