This presentation to the 2012 Sofia conference by Irakli Nadareishvili, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Labor Health and Social Affairs of Georgia, highlights the key initiatives of the deinstitutionalization and childcare system reform launched by Georgia in 2005, as well as the challenges faced in this process.

The document highlights the recent child care reform in Georgia under the partnership of the Ministry of Labor, Health, and Social Affairs of Georgia and UNICEF and provides an update on progress of ending the use of large institutions care for children.

This independent assessment examined, specifically, the deinstitutionalisation of children in special education boarding schools and child care institutions in the Republic of Georgia.

The purpose of this study is to provide an overview of best practices in inclusive education, inform stakeholders of the current status of inclusive education in the region, describe the contextual factors which affect program implementation, and make recommendations of practical start-up steps for inclusive education programs.

This one-page case study describes the situation of one family in Georgia caring for their daughter with cerebral palsy and the interventions and services provided by Save the Children that enabled the family to get the support they needed to care for their daughter, and enabled the girl to improve her cognitive and motor skills.

This document outlines EveryChild’s approach to the growing problem of children without parental care by defining key concepts, analysing the nature and extent of the problem, exploring factors which place children at risk of losing parental care, and examining the impact of a loss of parental care on children’s rights.

This report assesses progress in the reform of child welfare services in Georgia between 1999 and 2009.

This workbook aims to introduce service managers and accountants to the ideas, concepts and methodologies of unit costing, to help them establish a price for their service per child and per unit of time.

In Georgia, UNICEF and EveryChild have teamed up to place children in need of alternative care in small, supervised apartments as an alternative to orphanages.

Assessment of two recently reformed child protection projects in Georgia (Prevention of Infant Abandonment and De-institutionalisation (PIAD) and Family Support and Foster Care (FS&FC)). Includes detailed evaluation methodology and lessons learned.