The Romanian national institutional social work system and social inclusion policies (2000-2016)

Abstract

The re-creation of the social work institutional system after the fall of the communist regime in 1989 is described both from the evolution of the main ideas and actions from the legislation developed in the last 29 years. The development of the social inclusion policies that accompanied the above system is also described in the current article, underlining the moments when the national social policy official strategy focused on poverty alleviation. Drafted with support from international institutions like United Nations or World Bank, the main strategies, action plans and bills on social assistance had different approaches along the last 16 years.