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Advancing Social Protection in Cambodia - Midterm joint evaluation

eval_number:

3551

eval_title:

Advancing Social Protection in Cambodia - Midterm joint evaluation

location:

region:

Asia and the Pacific

country:

Cambodia

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eval_url:

https://analyticstest.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/3551

recommendations:

title:

ILO should continue to advocate for progress with amendments to legislation for extending health insurance to dependents of the NSSF’s registered members via compulsory contribution, as a preferred option. For compulsory contributions for dependents of members, much groundwork is in place but action has been hesitant, creating a bottleneck. Releasing this bottleneck will require advocacy with the NSSF and GS-NSPC, which should indeed continue but will take time. Meanwhile, the shorter-term option for voluntary contributions via the pending Sub-Decree - mainly aimed at facilitating voluntary contributions for the self-employed but with some option to include employee dependents - should be carefully promoted as this route shows some promise for more immediate progress within the timeframe of ASPC. This means 1) prioritizing support to the adoption, approval and implementation of the pending Sub-Decree on the extension of social security (health insurance, and pension) to self-employed/own-account workers –and including dependents of NSSF members - though voluntary contributions; alongside support to the recently initiated one-year pilot scheme health insurance scheme for select self-employment sectors and then 2) promoting and disseminating information about this opportunity via the communications strategy implementation and3) agreeing annual targets for dependents’ enrolments through this option and tracking these.

url:

https://analyticstest.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/recommendations/17531

action_plan:

The ILO has consistently to advocate for legislation on the extension of health insurance to dependents via a compulsory mechanism and will continue to do so. Meanwhile, the sub-decree for the voluntary contribution of self-employed and dependents were promulgated in August 2023. The implementation agreement for the communication and registration campaigns will support the suggested extension of the social security schemes. The enrolment of the two new voluntary schemes will be tracked as part of the M&E of the implementation agreement.

date:

2023-10-20 00:00:00.0

progress:

Partially achieved

management_response:

Partially Completed

information_source:

Country Office

admin_units:

CO-Bangkok

project_symbols:

KHM/21/01/EUR

themes:

theme:

Social Protection

category:

Social protection

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