• Social dialogue and public-private partnerships for green jobs in the Forestry sector of Loreto

    Start activities
    21/06/2021
    End activities
    29/07/2022
    Partner Institution
    Regional Government of Loreto
    Type of Assistance
    Organisation/business strategy & planning
    Code
    2019-38
    Description
    The Action aimed to support the regional government of Loreto to promote opportunities for decent green jobs. It focused on the potential of public-private mechanisms for the sustainable development of Loreto's forestry sector with the generation of green, formal and decent jobs for the local youth. The Regional Direction of Employment chose to join an existing Regional Forestry Roundtable. Experts from France, Germany and Spain mapped the value chains of the forestry sector, made an analysis of the needed professional skills to access quality green jobs. In that perspective, experts formulated a proposal for a pilot training programme for young people, that could act as a catalyst for creating employment opportunities in the regional forestry sector.
  • Capacity building of employment advisors and job developers on soft skills

    Start activities
    08/10/2020
    End activities
    15/04/2022
    Partner Institution
    Natinal Employment Fund [Fond National de l'Emploi] (FNE)
    Type of Assistance
    Capacity building
    Code
    2019-33
    Description
    This action in collaboration with the National Employment Fund of Cameroon, aimed at improving services provided to job seekers, more specifically by assessing capacities of job counsellors on the topic of soft skills. Experts from France and Belgium focused on empowering job counselors in the appropriation of techniques and key skills of job counseling, with an emphasis on young job seekers. A large number of job counselors took part in the construction of training of trainers, involving staff from Yaoundé and Douala.
  • Capacity building for the general directorate of entrepreneurship promotion

    Start activities
    18/01/2021
    End activities
    05/02/2022
    Partner Institution
    Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises, and Employment Promotion
    Type of Assistance
    Organisational management (structures & functions)
    Code
    2019-32
    Description
    The action aimed at supporting the Directorate for the Promotion of Entrepreneurship and Employment (DPEE) of Benin and other agencies under supervision of the Ministry of Labour in improving its performance, managerial capacity and ability to deliver services in the field of entrepreneurship and employment promotion. French peer experts focused on analyzing specific needs and gaps and identified four axes for trainings, to be implemented through the following activities. Trainings targeted both the managerial and organizational capacities of decision-makers and technical agents within the Ministry, and capacity development at the 'operational' level of the various key actors in the promotion of entrepreneurship and employment services.
  • Strengthening employment opportunities for people living with disabilities

    Start activities
    11/01/2021
    End activities
    20/01/2022
    Partner Institution
    Union of people with disabilities
    Type of Assistance
    Institutional capacity building
    Code
    2019-19
    Description
    The Organization of persons with disabilities “Ravenstvo” (Equality) is committed to the improvement of the situation of persons with disabilities in Kyrgyz Republic, their autonomy and equal participation in all spheres including labour market. Supported by the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, Ravenstvo worked together with the experts from Latvia, Lithuania, Finland and Portugal mobilised by SOCIEUX+ to develop a project of a university disability-friendly career center for students of secondary and higher education. A study visit to Finland provided Kyrgyz partners from the ministry, civil society and universities with practical understanding of how education and labour market integration works in the EU.