• Elaboration of an Action Plan on Disability and setting up of a Monitoring and Evaluation mechanism

    SOUTHERN AFRICA Mauritius
    Start activities
    06/12/2021
    End activities
    03/04/2022
    Partner Institution
    Ministry of Social Integration, Social Security and National Solidarity
    Type of Assistance
    Institutional capacity building
    Code
    2020-35
    Description
    The Ministry of Social Integration, Social Security and National Solidarity and its Disability Empowerment Unit requested SOCIEUX+ assistance in designing the National Action Plan 2021-2025 for Persons living with Disabilities (PwD). The peer to peer technical assistance represented by Swedish, Portuguese, Lithuanian, and French expertise allowed to develop a plan focusing on services provided to PwDs as well as governance of the disability sector. This plan aims to improve the policies concerning PwDs in the State of Mauritius, as well as the services provided to them, and creates an enabling environment for collaborative social initiatives to empower persons with disabilities.
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    Training seminar on tools for social dialogue in the framework of COVID-19

    SOUTH AMERICA Peru
    Start activities
    26/04/2021
    End activities
    04/06/2021
    Partner Institution
    Ministry of Labour and Employment Promotion [Ministerio de Trabajo y Promoción del Empleo]
    Type of Assistance
    Organisational capacity building
    Code
    2020-34
    Description
    The Peruvian National Council for Labour and Employment Promotion submitted a Request for remote technical cooperation on COVID-19, with the objective to strengthen the capacities of the social actors and officials responsible for promoting the regional and national social dialogue, handling new methodological and technical tools. The Spanish peer experts’ support focused on social dialogue as a mean and a process to address work-related problems generated by COVID-19, mitigating the possible consequences of failing businesses, job losses and possible limitations of labour rights.
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    Technical support for elaboration of strategic plan of ANPE /Appui Technique pour l'Elaboration d'un Plan Stratégique de Développement de l'Agence Nationale pour l'Emploi (ANPE)/

    WESTERN AFRICA Burkina Faso
    Start activities
    20/05/2021
    End activities
    15-09-2022
    Partner Institution
    National Employment Agency [Agence Nationale pour l'Emploi] (ANPE)
    Type of Assistance
    Institutional capacity building
    Code
    2020-32
    Description
    The National Employment Agency (ANPE) of Burkina Faso requested SOCIEUX+ assistance to revise its strategy and gain efficiency in the delivery of its labour-intermediation services. In two activities implemented remotely, experts from France first assessed the Agency internal organization and services, then supported the formulation of a strategic plan, as to provide to ANPE a framework for action. The two last activities were implemented on-site and allowed to confirm and consolidate the decisions taken through the distant cooperation. In particular, the strategic development plan of the ANPE was finalized and approved by all stakeholders that will be involved in its implementation (ministries, regional and local authorities, employers’ and civil society representatives, development partners).
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    Soft skills: a strategic challenge for youth employment - e conference

    WESTERN AFRICA Togo
    Start activities
    12/03/2021
    End activities
    30/03/2021
    Partner Institution
    National Agency for the Promotion of Employment [Agence Nationale pour l'Emploi] (ANPE)
    Type of Assistance
    International events (awareness raising)
    Code
    2020-29
    Description
    The online conference « Les soft skills : un enjeu stratégique pour développer l’employabilité des jeunes » organized by the National Agency for Employment of Togo together with SOCIEUX+ and the YouMatch Global Initiative on innovative employment services for youth funded by German cooperation agency GIZ gathered more than 80 participants from 15 African and EU countries to discuss how soft skills – or life skills and competences that are necessary to enter, to maintain and/or change employment, but that cannot be confirmed by formal working experience or diplomas (unlike technical skills) – are changing the labour market of the future and how public employment services can take the advantage of this emerging concept to reinforce the employability of vulnerable groups, including young people, rural population of women. Experts from France mobilized by SOCIEUX+ presented their expertise together with their peers from African Countries.
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    Webinar on Labour Market Information Systems for the New Decade

    EASTERN AFRICA Rwanda
    Start activities
    22/09/2020
    End activities
    30/09/2020
    Partner Institution
    Rwanda Workers' Trade Union Confederation (CESTRAR)
    Type of Assistance
    International events (awareness raising)
    Code
    2020-28
    Description
    The single activity was centered on the preparation and delivery of a webinar for staff of Rwanda Workers' Trade Union Confederation to enhance knowledge about Labour market information systems by sharing experiences of PES at different levels of economic development. The activity took place in the framework of the international training programme “Productive Employment and Decent Work for Sustainable Development”, carried out by Arbetsförmedlingen, the Swedish Public Employment Service.
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    Training of Trainers for employment counsellors on the development of soft skills for job seekers  [Formation des Formateurs, pour former les Conseillers emploi ...]

    WESTERN AFRICA Togo
    Start activities
    05/04/2021
    End activities
    15/05/2022
    Partner Institution
    National Agency for the Promotion of Employment [Agence Nationale pour l'Emploi] (ANPE)
    Type of Assistance
    Human resources management
    Code
    2020-27
    Description
    Experts from Belgium and France conducted a remote assessment of the capacities, gaps and needs of the ANPE Togo, with particular reference to support services available to young entrepreneurs and jobseekers for reinforce their employability through the development of soft skills. Based on the assessment, experts delivered a training of trainers to selected ANPE’s staff.
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