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C. The maternal centre in Bistrita
This type of service started functioning in February
1998 with a capacity of 8 places.
Until 1.04.2004, 54 mother-child couples and 2
pregnant women benefited from protection.
D. Adoption
- a number of 54 national adoptions were made in the
period 1997-2004
E. Collaboration with the community
a. Involvement/implication of the local community
A study carried out in Bistrita-Nasaud county shows
that the majority of local councils do not have a social
clerk, transferring the responsibility for this work to
persons that already have other duties and are not
specialised in the field.
A project was initiated after the study called “The
preparation of the county social clerks for the
decentralisation of services in the field of child rights
protection in Bistrita Nasaud County”. The project was
financed by the “Foundation for an open Society” and
was implemented between 1.08.1999 and 1.08.2000.
Its specific objectives were:
- decentralisation of the activity for protecting child
rights through involving the local authorities
- training mayoralty staff for solving a maximum
number of social cases without the direct involvement
of the DJPDC staff
- creating a functional professional network at county
level that would act coherently in solving problems
regarding child rights.
- reducing the number of institutionalised children.
b. Co-operation with NGOs
We present a few of the co-operation activities
developed in this period with the NGO’s that were
working in the county:
• SERA Romania
The period 1996-1998: expenses were made for
supporting the DJPDC activity – the donation of a
vehicle, financing project for the salary payment of the
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DPC employees, operating expenses and expenses
involved in supporting families in critical situations
2001: expenses incurred for the rehabilitation
of the placement centres - CP Bistrita: rehabilitation of
the thermal installations in buildings A, B and C and
equipping with domestic electrical equipment
2002: the rehabilitation of thermal installations
in building D at CP Bistrita; financial support for 60
foster families
2003: financial support for the child
abandonment prevention centre through family
planning: petrol cost, vehicle maintenance costs,
salaries, consultancy services, financial support
for 21 maternal assistants between October and
December 2003.
- financial support for 22 foster families in
January 2004.
• Happy Children
- activities, run together with DJPDC, aiming to
protect children by giving custody or placing
children with professional foster families
- expenses incurred for supporting the activity
of DJPDC
- expenses incurred for financing programmes
related to child abandonment prevention and child
integration with the natural family
- expenses incurred for the reorganisation of
placement centres
• The Alternative
- activities developed together with DJPDC
- expenses incurred in supporting the activity of
DJPDC
- supporting the social and professional
integration of persons over 18 years that leave the
protection system.
• Love Basket
- expenses incurred in the reorganisation of the
placement centres
- expenses incurred in financing the
programmes related to the abandonment
prevention or child integration with the natural
family
- expenses incurred in supporting the activity of
DJPDC
- activities incurred by DJPDC for child
protection and child placement
- donations or patronage made to the
placement centres, in the child’s interest