• Reform of the social and child protection system and costing of the Roadmap

    WESTERN BALKANS Montenegro
    Start activities
    21-08-2023
    End activities
    10-12-2023
    Partner Institution
    Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare
    Type of Assistance
    Sectoral planning & budgeting
    Code
    2023-10
    Description
    The Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare of Montenegro is responsible for drafting legislative and policy proposals in the field of employment policies, labour markets, social welfare policies, social and child protection, and pension and disability insurance. Experts from Spain and France mobilised by SOCIEUX+ elaborated a Methodology for pricing social protection services and also calculated the five essential services of the institution, so that the Ministry could adapt these budgets to the needs of the context at any given time.
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  • Advice for equal employment opportunities of people with disabilities

    WESTERN BALKANS Serbia
    Start activities
    24-07-2023
    End activities
    29-10-2023
    Partner Institution
    National Employment Service
    Type of Assistance
    Policy development Organisation/business strategy & planning
    Code
    2023-14
    Description
    The action in collaboration with the National Employment Service aimed in improving service for unemployed persons with disabilities, aligning with Serbia's overarching strategic frameworks. Experts from Spain, Romania and France assessed capacities of NES to implement new concept of work with Persons with disabilities. The missions undertaken in Belgrade aimed at conducting a diagnosis of the NES practices concerning the support to employment of PwD. As well, a handful of job counsellors also benefited from a training of trainers to have a multiplying effect among the other employees.
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  • Review and completion of the legal framework of health insurance

    WESTERN BALKANS Kosovo*
    Start activities
    24-04-2023
    End activities
    17/07/2023
    Partner Institution
    Ministry of Health
    Type of Assistance
    Legislative & regulatory framework development Institutional capacity buildin
    Code
    2023-09
    Description
    In the course of this single-activity Action, a proposal for a complete revision of the Health Insurance Law has been prepared by using an incremental and highly participatory approach involving SOCIEUX+ mobilized experts from Luxembourg and Portugal and the members the multi-stakeholder working group, established for that purpose by the Ministry of Health of Kosovo* with the support of the World Bank. As result, provisions of the final draft of revised law are built on a large consensus. The reform proposal particularly looks at ways to extend health coverage to unprotected and uninsured individuals. The adoption of the revised text of now follows the legislative process of approval by the Cabinet of Ministers and the Parliament.
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  • Labour & Employment Policies

    Improving the quality of services at day care centers for persons with disabilities

    WESTERN BALKANS North Macedonia
    Start activities
    29-08-2023
    End activities
    Ongoing
    Partner Institution
    PI Institute for social activities
    Type of Assistance
    Institutional capacity building Organisational management (structures & functions)
    Code
    2023-17
    Description
    Following the last analysis carried out by the Institute of Social Activities in June 2022, the technical assistance provided by SOCIEUX+ through mobilized EU public experts addressed the qualitative dimension in the provision of services by the day-care centres to persons with disabilities. The Action unfolded in three activities, for which experts from Portugal and Romania have been mobilized. The first peer-to-peer on-site activity focused on analyzing the current state of play of day care centres for persons with disabilities, while the second one supported the modernization of standards and procedures for social service delivery in the day-care centres for persons with disabilities by developing an improved manual. The third and last activity concluded the technical cooperation with the elaboration of a general framework for monitoring and evaluating the quality and pertinence of the social services provided in the day-care centres for persons with disabilities.
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