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Follow up support to the reform of the pension system in Mexico
- Start activities
- Feb-16
- End activities
- May-17
- Partner Institution
- Institute of Social Security of the State of Guanajuato (ISSEG)
- Type of Assistance
- Policy development
- Code
- 2015-24
- Description
- In response to a request of from the Institute of Social Security of the State of Guanajuato (ISSEG), this action started the process of constitution of a national platform of social security State Institutes, with the objective of setting up a framework for cooperation and information-sharing among State Institutes. Spanish experts supported ISSEG in finalizing a declaration for the creation of a National Pension forum, to be delivered to the 16th edition of the National Social Security Conference. Experts also advised ISSEG and other State Institutes on the specific stages required for establishing a National coordination body, including the elaboration of the constituent documents and the legal framework of a national platform (which will become the Organización Nacional de los Institutos Estatales de Seguridad Social - ONIESS).
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Support for the set up of universal health insurance
- Start activities
- oct-2015
- End activities
- sep-2016
- Partner Institution
- Institut National d’Assurance Maladie (INAM)
- Type of Assistance
- Institutional Strengthening
- Code
- 2015-09
- Description
- Experts mobilized from France and Lebanon delivered an analysis of Togo’s Institut National d’Assurance Maladie (INAM)’s institutional organization and capacities. The assessment focused on the challenges faced by INAM in view of the extension of health coverage, clarified the institutional responsibilities, while identifying issues requiring further technical assistance to INAM, such as the preparation of a strategic plan, the enhancement of internal capacities in the field of “risk management,” and the development of a management information system. The first two topics were then addressed by experts through peer-to-peer exchanges with the relevant INAM’s executives and staff, presenting models and good practices applicable to INAM’s context and needs.
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Support to Universal Pension Scheme
- Start activities
- may-2015
- End activities
- feb-2017
- Partner Institution
- Ministry of Empowerment, Social Welfare, Youth, Women and Children (MoESWYWC)
- Type of Assistance
- Institutional Strengthening
- Code
- 2014-26
- Description
- The action was instrumental to present to the Ministry of Empowerment, Social Welfare, Youth, Women and Children of Zanzibar a relevant European experience in establishing and managing Universal Social Pensions. Experts from Germany, the Netherlands, South Africa and Spain provided technical advice on what is affordable for Zanzibar in relation to its policy, fiscal, and demographic environment. They particularly focused on the information management system needed to deploy a social pensions scheme. They helped to draft an implementation plan, then supported the development of a project proposal and the technical specifications needed to develop a management information system.
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Health financing reform and introduction of mandatory health insurance
- Start activities
- apr-16
- End activities
- nov-17
- Partner Institution
- State Agency for Mandatory Health Insurance under the Cabinet of Ministers [Nazirlər Kabineti yanında İcbari Tibbi Sığorta üzrə Dövlət Agentliyinin]
- Type of Assistance
- Institutional (Regulatory & Policy)
- Code
- 2015-23
- Description
- Support the government of Azerbaijan and in particular to the State Agency for Mandatory Health Insurance (SAMHI) in creating the necessary conditions for the introduction of mandatory health insurance
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Social Insurance: assistance in the development of the State agents pension system
- Start activities
- may-17
- End activities
- aug-17
- Partner Institution
- Pensions and Family Benefits Fund of State Agents [Caisse des Pensions et des Prestations Familiales des Agents de l'Etat]
- Type of Assistance
- Institutional Strengthening
- Code
- 2016-07
- Description
- This action results from 5 distinct requests by the Caisse des Pensions et des Prestations Familiales des Agents de l'Etat (CPPF). The action's technical products - an assessment report on the organizational strategy of CPPF; recommendations on the development of social marketing and communication policy; recommendations for a revised IT architecture; a roadmap in view of the development of a new insurance branch, namely a complementary pension scheme – were all intended to contribute to the strengthening of the organizational capacities of the young CPPF. Teams of experts with different profiles and country origin (France, Morocco, the Netherlands) have exchanged with the Partner’s teams in the course of four activities.
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Strengthening the Management of financial reserves of the Institute of Social Security and Services for State Workers of Campeche
- Start activities
- nov-17
- End activities
- nov-17
- Partner Institution
- Institute of Security and Social Services for Workers of the State of Campeche [Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado de Campeche]
- Type of Assistance
- Institutional (Regulatory & Policy)
- Code
- 2016-15
- Description
- The Action contributed to achieve two significant results: first, to overview the state of the art of the financial reserves available to the Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado de Campeche (ISSSTECAM) and to critically overview the management arrangements in view of their sustainability; secondly, to draft a text of Law of reform of the State Law on social security and pensions, which was later on presented to and approved by the State Parliament. In the course of three activities, the Partner’s staff worked closely with public experts from France and Spain.
