Overview of social protection concept and the schemes in Cambodia.

1. United Nations Development Programme
Social Protection Overview
FoNPAM Capacity Building
04th May 2015
Presented by: Sovannarith Hang
UNDP Cambodia
Cambodia Specific

2. Content
1.What is social protection?
2.Why Social Protection is necessary?
3.Social Protection and HIV
4. Social Protection in Cambodia

3. What is Social Protection?
Social protection (SP), as defined by the United Nations
Research Institute For Social Development, is concerned
with preventing, managing, and overcoming situations that
adversely affect people’s well being.
Social protection consists of policies and programs designed
to reduce poverty and vulnerability by promoting efficient
labour Market, diminishing people's exposure to risks, and
enhancing their capacity to manage economic and social
risks, such as unemployment, exclusion, sickness, disability
and old age.

4. Social Protection Life Cycle
Maternity
illness/Sick
ness
HIV/AIDs
Unemployment Work Injury Medical
Care
Family with
children
Invalidity Death of
Bread winner
Old Age

5. Types of Social Protection
 Labor market interventions
 Social Insurance
 Social Assistance
Most common types of social protection are:

6. Why is Social Protection necessary?
Social Protection plays some functions to:
Permanently transform people lives and lift them out of
poverty
Protect people from risks
Prevent people
from falling
into poverty
Promoting
People
livelihoods

7. Social Protection and HIV
HIV
Specific
SP
specifically
focus on HIV
HIV Related HIV Sensitive
Mainstream HIV

8. Social Protection in Cambodia
National Social Protection Strategy (NSPS) 2011-2015 was
developed under Coordination by Council for Agricultural and
Rural Development (CARD)
 The main goal of the NSPS is that poor and vulnerable
Cambodians are increasingly protected against chronic
poverty and hunger, shocks, destitution and social
exclusion and benefit from investments in their human
capital.

9. Social Protection in Cambodia
(Cont.)
Highlight of NSPS’s objectives:
1. To meet basic need in time of emergency or crisis
2. Poor and vulnerable children and mothers benefit from social safety
nets
3. The working-age poor and vulnerable benefit from work opportunities
4. The poor and vulnerable have effective access to affordable quality
health care and financial protection in case of illness.
5. Special vulnerable groups receive income, in-kind and psychosocial

10. Current Social Protection schemes in
Cambodia
Social Assistance
Emergency Relief
School feeding
Take home rations
Scholarships (Fast track Initiative)
Nutrition
Health Equity Funds
Vouchers for Reproductive Health
VCCT & PMTCT
People living with HIV, ART provision
People Living with HIV Home Based Care
MoSVY Special Package for OVC
Buddhist Leadership Initiative (HIV-sensitive)
Rehabilitation Services for People Living with Disabilities
Mental health disabled care

11. Current Social Protection Schemes in
Cambodia (Cont.…..)
• CBHI
• Pensions for Veterans and
dependents (Ex: NFV)
• Security fund for Civil Servants,
Pensioners, and Family dependents
(Ex: NSSFC)
• Old Age association benefits for Civil
servants
• Extension Services
• Vocational training to
unemployed
• Gender Economic
Empowerment
• Public works
Social Insurance Labor Market
Interventions

12. Some Initiatives of Government’s service
to Support SP in Cambodia
 Poor-Identification, Ministry of Planning
Social Services Delivery Mechanism, Pilot
supported by ILO

13. It’s time
for
Question!

14. Reflection
1) Social Protection Comprised of 3 types are:
 Social Assistance
 Social Insurance
 Labor Market Interventions
2) Why is Social Protection necessary?
• Prevent people from falling into
poverty
• Protect people from risks
• Promoting People livelihoods
To Permanently transform
people lives and lift them
out of poverty