The Road Map for ending the placement of children aged 0-6 years in residential care is a tool that ensures all components of child protective care: health, adequate nutrition, care, safety and early education, through the intersectoral collaboration between the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Education and Research and local public administration authorities.
More effective coordination and consolidation of joint efforts for policy implementation in all three areas will contribute to the achievement of the EU-Moldova Association Agenda objective (point 7) that states the Government commitment to complete the deinstitutionalization of children and developing preventive services and alternative forms of family care.
To fulfill this commitment, the Road Map proposes actions that will contribute to the implementation of three related public policies, all of which include objectives related to deinstitutionalization and prevention of family separation:
- In the area of social protection - the National Child Protection Program 2022-2026;
- In the area of health - the Action Plan on the development of the early intervention services system for children for 2023-2027;[
- In the area of early education – the Inclusive Education Development Program for 2024-2027.
