Berat Observatory – November 14, 2011

The Observatory of Children’s Rights – Berat brings into the attention of the other local actors the Draft – “Plan of Action 2011 – 2015 on the National Strategy for Children” formulated by MOLSAEO ( Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities ). Moreover the Observatory has taken into account the actor’s opinion regarding this draft. Some of the Local Institutions that participated in the discussion about the Plan of Action were: NSSD (National Social Services Directorate), SSD (Social Services Directorate of Municipality of Berat), Social Services of Municipality of Berat, Protection Unit of Children’s Rights in Berat, Save the Children, RSS (Regional Social Service), the Prefecture Unit of Protection of Children’s Rights and Protection Unit of Children’s Rights in Kucove Municipality. The Institutions expressed their opinion about some possible improvements in the Draft–Plan of Action:

• To think of a solution how to collect the fines, which will serve as a punishment measure, in order to increase the efficiency of the law.
• To increase Institutional Collaboration in order to manage the individual cases which is one of the most important issues of Children’s Rights, and must be regulated with sublegal acts and not with Formal Institutional Agreement.
• In order to have an effective psychologist’s intervention at school, it’s necessary to have a psychologist in every school during all the days of the week.