The cooperation of voluntary organizations with local agencies and the state is necessary, said the Deputy Minister of Social Welfare
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To ensure better quality services to the citizen, the cooperation of voluntary organizations with all local agencies and the state is necessary, the Deputy Minister of Social Welfare said on Tuesday evening, Anastasia Anthousi, expressing the state's thanks to the Limassol Provincial Volunteer Coordinating Council (ESSE).
In her greeting at an ESSE Limassol event, on the occasion of the International Volunteer Day, which was celebrated on December 5, Mrs. Anthousi said that the new and constantly changing social needs require flexibility and friendly cooperation between all the agencies that operate in the field of social care.
“We believe that collaboration of volunteer organizations with all local agencies and the State is necessary, to ensure better quality services to the citizen” , he said and added that the efforts of the Deputy Ministry are also directed in this direction.
In particular, he continued, recognizing the contribution of organized civil society, the Deputy Ministry of Social Welfare, through the State Support Schemes managed by the Social Welfare Services, supports the efforts of Non-Governmental Organizations to develop and provide social care programs.< /p>