Technical support on social protection floor in Liberia

This project aims at establishing a functioning national social protection floor in Liberia. An inclusive rights-based national social protection system will be put in place to foster resilience in times of health-related or economic crisis. The main interventions aim at reinforcing existing contributory schemes and implementing non-contributory schemes for vulnerable populations. A parallel approach of extending and reinforcing social protection coverage will be applied. This will lead to integrating OSH prevention and labour inspection policies into the national “Economic Stabilization and Recovery Plan”. A review of the social protection in case of employment injuries will be conducted in close consultation with Public Service International (PSI). National social dialogue consultations on employment injuries and capacity building will take place with the social partners and PSI. The social security system performance (coverage, adequacy and financial sustainability) will be reinforced to effectively cover all workers in the formal and informal economy against the loss of income and facilitate their access to health care.

Project symbol

LBR/16/01/RBS

Admin unit

CO-Abuja

Start date

01/01/2016

End date

28/02/2018

Total allocation

308731

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

308731

Development Partners

Core voluntary funds (RBSA)

Country/Countries

Liberia

Outcomes

Creating and extending social protection floors