Capacity building for staff working with children

On the morning of October 31, in Vinh city, the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs organized a professional training course.children workfor comrades representing leaders and officers in charge of children's work, the Department of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs, officers of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs of communes, wards, towns and collaborators of children's work in blocks, hamlets, villages and hamlets from the districts: Nghi Loc, Dien Chau, Yen Thanh, Hung Nguyen, Vinh city and Cua Lo town.

Mr. Bui Van Hung - Deputy Director of the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs delivered the opening speech at the training conference on child work. Photo: Minh Quan

Speaking at the conference, the leader of the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs said: In recent years, Party committees at all levels, authorities and people in Nghe An province have paid attention, made efforts and mobilized resources to effectively carry out the care, education and protection of children and have achieved remarkable results.

However, some districts are still slow in implementing the province's directives on child protection and care. Communication, advocacy, awareness raising and responsibility for child protection and care are still limited and lack regularity and widespreadness.

Delegates attending the conference. Photo: Minh Quan

The number of children in special circumstances and children at risk of falling into special circumstances in the province is still high. Management, prevention and protection of children from violence, abuse and accidents in some localities is not adequate, timely and effective. In some places, child abuse, accidents and drowning still occur.

Besides, the capacity of some cadres working in child protection and care at the commune level and collaborators is still limited and does not meet requirements.

In order to improve the capacity of the staff working on children at district and commune levels, at the same time, overcome the above shortcomings and difficulties and to effectively implement programs and plans on children's work in the coming time, the training course on professional skills on children's work was organized with the aim of disseminating and guiding the implementation of a number of new documents, programs and plans of the Central and the province on children's work, equipping knowledge and skills in State management of child protection and care, building communes and wards suitable for children, preventing and combating child abuse and injuries, etc.

Leaders of the Department of Children and Gender Equality (Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs) disseminated topics at the training session. Photo: Minh Quan

During the 2 days, delegates will be informed about 3 topics: Legal policies on children for the period 2021 - 2030, Child protection and Children's participation rights.

In 2022, the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs organized 3 training courses on child work for leaders and specialists of the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs of districts, cities and towns; 460 commune-level officials and 220 collaborators of blocks, hamlets, villages and communes./.