More people have access to better managed and more equitable social security benefits
Project properties
SWZ/20/01/RBS Africa Eswatini Completed This project is part of the Global Flagship Programme on Building Social Protection Floors for All
Description
Eswatini, a lower middle-income country with high rates of poverty and unemployment, lacks a comprehensive social protection system (including unemployment protection). The impact of COVID-19 on economic activity and employment has compounded this issue and heightened the need for unemployment protection. As part of the crisis response, the Government has announced plans to establish an unemployment benefit fund (UBF) to support workers in vulnerable situations in accessing decent and productive employment, as a means to combat poverty and promote formalization. The ILO, through this RBSA-funded intervention and in collaboration with other UN agencies and development partners, contributes to feasibility studies and the development of legal, institutional and implementation frameworks for the UBF. To ensure that the UBF is established as part of a comprehensive and inclusive social security system, the ILO provides technical support and advisory services to constituents in the implementation of the National Social Security Action Plan and Strategy, comprising the finalization of actuarial studies. The intervention also includes activities to develop the capacity of ILO constituents on social protection.SDG
Goals
- End poverty in all its forms everywhere
- Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
- Reduce inequality within and among countries
Time
01.07.2020 - 05.12.2022
Budget
430,000 / 430,000
Development Cooperation
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Regular Budget Supplementary Account