This report and research conducted by SOS Children’s Villages reviews alternative care arrangements in Tanzania.

The Practical Guide of the Professional Supervision Mechanism in Social Assistance was developed in cooperation with the Ministry of Social Protection, Family and Child (Moldova), with the technical support of the "Support in the Delivery of Efficient and Sustainable Social Assista

Decision No. 1361 on the approval of the Framework Regulations on the Foster Care Service was enacted by the Government of the Republic of Moldova on December 21, 2007 in order to implement the Law on social assistance (No 547-XV as of December 25, 2003) as well as to achieve the National Strategy and Action Plan on the Reform of the Residential Childcare System for 2007-2012, approved by Government Decision No 784, as of July 9, 2007.

Republic of Moldova, Parliament, Law No. 123 on Social Services entered into force 3 March 2011.

On 31 October 2007, the Government of the Republic of Moldova issued Decision No. 1177 on the setting up of the Commission for the Protection of the Child in Difficulty and Approval of the Framework Regulations on the activity of the Commission. 

This document, entitled "The Mechanism of Professional Supervision in Social Assistance", was approved by Order of the Minister of Social Protection, Family and Child (Moldova) on 31 December 2008.

This "Practical Guide: System for Prevention of Child Separation from the Family" was developed in cooperation with the Ministry of Social Protection, Family and Child with technical support from the "Support to the Delivery of Efficient and Sustainable Social Assistance Services” project implemented by OPM/EveryChild Moldova, funded by DFID/SIDA.

This annex contains the Moldova government's "Minimum Standards of Quality for the Functioning of Foster Care." This document addresses compulsory norms, existing at national level, that guarantees a minimum level of quality in the process of foster care service delivery.

Law No. 140 on the special protection of children at risk and of children separated from their parents entered into force on 1 January 2014.

This report shares highlights and lessons learned from PAN's work on family strengthening during the year 2015.