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Social Health Protection Reform and Policy
- Start activities
- Jan-18
- End activities
- 09/11/2018
- Partner Institution
- Ministry of Health and Child Care
- Type of Assistance
- Institutional (Regulatory & Policy)
- Code
- 2017-27
- Description
- The Ministry of Health and Childcare of Zimbabwe was committed, through this action, to engage the Cabinet of the President in the process of creating an inter-ministerial committee for national health insurance in collaboration with the other main institutional stakeholders. Experts from France, Germany, and Italy developed together with the partners a roadmap consisting of 9 different steps, including institutional tasks (set-up of an inter-ministerial steering committee, establishment of a statutory body in charge of pooling funds and enrolment of population), and technical ones (costing estimates, enrolment and contribution procedures, legal framework for the implementation of NHI).
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Social protection coverage in the informal economy
- Start activities
- 17-12-2018
- End activities
- 24-11-2018
- Partner Institution
- Institute for Social Economy [Instituto para la Economia Social]
- Type of Assistance
- Institutional (Regulatory & Policy)
- Code
- 2017-26
- Description
- The main outcome of the technical assistance has been to put high in the local political and institutional agenda the issue of extending social protection coverage to the informal street vendors of Bogota, which are the main target population of the Instituto para la Economia Social (IPES)’s efforts in the area of local socio-economic development. Experts (three different teams coming from France, Italy, and Spain) first of all succeeded to clarify the terms of the debate through a stakeholders’ mapping and a feasibility study in view of the current situation and status of informal street vendors. Thanks to IPES’ proactive role, the missions of experts have become a tool for mobilizing a number of local actors, starting from the Municipality of Bogota and State agencies, all the way to local NGOs, around the idea of ensuring some sort of social support against life’s risks faced by informal street vendors.
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Strengthening of entrepreneurial capacities
- Start activities
- 13-08-2018
- End activities
- 22-08-2019
- Partner Institution
- Public Employment Services [Unidad del Servicio Público de Empleo]
- Type of Assistance
- Institutional Strengthening
- Code
- 2017-25
- Description
- The action was articulated in three activities to support to the Colombian Public Employment Service (UAESPE) to provide quality support and services to the employers and entrepreneurs in order to better match labour market demand and labour supply. The mobilized experts came from France and Spain. The first activity resulted in a detailed diagnosis of service delivery and organization. Secondly, a training session for UAESPE’s business managers led to a better understanding of the minimum standards of intermediation services, with particular attention to challenges deriving from the diversity of the profiles of jobseekers. Finally, UAESPE had to establish a communication plan; experts provided guidance on how to create a brand image and how to formulate strong messages for key audiences. Additionally, indicators to measure the impact of media campaigns and other communication initiatives were developed.
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Design and implementation of local employment policy
- Start activities
- 16-04-2018
- End activities
- 06-07-2019
- Partner Institution
- Municipality of La Estrella - Public Employment Services [Agencia Pública de Gestión y Colocación de Empleo]
- Type of Assistance
- Institutional Strengthening
- Code
- 2017-23
- Description
- The Public Employment Service of the Municipality of La Estrella faced the challenge of narrowing the gap between labour market demand and labor supply. Experts from France and Spain first helped to identify key challenges faced by the employment intermediation services in the Aburrá valley, while as second step a systemic and organizational analysis of the labor intermediation services provided by each of the 10 municipal public employment agencies was elaborated. Following the assessment results, a training program was formulated and deployed for local employment agents. Experts also contributed to the construction of the strategic lines and of an action plan and a communication plan of the local Public Employment Services.
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Developing of a policy for occupational health and safety in the public administration
- Start activities
- 05/03/2018
- End activities
- 16/03/2018
- Partner Institution
- National Directorate of Public Administration - Ministry of Finances [Direcção Nacional da Administração Pública - Ministério das Finanças]
- Type of Assistance
- Institutional Strengthening
- Code
- 2017-22
- Description
- On the demand of the National Directorate of Public Administration of the Ministry of Finance of Cabo Verde, the main objective of this action was to assess the health and safety situation in the workplace in the public administration. During a single exploratory activity, information on partnerships, internal functioning, delegation system, procedural organization of services, hazard management, system of governance and management teams, was compiled and shared with relevant stakeholders by a Portuguese expert. That information was intended to feed a systemic diagnosis of the organization and services and to formulate a way forward to their improvement.
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Support to the “International Forum on Health Coverage in the Conférence Interafricaine de la Prévoyance Sociale Area (CIPRES)”
- Start activities
- Aug-17
- End activities
- Aug-17
- Partner Institution
- Inter-African Conference on Social Welfare [Conférence Interafricaine de la Prévoyance Sociale]
- Type of Assistance
- International events (awareness raising)
- Code
- 2017-19
- Description
- Experts from France and Luxembourg provided two written (paper) and visual (PowerPoint) presentations as background documents for the International Forum on Health Coverage in the CIPRES area, expected to take place in Brazzaville on 4-6 October 2017.