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Maintenance of the disability assessment formula
- Start activities
- 18/01/2021
- End activities
- 08/06/2021
- Partner Institution
- Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Republic of Armenia
- Type of Assistance
- Legislative & regulatory framework development
- Code
- 2020-24
- Description
- The Ministry of Labour and Social Protection (MLSP) of Armenia has been engaged into a disability assessment reform and introduction of functional and human-rights based approach to disability. As a part of a longer cooperation between the Ministry and SOCIEUX+, this short action conducted exclusively remotely aimed at measuring the participation of persons with disabilities in the disability assessment formula. In this action, MLSP was supported by their peers from Greece.
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Building individual capacities on functional disability assessment
- Start activities
- oct-2021
- End activities
- 29-10-2021
- Partner Institution
- Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Republic of Armenia
- Type of Assistance
- Individual capacity building (human resources development)
- Code
- 2020-23
- Description
- The Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Armenia has been engaged into a disability assessment reform and introduction of functional and human-rights based approach to disability. As a part of a longer cooperation between the Ministry and SOCIEUX+, this action was particularly focused on building up the capacities of multidisciplinary teams of professionals who conduct disability assessment in line with new rules and using protocols based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) adjusted to the context of Armenia. A team of 20 trainers (doctors, paramedical and social work professionals) was set up and benefited from a training on functional disability assessment logic and practices by experts from Greece and Cyprus mobilised by SOCIEUX+.
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Linking disability assessment to social protection service provision for People with Disabilities (PdWs)
- Start activities
- 18/01/2021
- End activities
- 15-03-2022
- Partner Institution
- Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Republic of Armenia
- Type of Assistance
- Legislative & regulatory framework development
- Code
- 2020-21
- Description
- The Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Armenia has been engaged into a disability assessment reform and introduction of functional and human-rights based approach to disability. As a part of a longer cooperation between the Ministry and SOCIEUX+, this action was particularly focused on linkage between disability assessment and services that persons with disabilities are entitled to receive from social protection system. Experts from Greece and France supported the Ministry in elaboration of guidelines for social workers and members of disability assessment commissions on how to identify beneficiary’s needs for social and functional-related services (including assistive technologies) in line with person’s age, disability type and level, administer those services, monitor their effectiveness and efficiency and evaluate them.
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Community-based information on prevention of COVID-19 infections
- Start activities
- 18/01/2021
- End activities
- 04/09/2021
- Partner Institution
- National Social Safety Nets Coordinating Office (NASSCO)
- Type of Assistance
- Awareness raising (roundtables, seminars, workshops, etc)
- Code
- 2020-22
- Description
- This one-off action aimed to raise general awareness on communication strategies for reaching out to local communities, including but not limited to Covid-19 response. The activity consisted in a series of workshops providing a general-purpose methodology on social marketing and a series of relevant case studies. The result is a set of tools that the Partner will integrate in the current communication strategy.
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Strengthening the NASSCO’s capacity for the development of a database of Poor and Vulnerable Households (PVHHs) in shock response
- Start activities
- 04/01/2021
- End activities
- 24-03-2022
- Partner Institution
- National Social Safety Nets Coordinating Office (NASSCO)
- Type of Assistance
- Organisational capacity building
- Code
- 2020-20
- Description
- This Action fell within the scope of DEVCO-ILO project with NASSCO “Strengthening and Expanding the National Social Registry (NSR) as a shock-responsive social protection system in Nigeria”. Experts from France and Germany first assessed individual capacity needs on knowledge management for informing policies for building social protection systems. Based on the assessment a training was delivered and a methodology and a series M&E tools on tracking staff performance were jointly built. Experts from Belgium and France then provided guidance on data security for NASSCO’ monitoring and information system (MIS). The activity consisted in the combination of synchronous and asynchronous training modules on SOCIEUX+ e-learning platform around the two topics of data policies and procedures and data sensitivity and security.
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Support in the implementation of the policy of health and social action of the CPPF for insured people
- Start activities
- 01/12/2020
- End activities
- 03/08/2021
- Partner Institution
- Pension and Family Benefits Fund for State Agents (CPPF)
- Type of Assistance
- Institutional capacity building
- Code
- 2020-15
- Description
- The Caisse des Pensions et des Prestations Familiales des Agents de l'Etat (CPPF) of Gabon is a long-standing SOCIEUX+ partner. In this circumstance, CPPF wished to explore suitable options for extending social assistance coverage, in particular with regards to health and social action policies for government employees in vulnerable situations. Experts from Finland and France, plus a former SOCIEUX+ partner from Ivory Coast, have showcased EU and international models of health and social action policies for state agents, then co-drafted a strategic and operational guidance note that details the set-up of the institutional and organizational arrangements needed to deploy such a social assistance scheme.
