Local plan for sustainable development for tulcea county
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Human resources (teachers, auxiliary teachers, non-teaching staff): The total number of teachers is 2964 The total number of auxiliary teachers is 188 The total number of non-teaching staff is 1062 The number of teachers in urban areas is 1769 The number of teachers in rural areas is 1195 The largest number of teachers can be found in the middle school education system: 1040 postings (34.27%) of the total number of teachers, followed by those in primary education with 721 postings (23.76%); high-school education has 495 postings (16.31%); pre-schools have 416 postings (13.71%) and professional education has 362 postings (11.95%). I.3.5. CULTURE Cultural Institutions: 1. Tulcea Institute for Ecological Museum Studies (ICEM Tulcea) – is a public cultural institution which falls under the authority of Tulcea County Council, and which functions based on professional autonomy. The institute acts as producer and provider of cultural goods and services, and as protector and capitalisation of the cultural heritage. It is divided into 4 museum sections, 11 museum and research departments, a department for the preservation of the mobile heritage, and a documentation centre. As ICEM has access to an exceptional heritage, it has developed activities of research, development, project management, conservation, restoration, and capitalisation of this heritage. The institution includes the following cultural components: History and Archaeology Museum – houses a rich archaeological heritage - nearly 90,000 archaeological, numismatic, neo-Christian, and Christian artefacts. The museum manages the Neo-Christian monument at Niculiţel and the Farul Vechi Museum in Sulina. Ethnography and Local Crafts Museum – houses a temporary exhibition of local customs and creations, specific to Dobrogea and to the entire country. The museum manages the Panait Cerna Memorial House, Panaghia House in Babadag – a beautiful exhibition of oriental art – and the Dobrogea Village Museum at Enisala, which includes a peasant household in situ. Art Museum – houses collections of art, engravings, and contemporary sculpture, and has an outstanding inter-war avant-guard collection, one of the most important in the country, with artists such as Gheorghe Petraşcu, Nicolae Tonitza, Theodor Pallady, Nicolae Grigorescu, Victor Brauner. Danube Delta Natural History Museum – has the most important flora and fauna species found in the Danube Delta Biosphere Conservation Area. The aquarium is the main attraction, which next to local species, has some marine curiosities from the Indian and Atlantic Oceans. 2. County Department for Culture, Cults, and Heritage – is a public institution under the management of the Culture and Cults Ministry, which acts in collaboration with the local public administration authorities to develop a material base, diversify, modernise, and improve the cultural services necessary for the local community. 3. Panait Cerna County Library – is under the management of Tulcea County Council, and is the most important institution of this kind in the county. It has a collection of over 315,000. The county library network includes 48 public libraries, which have 862,000 books. 4. Baladele Deltei Artistic Ensemble– is under the management of Tulcea County Council, and includes two sections: Folklore Ensemble and the Urmuz Professional Theatre. 5. Folk Art School – is under the management of Tulcea County Council, and includes painting, guitar, organ – accordion, fashion, and singing classes. 6. County Centre for Cultural Preservation – is under the management of Tulcea County Council, and organises contests and festivals, singing galas and folk dance shows, and exhibitions and markets for local crafts. Also organises cultural balls, art shows, creativity camps, and book launches. 7. Ludovic Paceag Cultural Centre – is under the management of Babadag Local Council, and its activity revolves around the spiritual life of the community. The centre is involved in the organisation and participation for cultural, artistic, and scientific activities, in the celebration of historic events, celebration of personalities, national holidays, and local activities. Important festivals:
I.3.6. SOCIAL ASSISTANCE In the period following 1989, the social climate in Romania has been characterised by both positive effects, as well as by painful social costs of the transition. In the absence of social policies to decrease the shock of living standards for the largest portion of the population, the diminished buying power meant poverty and marginalisation of the society. The Tulcea General Department for Social Aid and Protection of Children ensures social assistance for the protection of children and women at county level, as well as for single persons, the elderly, the disabled, and other persons in need. With regards to the protection of children and women, statistics show that at the beginning of 2007, there were 778 children in the protection system (family and residential), as follows:
The Department for the Complex Evaluation of children within D.G.A.S.P.C. Tulcea shows that 637 children have disability certificates. The 637 children have the following degrees of handicap: strong 340, accentuated 181, medium 116. Of the 637 cases, 522 are children living with their own families, and 115 are children in institutionalised protection systems. An important component is the preventative activity carried out by specialised services. At the end of 2006, 169 women vulnerable to child abandonment were noticed by these specialised services. Also, over the same period, 381 cases benefitted from preventative counselling services through two counselling centres in Tulcea and Sulina, and 119 benefitted from care and recuperation services in three day centres and one recuperation centre in Tulcea. The Social Service for Disabled Persons provided social care and facilities to 3609 non-institutionalised disabled persons at the end of 2006, as well as to 440 institutionalised disabled persons. Residential centres for adults aimed at social protection for disabled persons and residential centres for the elderly are also under the management of D.G.A.S.P.C.- Tulcea, as follows:
I.3.7. SWOT ANALYSIS – SOCIAL CAPITAL
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