• Labour & Employment Policies

    Development of Strategic Plan for the Employment Service Agency of the Republic of North Macedonia

    Europe North Macedonia
    Start activities
    17-07-2023
    End activities
    09-10-2023
    Partner Institution
    Employment Service Agency
    Type of Assistance
    Organisation/business strategy & planning
    Code
    2023-22
    Description
    National Employment Service of North Macedonia requested SOCIEUX + support to gain more knowledge on how to effectively implement formalised strategic planning process and elaborate a three-year strategic plan of the institution. Strategic plan was a legal requirement in accordance to the Law on Budgets and it should have been submitted to the Ministry of Finance in several months. Senior expertise was mobilized from Swedish, Polish, and French institutions. Partner institution along with the experts developed strategic plan and officially started its implementation.
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  • Labour & Employment Policies

    Capacity building of staff of Ogun State Bureau of Job Creation on PES delivery

    Western Africa Nigeria
    Start activities
    16-01-2023
    End activities
    16-06-2023
    Partner Institution
    Ogun State Bureau of Job Creation and Youth Empowerment
    Type of Assistance
    Organisational capacity building
    Code
    2022-29
    Description
    Through collaboration with the Ogun Bureau of Job Creation in Nigeria, this initiative, executed remotely, significantly enhanced the capabilities of the Bureau staff in delivering Public Employment Services (PES). By conducting an organizational capacity assessment, French PES experts identified areas where job counselors required additional training. Subsequently, Spanish and Slovenian experts developed tailored training modules utilizing the SOCIEUX+ e-learning platform. These modules concentrated on essential aspects such as managing a PES service, fostering employer relationships and partnerships, and effectively communicating the services provided by the bureau to the public.
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  • Labour & Employment Policies

    Establishment of Thika model Job Centres to act as a one-stop-shop for all employment services for youth

    Eastern Africa Kenya
    Start activities
    17-10-2022
    End activities
    18-08-2023
    Partner Institution
    National Employment Authority
    Type of Assistance
    Organisational management (structures & functions), Institutional capacity building
    Code
    2022-19
    Description
    To better implement the national policies on youth employment, the National Employment Authority (NEA) solicited SOCIEUX+ cooperation to support them to create a pilot one-stop-shop in employment services for youth in Thika, that could be replicated nation-wide in case of success. This SOCIEUX+ action focused on developing a strategy to set up this pilot one-stop-shop by first realizing a diagnostic of the National Employment Authority (NEA) for the establishment of Thika’s one-stop-shop, focused on youth, then by jointly developing an operational strategic plan for the creation of the pilot one-stop-shop in Thika. The 3rd activity focused on developing a toolkit on youth counselling activities for job counsellors in Thika. The action mobilized Belgian and Swedish expertise.
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  • Labour & Employment Policies

    Mapping and improvement of VET services providers in Azerbaijan

    Eastern Europe Azerbaijan
    Start activities
    20-06-2022
    End activities
    16-12-2022
    Partner Institution
    State Employment Agency (Ministry of Labour and Social Protection)
    Type of Assistance
    Institutional capacity building
    Code
    2022-08
    Description
    The State Employment Agency (under the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection) is committed to improving its services to the unemployed and job-seeking persons in their reintegration into the labour market, which includes its Vocational Training and Education (VET) services. SOCIEUX+ support was requested to map and assess the existing VET providers, and provide a benchmark of EU practices as well as roadmap for digitalizing VET. Swedish, French and Spanish expertise provided the SEA staff with practical solutions to increase capacities of VET providers and harmonize services.
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