Transcript Presentation: Participation in the Czech Republic
Participation Czech Republic
Hana Velecká Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
Governmental Level
Council of Economic and Social Agreement
Governmental Council for Non-State Non-Profit Organizations
Government Council for Roma
Government Board for People with Disabilities
Regional Level
Government – Regions Government – Municipalities Municipalities – Community planning (on pilot basis)
Joint Inclusion Memorandum
National seminar – 16 July 2002
Working group
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Composition:
Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
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Ministry of Health Ministry for Regional Development Czech Statistical Office Czech-Moravian Confederation of Trade Unions Confederation of Industry Office of Public Defender of Rights (Ombudsman) Association of Regions of the Czech Republic
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Union of Czech Towns and Municipalities
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Association of the Czech Catholic Caritas
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People in Need Foundation
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Czech National Disability Council
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Centre for Social and Economic Strategies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University Prague
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Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Committee on Social Inclusion
Approved by the Government on 19 May 2003 Appointed by the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs on 15 September 2003 Chaired by the Deputy Minister responsible for social policy, social services, family policy
Committee on Social Inclusion
Composition Mix
Governmental Level - Senior Public Servants (Directors), Experts External – other than Ministry personnel Ombudsman's Office Academics NGOs
Composition
All actors from previous working group Ministries of Interior, Transport, Agriculture, Industry and Trade, Informatics, Environment Government Council for Roma Government Board for People with Disabilities Union of Czech and Moravian Producer Cooperatives
Committee on Social Inclusion 18 Member Action Group selected as Core Advisory Body for the Committee
Other Stakeholders
Social Partners NGOs Association of Czech Catholic Caritas People in Need Foundation Czech National Disability Council Local Administration Union of Czech Towns and Municipalities
Other Stakeholders Involved
Association of Hostels for Homeless People Life 90 Research Institute of Labour and Social Affairs
Committee Responsibilities
Coordination of the process of the elaboration of the JIM and the NAP/incl. Among all government departments; Ensuring involvement of all relevant institutions in the process; Jointly responsible for the formulation and subsequent implementation of a comprehensive policy on combating social exclusion and its constituent factors.
Rights and purpose
The members are permitted and encouraged to establish specialized working groups on particular problems Others stakeholders should be included Groups should contribute to the overall strategy on social inclusion
Strengths
a Committee backed up with terms of reference approved by the Czech Government Involvement of different kinds of actors
Weaknesses
Different levels of involvement by members Short time frame available for volume of work
NAPincl. Development and Involvement
The NAPincl. is being elaborated by chapters Relevant partners are being asked to write their inputs to particular chapters The entire Committee on Social Inclusion then comments on each chapter Revised version of each chapter is placed on the website of the MLSA ( www.mpsv.cz
) Information about the NAP/incl. and about the placement of particular chapters on the MLSA website is also published on the website for NGOs www.ngo-eu.cz
NAPincl. Development and Involvement
Consultative meetings organised Brainstorming sessions organised 21May – presentation of the NAP/incl. at the Governmental Council for Non-State Non-Profit Organizations
NAP/incl. Final Draft Consultative Process
End June 2004 – final draft July 2004 – official inter Departmental consultation process Ministries and all other actors are included Compulsory Bodies where their comments require either acceptance or rejection explanation (Ministries, Parliament, Czech National Bank) Voluntary bodies where Government have final say
Future Developments
Encourage Czech Bodies both Governmental and Non Governmental to continue with process of their own accord Key Ministries to establish Long Term Working Groups on specific issues Increased NGOs involvement Building on twinning experiences