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Africa
Financial performance certification of scheme reserve funds
Financial performance certification is a commitment by the Pension Fund of Morocco (Caisse marocaine des retraites (CMR)) since 2009 concerning its governing bodies. This practice is part of the management reserve fund's modernization (FDR: fonds de réserve) scheme.
In fact, the CMR opted, without regulatory constraint, for the performance certification of the various pension plan portfolios it manages. It is an annual total portfolio and asset class financial performance audit by an independent expert.
SASSA Biometric Smart Payment Card
The customer centric smart payment card is used to make payment of US$ 866.4bn for distribution of 16million grants to 10 million beneficiaries. The biometric enrolment of 21.7 million recipients comprising of beneficiaries, children and procurators ensured capture of extensive personal data and biometric information such as photograph, fingerprint image and voice print.
Modernizing the information system to improve service quality and combat fraud
In July 2013, the National Social Security Fund (Caisse nationale de sécurité sociale (CNSS)) launched a programme to improve its information system by integrating the use of biometric cards and e-declarations in its operation. With the biometric card, insured individuals will be able to verify the payment of their contributions, obtain all career and status information, simulate the conditions of their upcoming retirement and collect benefit payments at a kiosk.
Education benefits at PPF Pensions Fund
SOLI: Short Message Service (SMS) reimbursement through a pharmacy network
Using new information and communication technologies (ICT) to implement a project of great social intensity: reimbursing health services by SMS and 3G in the pharmacy network under the supervision of a leading bank. Social benefit reimbursement is fundamental to the State because it relies on respecting the national commitments made to the population. It is not a theoretical question but a practical reality. When a person on a low income is entitled to a reimbursement of health services, the reality of having to manage a household budget on a daily basis becomes apparent.
Planning and performance
The National Sickness Insurance Fund (Caisse nationale d'assurance maladie (CNAM)) which has implemented new and innovative information and communication technologies (ICT) in social benefit management, has developed since 2010 a new strategy to improve performance at all levels of management.
Drawing on Kaplan and Norton's Balanced Score Card (BSC) work, the method aims to share out all the projects and action plans among the managers to maximize results and thus cultivate a culture of excellence based on project progress accountability reporting.