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Online training for ERI experts in the field of targeted social assistance
- Start activities
- 16/08/2023
- End activities
- 08/11/2023
- Partner Institution
- JSC Economic Research Institute
- Type of Assistance
- Institutional capacity building, Individual capacity building (human resources development)
- Code
- 2023-19
- Description
- The webinar “Social Assistance Measures: Experience of the European Union” was co-organized by SOCIEUX+ and the Economic Research Institute (ERI) of Kazakhstan on the occasion of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. ERI, a think tank under the Ministry of Economy, had a mission to propose to the government social assistance measures based in international good practices to support the implementation of the new Kazakhstan Social code. The experts from France and Slovakia presented the ways that minimum income guarantee schemes and child guarantee initiatives are designed and implemented in different EU Member States. Around 40 participants – ERI experts as well as other partners from Kazakhstan and Central Asia – joined the webinar.
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Cost-benefit analysis of options for the provision of rehabilitation services
- Start activities
- 20-03-2023
- End activities
- 31-08-2023
- Partner Institution
- Workers Compensation Fund (WCF)
- Type of Assistance
- Sectoral planning & budgeting
- Code
- 2022-32
- Description
- In order to expand its offer of services for victims of accidents at work and occupational diseases, the Workers Compensation Fund of Tanzania (WCF) together with the experts from France, Italy and the Netherlands mobilized by SOCIEUX+ worked on identification of the best option of the rehabilitation services provision. As a result of the action, a cost-benefit analysis of different options was conducted, providing the necessary elements to finalize the WCF’s rehabilitation strategy.
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Improving service delivery for business owners in Edo State
- Start activities
- 20-03-2023
- End activities
- 15-09-2023
- Partner Institution
- Edo State skills development agency (EdoJobs)
- Type of Assistance
- Organisational capacity building, Individual capacity building (human resources development)
- Code
- 2022-30
- Description
- The Edo State Skills Development Agency (EdoJobs) is a regional agency set up by the Edo State Government to support the creation of employment opportunities, job matching and skills reinforcement of the state population. This action, implemented remotely, contributed to the improvement of the services provided by EdoJobs to business starters and owners. Following an initial assessment and the elaboration of a roadmap for improved services, a ‘Mentorship and coaching guide for entrepreneurship’ was developed. The action was concluded with a capacity-building activity for a team of EdoJobs trainers. This cooperation involved Austrian, Lithuanian and Belgian expertise and was supported by the GIZ-SKYE project.
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Coordination between the Ministry of Veterans Affairs of Ukraine and NGOs providing social assistance to veterans and their families
- Start activities
- 18-07-2022
- End activities
- 30-09-2022
- Partner Institution
- Ministry of Veterans Affairs of Ukraine
- Type of Assistance
- Institutional capacity building, Policy development
- Code
- 2022-13
- Description
- The Ministry of Veterans Affairs of Ukraine reached out to SOCIEUX+ to assist in increasing their scope of action to incorporate coordination with NGOs providing social assistance to war veterans and their families. A fully at distance action translated into two activities led by Lithuanian expertise, aiming at showcasing existing initiatives and mechanism of social assistance provided to veterans and their families, as well as a proposition of a coordination mechanism with NGOs and Civil Society Organizations providing social assistance to war veterans. The MoVA of Ukraine had as a result of this technical assistance, a proposal for regulations to create council of Veterans as well as requirements for the development of a program for the socialization and employment enhancement of veterans.
