• Building capacity in the FMLE to increase employers’ awareness, understanding and engagement to their labour intermediation services

    Start activities
    22-05-2023
    End activities
    06-11-2023
    Partner Institution
    Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment
    Type of Assistance
    Individual capacity building (human resources development), Organisation/business strategy & planning
    Code
    2023-06
  • Promote employment opportunities for persons with disabilities through a gender equity approach

    Start activities
    27-03-2023
    End activities
    16-02-2024
    Partner Institution
    National Disability Secretariat [Secretaría Nacional de Discapacidad]
    Type of Assistance
    Policy development, Individual capacity building (human resources development)
    Code
    2022-35
  • Financial and policy advice on the establishment of the Unemployment Fund

    Start activities
    27-03-2023
    End activities
    13-08-2023
    Partner Institution
    Social Security Commission (SSC)
    Type of Assistance
    Legislative & regulatory framework development, Sectoral planning & budgeting, Financial management (incl. budgeting)
    Code
    2022-36
    Description
    The Social Security Commission of Namibia aims to enlarge its offer of social security schemes to encompass unemployment benefits. The contribution requested to SOCIEUX+ was mainly on exploring policy and organizational possibilities according to the context; to this purpose, SOCIEUX+ mobilized experts from France, Lithuania, Romania, and Spain. They have first been looking into the recent COVID-related stimulus package to protect laid-off workers and explore possibilities to integrate those measures into a structural instrument. Experts then looked at options for financing such a scheme, and how it would be governed and administered by the Social Security Commission. Such technical background will prove useful in the event Namibia will decide to move forward with the introduction of unemployed benefits.
  • Technical and institutional appraisal for the establishment of a unified registry for social protection in Lebanon

    Start activities
    06-03-2023
    End activities
    15-10-2023
    Partner Institution
    Ministry of Social Affairs
    Type of Assistance
    Information management systems
    Code
    2023-02
    Description
    The Ministry of Social Affairs of Lebanon asked SOCIEUX+ support in the establishment of a unified registry for social protection (USRP), according to the National Social Protection Strategy. The goal is to have available a comprehensive data platform of beneficiary households of the existing social assistance benefits and schemes. In fact, today Lebanon’s economic crisis translates into persisting hardship for the poorest and impoverishment of the medium class; in such a situation, social transfers and basic services are key to secure essential livelihood and ultimately social stability. As those are massively funded by international donors, a national URSP would allow the Lebanese Government to steer social assistance delivery based on comprehensive data and IMS infrastructure. In this context, the planned EU support will be key to provide the necessary technical expertise to set up a functional and technological solution for setting up the URSP. The present Action – and the mobilized Spanish and French expertise - helped to prepare the terms of reference for the selection of the consultancy that will be in charge of ERSP’s development. The consultancy was actually selected, and the project started beginning 2024.