Multi-sector cooperation in working with children at risk Cover Image

Мултисекторска соработка во работа со деца во ризик
Multi-sector cooperation in working with children at risk

Author(s): Daniel Pavlovski
Subject(s): Civil Society, Governance, Public Administration, Studies in violence and power, Family and social welfare
Published by: Филозофскиот факултет во Скопје
Keywords: social problems; multi-sectoral cooperation; child offenses;

Summary/Abstract: Today, social problems go beyond the boundaries of the area in which they emerge and they go through different social sectors. For these reasons, the solutions for them should be comprehensive, flexible and adapted to the new reality. Adjustment of the current situation, among other things, means multi-sectoral cooperation that in its essence involves tackling the problems through joint and simultaneous action of entities from different sectors. Multi-sectoral cooperation refers to activities that are organized, implemented and attended by entities from different sectors, by sharing responsibility, but also by utilizing their resources and expertise. Although multi-sectoral cooperation is practiced at the local level for the most part, it has the opportunity to apply in a variety of combinations involving central (national) and local authorities, representatives of the private profit and non-profit sector, as well as citizens who live or work in the actual local community. Considering the complexity of the occurrence of juvenile delinquency, that is, children's offending, which according to all scientific knowledge and statistical data, decreases the age limit of children with educational and social problems and perpetrators of crimes, but at the same time the increase in the seriousness of committed criminal acts, the need for systematic, organized and comprehensive social action is imposed. As a result of the above, this paper aims to explain the need for multi-sectoral cooperation in the area of prevention and tackling the problem of child offending, but also to describe the place, role and activities of key actors in this area.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 11/2
  • Page Range: 109-124
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Macedonian