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Establishment
Social and Civil Affairs Bureau (BoSCA) is a newly restructured government bureau established under Adds Ababa City Administration with the amended charter/Proclamation No.311/2002 merging the former Bureaus of Labour and Social Affairs and Foreign Relation and Development Cooperation on the basis of democratic principles brining reliable development and good governance.
Vision
To see Addis Ababa a city free of poverty, social insecurities/injustices and became a center where well-established service delivery system and good governance practiced to the best interest of the residents.
Mission
- To provide efficient and effective services.
- To work with all development actors networking to realize poverty reduction strategy
- To promote community based and institutional rehabilitation services targeting orphan and abandoned children, poor elders and PWDs.
- To provide early warning and emergency relief services in case of man made and natural disaster.
- To coordinate all the development initiatives rehabilitating people under difficult circumstance.
- To support NGO's project bringing fast and sustainable development
- To create enabling environment for development actors networking to insure social justice and good governance.
Values
- Promote humanity.
- Serve clients with respect
- Utilize resources effectively
- Networking with and participation of all stakeholders
- Promote transparency and accountability
Powers, Duties & Responsibilities
- Conduct studies for the promotion of community based rehabilitation, develop appropriate strategies and implement same upon approval for children and youth under difficult circumstances, the elderly and persons with disabilities;
- Create conducive ground for the establishment of institutions that render various services through the organs of the City Government and Non-Governmental Organizations for children and youth under difficult circumstances, the elderly and persons with disabilities that can not otherwise be catered by community based rehabilitation, administer orphanage institutions that serve the youth, elderly and persons with disabilities, or device strategies for the administration of the institutions by Non-Governmental Organizations or jointly with them and implement same upon approval;
- Develop strategies for the participation of the community to eliminate social problems and social evils;
- Request for, receive and distribute assistances to the people being helped, declare the degree of emergency disaster whenever it occurs in the City, reserve materials and food that can be used during emergency disasters,
- Study and propose mechanisms that strengthen efficient and coordinated operation partnership between GO and NGOs, on matters of social security, ensure the implementation of same upon approval, forward its opinion to the concerned Government organ as may be necessary on the issuance of work and residence permit to foreign nationals for the projects undertaken by NGOs as well as request on tax exemptions on imported items,
- Conclude agreements and follow up the implementation of projects proposed by NGOs ascertaining their appropriateness,
- Support social security activities undertaken by NGOs,
- Provide educational and training services for employers and employees that are found in the City to promote industrial peace, develop methods for the expansion of labour counseling services, register of vacancies and labour exchange and implement same upon approval,
- Register and support employers association and trade unions in accordance with the directives issued by the relevant organ of the Federal Government,
- Attempt to amicably resolve disputes that could arise during negotiations of collective agreement, register collective agreements in ensuring that they are included in accordance with the Labour Proclamation,
- Attempt to reconcile parties involved in collective labour dispute,
- Undertake studies, research and gather information in collaboration with appropriate organ on job classification, employed and unemployed human resource of the City,
- Supervise labour standards issued for the protection of the safety and health of workers, safety of working environment and protective devices are applied by undertakings,
- Issue license of competence, Support and supervise Labour Exchange Agencies operating in the City.
Services
- Appraise and sign project agreements with NGO's
- Undertake joint follow-up and monitoring and evaluation upon the project implementation
- support disaster victims
- Provide technical and professional support for people under difficult circumstances
- Promote the rights of PWDs to employment, training and education
- Insure the rights of the child
- Promote alternative protections for children under difficult circumstances
- Enhance community participation at all development initiatives
- Support economic capacity building endeavors directed to destitute family head mothers.
- Support the rehabilitated persons through training and IG programs.
- Provide rehabilitation services for orphan and abandoned children in institutions and support NGOs efforts to rehabilitate them.
- Promote Child Sponsorship programs
- Reconcile parties involved in collective labour dispute
- Provide educational and training services for employers and employees
- Register employers associations and trade unions
- Attempt to amicably resolve disputes that arise during negotiations of collective agreement
- Register collective agreements
- Supervise labour standards issued for the protection of the safety and health of workers
- Issue license for Labour Exchange Agencies
- Undertake job classification, employed and unemployed human resource.
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