Actions in Vulnerable Groups

  • Development of counselling standards and services for children and youth at risk

    WESTERN BALKANS North Macedonia
    Start activities
    04-09-2023
    End activities
    01-12-2023
    Partner Institution
    Ministry of Labour and Social Policy (MLSP)
    Type of Assistance
    Organisation/business strategy & planning
    Code
    2023-23
    Description
    The Ministry of Labor and Social Policy requested development of counselling standards and services for children and youth at risk implemented in the institution of 25.maj in Skopje. The peer-to-peer technical assistance represented by Croatian, French and Czech expertise allowed to develop a methodology and standards for new services. These standards create an enabling environment for empowerment to the vulnerable youth, children and families at risk and will serve as a pilot project in the country with the possibility for multiplication.

  • Review of the legal framework and strategy supporting veteran’s entrepreneurial activities

    Eastern Europe Ukraine
    Start activities
    15-08-2022
    End activities
    17-03-2023
    Partner Institution
    The Ministry of Veterans Affairs of Ukraine
    Type of Assistance
    Institutional capacity building, Policy development
    Code
    2022-16
    Description
    The Directorate of Civic Identity and Veteran Development is an independent structural unit of the Ministry of Veterans Affairs of Ukraine. The Ministry indicated the need to review the existing legal framework regarding entrepreneurship support to ex-combatants, as well as the Ministry’s strategy supporting veterans’ entrepreneurial activities. The object of this action was geared towards reintegration, rather than reinsertion. Reintegration is the process by which ex-combatants acquire civilian status and gain sustainable employment and income. During the first activity, experts from France produced a review of the legal framework and strategy related to the reintegration of veterans through entrepreneurship. The second activity showcased good practices of programmes supporting veterans entrepreneurship in Croatia. Both activities were carried out remotely.

  • Improving the system of monitoring and evaluation of social projects within the framework of grant funding for NGOs

    Central Asia Kazakhstan
    Start activities
    24-10-2022
    End activities
    17-02-2023
    Partner Institution
    Non-profit joint-stock company "Center for Support of Civil Initiatives"
    Type of Assistance
    Organisational capacity building
    Code
    2022-14
    Description
    Civil Initiatives Support Center (CISC) created in 2016 is the operator for all public and some private grants delivered to Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Kazakhstan. Its mission is to maintain relations of confidence and transparency between the state and CSOs and to support the development of civil society in Kazakhstan in terms of funding as well as capacity building. Through the expertise from Romania and Portugal, this action supported CISC to make more efficient, transparent and homogenous the assessment of initial grant applications and the activities of monitoring and evaluation applied when the grant projects are being implemented. New procedures were proposed, and CISC staff and independent assessors were trained.

  • Promotion of employment among vulnerable groups (Promotion de l’emploi des couches vulnérables)

    Western Africa Côte d'Ivoire
    Start activities
    29/03/2019
    End activities
    06/12/2019
    Partner Institution
    Ministry of Employment and Social Protection [Ministère de l’Emploi et de la Protection Sociale] (MEPS)
    Type of Assistance
    Organisational capacity building
    Code
    2018-22
    Description
    SOCIEUX+ has responded to the request of the Ministry of Employment and Social Protection of Ivory Coast, in view of improving labour insertion of persons with disabilities. Mobilized experts from Belgium, France and Spain have first assessed the current strategies and tools available to the partner to address the target group’s difficulties to access stable and dignified employment. They have then deployed capacity building activities involving key partner’s staff and associated structures; experts have mostly presented good practices from European and African countries (Morocco), as a way to enlarging the set of tools that can be deployed to enhance employability of persons with disabilities.

  • Promotion of employment among people living with disabilities (Promoción del empleo para personas con discapacidad)

    South America Peru
    Start activities
    24/06/2019
    End activities
    12/06/2020
    Partner Institution
    Ministry of Labour and Employment Promotion; Directorate for Promotion of Employment for Workers with Disabilities
    Type of Assistance
    Code
    2018-23
    Description
    SOCIEUX+ has addressed the needs formulated by the Ministry of Labour and Employment Promotion of Peru in view of improving labour insertion of persons with disabilities. The action strategy has addressed three dimensions. Firstly, experts from Spain assessed the current Department’s tools and policies aimed at promoting employment among persons with disabilities. Secondly, they provided capacity building for key partner staff, particularly regarding the setup of appropriate communication channels. Finally, experts accompanied the partner’s efforts to reinforce public-private partnerships, namely to involve private firms in strategies aimed at meeting the needs of the target population and to promote their labour insertion.

  • Implementation strategies for teleworking

    SOUTH AMERICA Peru
    Start activities
    01/12/2018
    End activities
    15/03/2019
    Partner Institution
    Ministry of Labor and Employment Promotion [Ministerio de Trabajo y Promoción del Empleo]
    Type of Assistance
    Institutional (Regulatory & Policy)
    Code
    2017-11
    Description
    This action is part of a series of actions in partnership with the Ministry of Labour and Employment Promotion (MTPE) of Peru, in the area of labour and employment. In this circumstance, the MTPE aimed to foster the implementation of the teleworking modality and to increase the understanding of private companies and public entities about this modality. Different issues related to employment and working conditions for employees involved in teleworking were discussed as well as the views of the social partners and European government policies on this form of work. The current national legislation on this labor modality has been examined jointly with national experts from the Netherlands and Spain. Possible initiatives to support the implementation of the telework promotion plans have been discussed.