• Social Protection

    Maintenance of the disability assessment formula

    EASTERN EUROPE Armenia
    Start activities
    18/01/2021
    End activities
    08/06/2021
    Partner Institution
    Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Republic of Armenia
    Type of Assistance
    Legislative & regulatory framework development
    Code
    2020-24
    Description
    The Ministry of Labour and Social Protection (MLSP) of Armenia has been engaged into a disability assessment reform and introduction of functional and human-rights based approach to disability. As a part of a longer cooperation between the Ministry and SOCIEUX+, this short action conducted exclusively remotely aimed at measuring the participation of persons with disabilities in the disability assessment formula. In this action, MLSP was supported by their peers from Greece.
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  • Social Protection

    Building individual capacities on functional disability assessment

    EASTERN EUROPE Armenia
    Start activities
    oct-2021
    End activities
    29-10-2021
    Partner Institution
    Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Republic of Armenia
    Type of Assistance
    Individual capacity building (human resources development)
    Code
    2020-23
    Description
    The Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Armenia has been engaged into a disability assessment reform and introduction of functional and human-rights based approach to disability. As a part of a longer cooperation between the Ministry and SOCIEUX+, this action was particularly focused on building up the capacities of multidisciplinary teams of professionals who conduct disability assessment in line with new rules and using protocols based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) adjusted to the context of Armenia. A team of 20 trainers (doctors, paramedical and social work professionals) was set up and benefited from a training on functional disability assessment logic and practices by experts from Greece and Cyprus mobilised by SOCIEUX+.
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  • Social Protection

    Linking disability assessment to social protection service provision for People with Disabilities (PdWs)

    Eastern Europe Armenia
    Start activities
    18/01/2021
    End activities
    15-03-2022
    Partner Institution
    Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Republic of Armenia
    Type of Assistance
    Legislative & regulatory framework development
    Code
    2020-21
    Description
    The Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Armenia has been engaged into a disability assessment reform and introduction of functional and human-rights based approach to disability. As a part of a longer cooperation between the Ministry and SOCIEUX+, this action was particularly focused on linkage between disability assessment and services that persons with disabilities are entitled to receive from social protection system. Experts from Greece and France supported the Ministry in elaboration of guidelines for social workers and members of disability assessment commissions on how to identify beneficiary’s needs for social and functional-related services (including assistive technologies) in line with person’s age, disability type and level, administer those services, monitor their effectiveness and efficiency and evaluate them.
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  • Social Protection

      Community-based information on prevention of COVID-19 infections

      Western Africa Nigeria
      Start activities
      18/01/2021
      End activities
      04/09/2021
      Partner Institution
      National Social Safety Nets Coordinating Office (NASSCO)
      Type of Assistance
      Awareness raising (roundtables, seminars, workshops, etc)
      Code
      2020-22
      Description
      This one-off action aimed to raise general awareness on communication strategies for reaching out to local communities, including but not limited to Covid-19 response. The activity consisted in a series of workshops providing a general-purpose methodology on social marketing and a series of relevant case studies. The result is a set of tools that the Partner will integrate in the current communication strategy.
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    • Social Protection

      Strengthening the NASSCO’s capacity for the development of a database of Poor and Vulnerable Households (PVHHs) in shock response

      Western Africa Nigeria
      Start activities
      04/01/2021
      End activities
      24-03-2022
      Partner Institution
      National Social Safety Nets Coordinating Office (NASSCO)
      Type of Assistance
      Organisational capacity building
      Code
      2020-20
      Description
      This Action fell within the scope of DEVCO-ILO project with NASSCO “Strengthening and Expanding the National Social Registry (NSR) as a shock-responsive social protection system in Nigeria”. Experts from France and Germany first assessed individual capacity needs on knowledge management for informing policies for building social protection systems. Based on the assessment a training was delivered and a methodology and a series M&E tools on tracking staff performance were jointly built. Experts from Belgium and France then provided guidance on data security for NASSCO’ monitoring and information system (MIS). The activity consisted in the combination of synchronous and asynchronous training modules on SOCIEUX+ e-learning platform around the two topics of data policies and procedures and data sensitivity and security.
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    • Social Protection

      Assessment of School Feeding Programme for pre-primary and primary school in Zanzibar

      Southern Africa Tanzania
      Start activities
      15/10/2020
      End activities
      15/12/2020
      Partner Institution
      President’s Office, Regional Administration, Local Government and Special Departments (PORALGSD)
      Type of Assistance
      Organisational capacity building
      Code
      2020-19
      Description
      The Action served the purpose of assessing the state of the art and actual institutional arrangements involved in the implementation of the Zanzibar School Feeding Programme (SFP), providing fresh meals to all Zanzibar’s pre-primary public schools. A situation analysis was carried out by experts from Bulgaria and Italy who focused on three key aspects: the optimal capitation grants to adequately cover the SFP’s operational costs; the current school feeding supply chain, as well as the administrative and organizational arrangements in place; and the identification of operational bottlenecks to the efficient running of the SFP. The report shall be of use for the institution – namely the Ministry of Education of the Government of Zanzibar - that will be in charge of running the SFP.
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