Fiji's Department of Social Welfare leads other nations of the Pacific in service provision.
This is according to the Fiji Child Protection Baseline Report which reviews legal provisions, social services and community involvement in child protection in 2008, and develops recommendations and aims to promote capacity-building networking and inter-agency collaboration.
While the report states that Fiji's Social Welfare Department lead other Pacific countries in service provision, it however found that there are no fully resourced strategic or forward plans that address child protection with other relevant authorities.
The report recommends that mandated authorities dealing with children's protections including the Finance, Planning, Social Welfare, Health, Education, Youth and Justice Ministries should have principles and activities incorporated into their forward strategic plans, to ensure they are well resourced.
It also recommends that further inter-agency protocols between these services need to be strengthened.
The Child Protection Programme runs from 2008 t0 2012.
Department of Social Welfare leads other Pacific Nations
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