Technical Support on Social Protection Floors

This project aims at improving the protection of workers, including those in the informal economy, through more inclusive social protection policies and institutions. The ILO will assist the Government in the process of formulating and implementing a national policy and strategy for social protection that it has embarked upon and will provide support to the tripartite plus Task Force established for that purpose. Interventions will include the preparation of an action plan for the implementation of a national social protection strategy, strengthening of the institutional and legal framework for the establishment of a social protection floor, and capacity building for the tripartite constituents and other stakeholders. Emphasis will be placed on the application of the Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1952 (No.102) and the Social Protection Floors Recommendation, 2012 (No. 202), the ratification of other relevant occupational safety and health standards, and on the promotion of the Transition from the Informal to the Formal Economy Recommendation, 2015 (No. 204). The work will be undertaken in close cooperation with the UN agencies and donors that are members of the Social Protection Inter-Agency Cooperation Board (SPIAC-B) as well as with the UN Economic Commission for Africa. It will contribute to the achievement of SDG targets 1.3, 3.8, 5.4 and 10.4.

Project symbol

COD/16/01/RBS

Admin unit

CO-Kinshasa

Start date

01/01/2016

End date

28/02/2018

Total allocation

232800

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

232800

Development Partners

Core voluntary funds (RBSA)

Country/Countries

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Outcomes

Creating and extending social protection floors