Coordination at national level

• Author: Irma Baraku
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9 COORDINATION AT NATIONAL LEVEL

Since 2017, the Government has tasked the Mi nistry of Health and Social Protection with,

among other things, the mi ssion of guaranteeing constitutional rights for protection and

social inclusion and social care and equa l chances. 191 There is a deputy minister who i s

responsible for non-discrimination issues. The ministry’s structure has a general

department of policies and health social protection development, which includes a

department of policies and health so cial protection development, under which the policies

and strategies for social inclusion and the Gender Equity Unit operate .192

The Ministry of Health and Social Pr otection is the body responsible for monitoring

the implementation of the Social Inclusion Policy Paper 2015-2020, where one of the

main indicators is ‘social inclusion and human rights’.193 Th e vision of this document is to

guarantee a system for monitoring and measuring social inclusion in all areas of poverty

reduction, in social protection policy and in policies on employment, skills for

entrepreneurship, education an d training, health, housing and basic needs; to encourage

participation in human rights; and to promote transparency and accountability in how

social inclusion is measured and is used to inform the performance of s ocial services.

It has a coordinating role in the implementation of the National Action Plan for LGBTI

Persons in the Republic of Albania, 2016 -2020,194 which includes as strategic

goals: improving the legal and institutional framework, as well as raising awareness of

non-discrimination and protection of LGBTI people's rights in accordance with

international standards; elimination of all forms of discrimination against the LGBTI

community; improving access to employment, education, health, housing and sports

services for LGBTI people, and guaranteeing equal opportunities.

The ministry is responsible for the administration and presentation to the Government of

the information on the monitoring of the implementation of the social p rotection

strategy,195 the strategic goals of which include: mitigating and alleviating poverty;

improving the quality of life of people with di sabilities; and the development of social

care services.

The ministry is responsible for the administration and presentation to the Government of

the informati on on the monitoring of the imp lementation of the National Action Plan for

the Integration of Roma and Egyptian Communities 2016-2020.196 The plan’s s trategic

goals include: facilitating opportunities for the equal u se of civil registration services and

justice for Roma and Egyptians; Roma and Egyptians are eligible to full access and

inclusion in qualitative education without being subject to di scrimination and segregation;

providing equal opp ortunities for fo rmal empl oyment for Roma and Egyptians; ensuring

accessible, affordable and equitable healthcare for Roma and Egyptians; and improving

housing conditions for Roma and Egyptians.

191 http://www.shendetesia.gov.al/misioni-2/.

192 http://www.shendetesia.gov.al/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Structure-of-the-Ministry-of-Health-and-

Social-Protection.pdf.

193 Government of Albania (2015), Social Inclusion Policy Paper 2015-2020, June 2015.

http://www.shendetesia.gov.al/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Dokumenti-i-Politikave-per-Perfshirje-Sociale-

2015-2020_-drafti-final.pdf.

194 Government of Albania (2016), National Action Plan for LGBTI Persons in the Republic of Albania, 2016-

2020, March 2016. https://shendetesia.gov.al/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Plani-LGBTI-2016-2020-

KM.pdf.

195 Government of Albania (2015), National Strategy for Social Protection 2015-2020, approved by the Council

of Ministers in Decision no. 1071, dated 23.12.2015. http://www.shendetesia.gov.al/wp-

content/uploads/2018/06/Strategjia_Kombetare_per_Mbrojtjen_Sociale_2015-2020.pdf.

196 Government of Albania (2015), National Action Plan for the Integration of Roma and Egyptian Communities

2016-2020, approved by the Council of Ministers in Decision No. 1072, dated 23.12.2015.

http://www.shendetesia.gov.al/wp-

content/uploads/2018/06/Plani_kombetar_i_veprimit_per_integrimin_e_Romeve_dhe_Egjiptianeve_2016-

2020.pdf.