Readiness of the UNFPA for further cooperation with State Welfare Organization

Dr. Sathya Doraiswamy, Representative of United Nations Population Fund in Iran, during a meeting with the head of state Welfare Organization emphasized on the comprehensive development of cooperation between SWO and UNFPA in different areas.

According to the report of Public Relations and International Affairs of SWO, the representative of the United Nations Population Fund while appreciating the head of the Welfare Organization to attend at this meeting and said: "I am very grateful for the valuable statements of His Excellency at the beginning of this meeting and gratitude you for accepting our invitation to attend this meeting." I would also like to express my gratitude to the coordinators of this meeting who provided a warmly and friendly atmosphere to share bilateral discussion, because meeting with you as one of the main partners of our programs is so important for us. I have gained different experiences in different countries around the world and I have not seen any institution such as SWO of Iran that has a regular, accurate structure that can be integrated into the goals of different communities in a very large extent of such services. Offer valuable.

"Our approach is to develop bilateral cooperation in various fields," said Dr.Satya Durais Wami, referring to the UN Population Fund's approach. We follow five types of approaches for implementing cooperation programs, which include capacity building in various dimensions, knowledge management, support and policy of purchasing various items and equipment to provide different services, bilateral partnerships of the United Nations Population Fund. In most of these approaches, we have bilateral cooperation with State Welfare Organization.

He added: Capacity building, knowledge management, providing various services in attracting scientific and economic participation, policy-making in various fields, but what is most important for us areas and provides more participation is the existence of different target communities in the welfare organization such as the elderly, women heads of households and people with disabilities, which the welfare organization provides various services to these people; In other words, the existence of these communities and the implemented programs provide the grounds for cooperation with the office of the Population Fund.

The representative of the United Nations Population Fund pointed to the approach and approach taken by the Welfare Organization regarding the elderly and said: "This approach is very special and valuable, given that the government of the Islamic Republic in recent years has been able to Approve, has made valuable moves and action. Many countries in the world do not have such a regular structure to provide various services to the elderly, and this national document is the most important and best action taken in the field of aging.

The representative of the United Nations Population Fund referred to the approach taken by the Welfare Organization regarding the elderly and said: "This approach is very special and valuable, since the government of the Islamic Republic in recent years has been able to approve the National Document for the Elderly as valuable actions is laudable. In fact many countries in the world do not have such a regular structure to provide various services to the elderly, and this national document is the most important and best action taken in the field of aging.

He said: "Inside the country, there are very good capacities to become a regional hub in order to manage and transfer knowledge to different countries of the region, so in this regard, we will announce our readiness to pave this path."

The representative of the United Nations Population Fund said: "Another field that, like the field of the elderly ,we have worked during the past years and achieved significant results, is the field of people with disabilities, the United Nations Population Fund is ready to produce Information data about these people in framework of a  valuable collaboration with you, and if you agree, we can have a national document for people with disabilities, like the National Aging Document, and do a lot of support work for people with disabilities.

He added: "Due to unilateral sanctions against Iran and the existence of the Corona virus, these people suffered a lot of economic damage in Iran, so we can implement various economic entrepreneurship programs for the elderly, women-headed of households and the disabled to help these people and reduce the economic burden of the government. In addition to these issues, the UNFPA announces its readiness to cooperate with the Welfare Organization in various fields, including cooperation with the Social Affairs Department on reducing social harms and the problem of addiction. Finally, I would like to thank and appreciate your kind attention.

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