Maria Lvova-Belova visited the Murmansk Region

In response
to the President’s instruction, the Commissioner’s Office continues the National
Inspection for Social Orphanhood Prevention System initiative. In September,
the inspection team worked in the Murmansk Region auditing the local institutions,
child protection and guardianship authorities, as well as commissions on juvenile
affairs and minors’ rights.
During a meeting with Governor Andrei Chibis Chibis AndreiGovernor of Murmansk Region , Maria Lvova-Belova Lvova-Belova MariaPresidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights noted that the aim of the inspection is to ensure that as few children as possible are raised in institutions and that as many stable families as possible receive the necessary
support. Plans are in place to reconfigure the work of child protection
services to be more family-oriented and focused on preserving families, the Commissioner for Children’s Rights emphasised.
The commissioner
noted the positive practices in place in the Murmansk Region, which could be
scaled to other regions, including opening the social educator position for families in socially dangerous situations.
Maria
Lvova-Belova also chaired an expanded meeting with the heads of regional bodies
and institutions involved in the prevention of neglect and juvenile
delinquency, as well as members of the Commission on Juvenile Affairs and Minors’
Rights. At the meeting, recommendations were given based on the results of the monitoring conducted by the inspection team.
In addition, the commissioner visited the Murmansk
Regional Children’s Home, which focuses on children with organic damage to the central nervous system and mental disorders, the Murmansk Centre for Social
Assistance to Families and Children, including its crisis department for women.
She also personally met with local residents seeking consultations on related matters.