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Public policies for the promotion of green jobs among the youth
- Start activities
- 09/04/2018
- End activities
- 13/04/2019
- Partner Institution
- Ministry of Labor and Employment Promotion [Ministerio de Trabajo y Promoción del Empleo]
- Type of Assistance
- Institutional (Regulatory & Policy)
- Code
- 2017-09
- Description
- This action is part of a series of actions in partnership with the Ministry of Labour and Employment Promotion (MTPE) of Peru, in the area of labour and employment. In this circumstance, the MTPE aimed to formulate a sectoral plan to promote the ‘green economy’ and ‘green jobs’. Experts from Germany, Italy and the Netherlands shared technical inputs, key-concepts and European and regional good practices with civil officers from the MTPE, other relevant Ministries, and local governments and communities. The main outcome of the action was a better understanding by local partners of the economic, occupational, social and environmental potential of the green economy, including in terms of employment.
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Formulation of a national strategy for the promotion of employment to empower women in Peru
- Start activities
- 19/03/2018
- End activities
- 23/03/2018
- Partner Institution
- Ministry of Labor and Employment Promotion [Ministerio de Trabajo y Promoción del Empleo]
- Type of Assistance
- Institutional (Regulatory & Policy)
- Code
- 2017-10
- Description
- This action is part of a series of actions in partnership with the Ministry of Labour and Employment Promotion (MTPE) of Peru, in the area of labour and employment. In this circumstance, the MTPE aimed to set-up multi-sectoral public policies aimed to boost women’s employment. Experts from France and Spain presented key concepts on gender equality, including international declarations, resolutions and commitments for women’s rights, and looked into the legal national framework and policies. They presented good practices of EU member states, and worked out a basic toolkit that help to mainstream gender issues in employment policies and programs.
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Implementation strategies for teleworking
- Start activities
- 01/12/2018
- End activities
- 15/03/2019
- Partner Institution
- Ministry of Labor and Employment Promotion [Ministerio de Trabajo y Promoción del Empleo]
- Type of Assistance
- Institutional (Regulatory & Policy)
- Code
- 2017-11
- Description
- This action is part of a series of actions in partnership with the Ministry of Labour and Employment Promotion (MTPE) of Peru, in the area of labour and employment. In this circumstance, the MTPE aimed to foster the implementation of the teleworking modality and to increase the understanding of private companies and public entities about this modality. Different issues related to employment and working conditions for employees involved in teleworking were discussed as well as the views of the social partners and European government policies on this form of work. The current national legislation on this labor modality has been examined jointly with national experts from the Netherlands and Spain. Possible initiatives to support the implementation of the telework promotion plans have been discussed.
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Strengthening innovation, entrepreneurship and formation of informal sector vendors
- Start activities
- 04/02/2018
- End activities
- 12/07/2018
- Partner Institution
- Institute for Social Economy [Instituto para la Economia Social]
- Type of Assistance
- Institutional Strengthening
- Code
- 2017-16
- Description
- The Instituto para la Economia Social (IPES) of Bogotá provides care and attention to informal street vendors. This action served the purpose of setting up tools for the design, the management and the follow-up of policies related to training, work and employment of informal street vendors. French experts first assessed IPES’ current programme in favor of street vendors, including orientation counselling, vocational training, training on merchandising. Recurrent problems were identified, and assessment results presented and discussed with the partner and its teams. A set of preliminaries recommendations was formulated. Specific attention was given to evaluate the actions aimed at promoting entrepreneurship among street vendors.
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Developing of a policy for occupational health and safety in the public administration
- Start activities
- 05/03/2018
- End activities
- 16/03/2018
- Partner Institution
- National Directorate of Public Administration - Ministry of Finances [Direcção Nacional da Administração Pública - Ministério das Finanças]
- Type of Assistance
- Institutional Strengthening
- Code
- 2017-22
- Description
- On the demand of the National Directorate of Public Administration of the Ministry of Finance of Cabo Verde, the main objective of this action was to assess the health and safety situation in the workplace in the public administration. During a single exploratory activity, information on partnerships, internal functioning, delegation system, procedural organization of services, hazard management, system of governance and management teams, was compiled and shared with relevant stakeholders by a Portuguese expert. That information was intended to feed a systemic diagnosis of the organization and services and to formulate a way forward to their improvement.
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Design and implementation of local employment policy
- Start activities
- 16-04-2018
- End activities
- 06-07-2019
- Partner Institution
- Municipality of La Estrella - Public Employment Services [Agencia Pública de Gestión y Colocación de Empleo]
- Type of Assistance
- Institutional Strengthening
- Code
- 2017-23
- Description
- The Public Employment Service of the Municipality of La Estrella faced the challenge of narrowing the gap between labour market demand and labor supply. Experts from France and Spain first helped to identify key challenges faced by the employment intermediation services in the Aburrá valley, while as second step a systemic and organizational analysis of the labor intermediation services provided by each of the 10 municipal public employment agencies was elaborated. Following the assessment results, a training program was formulated and deployed for local employment agents. Experts also contributed to the construction of the strategic lines and of an action plan and a communication plan of the local Public Employment Services.