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Sharing of International Experience for a National PES Reforms
- Start activities
- Jun-18
- End activities
- Jul-18
- Partner Institution
- Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security
- Type of Assistance
- National events (awareness raising)
- Code
- 2018-13
- Description
- A single-activity action in partnership with the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of the People's Republic of China. Experts from Austria and Sweden shared European and regional models and practices on the work of public employment services as to feed ongoing efforts by Chinese authorities in view to set up a consistent employment policy framework in China.
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Social security for internal migrants and the informal sector [Sécurité sociale des travailleurs migrants et formalisation des travailleurs du secteur informel]
- Start activities
- 04/02/2018
- End activities
- 09/02/2018
- Partner Institution
- Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs
- Type of Assistance
- Individual capacity building (human resources development)
- Code
- 2017-20
- Description
- SOCIEUX+ organized and delivered a training involving staff of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of Cameroon regarding the transition to formal work and the social rights to which informal workers should be entitled. Experts from France have displayed international principles and norms and presented indicators that can accompany a policy of formalization.
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Assessment of local employment policy in Girardota Municipality [Asesoría Profesional en la realización de la política pública de empleo del Municipio de Girardota]
- Start activities
- 18-06-2019
- End activities
- 26-07-2019
- Partner Institution
- Municipality of Girardota - Public Employment Services [Agencia Pública de Gestión y Colocación de Empleo]
- Type of Assistance
- Legislative & regulatory framework development
- Code
- 2017-33
- Description
- SOCIEUX+ partnered with a local authority (the Municipality of Girardota) to provide policy advice for the promotion of decent work opportunities in the local labour market. Spanish experts helped the partner to identify the challenges and bottlenecks faced by the municipal Public Employment Service in promoting decent work. As a result, the municipality of Girardota elaborated and adopted a municipal policy for the promotion of decent work, articulated on a few key areas: enhancing employability through VET, fostering entrepreneurship, socio-labour support to vulnerable groups. In addition, indicators for monitoring and evaluation of the policy were jointly developed.
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Job Impact Assessment of Public Investments
- 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.
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Organisational review of Public Employment Services for the improvement services for youth integration in labour market
- Start activities
- Jul-18
- End activities
- 29/11/2019
- Partner Institution
- Guinean Agency for Employment Promotion [Agence Guinéenne pour la promotion de l'emploi]
- Type of Assistance
- Institutional Strengthening
- Code
- 2017-35
- Description
- The action served the purpose of increasing the efficiency and visibility of the Guinea’s Agency for Employment Promotion (AGUIPE) in order to enable it to address the high rate of youth unemployment, especially among the graduated youth and those who benefitted from vocational education and training (VET). Two initial activities allowed French experts to carry out a systemic and organizational diagnosis of AGUIPE and to formulate recommendations in order to strengthen, develop and diversify AGUIPE's services. Finally, experts from Belgium and France have assessed the digital tools available to AGUIPE to promote its role and the services provided, particularly the website and the use of digital media as vehicle of communication towards large constituencies.
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Capacity building for better employment services, strategy and planning for youth employment
- Start activities
- Sep-18
- End activities
- 24/01/2020
- Partner Institution
- Ministry of Labour, Public Administration and Social Affairs (MTFPAS)
- Type of Assistance
- Code
- 2017-34
- Description
- The Agence Nationale pour l'emploi (ANPE) of Benin required SOCIEUX+ technical support to set up a ‘training and skills’ development plan to empower its intermediation services in 12 local agencies. The first mission was dedicated to a systemic and organizational diagnosis of the ANPE. The second activity was oriented to the definition and elaboration of a training plan for employment counsellors dealing with jobseekers, companies, and the self-employed, and for the heads of local agencies. The third activity focused on the services delivered by counsellors to jobseekers, namely, how to conduct a counselling interview). Finally, experts delivered a remote training workshop intended to give counsellors the right tools to strengthen their relationships with private firms and to meet employers' recruitment needs. All experts mobilized came from public entities, notably public employment services, of Belgium and France.
