24.05.2022
Seminar "Methods of protection and support of families and children in need of social protection: on the example of the SOS Children's Villages Uzbekistan experience"
On May 24, 2022, a seminar "Methods of protection and support of families and children in need of social protection: on the example of the SOS Children's Villages Uzbekistan experience", was organized by SOS Children's Village Tashkent, at the Shodlik Palace Hotel.
The event was attended by the head and chief specialist of the Secretariat for the Protection of Children of the Tashkent city khokimiyat, heads and chief specialists of the district sectors for the protection of children, the director of the orphanage under the main health department of the city of Tashkent, a representative of the Tashkent city department of public education and other representatives of responsible departments and organizations.
The event was opened by the director of the SOS Children's Village Tashkent of Uzbekistan - D.S. Mukhamedrakhimova. In her speech, she emphasized that today the topical issue is the choice of alternative, family forms of placement for orphans and children left without parental care, strengthening the institution of the family and improving the system for preventing social orphanhood. In continuation of her speech, D. Mukhamedrakhimova noted that the gatekeeping system plays an important role in this process, and the purpose of the event is to exchange experiences with social partners and introduce this practice in Tashkent.
The participants of the event exchanged views on the implementation of the gatekeeping process, i.e. a system that prevents the separation of children from families, guarantees the possibility of providing assistance to the family in order to prevent the placement of children in educational institutions, as well as mandatory consideration of the possibility of placing the child in the care of close relatives.
The participants studied the experience of SOS Children's Villages and identified ways to strengthen cooperation in this direction.
