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UNICEF Serbia
Country
Programme
of Cooperation
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2021 - 2025
UNICEF Serbia
UNICEF in Serbia prioritizes efforts to effectively and efficiently improve
Country children’s health, nutrition, protection, education, early childhood and
adolescent development. We focus on the most vulnerable children, reaching
Programme out with efforts to end discrimination. UNICEF supports the Government of
of Cooperation Serbia, and works with governmental and non-governmental organizations,
civil society, the business sector, and media to drive change for and with
2021 - 2025 children and young people. We are entirely funded by governments,
foundations, the business sector and individuals.
What we do
Early Childhood Development and Health
Quality and Inclusive Education
Child Protection
Adolescents and Youth (10-24 years)
Social Policy, Public Financing and
Child Rights Monitoring
Emergencies
Partnerships, Communication and Advocacy
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Childhood
Development
and Health
We work with the Ministry of Health
and other partners to ensure all
young children have their right to a
healthy, well-nourished and thriving
start to life fulfilled. We invest in
strengthening the health and other
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sectors, as well as policies,
legislation and workforce capacities
to provide quality and innovative
health and early childhood
development services, particularly for
vulnerable children and their families
– those living in poverty, Roma
children and children with disabilities.
2021 2025
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of children immunized
88% with the MMR vaccine. 95%
of districts have health care
facilities that provide standard
early intervention services 100%
Only to children under 5 with
20% developmental risk, delay
or disabilities.
Country Programme of Cooperation 2021 - 2025 3Quality and
Inclusive
Education
UNICEF works to ensure that every
child – regardless of background – has
access to equitable high quality and
inclusive education from early childhood
to adolescence, particularly children
with disabilities and marginalized
children. Together with the Ministry of
Education, Science and Technological
Development, other partners and with
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children and young people, we work to
strengthen quality learning outcomes,
including through innovative solutions
and digital innovations for developing
21st century skills.
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of children aged 3-5 from
Only the poorest households
11% go to preschool. 20%
Just
27% of Roma girls attend 35%
secondary education.
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Protection
Together with the Ministry of Labour,
Employment, Veteran and Social
Affairs, the Ministry of Justice, the
Ministry of Family and Demography,
and children and young people,
UNICEF works to ensure that
children and adolescents can grow
up free from violence, neglect and
abuse, live in a caring family
environment, instead of in institutions,
and have access to child-sensitive
justice when needed. We also
support the government with policy,
legislation and regulatory frameworks
that strengthen the social service
workforce, including by supporting
innovative solutions that help children.
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of children aged 1 to 14 years
45% of age experience violent 36%
disciplining at home.
of girls and boys
in conflict with the law
8% are subject to a diversion
20%
order or alternative measure
rather than a custodial sentence.
Country Programme of Cooperation 2021 - 2025 5Adolescents
and Youth
(10-24 years)
To expand opportunities for
adolescents to meaningfully
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participate in their communities and
the political processes that affect
them, UNICEF supports and
motivates them to actively engage
and enables them to make their
voices and views heard in the public
and with policymakers. We work with development and employability for issue which UNICEF and partners are
young people, the Ministry of Youth the future labour market, and to jointly going to address by establishing an
and Sports and other partners to address social norms that stand in adolescent-friendly system through
increase opportunities for adolescent their way. The wellbeing and mental which young people can seek advice
and youth to be active members of health of adolescents and young and counselling about mental health.
society, to increase their skills people is also emerging as a critical
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2021 2025
adolescent girls and boys
Curently are participating in or 5,000
no leading civic engagement
initiatives through
UNICEF-supported training.
of youth are not employed
16% nor do they go to school 12%
or training.
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Social Policy, Emergencies Partnerships,
Public Financing Communication
and Child Rights UNICEF responds to emergency and Advocacy
situations as per our core
Monitoring commitments to children in
emergencies. We provide life-saving
The cornerstone of UNICEF’s work is
commodities, ensure access to
partnerships – with governments, civil
UNICEF works to strengthen gender-sensitive and inclusive
society, and with individual donors,
government systems, independent humanitarian services that incorporate
the business sector, foundations, the
bodies and civil society organizations the voices of affected communities
media, celebrities, influencers and
for evidence-based, child-friendly into planning. In close collaboration
UNICEF National Ambassadors.
planning and budgeting to increase with our partners in the social
Development goals can no longer
equitable and efficient budget protection system and other relevant
be achieved in isolation – all partners
spending and to strengthen child sectors, UNICEF works to increase
need to work in close cooperation for
rights monitoring systems. the resilience of the most vulnerable
the advancement of child rights.
We support the national and local families and children, including those
governments to mobilize, allocate on the move. Resilience to climate
and improve the utilization of public change and environmental protection
financial resources to deliver more are emerging issues which UNICEF
equitable and sustainable social will be working more closely on in the
services in order to contribute to future.
better results for children. We also
lead and support the generation of
child-focused evidence and data.
Country Programme of Cooperation 2021 - 2025 7UNICEF Serbia Svetozara Markovica 58 11000 Belgrade Serbia T: +381 11 3602 104 E-mail: belgrade@unicef.org www.unicef.org/serbia
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