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This is the Armenian language version of the report.
The Armenian Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (MOLSA), with funding and technical assistance from the Displaced Children and Orphans Fund (DCOF) of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and MEASURE Evaluation, conducted a self-assessment of the care reform system at a participatory stakeholder workshop held January 17–19, 2018, at the Tsakhkadzor Hotel Russia, in Armenia. The purpose of the assessment workshop was to bring together key stakeholders—decision makers, policy developers, service providers,…
The Armenian Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (MOLSA), with funding and technical assistance from the Displaced Children and Orphans Fund (DCOF) of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and MEASURE Evaluation, conducted a self-assessment of the care reform system at a participatory stakeholder workshop held January 17–19, 2018, at the Tsakhkadzor Hotel Russia, in Armenia. The purpose of the assessment workshop was to bring together key stakeholders—decision makers, policy developers, service providers, civil society representatives, and donors—to assess and…
This report, produced by the Center for Educational Research and Consulting (CERC) and Save the Children, summarises the broader research study ‘Development Perspectives of Foster Care in Armenia’, which examined the foster care pilot programme introduced in Armenia in 2005. The study aimed to find out if the pilot programme succeeded, what problems arose, how the programme could be improved and how foster care in Armenia could develop and expand effectively.
Foster care is not a widespread practice in Armenia. As of December 2012 there were around 15 ‘active’ foster…
This presentation from the Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Affairs of Armenia was given at a workshop in London in September 2017, facilitated by MEASURE Evaluation, funded and supported by DCOF/USAID and focused on moving forward alternative care reform in Ghana, Uganda, Armenia and Moldova. The presentation provides an overview of the demographic data of Armenia and offers a thorough review of the situation of children's care, and care reform efforts, in Armenia. The presentation outlines the key actors in care reform in the country, the main features of care…
Report Summary
Most children in Armenia in orphanages and other residential institutions end up in them because they have disabilities or due to poverty and other vulnerabilities that make it difficult for their families to care for their children. Indeed, 90 percent of children in residential care in Armenia have at least one living parent. While governments have obligations to provide for alternative care where a child is deprived of their own family environment, long-term institutional care is not a suitable alternative to family-based care for any child, whether with…
This report is prepared within the MONEE project of UNICEF Regional Office for CEE/CIS. It provides an overview of alternative care in Armenia, including a system assessment of national child care and protection mechanisms and the legal system of children's rights and protection and a description of the data.
This 48 page report is based on an independent assessment by ISS in 2015, commissioned by UNICEF Armenia and the Ministry of Justice of Armenia. It took place within the reforms projects launched by the Armenian authorities with a view to improve the child protection system and better integrate the Hague Convention principles in the adoption practice. The report includes a number of observations about the adoption situation in the country as well as makes diverse recommendations targeting key actors not only within Armenia, but also those outside including receiving countries, agencies…
This document from the National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia provides an overview and assessment of the alternative care system in the country, including a qualitative description of the system as well as quantitative on the number of children are in alternative care and financing of the system.
This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities during the seventeenth session (20 March 2017 - 12 April 2017) of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The Committee’s recommendations on the issues relevant to children's care are highlighted, as well as other care-related concluding observations, ratification dates, and links to the Universal Periodic Review and Hague Intercountry Adoption Country Profile.
Ce rapport de 48 pages est basé sur une évaluation indépendante du SSI réalisée en 2015, sur le mandat de l'UNICEF Arménie et du Ministère de la Justice Arménien. Il s’inscrit dans le cadre d’un projet de réforme lancé par les autorités arméniennes en vue d’améliorer le système de protection de l’enfance et de mieux intégrer les principes de la Convention de La Haye dans la pratique de l’adoption. Par ailleurs, ce rapport inclut un certain nombre d'observations sur la situation de l'adoption dans le pays et propose des recommandations à l'attention des acteurs clés, non seulement en Arménie,…