Family Futures

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CCFD is a key unit in developing and implementing projects and activities that are designed to strengthen families and transform the behaviour of target groups

Center (OSCC). In particular, the new initiative system ‘OSCC

in 24hr’ is the provision service for ‘prompt rescue’ for people

facing four social crisis troubles: unwanted pregnancy, human

trafficking, exploitation of child labour, and violence against

children/women/elderly and those with disabilities. The OSCC

Social Rescue Center has been established to fulfill the above task

through the cooperation and integration of all concerned agen-

cies. Under the centre, mobilized and co-hosted by the Ministry,

people are able to access one-stop service once they seek help.

To meet the achievement of reinforced cooperation through

online database and alarm systems, the Government has pushed

the OSCC into concrete action under a memorandum of under-

standing signed by concerned ministries and non-governmental

organizations, including the Ministry of Interior, under which

are local administrative organizations. They have functioned as

the help desk of Frontline 1 and the CCFD has worked as their

co-partner. In implementing this strategy, the CCFD has helped

its local administrative organization to receive and record notifi-

cation of cases, provided primary rescue through local networks,

and reported cases online to the responsible agencies as Frontline

2 for further actions. The OSCC system in the local community

is expected to meet people’s need and render reinforcement of

the empowered family.

Challenges and recommendations

Using local mechanisms as a key to strengthening the family is

an endeavour that demands continuous development. Future

progress depends on several contributing factors and faces a

number of challenges.

It is a priority to enhance the political will of decision

makers at all levels in local administrative organizations

which are the co-partners of the CCFD, in response to

the related family development linking to MDGs and the

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Economic

Community framework. We must also promote appro-

priate attitudes among policymakers and those working

in the family field, including the CCFD working group.

This means, for example, linking to gender perspectives

in order to prevent gender bias in project design and

activities. Capacity building of the CCFD working group

must be encouraged. This should include practical skills

and exchanged experience based on the development of

the OSCC system and other related fields, especially the

survey and analysis of local databases, design for project

proposals, family counselling and other skills in a social

and legal context. Further, there is a need to motivate the

integration of work to be carried out by the CCFD and

provincial government through concrete cooperation.

CCFD best practices should be extended to other new

local networks. To prepare for fruitful participation in

the ASEAN Economic Community in 2015, it is necessary

to create an ASEAN network in community family devel-

opment, to exchange lessons learned and best practices.

Finally, formulated policy and strategy on the empower-

ment of family members should be transferred to local

administrative organizations through the CCFD, so that

family members can access development in all stages of

their lives.