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Vecumnieki (Latvia): Family Friendly Municipality

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April 25, 2019
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Vecumnieki (Latvia): Family Friendly Municipality

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April 25, 2019

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  1. FAMILY FRIENDLY MUNICIPALITY – VECUMNIEKI The presentation was prepared by

    Alise Barkauska, Public Relations Specialist of Vecumnieki County Council
  2. In Vecumnieki are strong, friendly families and residents who describes

    our region We think of our families: • free-dining support • training «How to become a good parents« • family-friendly events • family-friendly rest areas • children's playgrounds ….and that is just a small part of all what we have in our region
  3. Our region is blessed with lots of families, we are

    proud of every family and we wish them to spend many beautiful and common moments toogether  Each county newborn who was born in 2018 received the special coin of a child of hundred years of state, It was a silver coin in an oak box with hearty letter to the newborn and his family  «Put White Flower, In Small hand To have a white life Which will be living.»
  4. Involvement and cooperation of family NGOs We can be proud

    of NGOs «Saulgrieze» activiting in our region NGOs «Saulgrieze» with the Municipality of Vecumnieki has been regular and stable cooperation since 2004
  5. Involvement and cooperation of family NGOs Transport (bus, municipal transport)

    is offered and paid for: • Paid expenses for events organized in Vecumnieki and Misa (sports days, Family Day campfires, Christmas events, thematic afternoons); • Paid expenses for events, gatherings of large families in Latvia (Vilani, Kuldiga, Liepaja, Riga, Stopiņi, Klapkalnciems, Ogre, Vecumnieki, Iecava); • Paid expenses for conferences and reunions abroad (in Tartu Tartu, Hungary in Gyor, Poland in Szczecin, Lithuania in Klaipeda and Rudnink, in Estonia in Põlva and in Vana-Vigala); • Expenditure on organizing charity actions is regularly supported and paid.
  6. Involvement and cooperation of family NGOs Since 2008, the municipality

    has concluded an agreement (without commitment) on renting the premises at the legal address of the society in the Mansion House, where repairs were made, equipment was purchased, and a "Family Day Center" was established. "Family Day Center" offers leisure activities for the children of the village of Misa and the surrounding area.
  7. Involvement and cooperation of family NGOs The Municipality co-finances the

    family NGO,s, activities: • Provided support for the International Meeting of Large Family Organizations in Vecumnieki in 2006; • Provided co-financing for Family Fire Fires in Vecumnieki Park; • Co-financed Publication of brochures; • There are free rooms at the Initiative and Activities Center in the Vecumnieki and Misa Houses, the Music and Art School (volunteer training, thematic and creative activities).
  8. Family services We design projects that offer different lectures, for

    example: • Lectures for young and prospective parents • Lessons with Sensory Integration Elements “Kids GYM” • Lecture on oncological diseases • For more information: https://vecumnieki.lv/projekti/veselibas-veicinasanas-un-slimibu- profilakses-pasakumi-vecumnieku-novada
  9. Family services We offer: • Assistant service for persons with

    disability groups I or II and persons with disabilities aged five to 18 years if the assistant is required to perform activities outside the home which, due to the limitations of its functioning, cannot perform it independently and independently • One-time benefit in crisissituation for family or person (natural disasters, fires, floods, acute illnesses or unforeseeable circumstances, emergency response, etc.)
  10. Family benefits The municipality provides: • a place in the

    municipal pre-school educational institutions • first-class allowance • partial fare reduction in public transport • partial co-financing for vocational education ( Vecumnieku county councils sport school and Vecumnieku music and art school) • holiday benefit • support for children’s employment in the summer • educational lectures, family lessons
  11. Family benefits Pre-school establishments EUR/in a one day parents pay

    municipality pays catering costs 1,5 – 4 years old children’s free 1,12 EUR 1,12 EUR 5- 6 years old children’s free 1,12 EUR 1,12 EUR In our county are free lunches for children Educational institutions EUR/in a one day parents pay municipality pays catering costs Grades 1. – 4. (1, 42 paid by the state) free 0.08 EUR 1,50 EUR Grades 5. -9. free 1.28 EUR 1.28 EUR Grades 10. -12. free 1.28 EUR 1.28 EUR
  12. Family benefits Support for family growth Child birth allowance (once),

    if one of the parents has declared themselves in the municipality: • For one child 75,00 EUR • For second child 110,00 EUR • For the third and every next 180.00 EUR Child birth allowance (once), if both of the parents has declared themselves in the municipality: • For one child 145,00 EUR • For second child 215,00 EUR • For the third and every next 360.00 EUR
  13. Family benefits Support for large families Fare discounts on public

    transport - the municipality co-finances in part Co-financing for vocational education - the municipality co-finances in part Real Estate Tax Rebate - the municipality co-finances 50 % The municipality covers the lunch fee
  14. Family benefits Out-of-family care Allowance for an orphaned child or

    a child left without parental care until reaching adulthood - 64,03 EUR in a month Allowance for foster family purchase of soft inventory – 215,00 EUR in a year Allowance for foster family child support - 258,00 EUR in a month Apartment allowance for an adult orphan - 50 EUR in a month First-class allowance – 50 EUR Fare discounts on public transport - the municipality co-finances in part Co-financing for vocational education - the municipality co-finances in part
  15. Family benefits Fare discounts on public transport - the municipality

    co-finances in part Co-financing for vocational education - the municipality co-finances in part First-class allowance Holiday benefits Support for children with disabilities
  16. Family benefits Family (person) recognized as low-income: Family with income

    up to 60% around the national minimum wage (€ 258.00) Fare discounts on public transport - the municipality co-finances in part Co-financing for vocational education - the municipality co-finances in part Holiday benefits Allowance for individual teaching aids 15,00 EUR / 15,00 EUR in a year First-class allowance 50,00 EUR / 50,00 EUR Medical service allowance 75,00 EUR / 145,00 EUR in a year Real Estate Tax Discount 90% Support for low-income and poor families
  17. Municipal family support institution for cooperation with families The Support

    Group for Guardians and foster families is active in the municipality. Regularly organized: • training; • meetings; • tours; • material and financial support; • camps.
  18. Municipal family support institution for cooperation with families Municipality implements

    a health promotion project offering free activities to all families: • cycling tours; • physiotherapy; • zumba; • yoga; • Nordic walking; • swimming; • water aerobics; • camp 2 pcs. 36 children
  19. Plan or Strategy for Family and Youth Policy In Vecumnieku

    county are made a plan for youth policy for next three years The document was created by polling 200 respondents. The strategic part of the plan is based on 5 priorities: 1. participation of young people; 2. entrepreneurship and employment; 3. health, safety and social protection of young people; 4. free time and voluntary work; 5. non-formal education.
  20. Plan or Strategy for Family and Youth Policy For each

    priority are set specific goals, objectives and deliverables. The Vecumnieki County Youth Policy Plan is what will regulate what we will do in the next three years with youth work. It allows everyone to work together on youth, because interinstitutional cooperation is most important in it Vecumnieki County Youth Policy Plan 2019-2021: https://vecumnieki.lv/dokumenti/attistibas- planosanas-dokumenti
  21. Family-friendly policies for municipal employees and companies in the municipality

    Within the framework of the financial resources allocated to it, the State or local government institution may provide only the following additional measures related to additional remuneration to officials (employees) in internal regulatory enactments, local government binding regulations, collective agreements or employment contracts: 1. shortening the working day by more than one hour before the holidays; 2. one paid holiday on the first day of school due to the start of the child's school in grades 1-4; 3. up to three paid holidays due to entering into marriage; 4. one paid holiday on the day of graduation, the official (employee) or his / her child graduating from the educational institution; 5. a cash prize which, within a calendar year, does not exceed the amount of the monthly salary of an official (employee), due to an important achievement (event) of the official (employee) or state or local government institution, taking into account the contribution of the official (employee) to the achievement of the goals of the respective institution;
  22. Family-friendly policies for municipal employees and companies in the municipality

    7. an allowance of up to 50 percent of the monthly salary for a calendar year official (employee) for each disabled child under 18 years of age; 8. benefit of up to 50 percent of the monthly salary once a calendar year, leaving the annual paid leave, taking into account the duration of employment in the state or municipal institution, performance results and other criteria set by the state or municipal institution, as well as the fact that the holiday allowance is not transferred to the next calendar year and, upon termination of the employment (service, employment) relationship, it shall not be reimbursed in the event of absence of current leave; 9. remuneration for the time that the official (employee) does not accompany at the workplace or at another place specified by the institution and which the official (employee) uses at his / her discretion, but arrives at the specified place upon request and immediately starts performing duties.
  23. Housing policy for families We have: • apartment allowance is

    assigned to target groups - families or persons who are in the status of a poor family or person We give: • Helping with housing issues • Apartaments (The vacated apartment is offered for rent to persons registered in the help registers)
  24. Housing policy for families The municipality of Vecumnieki shall provide

    assistance to the borrower by covering, in whole or in part, the payment of credit interest in respect of the purchase or construction of a residential space to a person with at least one minor child.
  25. Family friendly environment We have created a lot of beatiful

    rasting places for everyone Vecumnieki county, Skaistkalne parish, «Memele»
  26. Family friendly environment We have created a lot of beatiful

    rasting places for everyone Active recreation area for children and youth in Vecumnieku county, Vecumnieki parish
  27. Family friendly environment The new lake The New Lake in

    Vecumnieku county, Vecumnieku parish
  28. Events for families and children We have different celebrations for

    families and children, these events can be visited by each one
  29. Events for families and children • Almost every event can

    be visited by families and children, there are no target groups in our region • Everything is repetitive from the desire to come and attend events
  30. Events for families and children September 1st celebrates all of

    Latvia, because this is the first school day after the summer. In Vecumnieki County this day is celebrated with different events Vecumnieku county, Valles parish, Valles primary school Vecumnieku county, Stelpes parish, Stelpes primary school Vecumnieku county, Vecumnieku parish, Vecumnieku secondary school Vecumnieku county, Skaistkalnes parish, Skaistkalnes secondary school Vecumnieku county, Vecumnieku parish, Misas secondary school