Tweet
UNICEF, ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT DISCUSS INTEGRATED SOCIAL SERVICES TO REDUCE POVERTY
ARMRADIO.AM
24.02.2012 16:40
UNICEF and the Government of Armenia convened today a high-level
conference to discuss integrated social services model as a way to
reduce poverty and ensure full access of the most vulnerable families
to social support and protection services.
"This conference represents a major milestone in the progress of a
strategic reform which we all consider determinant for the improvement
of lives of the most vulnerable families and children in Armenia,"
UNICEF Representative in Armenia, Henriette Ahrens said, addressing
high-level participants, including Prime Minister, Deputy Prime
Minister and Minister of Labour and Social Issues of Armenia.
"Our objective is to put in place a system where individuals can come
to one place and receive all possible information and services they
need. We need a system where social protection offices and social
workers will have comprehensive information about the needs of each
vulnerable family," Armenia's Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan said,
addressing the conference participants.
The Prime Minister noted that the Government of Armenia has shifted
its policy of provision of income for vulnerable families onto a
policy of strengthening resilience of vulnerable families through
building up their human capacity. Social inequity stems from two
main reasons that are unemployment and inaccessibility of education,
the Prime Minister stressed.
"Budgetary resources will be channeled to provide socially and
economically vulnerable families with employment and quality
education," the Prime Minister said.
ARMRADIO.AM
24.02.2012 16:40
UNICEF and the Government of Armenia convened today a high-level
conference to discuss integrated social services model as a way to
reduce poverty and ensure full access of the most vulnerable families
to social support and protection services.
"This conference represents a major milestone in the progress of a
strategic reform which we all consider determinant for the improvement
of lives of the most vulnerable families and children in Armenia,"
UNICEF Representative in Armenia, Henriette Ahrens said, addressing
high-level participants, including Prime Minister, Deputy Prime
Minister and Minister of Labour and Social Issues of Armenia.
"Our objective is to put in place a system where individuals can come
to one place and receive all possible information and services they
need. We need a system where social protection offices and social
workers will have comprehensive information about the needs of each
vulnerable family," Armenia's Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan said,
addressing the conference participants.
The Prime Minister noted that the Government of Armenia has shifted
its policy of provision of income for vulnerable families onto a
policy of strengthening resilience of vulnerable families through
building up their human capacity. Social inequity stems from two
main reasons that are unemployment and inaccessibility of education,
the Prime Minister stressed.
"Budgetary resources will be channeled to provide socially and
economically vulnerable families with employment and quality
education," the Prime Minister said.