DFID works closely with the World Bank which has made work in this sector a priority, and with other multilateral donors. DFID liaises with the World Bank who are also active in the field of pension reform, both state and non-state. DFID is supporting work with the SIF relating to industrial injury compensation, including cooperating on the design of procedures and regulations designed to implement an effective compensation system. DFID is supporting work in the Sverdlovsk oblast to explore the possibility for more family-focused social care for children at a number of pilot sites in the oblast. This will promote a cooperative approach between the different agencies involved, and aims to integrate all vulnerable children within a coherent system of childcare.
Care is offered both in residential homes and in some cases through support at home.
Part of the response to this has been the development of a network of women's crisis centres across the Russian Federation. Britain in St.