Technical support on social protection for vulnerable groups in Cambodia

The project aims at increasing the quality and coverage of social protection in Cambodia, which is at an early stage. The Ministry of Economy and Finance leads a multi-ministerial team that developed a Social Protection Policy Framework bringing together social insurance and social assistance under one policy document for the first time in the country. The ILO has performed the actuarial review of the Employment Injury Insurance and Social Health Insurance branches of the National Social Security Fund and supported the development of costing exercises for the extension of health equity funds and is currently conducting a full actuarial study for private and public pension schemes through a partnership with AFD (Agence française de développement). A series of technical notes on health insurance, pension and social assistance were prepared and used to back with evidence the development of the Social Protection Policy Framework Strategy and the elaboration of the Social Protection Law. An assessment will be conducted on policy options for the expansion of social protection to the informal economy, with a special focus on the construction industry. Technical advice was provided for the design and implementation of social assistance schemes, including a detailed costing of the proposed interventions jointly developed with UNICEF.

Project symbol

KHM/16/02/RBS

Admin unit

CO-Bangkok

Start date

01/01/2016

End date

30/04/2018

Total allocation

223611

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

223611

Development Partners

Core voluntary funds (RBSA)

Country/Countries

Cambodia

Outcomes

Creating and extending social protection floors