Tbilisi. CSOs have released a statement on monitoring of the children’s homes. "We, the signatory organizations, welcome the initiative of the Ministry of Labor, Health and Social Welfare to launch a monitoring process over children’s resident institutions. According to the information released by the Ministry, monitoring will cover all such institutions including the children’s homes functioning with the Patriarchate and it aims to establish the extent, to which the institutions in Georgia meet the requirements of child care standards. ... We demand that the civil society representatives are involved in the monitoring process. Upon expression of due readiness by the state, we are ready to name our trusted competent experts,” says the statement.

Source:emc.org.ge