• Inclusion sociale

    Capacity Building (Training) of Social Assistance Staff of implementation of the RISE Families Programme

    Caribbean SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS
    Start activities
    nov-2015
    End activities
    dic-2016
    Partner Institution
    Ministry of Social Development - Department of Social Services, Nevis Island Administration (NIA)
    Type of Assistance
    Individual capacity building (human resources development)
    Code
    2015-16
    Description
    Following an initial capacity assessment of the Department of Social Services of the Ministry of Social Development of Nevis, a proposal describing the training needs, the target group, the duration, the proposed training activities, was prepared by experts from Croatia and the United Kingdom. The following training involved case workers of the Restore, Inspire, Secure and Empower social-support Program (RISE) and included: engagement with people in need of assistance; people’s risk assessment; attitudes and professionalism of social workers; confidentiality; managing people’s anger; managing information and data; engagement with other public agencies; understanding family dynamics; assessing cases of child sexual abuse. Finally, experts summed up all materials, methods and information delivered throughout the training and compiled a practical manual that is now available to train the newly hired RISE Program case managers.
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  • Pensions

    Support to Universal Pension Scheme

    Southern Africa TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF
    Start activities
    may-2015
    End activities
    feb-2017
    Partner Institution
    Ministry of Empowerment, Social Welfare, Youth, Women and Children (MoESWYWC)
    Type of Assistance
    Institutional Strengthening
    Code
    2014-26
    Description
    The action was instrumental to present to the Ministry of Empowerment, Social Welfare, Youth, Women and Children of Zanzibar a relevant European experience in establishing and managing Universal Social Pensions. Experts from Germany, the Netherlands, South Africa and Spain provided technical advice on what is affordable for Zanzibar in relation to its policy, fiscal, and demographic environment. They particularly focused on the information management system needed to deploy a social pensions scheme. They helped to draft an implementation plan, then supported the development of a project proposal and the technical specifications needed to develop a management information system.
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  • Enhancing institutional capacities of the National System for the Comprehensive Protection of Children and Adolescents in Mexico (SIPINNA)

    NORTH AMERICA MEXICO
    Start activities
    Nov-17
    End activities
    Dec-17
    Partner Institution
    National System for the Comprehensive Protection of Children, Children and Adolescents [Sistema Nacional de Proteccion Integral de Ninas, Ninos y Adolescentes]
    Type of Assistance
    Assessment
    Code
    2016-16
    Description
    The Executive Secretariat of the Sistema Nacional de Protección Integral de Niñas, Niños y Adolescentes (SIPINNA) has engaged with peers from Spain. In the course of four activities experts brought an external view allowing to accompany SIPINNA’s staff and executives to review the institutional and organizational capacities necessary for the Executive Secretariat to carry out its role of coordination and propulsion of the overall system of protection and promotion of children’s rights in Mexico. Experts formulated organizational scenarios and identified practical tools for their implementation, including with regards to the coordination of the local SIPINNA’s Secretariats.
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  • Droits

    Enhance effectiveness and coordination of social protection

    WESTERN AFRICA GHANA
    Start activities
    feb-15
    End activities
    feb-15
    Partner Institution
    Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection
    Type of Assistance
    Institutional (Regulatory & Policy)
    Code
    2014-12
    Description
    The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MGCSP), has a core mandate and leading role in the planning, implementation and coordination of social protection policies in Ghana. In particular, the Ministry’s Directorate for Policy, Planning and Monitoring and Evaluation is responsible for assessing the progress in implementation of the National Social Protection Strategy (NSPS). An updated 2012 NSPS aimed at bringing the multitude of social protection programmes under a common umbrella. However, the NSPS 2012 had not been approved as from June 2014 when the MGCSP approached SOCIEUX. Mobilised experts addressed key issues for the approval of the updated NSPS including coordination local stakeholders. The reviewed with their peers functions of the social security agencies and provided recommendations on organisational issues, more specifically on coordination and decentralisation of social protection service provision. They facilitated a workshop for high-ranking civil servants and representatives of NGOs. Finally, they contributed to the reflections of a high-level working group by sharing social protection policy development in the EU.
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