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Explore legislative standards, challenges in implementation, and recommendations for inclusive policies in Kosovo. Addressing social exclusion of vulnerable groups like children, people with disabilities, the long-term unemployed, and Kosovo RAE-Minorities is crucial. Discover insights on economic exclusion, access to education, political participation, and drivers of social exclusion, highlighting the importance of leadership, accountable implementation, social cohesion, and skills development. Learn about promoting inclusion in healthcare through financing, preventive measures, and legislation for people with disabilities.
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(a) Main Findings of the KHDR 2010 (I) • Legislative framework and policies have high standards for inclusion • Implementation and monitoring of laws and policies is a big problem • The most vulnerable groups for social exclusion are: • Children and Youth • People with disabilities • The long term unemployed and • Kosovo RAE-Minorities
(b) Human Development Index Global Human Development Report 2010 Check: http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr2010/chapters/en (09.03.2011)
2. Chapter 1 | SOCIAL INCLUSION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT A CONCEPTUAL BACKGROUND
12. Chapter 3 | Access to education and exclusion • Who is affected by exclusion from education? • - Children with special needs • - Minority children (especially Kosovo-RAE children) • - Girls, especially those residing in rural areas, and • - Children in poorer municipalities.
(c) Main Findings of the KHDR 2010 (II): Drivers of social exclusion • Absence of high-level leadership on social inclusion issues; • Lack of accountable implementation of legislation and policy; • Disconnection between the public and governance cycles; • Lack of social cohesion and alienation between Kosovo Serbs and Kosovo Albanians; • Failure of sectoral interlinkages (e.g. Education and economy), and • Pervasive socio-cultural discrimination holds back large segments of society;
Align education and vocational training with the needs of the labour market • Need to develop skills demanded by the global market • A lifelong work-readiness learning system should be introduced • Adjustment curriculum to ensure high-school graduates have technical and technological competencies for skilled work • Create work-training schemes in partnership with private employers • Adult learning opportunities co-funded through NGOs and public-private partnerships.
Promote inclusion in health-care • Prioritize health sector financing • Law on health insurance • Focus on preventive healthcare targeting poor, rural women, children, youth and RAE • Locally targeted health campaigns • Implement the legislation for people with disabilities