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1 ACTION PLAN National Child Strategy of Albania Objective Measure Timeline Agency Responsible Budget 1. Establishing institutional structures and ensuring financial resources and human capacity towards the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child 1.1 Establish GCC as institution to monitor and coordinate implementation of NCS and CRC Nov. 2005 CM, UNICEF, MLSA Equipment, UNICEF; Salaries, state budget 1.2 Establish special dedicated structures for child protection at local level; strengthen capacity of existing and newly established structures 2005 2006 GCC, LM, LGUs, NGOs Salaries, LGUs; training, NGOs, donors 1.3 Strengthen Child Sector at OO 2005 2008 OO SIDA 1.4 Define status of every structure engaged with child protection and ensure cooperation and coordination among IMC, LM, GCC, LGUs, OO and NGOs May 2006 CM, GCC, LGUs, OO, NGOs No costs 1.5 CM reviews once a year the implementation of the Action Plan under the National Child Strategy Yearly CM, GCC, LM No costs 1.6 Annual Conference on Child Rights Every June CM, GCC, UNICEF GCC, UNICEF 1.7 Educate public on child protection structures and respective duties and responsibilities Oct. 2005 May 2006 GCC, UNICEF, NGOs According to allocated budgets 1.8 Publish report of Albanian Government submitted to Committee on the Rights of the Child in Geneva (Jan. 2005) and recommendations of Committee Oct. 2005 MFA, UNICEF UNICEF 1.9 Publish CRC in Albanian and in minority languages, distribute to children, parents, people working with and for children at both local and central levels Jan. June 2006 GCC, MFA, UNICEF, NGOs UNICEF 1.10 Establish and strengthen capacity of Student Government and Youth Parliament 2005 2008 MCYS, MES, LGUs, NGOs No costs 1.11 Coordinate national policies for children and youth; incorporate policies into development programmes at all levels of central and local government 2005 2008 GCC, MCYS, LGUs, UNICEF, NGOs No costs

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ACTION PLAN

National Child Strategy of Albania

Objective Measure Timeline Agency Responsible Budget

1.

Establishing

institutional

structures and

ensuring financial

resources and

human capacity

towards the

implementation of

the Convention on

the Rights of the

Child

1.1 Establish GCC as institution to monitor and coordinate

implementation of NCS and CRC Nov. 2005 CM, UNICEF, MLSA

Equipment,

UNICEF; Salaries,

state budget

1.2

Establish special dedicated structures for child protection at

local level; strengthen capacity of existing and newly

established structures

2005 – 2006 GCC, LM, LGUs, NGOs

Salaries, LGUs;

training, NGOs,

donors

1.3 Strengthen Child Sector at OO 2005 – 2008 OO SIDA

1.4

Define status of every structure engaged with child

protection and ensure cooperation and coordination among

IMC, LM, GCC, LGUs, OO and NGOs

May 2006 CM, GCC, LGUs, OO,

NGOs No costs

1.5 CM reviews once a year the implementation of the Action

Plan under the National Child Strategy Yearly CM, GCC, LM No costs

1.6 Annual Conference on Child Rights Every June CM, GCC, UNICEF GCC, UNICEF

1.7 Educate public on child protection structures and respective

duties and responsibilities

Oct. 2005 –

May 2006 GCC, UNICEF, NGOs

According to

allocated budgets

1.8

Publish report of Albanian Government submitted to

Committee on the Rights of the Child in Geneva (Jan. 2005)

and recommendations of Committee

Oct. 2005 MFA, UNICEF UNICEF

1.9

Publish CRC in Albanian and in minority languages,

distribute to children, parents, people working with and for

children at both local and central levels

Jan. – June

2006

GCC, MFA, UNICEF,

NGOs UNICEF

1.10 Establish and strengthen capacity of Student Government

and Youth Parliament 2005 – 2008

MCYS, MES, LGUs,

NGOs No costs

1.11

Coordinate national policies for children and youth;

incorporate policies into development programmes at all

levels of central and local government

2005 – 2008 GCC, MCYS, LGUs,

UNICEF, NGOs No costs

2

Objective Measure Timeline Agency Responsible Budget

1.12

Establish and strengthen capacities of contact points charged

with youth and children issues at every municipality and

regional centre

2005 – 2006 GCC, MCYS, UNICEF,

NGOs, AAM

According to budgets

allocated by

municipalities and

donors

1.13

Build awareness and education through media to end of

respecting child rights, targeting parents, teachers and public

officials

Oct. 2005 –

June 2006 GCC, DPA, Media

According to

allocated budget,

donors

1.14 Include CRC in training programme for public employees

and teachers 2005 onwards TIPA, TTC, NGOs No additional costs

1.15

Support school-run programmes and projects designed to

strengthen child and community participation in school

affairs

2005 – 2010 MES, MCYS, NGOs

According to

allocated budgets,

donors

1.16

Reorganize dental, medical and psycho-social services for

school children through establishment of multi-disciplinary

agencies

2005 – 2010 MES, MH, MLSA,

University, LGUs

According to

allocated budgets,

donors

1.17

Establish network of multi-disciplinary specialists at

municipality level to supply services to the benefit of

children’s physical and mental welfare

2005 – 2010 MES, MLSA, MH,

MLGD, LGUs

No additional costs,

donors

1.18 Implement pilot project for setting up multi-disciplinary

teams in Tirana schools in academic year 2006 – 07

Oct. 2005 –

July 2006

MES, MLGD, MH, MF,

Tirana Municipality

No additional costs,

Tirana Municipality,

donors

2.

Equal chances for

all children,

irrespective of

gender, race,

ethnicity, age,

health condition,

birth status,

mental and/or

health disability

2.1

Publish and distribute free of charge and as widely as

possible NCS, Action Plan and legal package concerning

child rights

Dec. 2005 –

March 2006 GCC, UNICEF UNICEF

2.2

Draw up input of children-oriented NGOs with regard to

changes in laws, bylaws, directly or indirectly affecting

children wellbeing; publish changes in media

Continuous CM, LM, LGUs No budget costs,

donors

2.3 Design Child Code 2006 – 2008 GCC, MJ, MLSA Earmarked budgets,

donors

2.4 Incorporate into curricula of APO and 1-year PI topics on

familiarization with and respect for child rights Oct. 2005 MPO, PI, APO, NGOs

No budgetary costs,

donors

3

Objective Measure Timeline Agency Responsible Budget

2.5

Improve legislation designed to protect children of 14 – 18

years of age, with regard to education, employment,

services, etc.

2006 – 2007 MJ, MLSA, MES,

MYCS, MPO

Earmarked budgets,

donors

3.

Increase in child

participation and

respect for child

opinion in family,

at school and in

community

3.1 Campaign to educate parents with knowledge on child rights

in family 2005 – 2010 GCC, UNICEF, NGOs

As per earmarked

budgets

3.2

Train teachers, local government officials and public order

officers on child rights with particular focus on children

below 10 years of age

2005 – 2008 GCC, ALGT, UNICEF,

NGOs

As per earmarked

budgets

4.

Produce child

friendly

information

4.1 Review legislation designed to protect children from

inappropriate and harmful information Dec. 2006

GCC, MJ, CART,

Media, UNICEF, NGOs

As per earmarked

budgets, donors

4.2 Cooperate with media to protect children from inappropriate

and harmful information 2005 – 2010

GCC, CART, Media,

UNICEF, NGOs

No additional costs,

donors

4.3 Train journalists to report on child issues; create efficient

reporting network on child issues 2005 – 2006

GCC, CART, JA,

UNICEF, NGOs

As per earmarked

budgets, donors

5.

Protect children

from violence and

abuse

5.1 Establish referral system for child abuse cases

Oct. 2005 –

June 2006

onwards (?)

LM, IPH, GCC,LGUs,

NGOs

UNICEF, donors,

allocated budgets

5.2 Establish Help Lines for Children in 12 municipalities

serving as regional centres

2005 – Dec.

2006 onwards

(?)

GCC, MLSA, AAM,

UNICEF, NGOs

UNICEF, donors,

LGU budgets

5.3 Design child service standards in institutions, day-care and

custody centres 2006 – 2010 MLSA, LM, LGUs

No additional

budgetary funds,

donors

5.4 Define status of social worker, psychologist and promote

role in protecting child from abuse, violence, maltreatment 2006

MLSA, FSS, LGUs,

NGOs

No additional

budgetary costs,

donors

5.5

Transfer pre-detention under the Justice Ministry and

provide for treatment of detained children by specialized

staff

Dec. 2005 MJ, MPO No additional costs,

donors

4

Objective Measure Timeline Agency Responsible Budget

5.6

Establish and enforce sanctions to guarantee protection of

child from abuse, use of force in Commissariats, pre-

detention points, prisons and other institutions where

children are kept in state custody

2005 – Feb.

2006 MJ, MPO, MLSA, LGUs No costs, donors

5.7

Report to CM on child situation and measures taken to

protect children from abuse while in custody of state

institutions

March 2006 GCC, LM No costs

5.8

Commission studies on child abuse, violence and

maltreatment in family to identify causes, typology of

practices and design policies and interventions to counter

violence against children

2005 – 2008 GCC, MES, MLSA,

LGUs, NGOs, SRC No costs, donors

5.9 Establish centres for psycho-physical rehabilitation of

abused and battered children 2005 – 2010

MLSA, MES, MPO,

GCC, LGUs, NGOs

Donors, earmarked

budgets, LGU

budgets

5.10 Establish child courts Dec. 2006 MJ, MPO, GCC,

UNICEF

Centrally earmarked,

donors, UNICEF

5.11 Ban publishing of personal data on detained children 2005 MPO, MJ, CART No costs

5.12 Ban access to personal data of children who fall victim to

abuse, crime, suicide, etc. 2005 onwards MPO, Media No budgetary costs

6.

Ensure child

welfare in natural

family

environment or in

alternative care

environments with

priority focus on

foster families

6.1 Review family reunification procedures in light of general

principles of CRC 2005 – 2006 MJ, MFA, MPO No budgetary costs

6.2 Transfer child residential care centres under LGUs 2005 – 2007 MLSA, MLGD, LGUs No budgetary costs

6.3

As part of decentralization of social services, establish new

communal services for children for every region and

municipality

2005 – 2010 MLSA, LGUs, NGOs Donors, central and

LGU allocations

6.4

Transform residential centres to alternative care centres,

such as foster homes, foster families, custody services,

adoption services, etc, to improve child’s living conditions

and promote integration; offer alternative services to prevent

placement of children in institutions

2006 – 2010 MLSA, NGOs Donors, central and

LGU allocations

5

Objective Measure Timeline Agency Responsible Budget

6.5

Implement standards and procedures to provide information

to children with regard to decisions that may affect their life;

take steps to ensure child participation in such decision-

making; decisions regarding child departure from

institutions or child academic choices

2005 – 2010 MLSA, GCC, MLSA,

MLGD, LGUs No budgetary costs

6.6

Promote new alternative services for children such as those

piloted by NGOs through seminars, round-tables, TV

programmes, leaflets, publicity spots, etc.

Continuous MLSA, GCC, NGOs,

LGUs

Donors, no budgetary

costs

6.7 Set up counselling services to educate young mothers not to

abandon children in maternity homes after giving birth 2005 onwards

MLSA, GCC, NGOs,

LGUs

State budget, NGOs,

donors, LGU budgets

6.8 Design special programmes to empower children for

independent life once they depart from care institutions 2005 – 2010

MLSA, GCC, NGOs,

LGUs

According to

provisions made in

budget

6.9

Improve and complete legal basis concerning adoption

regime, custody regimes, as well as requirements to be met

by adopted and guardian families and kind of support that

should be granted

2006 onwards MLSA, GCC, NGOs,

LGUs, AC

Government Budget,

World Bank and

other donors

6.10 Ensure guardian families at local level; train them to offer

services in accordance with care standards 2006 onwards

MLSA, GCC, NGOs,

LGUs

Government budget,

donors

7.

Improve adoption

legislation

7.1 Report to the CM with regard to situation of adoptions in

Albania Feb. 2006 MJ, AC

No additional

budgetary costs,

donors

7.2 Ensure financial and human resources for implementation

and monitoring of child legislation 2005 onwards MJ, GCC, NGOs

No additional

budgetary costs,

donors

7.3 Train professionals engaged in this process 2005 onwards MJ, LMs, GCC, LGUs,

NGOs

No additional costs,

donors

7.4

Conduct inter-country adoptions in accordance with Article

21 of CRC, which requires that they be considered only in

view of the best interests of the child, if s/he cannot be

placed in adoptive family in country of origin and only if

and when safeguards and standards are in place

2005 onwards AC No additional costs,

donors

6

Objective Measure Timeline Agency Responsible Budget

8.

Create equal

opportunities for

children with

disabilities

8.1

Detect children with disabilities at earliest possible stage and

take steps to ensure equal chances for education and social

integration

2006 onwards MH, MES, MLSA,

NGOs, LGUs No costs, donors

8.2 Increase services for disabled children and their families at

local government level 2005 onwards MLSA, LGUs, NGOs

Central and LGU

allocations, donors

8.3 Educate public to end of changing social attitudes with

regard to disabilities, especially child disabilities 2005 onwards GCC, Media, NGOs No costs, donors

8.4

Establish model communal services for children with

disabilities, in cooperation with domestic and foreign NGOs

and specialized international organizations

2005 onwards MLSA, LGUs, NGOs

various agencies

Central and LGU

allocations, donors

9.

Provide quality

education for all

9.1 Develop and implement new education plans and new

curricula for compulsory 9-year education 2005 – 2008 MES, ICS No costs, donors

9.2 Pilot new curricula for years 10 – 12 2009 – 2010 MES, ICS, RED, EO No costs, donors

9.3 Improve school infrastructure through school construction

and school rehabilitation 2005 – 2010

MES, RED, EO

municipalities,

communes, TTC

Central and LGU

allocations, donors

9.4 Implement new standards of education subject matter for 70

% of 3 – 5 year old children in pre-primary education 2005 – 2010 MES, RED, LGUs No costs

9.5 Provide necessary teaching materials for pre-primary

institutions 2006 – 2010 MES, RED, EO

Central and LGU

allocations, donors

9.6 Provide necessary teaching materials for compulsory and

secondary education 2005 – 2010 MES, RED, EO No costs

9.7 Create conditions for children of minority groups to learn in

their mother tongue 2005 – 2010 MES, SCM

Central and LGU

allocations, donors

9.8

Provide for inclusive education for children with disabilities;

establish 60 integrated pre-primary and 70 (?integrated

primary?) schools

2006 – 2010 MES, RED Central and LGU

allocations, donors

9.9 Establish 12 model integrated kindergartens and 12 model

integrated schools to receive children with disabilities 2005 – 2007

MES, RED, EO, ICS,

TTC, ECC, NSCUDR,

ADRF, respective

institutes

No costs, donors

7

Objective Measure Timeline Agency Responsible Budget

9.10 Enrol Roma children in kindergartens and compulsory

education 2005 – 2010

MES, RED, EO, ECC,

ADRF, NCCUDR,

NGOs

No costs, donors

9.11 Implement MES project “Second Chance” for dropout

children, isolated children and children involved in labour 2005 – 2010 MES, RED, EO, NGOs No costs, donors

9.12 Design custom-tailored programmes for Albanian language,

culture, history and geography for emigrant children 2005 – 2007

MLSA, MFA, MES,

NGOs

MES allocations,

donors

10.

Improve teacher

qualifications and

teacher training

10.1 Develop a teacher database as part of EMIS 2006 MES No costs, donors

10.2 Create and strengthen in-service teacher training agencies 2007 MES, TTC, RED, EO No costs, donors

10.3 Review and renovate teacher training curricula in general

and training curricula for unqualified teachers in particular 2006 – 2007 MES, TTC, RED, EO

According to

allocations

10.4 Develop a teacher quality assurance system 2008 – 2010 MES, TTC, University According to

allocations

11.

Upgrade school

infrastructure

11.1 Rehabilitate 250 school facilities per year 2005 – 2010 MES, LGUs According to

allocations

11.2 Construct 50 new schools per year 2005 – 2010 MES, LGUs According to

allocations

11.3

Reconstruct school facilities to accommodate the needs of

disabled children in accordance with contemporary child

disability standards

2005 – 2010 MES, LGUs According to

allocations

11.4 Construct new schools in accordance with contemporary

standards to accommodate needs of disabled children 2005 – 2010 MES, LGUs

According to

allocations

11.5 Set standards for school maintenance 2005 – 2007 MES, LGUs, NGOs According to

allocations

12.

Improve child

access to

information

technology

12.1

Produce new textbooks to implement new curricula and

design standards for alternative textbooks to provide greater

choice in information selection

2005 – 2008 MES, ICS, Universities MES allocations

12.2 Computerization of schools towards better information

provision 2005 onwards MES, RED, EO MES allocations

12.3

Ensure free of charge textbooks for students in compulsory

education and students in secondary education in 40 poor

communes ?80

2005 onwards MES, RED MES allocations

8

Objective Measure Timeline Agency Responsible Budget

12.4

Publish supplemental literature to enable implementation of

cross-curricular and extra-curricular activities to teach child

rights

2005 onwards ICS, TTC MES allocations

13.

Incorporate child

rights in every

school activity

13.1 Create a network of Resource Centres for Child Rights in

compulsory education schools 2006 – 2010 MES, RED, EO, ACHR No costs, donors

13.2 Plan extra-curricular activities to teach child rights 2006 – 2010 RED, EO, 9-year schools According to

allocations

13.3 Hold contests at prefecture and national level to promote

knowledge of child rights 2006 – 2010 MES, ICS, RED, EO MES, LGUs

13.4 Hold summer schools for enhancing knowledge on child

rights 2006 – 2010 RED, EO, LGUs, NGOs

According to

allocations

13.5 Commission a study to identify roots and intensity of

violence against pupils and between pupils at school 2006 – 2007 MES, ICS, RED, EO

MES allocations,

donors

14.

Increase child

participation in

school level

decision-making

14.1 Support projects designed to strengthen student decision-

making at school 2006 – 2010 MES, RED, EO, NGOs Donors

14.2

Strengthen participation of Student Government in decision-

making in class and at school level also through review and

amendment of school normative acts

2007 – 2008 MES, RED, EO,

Schools, NGOs No costs

15.

Improve

management

information system

of education sector

15.1 Pilot EMIS in 100 schools 2007 MES, RED According to

allocations

15.2

Establish, initially in towns serving as regional centres,

system of information for parents on child attendance and

progress

2005 – 2006 MES, RED, LGUs,

NGOs Donors

15.3

Prepare and periodically publish detailed information on

children who drop out of school (isolated children, working

children, failing children, etc.)

2005 onwards MES, RED, EO According to

allocations

16.

Create conditions

conducive to child

entertainment

16.1 Design city plans so as to provide for playground and

recreation facilities for every apartment block 2005 – 2010

Council for Territorial

Regulation of the

Republic of Albania

(MTAT?), NGOs

No costs

16.2

Re-operationalize and improve children cultural centres;

create agencies for developing child and youth gifts and

talents

2005 – 2007 MCYS, LGUs, NGOs LGU allocations,

donors

9

Objective Measure Timeline Agency Responsible Budget

16.3

Organize quality sports competitions for nine-year and

secondary schools with broad participation of children and

youth

2005 onwards MCYS, MES, LGUs,

NGOs

According to

allocations

16.4 Establish culture and art’s groups at schools 2005 – 2006 MCYS, MES, LGUs,

NGOs

According to

allocations, donors

16.5

Reactivate sports clubs at school level by restoring tradition

of sports classes and chain team system for all kinds of

sports

2005 – 2007 MES, MCYS, LGUs No costs

16.6 Hold song, theatre and painting festival at all levels:

prefecture, national, Balkan and European Continuous MCYS, MES, LGUs

According to

allocations, donors

16.7 Send children to the marathon of peoples (?) Annual MCYS, LGUs, RED According to

allocations

16.8 Formulate necessary legal basis and policies to foster new

talents at local and central level Dec 2006 MES, MCYS, LGUs No costs

16.9 Enhance book stocks in children libraries; organize fairs to

promote literature for children 2005 – 2010

MCYS, MES, LGUs,

NGOs

Budget allocations,

donors

17.

Prevention,

protection and

integration of

trafficked children

and unescorted

children

17.1 Establish referral system for trafficked and unescorted

children 2005 – 2009

MPO, MLSA, OO,

NGOs

MPO allocations,

MLSA

17.2

Cooperate with neighbouring countries to ensure official

information on unescorted and trafficked children; exchange

information with regard to intervention measures

2005 – 2010 MPO, GDSP, MFA,

GCC

According to

allocations

17.3

Implement the National Action Plan in the Fight against

Child Trafficking for the prevention, protection and

voluntary and assisted repatriation and re-integration of

trafficked children

2005 onwards LMs Budget allocation,

17.4

Establish a child-dedicated structure at the Prosecutor’s

Office to investigate disappeared children assisted by ME,

MLSA and MPO

Dec 2005 MES, MLSA, MPO,

NGOs, GPO Budget allocation

17.5

Return to school of trafficked children and those at risk of

being trafficked who have not completed compulsory

education; enhance opportunities for professional training of

children and youth

2005 onwards MES, LGUs, NGOs Budget allocations,

donors

10

Objective Measure Timeline Agency Responsible Budget

18.

Systematic

reduction in

number of working

children

18.1

Collect and publish biannually data on children involved in

labour; report number of working children periodically to

the Child Labour Unit

Continuous LI, CLU, ILO/IPEC According to

allocations

18.2 Incorporate the goal of elimination of child labour in the

overall national development programmes 2005 – 2010 CM, LMs, ILO/IPEC

According to

allocations

18.3 Survey issues of begger children; recommend necessary

interventions on legal, administrative and economic planes 2005 – 2006

GCC, MLSA, ILO/IPEC,

NGOs Donors

18.4

Enforce law on compulsory education; return dropouts to

school to complete compulsory education; enhance

professional training alternatives for working age children

2006 MES, LGUs, RED,

NGOs

No costs, (?)

According to

allocations, donors

18.5

Create professional training, employment opportunities for

family members of street children; explore opportunities to

put such families on economic aid schemes

Continuous MLSA, LGUs, NGOs Earmarked budgets

of MLSA and LGUs

19.

Improve mother

and child

healthcare

19.1 Cover 100% of territory with health centres and outpatient

clinics 2005 – 2008 MH MH allocations

19.2 Provide incentives to personnel in rural areas to discourage

tendency to move towards heavily populated centres 2005 – 2008 MH MH allocations

19.3

Monitor rates of maternal, perinatal and infant deaths;

supervise operations of mother and child healthcare services

in primary care system

2005 onwards MH MH allocations

19.4 Review of situation by central Mother and Child

Commission

Quarterly,

biannually,

annually

MH MH allocations

19.5 Improve quality of information gathering and processing,

especially with regard to main indicators of child health 2005 – 2008 MH MH allocations

19.6

Train obstetricians, gynaecologists and midwives with

regard to protocols of medical care for women during

pregnancy and delivery and after birth

2005 onwards MH

MH allocations,

donors, UNICEF,

WHO

19.7

Implement management integrated protocols in outpatient

clinics for childhood diseases (Integrated management of

childhood diseases, WHO/UNICEF Strategy) ?

2005 onwards MH

MH allocations,

donors, UNICEF,

WHO

11

Objective Measure Timeline Agency Responsible Budget

19.8

Monitor breast-feeding situation, violations of law

concerning breast-feeding in governmental health

institutions; spread initiative of “Child friendly hospital” in

country’s maternity homes

2005 – 2010 MH

MH allocations,

donors, UNICEF,

WHO

19.9

Monitor situation with regard to family planning services;

establish information management with regard to safety of

contraceptives

2005 onwards MH MH allocations,

donors, UNFPA

19.10 Train medical personnel on family planning techniques in 18

of country’s districts 2005 – 2008 MH

MH allocations,

JSI/USAID, UNFPA/

US Red Cross

19.11 Implement and reinforce legislation on reproductive health;

formulate decrees, ordinances and relevant bylaws 2005 – 2010 MH MH allocations

19.12 Ensure 100% vaccination coverage for children until 14

years of age; identify problems 2005 – 2008 IPH MH allocations

20.

Improve

knowledge and

awareness of

health among

children

20.1 Train medical personnel (nurses and general practitioners) in

field of health education 2007 MH, IPH MH allocations

20.2 Involve every school in country in network of “Health

Promotion Schools” 2007 MH, IPH MH allocations

20.3 Implement anti-drugs strategy and approve anti-smoking law 2005 – 2008 MH, IPH MH allocations

21.

Enhance child

mental and

physical welfare

with focus on

adolescents

21.1 Train psychiatrists to treat child and adolescent mental

health problems 2007 MH, UHC

MH allocations,

WHO

22.

Improve public

dental services and

increase access to

such services for

22.1 Monitor and control operations of Dental Service 2005 onwards MH MH allocations

22.2 Regular control by the State Dental Inspectorate of public

and private service in all of country’s districts 2005 – 2006 MH MH allocations

22.3 Design a unified dental card; make it valid at UHC and all

points of public service delivery 2005 – 5006 MH, UHC MH allocations

12

Objective Measure Timeline Agency Responsible Budget

children and youth

22.4

Implement project “Education and Prevention: two

important weapons in the fight against caries” in the

nurseries and kindergartens of Tirana; distribute flour tablets

among children in these institutions

2007 MH, Tirana Municipality MH allocations

23.

Monitor

implementation of

National Strategy

on HIV/AIDS;

reduce

transmission

incidence from

mother to child

23.1 Train medical personnel and educate community on the

prevention of HIV transmission 2005 – 2010 MH, IHP

MH allocations,

donors

23.2 Expand concept of youth friendly health services; create

special environments to offer such services 2005 – 2010 MH, IHP

MH allocations,

donors

24.

Improve child

sustenance

24.1 Implement National Action Plan on Food and Nutrition 2005 – 2008 MH MH allocations,

donors

24.2 Prepare diet instructions and normative daily diets 2005 – 2008 MH MH allocations,

UNICEF

24.3 Run awareness campaigns on food and nutrition in schools;

distribute educational materials on healthy diets 2005 – 2008 MH, IPH

MH allocations, MES

allocations, UNICEF

24.4

Teach in compulsory and secondary education special topics

on elimination of iodine deficiency, importance of iodine

supply and prevention of iodine insufficiency

2005 – 2008 MH, MES MH allocations,

UNICEF

24.5 Carry out on-going awareness campaigns on importance of

using iodized salt 2005 onwards MH MH allocations

25.

Create better

environment for

healthy children

25.1 Implement Environmental and Child Health Action Plan as

part of overall Environmental and Health Action Plan 2010

MH in cooperation with

the ME MH allocations

13

Acronyms

AAM, Albanian Association of Municipalities

AC, Adoption Committee

ACHR, Albanian Centre for Human Rights

ADRF, Albanian Disability Rights Foundation

ALGT, Agency of Local Government Training ?LGTI?

APO, Academy of Public Order

CART, Council of Albanian Radio and Television

CM, Council of Ministers

CRC, Convention on the Rights of the Child

(?DHEP, Department for Health Education and Promotion?)

DPA, Department of Public Administration

EO, Education Office

ECC, Every Child Centre

GCC, Government Child Committee

GDSP, General Directorate of State Police

GPO, General Prosecutor’s Office

(?HI, Handicap International?)

ICS, Institute of Curricula and Standards

IMC, Inter-ministerial Committee

IPEC??

IPH, Institute of Public Health

(?ISTTC, In-service Teacher Training Centre?)

JA, Journalists Associations

(?LGTI, Local Government Training Institute?)

LGU, Local Government Unit

LI, Labour Inspectorate

LM, Line Ministry

(?MAF, Ministry of Agriculture and Food?)

MCYS, Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports

MES, Ministry of Education and Science

MF, Ministry of Finance

MFA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

MH, Ministry of Health

MLGD, Ministry of Local Government and Decentralization

MLSA, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

MPO, Ministry of Public Order

MTAT, Ministry of Territorial Adjustment and Tourisms

(?NCCWDR, National Centre for Child Welfare, Development and

Rehabilitation?)

OO, Ombudsman Office

(?PHD, Public Health Directorate?)

PI, Police Institute

(?PSC, Psychological Service Centre ?)

RED, Regional Education Directorate

(?S?SF, Social Sciences Faculty)

SCM, State Committee on Minorities

SRC, Social Research Centre

TIPA, Training Institute for Public Administration

TTC, Teacher Training Centre

UHC, University Hospital Centre