Introduction and development of evaluation system in the sphere of child's protection including child's participation

          Analyses of used mechanisms and tools of evaluation effectiveness and quality of social services, projects’ effectiveness on prevention and family placement, experience of evaluation with child’s participation. As the result – decisions made on national and regional levels based on monitoring, supervision and feedback.

-          Practice with proven efficiency in the sphere of child’s protection and deinstitutionalization (preposition to organize an international library of these practices).

-          Results of law changes in Russia and introduction of public control in all the orphanages in Russia. Problems and innovative approaches revealed after the total monitoring of the orphanages by the public committees.

-          Special educational programmes and supervision for the families who care about siblings, disabled children, teenagers and other groups of “difficult for family placement” children. The key question is to get and consider the child’s opinion to reduce the number of transitions.

For the information

According to the analytical Center under the Government of the Russian Federation:

• There are 1444 orphanages in Russia, there are 60 000 children in them
• Annually more than 3 000 children are separated with their parents due to threat to their lives and around 40 000 parents are terminated their parental rights.
• About 400 000 children live in foster families and about 150 000 children are adopted. Foster family in Russia is a type of permanent placement in Russia (according to the legislation).
• Since 2016 evaluation with child’s participation is piloted.