• Labour & Employment Policies

    Support for the design and structuring of a sustainable business model for the Agricultural and Labour Training Centre of the Agricultural Chamber of the East

    South America Bolivia
    Start activities
    26-09-2022
    End activities
    21-04-2023
    Partner Institution
    Agricultural Chamber of the East
    Type of Assistance
    Organisational management (structures & functions), Financial management (incl. budgeting), Organisation/business strategy & planning
    Code
    2022-11
    Description
    The Center for Agricultural Training (CFA) of the Eastern Agricultural Chamber (CAO) of Bolivia was expected to take off in 2022 towards a modern professional training model tailored to the needs of agricultural producers and workers. The CAO was committed to work on the Institutional systematization of the CFA to ensure their services could reach most associates and meet the basic requirements of a training entity. Collaboration with experts from Spain and France through SOCIEUX+ was pivotal in providing resources and expertise for long-term sustainability of the CFA. An extensive organizational assessment led to the creation of an operational plan and a collaborative effort to design a pedagogical model for the CFA. Additionally, a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation system was established to ensure the effectiveness and quality of the training programs.
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    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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    Supporting integration of NEETs into labour market

    Eastern Europe Moldova
    Start activities
    15-06-2022
    End activities
    15-05-2023
    Partner Institution
    National Agency for Employment
    Type of Assistance
    Organisational capacity building
    Code
    2021-26
    Description
    The National Employment Agency (ANOFM), the public employment service of Moldova, seeks to provide better and more specialized support to young people who are not in education, training, or employment (NEET), a big and particularly vulnerable group far from labor and often missed by public services, who need a targeted approach and tailor-made accompaniment. As a result of the joint action of SOCIEUX+ and ANOFM first, the assessment was conducted concerning the situation in Moldova and the needs of the ANOFM to reinforce the services provided to this group of users, then some tools were proposed, with a specific focus on coordination mechanisms to ensure global comprehensive accompaniment of beneficiaries, and on operational work of job counsellors via capacity building sessions. At all stages of cooperation, EU good practices were shared by the experts from Belgium, Latvia, France, and Sweden and discussed from the point of view of their relevance for Moldova context.
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    Which skills development path is needed to stabilize rural population by developing the green economy?

    Pacific and Oceania New Caledonia
    Start activities
    18/04/2022
    End activities
    09-12-2022
    Partner Institution
    Department of Continuing Professional Training (DFPC)
    Type of Assistance
    Policy development
    Code
    2021-17
    Description
    This ambitious action, in partnership with the Department of Continuing Professional Training of the government of New Caledonia, is at the crossroads between employment of young and vulnerable persons, limiting rural exodus, climate resilience and food self-sufficiency. The goal of this action was to elaborate a need-based strategy to support agroecological value-chains, by encouraging traditional know-how and acquired skills of members of the Kanak communities and leveraging on traineeship opportunities for women and youth. Experts from Belgium and France produced a thorough diagnosis of the governance of the agroecological sector, a mapping of ongoing green economy projects in place, an action plan to promote green jobs, and a skills reference system for young rural workers to have better access to trainings in agroecology.
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    Capacity building of the employment administration and its public service

    WESTERN AFRICA Mauritania
    Start activities
    15/03/2021
    End activities
    28-01-2023
    Partner Institution
    Ministry of Employment, Youth and Sports [Ministère de l'Emploi, de la Jeunesse et des Sports]
    Type of Assistance
    Organisational capacity building
    Code
    2021-10
    Description
    An initial activity produced an in-depth assessment of the existing state, capacities and needs in governance and services of the Directorate General for Employment (DGE) of the Ministry of Employment, Youth and Sports of Mauritania. The following two activities aimed to help the partner to enhance managerial arrangements and organizational capacities, particularly by providing managers with the tools apt to make their teams to work better, such as job descriptions and performance-evaluation tools. Finally, experts from France and Belgium helped to develop a system for monitoring and evaluating the performance of teams.
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    Implementation of the Employability Enhancement Project for the development of Soft Skills

    WESTERN AFRICA Senegal
    Start activities
    12/07/2021
    End activities
    31-08-2022
    Partner Institution
    National Agency for the Promotion of Youth Employment
    Type of Assistance
    Organisational capacity building
    Code
    2021-11
    Description
    The request from the National Agency for the Promotion of Youth Employment (ANPEJ) of Senegal supported by the Employment Direction (DE) of the Ministry of Employment, Vocational Training, and Handicrafts and GIZ Youmatch initiative aimed at promoting the soft skills-based approach in the service offer for young jobseekers. Experts from Belgium and France supported their peers from ANPEJ and DE to agree on a common definition of soft skills, to identify a set of skills most relevant for the labour market in Senegal as well as to elaborate specific tools for job counsellors. A training of trainers through SOCIEUX+ e-learning platform was conducted to enable ANPEJ and DE staff to practically apply the tools and concepts developed during the action.
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