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Technical support on rehabilitation services and capacity building
- Start activities
- 01/09/2020
- End activities
- 09/04/2021
- Partner Institution
- Workers Compensation Fund (WCF)
- Type of Assistance
- Policy development
- Code
- 2019-35
- Description
- The Workers Compensation Fund (WCF) of Tanzania asked SOCIEUX+ to help looking into its own rehabilitation strategy, in the perspective of addressing gaps and plan improvements thanks to inspirational exchanges with EU peer experts. Experts from Germany (the German Association of Accident Insurance – DGUV) and Lithuania first overviewed the existing WCF’s rehabilitation strategies, then provided technical advice for its improvement; they particularly stressed the importance to conceive rehabilitation work in relation to the three distinct dimensions physical, social, and vocational rehabilitation, all important for allowing injured works to go back to active professional life.
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Guidelines for tackling cases of school bullying or violence for the Procuradurías for the protection of children and adolescents
- Start activities
- 01/10/2020
- End activities
- 30/12/2020
- Partner Institution
- National System for Integral Family Development
- Type of Assistance
- Policy development
- Code
- 2019-34
- Description
- Only one activity was carried out following a request from Mexico’s National System for Integral Family Development to elaborate and transfer to case managers and prosecutors a set of guidelines for tackling bullying and violence in schools. Experts from Portugal and Spain brought examples from their own systems to the attention of partners and produced a first draft of the guidelines, according to a psycho-social approach incorporated as a basic targeted social service as part of the school system.
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Capacity building of employment advisors and job developers on soft skills
- Start activities
- 08/10/2020
- End activities
- 15/04/2022
- Partner Institution
- Natinal Employment Fund [Fond National de l'Emploi] (FNE)
- Type of Assistance
- Capacity building
- Code
- 2019-33
- Description
- This action in collaboration with the National Employment Fund of Cameroon, aimed at improving services provided to job seekers, more specifically by assessing capacities of job counsellors on the topic of soft skills. Experts from France and Belgium focused on empowering job counselors in the appropriation of techniques and key skills of job counseling, with an emphasis on young job seekers. A large number of job counselors took part in the construction of training of trainers, involving staff from Yaoundé and Douala.
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Capacity building for the general directorate of entrepreneurship promotion
- Start activities
- 18/01/2021
- End activities
- 05/02/2022
- Partner Institution
- Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises, and Employment Promotion
- Type of Assistance
- Organisational management (structures & functions)
- Code
- 2019-32
- Description
- The action aimed at supporting the Directorate for the Promotion of Entrepreneurship and Employment (DPEE) of Benin and other agencies under supervision of the Ministry of Labour in improving its performance, managerial capacity and ability to deliver services in the field of entrepreneurship and employment promotion. French peer experts focused on analyzing specific needs and gaps and identified four axes for trainings, to be implemented through the following activities. Trainings targeted both the managerial and organizational capacities of decision-makers and technical agents within the Ministry, and capacity development at the 'operational' level of the various key actors in the promotion of entrepreneurship and employment services.
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Enhancing capacity for public employment services activities: outreach to employers, speed dating, job fairs and supervision of private employment agencies
- Start activities
- 10/05/2021
- End activities
- 11/11/2022
- Partner Institution
- Ministry of Labour
- Type of Assistance
- Code
- 2019-31
- Description
- The Ministry of Labour of Suriname requested SOCIEUX+ support to enhance the capacity of the national Public employment Service to serve employers through better recruitment and labour market intermediation services. Experts from Belgium, France, and the Netherlands applied a progressive approach that involved local stakeholders into a constructive dialogue that allowed to assess the current state of art of PES’ services to employers and envisage corrective measures that could bring improvements, based on a shared knowledge and drawing inspiration from practical measures in place the experts’ own countries.
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Strengthening employment opportunities for people living with disabilities
- Start activities
- 11/01/2021
- End activities
- 20/01/2022
- Partner Institution
- Union of people with disabilities
- Type of Assistance
- Institutional capacity building
- Code
- 2019-19
- Description
- The Organization of persons with disabilities “Ravenstvo” (Equality) is committed to the improvement of the situation of persons with disabilities in Kyrgyz Republic, their autonomy and equal participation in all spheres including labour market. Supported by the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, Ravenstvo worked together with the experts from Latvia, Lithuania, Finland and Portugal mobilised by SOCIEUX+ to develop a project of a university disability-friendly career center for students of secondary and higher education. A study visit to Finland provided Kyrgyz partners from the ministry, civil society and universities with practical understanding of how education and labour market integration works in the EU.
