Actions in Familiy Benefits

  • Establishment of a Unified Registry for Social Protection (URSR) in Lebanon: Supporting MoSA to take ownership of the project and validated the USR target system model

    Middle East and Gulf Countries Lebanon
    Start activities
    18/11/2023
    End activities
    01/03/2025
    Partner Institution
    Ministry of Social Affairs
    Type of Assistance
    Organisational management (structures & functions); Information management systems
    Code
    2023-44
    Description
    SOCIEUX's intended contribution through this action was to support the Ministry of Social Affairs (MoSA) in building the internal capacity needed to strategically lead the EU-funded project for the establishment of a Unified Registry for Social Protection (URSP Project) in Lebanon. To this end, experts from France and Spain mobilised by SOCIEUX+ accompanied the creation of the Programme Management Unit (PMU) in defining its mandate, its role in the URSP Project and the necessary material and human components of the PMU.

  • Developing specialized and urgent foster care measures

    WESTERN BALKANS Montenegro
    Start activities
    15-05-2023
    End activities
    03-12-2023
    Partner Institution
    Institute for Social and Child Welfare [Zavod za socijalnu i dječju zaštitu]
    Type of Assistance
    Policy development
    Code
    2023-03
    Description
    The social and child welfare and protection system implemented by the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare of Montenegro is oriented towards the development of social and child protection services to prevent the separation of children from their biological families, guarantee alternative forms of care and achieve reintegration, wherever possible by its international commitments. Ending institutionalisation has been a priority for Europe and is also one of the conditions for accession to the European Union. Experts from Hungary, Croatia, Sweden, the Czech Republic and the Netherlands mobilised by SOCIEUX+ supported the Institute for Child and Social Welfare in the development of a Foster Care Action Plan and the design of a curriculum for the Institute's social workers on foster care competencies.

  • Reform of the social and child protection system and costing of the Roadmap

    WESTERN BALKANS Montenegro
    Start activities
    21-08-2023
    End activities
    10-12-2023
    Partner Institution
    Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare
    Type of Assistance
    Sectoral planning & budgeting
    Code
    2023-10
    Description
    The Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare of Montenegro is responsible for drafting legislative and policy proposals in the field of employment policies, labour markets, social welfare policies, social and child protection, and pension and disability insurance. Experts from Spain and France mobilised by SOCIEUX+ elaborated a Methodology for pricing social protection services and also calculated the five essential services of the institution, so that the Ministry could adapt these budgets to the needs of the context at any given time.

  • Support on the development of individual foster care plans

    WESTERN BALKANS Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Start activities
    17-10-2023
    End activities
    Ongoing
    Partner Institution
    Ministry of Health, Work and Social Policy
    Type of Assistance
    Institutional capacity building
    Code
    2023-32

  • Methodology for processing “Medium-term development program for people with disabilities and their families (2023-2025)”

    East Asia Mongolia
    Start activities
    31-10-2022
    End activities
    19-05-2023
    Partner Institution
    General authority for development of persons with disabilities
    Type of Assistance
    Policy development, Individual capacity building (human resources development)
    Code
    2022-12
    Description
    The Action has mainly resulted in information sharing and methodological support. The General Authority for development of persons with disabilities intended to develop a strategic approach for serving persons with disabilities at its best. To this goal, SOCIEUX+ mobilized an extraordinary, diversified expertise from Finland, France, Italy, Portugal, Romania, and Sweden, for the very purpose of exposing the Partner to a varied set of models and practices. Individual capacity building of Partner’s staff has been part of this strategy. The last step of the cooperation has been to set up a full-fledged methodology on how to develop a medium-term action plan for persons with disabilities and their families, inclusive of potential actions and services inspired by EU best practices fostering social inclusion and independent living.