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Evaluering av handlingsplan mot tvangsekteskap
ISBN internet: 978-82-7763-302-2
Pages: 100
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Evaluation of the governmental action plan against forced marr...
As part of the assignment to perform a program evaluation of the Action Plan for Combating Forced Marriages, 2008-2011, the Institute for Social Research produces yearly reports on the progress of the plan. This first yearly report focuses on two main themes:
1) how the work against forced marriages is embedded within public services and
2) the preconditions that have been established for implementation of the plan through measures, divisions of responsibility and arrangements for coordination and steering.
The report takes as its point of departure that the Action Plan should lead to a broad development of competence on forced marriages within the public systems. We make a distinction between three types of work processes that are involved in the work against forced marriages: the handling of concrete cases, building of a capacity to act and finally preventive work in a broad sense. We claim that in order to enhance learning among the involved public services, the concrete experiences that are made in relation to these work processes must be captured and transferred. This requires good systems for bringing together street level experiences locally and regionally.
In relation to the first theme of this report, we conclude that the local and regional public services have an expressed need for an enhancement of competence. At the same time, it is clear that useful experiences of the handling of cases and of modes of cooperation exist in the local contexts. The new positions that were established through the plan, minority and integration advisors, also have the potential to develop new work methods and knowledge within this field. A major concern for those who are responsible for the plan is therefore to establish systems that ensure the documentation and exchange of knowledge, across localities and areas of competence.
In relation to the second theme, the preconditions for implementation, the report concludes that most measures have been initiated and are followed up through reports and coordination at the ministry level. There still exist a need for a stronger effort, especially concerning coordination of competence at the regional level and concerning coordination between ministries and directorates in the development of new knowledge. The report also points out a need for stronger coordination of roles within the handling of singular cases in the central public systems.