AKIPRESS.COM - The Ministry of Mahalla and Family Support of Uzbekistan and UNICEF launched a project on integrated social services delivery.

Applying the best international practices in planning, implementation, delivery, and monitoring of community-based social services to prevent unnecessary family separation, poverty, violence, and exclusion, the project will initially be piloted in Almazar district of Tashkent city and Angren town of Tashkent region, UzA reported.

Under this project, which aims to deliver integrated social services based on case management, the community social workers will become a connecting link coordinating social support services provided currently by numerous ministries and agencies.

The pilot project will equip service providers at district and community levels with applying social work skills and professional ethics in their daily work. It will also create an integrated information management system and referral mechanisms for better planning and implementation of social protection programs for all.

This activity will cover the most vulnerable groups of the population such as poor people, persons with disabilities, families with children, and women so that they can benefit from inclusive, needs-based, and individualized social services.

The project is implemented within the framework of the UN Joint Programme on Strengthening Social Protection in Uzbekistan.