Technical support on social protection in El Salvador

This project aims at developing a social protection floor. In 2009, El Salvador adopted the Universal Social Protection System (SPSU) in order to organize its social protection programmes, both contributory and non-contributory. The SPSU is based on a social protection rights approach and conceptually incorporates the vision of the social protection floor through the combination of universal and focused interventions. The country faces important challenges in terms of the implementation of the system. ILO’s technical support focuses on an actuarial valuation of the Health Insurance and Occupational Health Insurance Schemes at the Salvadoran Institute of Social Security (ISSS), as well as on the improvement of the institutional management to ensure that the extension of contributory coverage functions as a formalization strategy. TILO will provide assistance to strengthen the design of El Salvador's social protection floor and contribute to the formulation of sound implementation strategies.

Project symbol

SLV/16/02/RBS

Admin unit

DWT/CO-San Jose

Start date

01/01/2016

End date

28/02/2018

Total allocation

240245

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

240245

Development Partners

Core voluntary funds (RBSA)

Country/Countries

El Salvador

Outcomes

Creating and extending social protection floors