Social Protection

Building social protection floors
and comprehensive social security systems

Result achieved

A new or revised policy or strategy to extend coverage, enhance comprehensiveness and/or increase adequacy of benefits has been adopted (Step 1)

Number of countries that have adopted new or revised policies and strategies to extend coverage, enhance comprehensiveness and/or increase adequacy of benefits (Step 1)
30.09.2020 KEN101 Public 2020-21 | 8.1.1

Linked projects

Outcome summary

An action plan on developping a compensation system covering occupational diseases and inuries has been adopted

Outcome achieved

The government adopted an Issues Paper on occupational diseases and injuries compensation systems in September 2020. The action plan has been adopted following the consultation of a tripartite. The action plan adapts ILO principles to include social insurance based compensation system moving from employer liability, ‘no fault system’, periodic payment system, tripartite governance system

ILO's contribution to the outcome

With the support from Joint SDG Fund on Social Protection (KEN19/52/UND) and other resources, the ILO supported the Directorate of Occupational Safety and Health Services to convene a high level dialogue forum in September 2020 on the establishment of an occupational diseases and illness compensation system through social insurance, the subsequent tripartite committee meetings (October 2020 to June 2021) to develop the issues paper/action plan and technical memorandum on the establishment of the compensation fund and provided technical inputs and guidance during this consensus building processes.

Gender equality & non-discrimination

CPO deliverables linked to P&B output 8.1 include HIV and Disability responsive social protection to enhance the inclusion of these vulnerable groups in mainstream schemes and towards supporting maternity income protection.

Partnerships

WFP, FAO, UNICEF, UNAIDS, NSSF, NHIF, Women Fighting AIDS in Kenya

SDG

SDG SDG SDG
Goals
  • End poverty in all its forms everywhere
  • Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
  • Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
Targets
  • 1.3 Implement nationally appropriate social protection systems and measures for all, including floors, and by 2030 achieve substantial coverage of the poor and the vulnerable
  • 3.3 By 2030, end the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases and combat hepatitis, water-borne diseases and other communicable diseases
  • 8.5 By 2030, achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value
Employment injury