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SOCIEUX+ supports countries in their fight against poverty, social exclusion, vulnerability and inequality

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Labour & Employment

We support countries in their efforts with the design and implementation of effective employment strategies and labour market policies, including:

– labour policy and law, active labour market policies, information systems, decent work, workers, informal economy, working conditions, labour relations, labour standards, social dialogue.

– employment policy, security and services, vocational education and training and skills development.

Social protection

We help partner countries to achieve more equitable, inclusive, efficient and sustainable social protection systems, including:

– social insurance: contributory pensions, health, accident, unemployment protection.

– social assistance: cash transfer programmes, income guarantee schemes, old ages benefits, child and disability grants, public works, social services.

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SOCIEUX+ meeting in Côte d’Ivoire

We are pleased to announce that our next SOCIEUX+ meeting will take place in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, and will be co-organised by the International Labour Organization (ILO). The meeting is entitled “Employment and social protection in West and Central Africa”, and aims to discuss the main employment and social protection challenges in the region.

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SOCIEUX+ supports the promotion of green jobs among young people in Togo

Green jobs have become a reality everywhere, amid the rising demand for healthy food, and the market for healthy products from organic farms is growing as strongly in Togo as it is in Europe. The country has become a leading exporter of organic pineapple, ginger, and soy in West Africa, and the government is pushing for all farms to convert to 100% organic by 2030. Today, agro-entrepreneurs are taking the lead.

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SOCIEUX+ at the UN Business and Human Rights Forum

On 27 Nov., SOCIEUX+ participated in the United Nations Business and Human Rights Forum in Geneva, Switzerland, speaking as part of the “Inclusion can’t wait” session, organised by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Labour Organization, the International Disability Alliance, the Office of the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and the EU-funded Bridging the Gap project. See the agenda and watch the full session here.

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Girardota City Council receives CIPDH-UNESCO Award for its inclusive local policies

The Peace and Social Inclusion Laboratory in Girardota, Colombia, has received the 2019 Construir Igualdad Award from the UNESCO International Center for the Promotion of Human Rights (CIPDH-UNESCO) for promotion of inclusive local public policies in cities with less than 100,000 inhabitants.

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