- The portal for children fi @ name : a portal that is used in addition to the parental
control. It can accompany children on the Internet by offering sites that meet their
expectations: games, colouring, homework tutoring, sports, ... etc.
- The portal also provides a secured search engine of thousands of children’s sites
whose content has been previously verified and validated
g) Family environment and alternative care (articles 18 and 19 of the ACRWC)
141. Article 58 of the Constitution states that the family, basic unit of the society and
natural environment that ensures harmonious growth of the child, enjoys the
protection of the state and the society.
142.Parental guidance: This aspect is included in the intervention of social workers
from the observation services and outreach education (SOEMO), through their
support actions.
143.The social mediation is supported by the government through the organization of
training sessions for social mediators at the national training centre of specialist
staff in Algiers.
144.Alternative care: The development of the needs and expectations of families in
terms of care for young children below age 6 (that is, those who have not attained the
mandatory age of schooling) remains an important focus in the activities of local
communities, institutions and businesses. This right addresses a social requirement
that aims to promote child development and his/her fulfilment and well being on one
hand, and enables to reconcile family and professional lives of parents and contribute
to the economic development of the family, on the other hand.
145. In terms of labour regulations in force, nurseries and kindergartens are
subsidized notably from enterprises’ welfare funds. The right to welfare benefits is
known to all workers (Art.6 -law 90-11 of 21 April 1990 as amended and
supplemented on labour relations and articles 180, 181,182 of the 78-12 law of 5
August 1978 on the General status of the worker). For its part, civil society suggests
not exclude children whose mothers do not have paid activities, from accessing
nurseries and kindergartens, in order to enable them to engage in lucrative activity at
home.
146.In accordance with Decree No. 82-179 of 15 May 1982 as amended and
supplemented, which determines the content and the method of financing of welfare
activities, welfare activities are considered as actions or achievements aimed at
helping to improve the physical well-being and morale of workers and their families.
147.The welfare fund of the employing organization is fed by an annual contribution
calculated on the basis of a rate of 3% of the payroll. As part of the early childhood
care, the Government has implemented an upgrade and adaptation of the regulations
provisions governing early childhood care institutions in order to respond to changes
of society.
148.An executive decree was initiated with a view to lay the foundations and
principles of the creation and operation of early childhood care facilities, and also to
define formulas and modalities of support for this segment of the population within
these institutions. The novelty introduced in this text, enacted in September 2008,
includes not only the organization of the care of non disabled children not allowed in
the national preparatory education classes, but also those with disabilities and for
which units are specially adapted and incentives in terms of teacher support are
provided by the government.
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