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part in the multidisciplinary teams during their activities under this Mechanism for
coordination;
Prepares monthly schedules of the social workers on duty and they are provided to the
Regional departments of the Ministry of Interior.
Provide personnel form their subordinate local administration according to the child’s
current address, who are to take part in the local multidisciplinary teams by issuing a
written order which implies the obligations to act and cooperate according to the
current mechanism for coordination;
He/she assigns to the personnel of the local municipality powers and obligations for
carrying out actions and to cooperate on local level according to their competence as
representatives of the Local authorities in the multidisciplinary team;
Supervise the implementation of the goals set, according to art.7 from the Law for
protection of children by the multidisciplinary teams of the local structures and provide
methodological support to the personnel from the municipality who were assigned to
take part in the multidisciplinary teams on behalf of the mayors;
According to the annual reports of the work of the multidisciplinary teams and the its
corresponding analysis, he/she implements and provides in the municipal programmes
for child protection, additional activities in support of the Mechanism for coordination.
In 2010 the Mechanism was applied to 385 cases, while the number of the interdisciplinary
teams at local level was 353. 81 The analysis on the implementation of the mechanism, its
effectiveness and respective recommendations will be published soon.
b/ The Coordination Mechanism for Referral, Care and Protection of Repatriated Bulgarian
UAM /Unaccompanied Minors/ and Minors Victims of Trafficking Returning from Abroad,
updated in December, 2010. It is elaborated in the framework of the State Agency for Child
Protection and is a good example for interaction of governmental bodies and NGOs in the
best interest of the child. Different state institutions, like the Ministry of Interior, the State
Agency for Child Protection, the Agency for Social Assistance, along with NGOs, are
involved in the identification, transfer, rehabilitation and reintegration of children on
concrete cases referred from outside and inside Bulgaria. Interdisciplinary teams are
created within the child protection units at local level and they prepare periodic reports
about the planned activities for each case of a returned child, until completion of the
reintegration plan. Alternatively, long-term protection measures are put in place.
Interdisciplinary services for children are ensured by this special mechanism. The role and
activities of the Ministry of Interior in the mechanism are regulated by an internal
ministerial document –special guidelines.
For 2010 the number of cases considered was 48, and the number of children referred
through the mechanism was 10. 82
b/ Strategies and plans
The National Strategy on Children (2008 - 2018), adopted by the National Assembly 83
mentions among the children at risk the following groups: those whoa re victims of
81 According to data from the SACP, presented in the Report on the Implementation of the National
Plan on Gender Equality for 2010- Ministry of Labour and Social Policy
82 Ibid.
83 SG 14/2009
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