Participation Czech Republic

Hana Velecká Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

Governmental Level

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Council of Economic and Social Agreement

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Governmental Council for Non-State Non-Profit Organizations

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Government Council for Roma

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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