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GLOBAL CAMPAIGN ON SOCIAL SECURITY AND COVERAGE FOR ALL
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 TECHNICAL COOPERATION IN AFRICA |
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Enhancing women's role in improving access and quality of basic and reproductive health care
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Main donor : United Nations Foundation (UNF)
Objectives : To enhance understanding and disseminate know how on health micro-insurance schemes as an innovative approach to social protection for families and communities
Main activities : Technical support to organized women's groups willing to promote their own health micro-insurance schemes, capacity building for women groups to define health services and to negotiate with health providers and support structures, advocacy activities at the national/international levels and networking activities at the regional level
Main results : Adequate technical support to women organizations, associations, trade unions and support structures on implementation, management, monitoring of health micro-insurance schemes through capacity building and empowerment, production of training tools and guides advocacy towards decision-makers and other relevant actors
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The "Concertation" between promoters of mutual health organizations in Africa
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Main donor : STEP, ANMC, UNMS, WSM, USAID/PHR, GTZ, RAMUS, AIM
Objectives : To support the development of mutual health organizations in West and Central Africa
Main activities : Promote exchanges between various partners involved in the development of mutual health organization at the sub-regional level
Main results : A website (www.concertation.org) providing information on mutual health organizations, a newsletter, a monitoring system of the development of health micro-insurance schemes set up and bi-annual thematic international workshops organized
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Development of social protection
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Main donor : Portugal
Objectives : To gradually extend the coverage of an up to date and adapted social security system to the whole population
Main activities : Consulting services
Main results : Legislative framework and corresponding implementation measures formulated - reform proposals applying to executing structures
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Development of pilot experiences in the field of social protection extension
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Main donor : France
Objectives : To ensure a wider knowledge and better understanding of how micro-health insurance schemes may efficiently contribute to the extension of social protection
Main activities : Setting up a steering committee in charge of follow-up activities, documentation and knowledge dissemination related to the implementation process of the two pilot projects
Main results : Steering committee organized and assisting first project implementation activities
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Social protection for all: training for innovative community-based solutions for sustainable health care financing
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Main donor : Arab Gulf Fund (AGFUND)
Objectives : To contribute to the extension of social protection in health through the development of a progressive training cycle to the benefit of promoters of various health micro-insurance schemes
Main activities : Preparation and organization of a training cycle, monitoring of activities related to the various development phases of health micro-insurance schemes, evaluation of training impact and documentation of experiences
Main results : Beneficiaries identified in selected countries, comprehensive set of didactical and impact evaluation tools under preparation
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Development and harmonization of incentive legislative frameworks for mutual health organizations
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Main donor : France
Objectives : To encourage and facilitate the progressive extension of social protection in health
Main activities : Establishment of national diagnostics, setting up national working groups of specialists and operators, organization of consulting and training activities in order to define a common framework supporting national strategies of implementation
Main results : Preparation of the implementation phase
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Fight against social exclusion in Rodrigues through participatory community development and promotion of income generating activities
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Main donor : United Nations development Programme (UNDP)
Objectives : Improve the living and working conditions of the poor segments of the Rodriguan population and stimulate local economic development
Main activities : Direct support aiming to empower organized communities in the planning and management of their own development initiatives, capacity building at meso level and village authority
Main results : 60 villages benefiting from training activities and technical support in order to achieve full empowerment in the decision-making process related to social and economic local development
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Fight against social and economic exclusion
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Main donor : United Nations development Programme (UNDP)
Objectives : To improve the socio-economic status of poor people, targeting women and youth groups and micro and small entrepreneurs
Main activities : Proximity support, capacity-building and advocacy activities to enhance target groups' capacity to develop their own development initiatives and to gain access to technical and financial services
Main results : More than 100 women's groups and 900 micro-entrepreneurs benefiting from training activities and technical support provided by various partner organizations, study on existing social protection mechanisms and potential for the extension of services
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Implementation of national social security scheme
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Main donor : International Labour Organization (ILO)
Objectives : To assist government in establishment of comprehensive and sustainable social security scheme
Main activities : Studies, capacity building and policy advice, preparation of draft legislation
Main results : Provident fund converted into pension scheme supplemented by benefits in respect of other risks
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Rehabilitation of the Caisse Nationale de Protection Sociale (CNPS) functions
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Main donor : Word Bank
Objectives : To promote regular functioning mechanisms and ensure the management autonomy of CNPS
Main activities : Consulting services
Main results : Improved capacity to extend social protection coverage through a better control of functioning mechanisms
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Support to the Caisse Nationale de Securité Sociale (CNSS) rehabilitation
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Main donor : World Bank
Objectives : To strengthen the social security system and to promote reforms aiming at the extension of services to the informal sector
Main activities : Consulting services
Main results : Improved enrolment and recovery rates – upgraded functioning mechanisms allowing for the design of special schemes targeting the excluded segments of the population
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Implementation of national social security scheme
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Main donor : United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Objectives : To provide the structure for a comprehensive sustainable scheme covering both formal sector workers and the self employed with special provision for most vulnerable through social safety nets
Main activities : Consulting services
Main results : Proposed legislation approved and scheme awaiting further imputs to assist implementation
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Development of social security scheme
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Main donor : United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Objectives : To support the Government in the formulation of a new social security scheme
Main activities : Comprehensive review of social security coverage and mechanisms with reports and recommendations on new scheme implementation
Main results : Awaiting decisions by Government on follow-up and implementation
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Improving the quality of sexual and reproductive health care
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Main donor : United Nations Foundation (UNF)
Objectives : To improve quality and access to reproductive health care through empowerment of excluded groups and new forms of collaboration between providers and user groups
Main activities : Sensitization activities, promotion of collaborations between user groups and health providers using a systemic approach that accounts for both demand and supply, promotion of health micro-insurance schemes to facilitate access to health services
Main results : National partner organizations identified, training and information sessions on quality of care, reproductive health care… workshops to promote reproductive rights and the role of organized groups in promoting quality of care, vision paper on improving reproductive health care
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Improving the quality of sexual and reproductive health care
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Main donor : United Nations Foundation (UNF)
Objectives : To improve quality and access to reproductive health care through empowerment of excluded groups and new forms of collaboration between providers and user groups
Main activities : Sensitization activities, promotion of collaborations between user groups and health providers using a systemic approach that accounts for both demand and supply, promotion of health micro-insurance schemes to facilitate access to health services
Main results : National partner organizations identified, pilot projects identified and formulated
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Promotion of micro-insurance schemes for women micro-entrepreneurs
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Main donor : France
Objectives : To contribute to the extension of social protection for women micro-entrepreneurs
Main activities : Direct support to women micro-entrepreneurs willing to set up their own micro health-insurance schemes
Main results : Various micro-entrepreneurs associations involved in the setting up of micro health-insurance schemes adapted to their priority needs and contributory capacity
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Extension of social protection for women
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Main donor : France
Objectives : To support the government to establish a comprehensive and sustainable social protection system including schemes for the formal and informal sector with particular reference to women circumstances
Main activities : Design of social security scheme for private sector workers and a strategic plan for implementation of this scheme, case studies and feasibility studies related to implementation of health micro-insurance schemes , proposals for the implementation of reforms to improve social protection for women
Main results : National steering committee set up - first detailed work plan under preparation
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Improvement of social security governance
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Main donor : United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Objectives : To determine the feasibility of integrating public and private social security schemes
Main activities : Actuarial valuation, study of administration and legislation and preparation of reports and recommendations
Main results : Starting phase under preparation
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Extending the coverage of social security to the poor and the excluded
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Main donor : The Netherlands
Objectives : To support the country in strengthening efficiency and increasing equity and in the development of a national action plan for extending social security coverage through social dialogue
Main activities : Direct technical support in capacity building on social security for main stakeholders, diagnosis on social security provisions, implementation of social dialogue and elaboration of a national action plan
Main results : First phase of social dialogue process, diagnosis and training on social security
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Actuarial study of public service pension scheme for public servants
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Main donor : United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Objectives : To provide actuarial valuation of Fund and develop policy options for restructuring scheme and possible extension to other sectors of the labour force
Main activities : Analysis of data for actuarial valuation, development of policy options
Main results : Recommendations for operational reforms and changes in benefit structure
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Feasibility of unemployment insurance scheme
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Main donor : International Labour Organization (ILO)
Objectives : To determine the feasibility of setting up a national unemployment insurance scheme
Main activities : Report on administrative feasibility and actuarial assessment of unemployment insurance scheme
Main results : Awaiting policy decision by government
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Promotion of reproductive health care for young people in regrouped settlements
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Main donor : United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Objectives : To contribute to a wider use of reproductive health quality services and to the improvement of behaviours as regards reproductive and sexual health care
Main activities : Sensitization of organized communities, capacity building training activities, consulting services related to the setting up of health micro-insurance schemes
Main results : First action plan proposal awaiting final approval from main stakeholders
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Strategies and tools against social exclusion
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Main donor : Portugal
Objectives : To reduce social exclusion phenomena and to contribute to the extension of social protection
Main activities : Support to local development participatory process, training of local promoters and support agencies, design and production of adapted methodological and didactic tools, development of pilot projects, documentation and dissemination of local development experiences
Main results : Awaiting plan established, local studies undertaken, setting up process of two pilot projects initiated
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Strategies and tools against social exclusion
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Main donor : Portugal
Objectives : To reduce social exclusion phenomena and to contribute to the extension of social protection
Main activities : Support to local development participatory process, training of local promoters and support agencies, design and production of adapted methodological and didactic tools, development of pilot projects, documentation and dissemination of local development experiences
Main results : Action plan established, studies under preparation.
Created by DB. Approved by ER. Last update 8 December 2003