Actions in Labour Standards

  • Labour Standards strengthening

    Eastern Europe Georgia
    Start activities
    24/06/2019
    End activities
    28/06/2019
    Partner Institution
    Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health and Social Affairs
    Type of Assistance
    Individual capacity building (human resources development)
    Code
    2019-07
    Description
    Georgia main social Ministry has cooperated with SOCIEUX+ in view to improve labour standards, enhance safety in the labour environment, and to prevent the violation of dignified working conditions. A single activity was implemented by a team of three experts – from Poland, Hungary, and France. Main topics presented during the interventions related to the cost-benefits of applying occupational safety and health measures, what these measures should be about, how the systems of norms should be managed, and the importance of a tripartite dialogue. The action resulted in a transfer of knowledge and gave the partner’s staff the opportunity of a genuine peer-to-peer exchange on matters of its competence.

  • Job Impact Assessment of Public Investments

    WESTERN AFRICA Ghana
    Start activities
    21/05/2018
    End activities
    25/05/2018
    Partner Institution
    Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations (MELR), Policy Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (PPME)
    Type of Assistance
    Information management systems
    Code
    2017-40
    Description
    The Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations of Ghana requested SOCIEUX+ assistance for improving its internal capacity and analytical tools devoted to analyse labour market dynamics as a way to bring forward informed employment strategies. Training provided by public experts from the United Kingdom and Portugal to Ghanaian officials targeted the development of the labour market information system (LMIS), while methods of evaluation of active labour market policies were presented. Experts also formulated specific recommendations on how to systematically improve the operation of public employment services’ (PES) centers, which play a capital role in promoting employment opportunities and creating the conditions to match labour demand and supply.

  • Developing of a policy for occupational health and safety in the public administration

    WESTERN AFRICA Cape Verde
    Start activities
    05/03/2018
    End activities
    16/03/2018
    Partner Institution
    National Directorate of Public Administration - Ministry of Finances [Direcção Nacional da Administração Pública - Ministério das Finanças]
    Type of Assistance
    Institutional Strengthening
    Code
    2017-22
    Description
    On the demand of the National Directorate of Public Administration of the Ministry of Finance of Cabo Verde, the main objective of this action was to assess the health and safety situation in the workplace in the public administration. During a single exploratory activity, information on partnerships, internal functioning, delegation system, procedural organization of services, hazard management, system of governance and management teams, was compiled and shared with relevant stakeholders by a Portuguese expert. That information was intended to feed a systemic diagnosis of the organization and services and to formulate a way forward to their improvement.