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Conclusions and recommendations
NOTE
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Taking into account
the specific needs of
children and elderly left
behind by their family
members, the recommendations
will be submitted
seperately for
every category.
with teachers and other specialists who work with children left without
parental care, opening placement centres also providing services against
payment, services in day care centres, etc.) or of government authorities
(residential institutions).
The local social partnerships are underdeveloped, the most widespread
partnership form is the collaboration with NGOs, less with religious institutions
and there is almost no collaboration with economic agents.
The study highlights the necessity to consider the following recommendation
in order to reduce and address the negative impact of migration and to overcome
difficult situations experienced by children and elderly left behind 11 :
General (both for children and elderly)
• Legal
- To sign bilateral agreements on labour migration with key countries
of destination in order to regulate the migration process and
allow migrants’ free movement across borders that will facilitate their
communication with family members who are at home by visiting
them regularly without the risk of losing their job;
- To sign bilateral agreements on social security with key countries
of destination for labour migration to guarantee social protection of
migrants working abroad;
- To introduce the mechanism on the procurement of social services
that will make private social service providers more active and will
increase the quality of services;
- To encourage volunteering activities involving more citizens and
strengthening civic solidarity.
Children
• Legal
- To improve the legal framework on the obligatory appointment of a
legal guardian for children left behind as a consequence of migration;
- To amend the legal framework with regard to the accountability of
migrant parents, from the perspective of a fulfillment of parental duties.
• To develop forms of support and social services
For the Ministry of Labour, Social Protection and Family:
- To develop mechanisms for identification and evaluation of the
situation of children without parental care, as the lack of concrete
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