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The functioning of mutual insurance companies and social security funds for civil servants in the DRC

On February 5, a team of researchers from the University of Antwerp and the Catholic University of Congo presented the interim results of their research on decent work in the construction sector in Kinshasa at the offices of the Belgian cooperation agency Enabel-Kinshasa.

From September 29th to October 2nd, the SPRING health team took part in the 14th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health (ECTMIH 2025), held in Hamburg.

On Thursday 30 October 2025, the SPRING team is organising a roundtable on the topic of “Human resources in the DRC government: the case of the health sector”. The roundtable will take place from 2pm to 5pm in the Egmont Palace in Brussels.

On May 27, 2025, members of the SPRING project participated in the second meeting of the three projects under the Policy Supporting Program (PSP). This meeting took place at the ARES offices in Brussels, where members of the SPRING project had the opportunity to meet.

From April 13 to 19, part of the SPRING health team travelled to Kinshasa to co-organize, with the CCSC and Enabel, a workshop as part of the scientific support for Enabel’s intervention: Institutional Support at Central Level – Health. The objective of this workshop...

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The first issue of the SPRING newsletter is out! In case you missed it, you can find the newsletter here. Make sure to subscribe to the newsletter, in order not to miss any future news. You can do so by entering your e-mail-address here. You can also contribute to...

From October 28 to 30, 2024, a collective research phase took place in Kinshasa, involving 16 researchers from the Catholic University of Congo and the University of Antwerp. This research aims to explore working conditions in the construction sector in the DRC, a...