Kosovo Human Development Report 2010 - UNDP Kosovo - United ...

an inclusive process. Home care services
for those suffering from mental
and psychiatric disorders are provided
for in legislation. Some community
mental health centers and residential
housing have also been established
under the authority of the Ministry of
Health. 12
Yet despite the legislative progress,
many of these laws and regulations often
remain “paper promises” – merely
statements of good intent. Implementation
is almost universally weak,
monitoring extremely uneven and
proper reporting limited. Announcement
of a policy is often equated with
its implementation. This is one effect of
the desire to align technically with EU
standards as quickly as possible. Real
impact on people’s lives is a secondary
consideration – not often duly prioritized
and budgeted for.
This KHDR provides recommendations
and identifies priorities to move
towards the implementation of existing
laws, along with the development
and effective implementation of new
policies to further eliminate barriers to
social inclusion. The report also points
at the importance of selecting targets
and indicators for regular measuring
and reporting on progress in the
area of social inclusion. Although the
onus of implementation of laws and
policies is on Kosovo’s administration,
this KHDR also emphasizes the critical
role of civil society and the media to
promote and realize true social inclusion.
Finally, it explores the necessary
changes needed to create a participatory
approach to policymaking.
A range of international analytical
tools and Kosovo statistical sources
are drawn on for this report; however,
a significant share of analysis is based
on data the 2009 Kosovo Mosaic Survey:
Public Services and Local Authorities
in Focus, published by UNDP. The Mosaic
Survey collected data from 6,400
respondents across the full spectrum
of Kosovan society. It measures perception
and awareness on a variety
of factors affecting daily life and individual
interactions with local government.
Through this survey, significant
inequalities across social groups, age
and between the genders can be both
quantitatively and qualitatively defined.
3. Report structure and chapter
outline
Chapter 1 - Social inclusion and
human development - conceptual
background: this chapter introduces
the concept of social exclusion, its
dimensions, and manifestations. It
establishes the conceptual linkages
between human development and
social inclusion. It analyzes social exclusion
as a process and state of being
excluded from the life of a community,
municipality, society and the world. It
explores the potential of a social inclusion-based
analysis to better understand
the social dynamics of deprivation
from public services, poverty and
equality in Kosovo. By combining both
objective and subjective measures of
exclusion, it identifies the multiple and
many-layered drivers of exclusion in
Kosovo – as well as opportunities for
interventions that promote inclusion.
Chapter 2 - Economic and labour
market exclusion: this chapter develops
an innovative approach towards a
concept of economic exclusion. Rather
than resting on traditional poverty definitions,
it lays out a definition of economic
exclusion based on factor markets
and factors of production such
as labour, land, capital, and the ability
to purchase the necessary goods and
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