Actions in Costa Rica

  • Labour & Employment Policies

    The National Employment System of Costa Rica as a tool for competitiveness and productivity, generation of human capital, social inclusion and employment promotion

    Central America COSTA RICA
    Start activities
    13/05/2024
    End activities
    31/05/2024
    Partner Institution
    Ministry of Labor and Social Security (MTSS)
    Type of Assistance
    International events (awareness raising)
    Code
    2024-05
    Description
    This technical cooperation, developed with the Costa Rican Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MTSS), saw experts from France and Germany contribute their expertise and best practices in areas related to the labour market, public employment services, vocational training and other related topics. This cooperation took place within the framework of the International Forum on Public Employment Services and the National Employment System of Costa Rica on 23-24 May 2024.

  • Labour & Employment Policies

    Design of a comprehensive Recruitment and Selection Management Model for the Directorate General of Civil Service (DGSC)

    Central America Costa Rica
    Start activities
    27-02-2023
    End activities
    09/09/2023
    Partner Institution
    General Directorate of Civil Service [Dirección General De Servicio Civil] (DGSC)
    Type of Assistance
    Legislative & regulatory framework development
    Code
    2022-33
    Description
    Since 2018, the Personnel Recruitment and Selection Area of the Directorate General of Civil Service (DGSC) has been developing an initiative that aims to transform the recruitment and selection processes applying to civil servants of 45 institutions that operate under the Civil Service Regime, as to stimulate efficiency, automation, and accessibility in the supply of administrative positions. Against this framework, the action, through the involvement of various teams of Spanish experts mobilized by SOCIEUX+, aimed to significantly improve the civil service recruitment system mainly by accompanying a consultation process involving a sample of HR offices and their regional headquarters, as to take into account their perception and needs. Based on those consultations, experts helped co-constructing a new comprehensive operational model for recruitment, one that is transparent and in accordance with the directives of the Public Employment Framework Law. Finally, experts also helped to develop software requirements for the system’s automation and harmonization.

  • Labour & Employment Policies

    Modernization of the management of public administration recruitment in the civil service regime of Costa Rica

    CENTRAL AMERICA Costa Rica
    Start activities
    05/08/2021
    End activities
    20-08-2022
    Partner Institution
    General Directorate of Civil Service [Dirección General De Servicio Civil] (DGSC)
    Type of Assistance
    Institutional capacity building
    Code
    2021-12
    Description
    Through this first Action in partnership with the Dirección General De Servicio Civil of Panama, SOCIEUX+ helped the Partner to reform the process of selection of the personnel of public administrations. Public experts from Spain first looked into the processes of recruitment and selection of the public administration staff, for then putting forward an alternative model focusing on knowledge tests. In the framework of the Action, a test of the new model was done through a pilot project, duly assessed at the end of the cooperation with SOCIEUX+. The latter ultimately provided technical ground and proposed specific models to contribute to the selection of civil servants with a knowledge-based, soft-skilled, meritocratic approach.