Africa

Africa

Code
AFR
Region type
Official

The promotion of voluntary insurance

As part of its long-term vision, the National Social Security Fund (Caisse nationale de sécurité sociale (CNSS)) adopted a ten-year strategic plan in 2009. One of its operational objectives is to cover 90% of the population under the provisions of Law no. 015-2006/AN of 11 May 2006 relating to the social security scheme applicable to employed and assimilated workers in Burkina Faso by 2020.

Ten-year strategic plan (2010-2020)

The National Social Security Fund (Caisse nationale de sécurité sociale (CNSS)) of Burkina Faso had to face many challenges:

  • very poor coverage rate (6% of the population);
  • underdeveloped social protection;
  • inefficient internal organization;
  • slow and inefficient computerization;
  • undervalued human resources.

These major challenges facing social security funds call for far-reaching reforms that will ensure the sustainability of our systems.

Certification of the actuarial balance sheet of the civil pension schemes

The Pension Fund of Morocco (Caisse marocaine des retraites (CMR)) ensures the financial equilibrium of the pension schemes it manages by preparing actuarial balance sheets that are presented annually to its Board of Directors. The balance sheet results help decision-makers assess the scheme's financial sustainability and take decisions on steering the system or adjusting the parameters.

Risk management and implementation of a decision-support system for medical controls

The objectives of the National Health Insurance Fund (Caisse nationale d'assurance sociale (CNAM)) are expenditure control and improving the quality of care. Electronic transmission requirements and medical control prerogatives have made it necessary for the CNAM to invest in the automated processing of medical claim forms.

The main objective is the establishment of a decision-support system with a medical knowledge base which would take into account the specificities of each medical claim form.

Contractual arrangements with partners

Since its reorganisation in 1996, the Pension Fund of Morocco (Caisse marocaine des retraites (CMR)) has managed civil service pension schemes and services on behalf of third parties. The CMR follows a multi-annual strategic planning process, characterized by a multidimensional, balanced distribution of its objectives into five areas of focus: governance, finance, process, resources and clients.

Facilitating access to entitlements by eliminating the certificate of cessation of payment

Since April 2014 the Social Insurance Institute - State Employees' General Retirement Fund (Institut de prévoyance sociale - Caisse générale de retraite des agents de l'Etat (IPS-CGRAE)) has been the object of a major reform which aims notably at ensuring ongoing improvements in the quality of services provided to insured persons by accelerating payment of the first pensions after retirement.

Biometric smart payment card

The customer centric smart payment card is used to pay USD866.4m for distribution of 16 million grants to 10 million beneficiaries. The biometric enrolment of 21.7 million recipients comprising beneficiaries, children, and procurators (agents) ensured capture of extensive personal data and biometric information such as photograph, fingerprint image and voice print.