2018 is the year of preliminary review and evaluation of the implementation of the National Targeted Program for Poverty Reduction in 2016-2018 and the orientation, mandate and plan for poverty reduction in 2019-2020. The results of poverty reduction after the half-term implementation of the Resolution of the 10th Party Congress of Binh Duong province, term 2015- 2020. Around this issue, Binh Duong correspondent interviewed Le Minh Quoc Cuong, Director of the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs on poverty reduction in the province.
Le Minh Quoc Cuong, Director of Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs handed gifts to the poor in 2018
- Dear sir, Resolution of the Tenth Provincial Party Congress of 2015-2020 term set targets to strive for the end of the term of the poverty rate according to the provincial criteria is less than 1%. At this point, how to implement this indicator?
- At the beginning of 2016, survey of poor households, near poor households according to the multi-dimensional approach, results of the survey in the province of 3,889 poor households (1.32%) and 2,870 near-poor households 0.97%). With comprehensive and in-depth solutions, the national target program for sustainable poverty reduction over 2 years of implementation of the Resolution of the 10th Provincial Party Congress has achieved satisfactory results. The total number of poor households in the province is 3,206 households, accounting for 1.09% of the total 294,573 households, of which the poverty reduction target is 1,989 households, accounting for 0.68%. The number of poor households covered by the social protection policy is 1,217, accounting for 0.41%. Near-poor households are 2,883 households, accounting for 0.98%.
As a result, Binh Duong basically has no poor households according to the provincial criteria. Therefore, in the beginning of 2018, the province has revised the set of criteria for surveying, reviewing the poor households in a more multi-dimensional approach. As of July 30, 2018, the total number of poor households in the province was 4,707, accounting for 1.62% of the total 290,652 households, of which the number of poor households The poverty reduction target of 2.818 households, accounting for 0.97%. The number of poor households under the social protection policy is 1,888 households, accounting for 0.65%. near poor households with 2,883 households, accounting for 0.99%. The above data, Department of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs submitted to PPC for approval.
Through nearly 3 years of implementation of the National Target Program for Sustainable Poverty Reduction, up to 7-2018, the province has reduced 1,850 poor households, an average reduction of about 0.25% There are no poor households.
- With the results mentioned above, what is the role of associations and unions in poverty reduction, sir?
- The result of provincial poverty reduction is the result of the overall socio-economic development of the province during the past years with a view to being sustainable. "Linking economic development with ensuring the well-being good social issues ". Economic development has created many resources, premise, favorable conditions for the local implementation of social security policies, including the care for the poor. In addition, poverty reduction has also mobilized the participation of both the political and social systems, especially the societies and organizations that play an important role in poverty reduction. This is the deepest lesson of the province over many years implementing the program.
Associations and unions have joined hands to implement poverty alleviation in various forms, through campaigns and movements for disadvantaged groups such as the "healthy leaves for torn leaves" movement; "An economically prosperous" builds solidarity houses for poor households from the "For the poor" fund at all levels; "Day for the poor"; The movement "All people unite to build cultural life in residential areas"; building "savings and credit group"; "Study Promotion Fund"; "Credit Fund for the Poor"; "Supporting women in economic development"; The movement "Binh Duong joined hands for the poor - Do not let anyone left behind". Associations, associations such as Women's Union, Farmer's Association, Veterans Association, Youth Union also coordinated to receive capital loans from the Social Policy Bank, support poor households, near poor households and escape from poverty to compile preferential loan documents; Coordinate the introduction of job creation and monitoring the implementation of poverty reduction policies, ensuring the right beneficiaries and the timely implementation of policies, effective.
- Dear sir, 2018 is the third year implementing the Resolution of Binh Duong Party Committee term 2015-2020, for the social security work, the sector will focus on what tasks to ensure better social security work?
- With the motto of "socio-economic development must be coupled with the social security, suitable development conditions, ability to balance the budget, ability to mobilize and socialize to attract to increase the quality of safety work, to strengthen and renovate the grassroots network and social support methods, "the province will promote and better implement the Government's Project 32 on development social work. Accordingly, the sector will continue to coordinate training human resources for social work; develop social work service delivery network; Good mobilization of resources, strengthening the socialization of social work. Besides, it is to strengthen and improve the quality, aiming at the standardization of care activities at social and non-public social protection establishments in the province; Take advantage of social resources at home and abroad for social security and welfare; Proposed, raise the level of social protection standards of the local based on the ability to balance the budget.
The sector will continue to work more effectively on poverty reduction. In particular, the determination of strengthening towards reducing direct support, non-refundable forms, incremental forms of conditional support, reimbursement; Promote the implementation of preferential credit to create jobs, create livelihoods for people, the poor, people with special difficulties; At the same time, it is necessary to carry out a review of service models, production and business practices in order to be replicated and transferred to poor and near-poor households in line with household conditions. of each locality and region. The sector will carry out well information and propaganda on social security; raise the sense of self-reliance, self-rise of poor households, near poor households; Effectively mobilize resources in the care of social policy beneficiaries, social protection beneficiaries and poor households towards sustainability in the work of social security.
- Thank you!
Interviewed by Thien Ly – Translated by Vi Bao
