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Seminar 'Building Bridges' in Uruguay: Promoting a National Job Orientation System
The Minister of Labour and Social Security (MTSS) of Uruguay, Pablo Mieres, participated in the opening of the seminar Building Bridges, organised jointly with the EU Facility SOCIEUX+, where he highlighted the need for articulation between public and private actors to improve access to employment for the vulnerable population. Read here the news piece published by our partner about this cooperation (SOCIEUX+ 2023-11).
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SOCIEUX+ forges new partnerships in the Western Balkans
The beginning of 2023 was the start of an important milestone for SOCIEUX+: the receipt of the first requests from partner countries in the Western Balkans region. In this article, we analyze the nature of the requests while presenting the first ongoing expert missions, shedding light on the priority themes and the challenges ahead.
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SOCIEUX+ launches e-course Acting Upon Inequality
SOCIEUX+ has launched the e-course “Acting upon inequality”, designed to training and raise awareness among experts engaged in the Facility's technical cooperation activities, and also open to anyone interested. With an estimated duration of 2.5 hours, the course can be accessed on the SOCIEUX+ platform in English, French and Spanish. Read more and enroll in the course here.
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SOCIEUX+ training in Kazakhstan: Enhancing NGO grant applications assessment procedures
Within the framework of a SOCIEUX+ technical cooperation in Kazakhstan, a training on improvement of procedures of the assessment of grant funding applications by NGOs that implement social projects was completed (2022-14). During the five-day training, independent experts and project managers of the Civil Initiatives Support Center learned about models of grant funding and exchanged experiences with European trainers from Romania and Portugal. Read here the article published by our partner.
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Collaborative partners: Actiris on a cooperation mission with the EU Facility SOCIEUX+
Actiris, the Public Employment Service of the Brussels-Capital Region, has an agreement with the EU Facility SOCIEUX+ for the mobilisation of public expertise in international technical cooperation activities in the fields of employment and social protection. This video, produced by Actiris, shows how this collaboration is developing in the framework of a technical cooperation with the Kenya National Employment Authority as a partner (SOCIEUX+ cooperation 2022-19) .
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Technical cooperation to improve the system of monitoring and evaluation of social projects in Kazakhstan
European experts mobilized by SOCIEUX+ visit the Center for Support of Civil Initiatives (CISC) in Kazakhstan and provide technical support to improve monitoring and evaluation procedures, presenting international standards and tools used by EU institutions (SOCIEUX+ cooperation 2022-14). Read here the news published by the CISC
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SOCIEUX+ ex-post evaluation mission of the cooperation on disability assessment reform in Armenia
The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs in Armenia has published an article on the evaluation visit of SOCIEUX+ Monitoring and Evaluation Officer to Yerevan, from the 12th to the 16th of June. The mission aimed at informing if and how the tools, action plans and recommendations that the experts identified during the technical cooperation missions have been followed up and what results are being produced months later (SOCIEUX+ 2017-38, 2020-21, 2020-23, 2020-24, 2022-10).
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How foster care works: a delegation from Kazakhstan visits the Czech Republic
Within the framework of a cooperation with the Commissioner for Children’s Rights of Kazakhstan, SOCIEUX+ has supported the organization of a 5-day study visit to the Czech Republic, dedicated to explore EU policies and good practices in the area of child protection and childcare.
