SOCIEUX (Social Protection EU Expertise in Development Cooperation)

SOCIEUX, the European Commission’s technical assistance facility for social protection in development cooperation, managed by GVG and its partners, has started cooperation with the Vietnam Social Security (VSS) with a view to improve its human resources (HR) development plan. In a first step the current state of human resources management and development at VSS and of the role of the HR department within VSS’s overall development strategy was explored and the approach for the improvement of the HR development plan discussed in the frame of bilateral meetings with all relevant departments. For more information: SOCIEUX 2014-15 VIETNAM Post Info Note EN .

SOCIEUX is a technical assistance facility established by the European Commission’s Directorate General for Development and Cooperation – EuropeAid – to support the efforts of partner countries to better design and manage social protection systems by means of short-term peer-to-peer inputs to be delivered by experts drawn primarily from the European Union Member States’ public administrations and mandated bodies.

A demand-driven programme, SOCIEUX has been receiving and implementing requests for assistance from countries of Africa, the Caribbean and Pacific region, Latin America, Asia, the Middle East and the European Neighbourhood area since beginning of 2014.