Africa

Africa

Code
AFR
Region type
Official

Good governance: Streamlining and securing the expenditure process

The General Mutual Fund for Civil Service Employees (Mutuelle générale du personnel des administrations publiques – MGPAP) is keen to secure the sustainability of the financial system and to ensure that it is managed in a modern and efficient way, and has therefore embarked on an ambitious project to reform the expenditure process with the aim of guaranteeing maximum transparency, rationality and good governance.

Assisting companies with occupational risk assessment and the implementation of an appropriate prevention plan

The response capabilities of the National Social Insurance Fund for Employees (Caisse nationale des assurances sociales des travailleurs salariés (CNAS)) in the area of prevention of occupational accidents and diseases is based mainly on a knowledge of the world of work and the risks likely to affect workers.

Customer services using the SMS CNAM

As part of its quality approach, which promotes remote contact, and after developing its own interactive Internet site (www.cnam.nat.tn) and customer service by freephone, the National Health Insurance Fund (Caisse nationale d'assurance maladie (CNAM)) launched a new, free messaging service in September 2013: SMS CNAM.

This service communicates useful information to insured persons and the health professionals involved in the handling of their files, as well as messaging alerts and any other information about preventive measures.

Corporate social responsibility

The National Social Insurance Fund (Caisse nationale de prévoyance sociale (CNPS)) of Cameroon is an important tool of the State for the promotion of social policy and has therefore decided make social, environmental and economic issues an integral part of its activities and relations with its partners, with the double aim of participating in the sustainable development of the country and reducing the Fund's administrative costs.

Investment through public/private partnerships

Investment through public/private partnerships is a method of funding where a public authority relies on private providers to finance, build/install or even manage equipment or infrastructure. The National Social Insurance Fund (Caisse nationale de prévoyance sociale (CNPS)) of Cameroon, with its policy of prudent management of financial resources and of limiting management risks, opted for this type of funding because, while contributing practically no money at all, the CNPS of Cameroon will, over time acquire assets under certain predetermined conditions.