Case report
https://doi.org/10.3935/rsp.v1i1.619
Social Programme of the Republic of Croatia
Živko Jurčević
; Ministarstvo rada i socijalne skrbi Republike Hrvatske
Abstract
Because the Greater-Serbia-aggression, the Republic of Croatia has found itself in a very difficult situation after having gained its independence. One fourth of its territory is occupied, many settlements and industrial plants are destroyed, and some very important branches of economy, like tourism for example, have been blocked due to the cut off communications among different parts of the country. Croatia has been compelled to accommodate a large number of displaced people, refugees and other war victims. The result of all this is a significant decrease of the living standards of the citizens of Croatia. The average monthly salary today amounts to about DM 200. apart from displaced people and refugees, the most affected are the categories of citizens that even before the war used to live with difficulty: the unemployed, the retired and the low income citizens. In order to protect the most severely threatened citizens, the Government of Croatia adopted on March 11, 1993 the Social Programme and then some amendments to the same Programme on August 24, 1993. The Social Programme covers some previously existing protection measures for the poor but it has also included some new ones like the housing costs allowances, assistance in the form of food, clothing and footwear, bread and milk subsidies, free school-books for poor children and firewood supply assistance. Citizens who have been assisted by the government receive a social card on which each assistance is recorded. By the end of November 1993, the social card was given to 105.107 families with 241.091 members. This Programme does not cover displaced people, refugees and other war victims that are given separate attention. In the first nine months of the application of the Social Programme, 115 million DM have been spent. The Social Programme is an instrument of a defensive social policy. Its goal is to overcome the most difficult social problems during the critical period that the Republic of Croatia is undergoing. Its makers are aware of the fact that only the settlement of the existing conditions, an economic development and new employments can solve these crucial economic and social problems of Croatia.
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Hrčak ID:
29692
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Publication date:
1.1.1994.
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