Partnerships for social inclusion

Partnerships for social inclusion

Monitoring and communicating child rights

Monitoring and communicating child rights

Minimum social services

Minimum social services

Effective access to social services

Effective access to social services

Minimum Social Package

Minimum Social Package

 

Minimum Social Package

The economic crisis has put pressure on government budgets in a context where protective measures for children in care generally cost significant amounts of money.Prevention is not only more affordable but also has more favourable social outcomes for children. A minimum package of basic social services at community level ensures that vulnerable families and children have guaranteed access to essential and cost-effective social assistance, education and health services. In this context, children’s rights are more likely to be observed and the system of care and social protection is more cost-efficient.

Informing UNICEF’s work in this area is article 24 of the Convention of the Rights of the Child, which stipulates that the state must strive to ensure that every child can reach the best state of health possible. This ties in with reducing child mortality, access to primary healthcare services, good nutrition and drinking water, preventing pollution, ante- and postnatal care, and education, information and guidance about health for parents.