Thematic Fund (TF) “Reform Fund Linked to Civil Society Participation” (CSP)

Funding source: Confederation Switzerland through the Reform Fund Linked to Civil Society Participation

Period of implementation: 01 September 2013 – 31 August 2015

Leading organization: Crime Prevention Fund – IGA

Main goal: Improving the capacity of Fund – IGA for delivery of social services to people from vulnerable groups.

Specific goals:

- Improving the capacity of the organization to maintain high-quality delivery of services in different regions;

- Improving the potential of the organization for further development of the services;

- Improving the potential for partnering in individual cases from the network and the system partners as well as in cases from the distant regions.

Budget: 35 574,00 lv.

 

Contents:

1. Project management and visibility: Setting up a project team. Organizing the visualization and the public aspect of the project. Press conference in Pazardzhik. Preparing and printing 40 banners. One-day conference for finishing the project in Sofia.

2. Analysis and revision of the delivery of social services: Examining the annual reports for the delegated social services. Preparing a questionnaire for the managers and the staff, which will receive detailed information on the aspects in need of improvement. Preparing a report.

3. Trainings:

First (two-day) training: Concerning questions related to the management techniques, the human resources management, team building, maintenance, supervision, and ethics. Participants – the managers of the social services coordinated by Fund – IGA.

Second (two-day) training: Concerning questions related to the financial management. Presenting a detailed experts’ report and conducting a training for the financial staff from the five social services.

Third (two-day) training: Focusing on the practices of the social workers for outreach in distant regions and closed (ethnic) communities and defining the questions, which are applicable to other services and network partners. Participants – social workers from all services.

4. Revision of the information received in the delivery of social services and development of a system of indicators for research purposes: Examining the current information, which has been gathered in the process of the delivery of the services. Focusing on the factors, which cause risks related to these groups. Preparing a report. Preparing an integral system of indicators and data to be monitored.

5. Training: Preparing a training programme and conducting a two-day training for the staff for gathering information and monitoring indicators. Participants – one representative from each service.

6. Revision of the partnership in the network and the system partners: Examining the process of partnering in each of the five social services implemented by Fund – IGA together with the network and the system partners of the respective region. Focusing on the scope of each network, its members and their importance, the frequency of the contacts, the immediate communication and the partners’ opportunities.

6. Joint working meetings: Organizing one-day working meetings between the network and the system partners in each place for delivery of social services coordinated by Fund – IGA.

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Проектът се реализира с финансовата подкрепа на Конфедерация Швейцария чрез Фонд за реформи, свързани с участието на гражданското общество