Aid for second to fourth grade students is now granted without school certificates
For students in grades one and eight, proof of enrollment in the appropriate grade remains, as there is pre-ranking and enrollment for these grades.
11 institutions and 8 non-governmental organizations started work on the preparation of a Strategy for the child
The identification of the most serious risks to children's well-being and the identification of measures to overcome them, with an emphasis on providing support for their families, should be the basis of the National Strategy for the child and the family.
Minister Shalapatova: Social policy should be linked to investments, not aid
"Our goal is to analyze whether each activity achieves the best for children, youth, the elderly, the labor market, and to take measures to optimize investments in social support at the highest level," specified Ivanka Shalapatova.
Shalapatova presented the goals of her team: More effective social support for all and reform of the labor market
Completing the reform of deinstitutionalization in childcare, developing a National Map of Social Services and ensuring more effective support for the most needy, and developing policies for economic activation of the inactive with a focus on youth and people with disabilities. These were part of the priorities that the Minister of Labor and Social Policy Ivanka Shalapatova presented.
Minister Shalapatova: Improving the quality of life of children, youth and adults will be my main goal
She added that she knows the work of MLSP both as a long-term partner on the part of the civil sector and the research community, and from the inside as a deputy minister in the caretaker cabinet in 2013.










