Service delivery

Pakistan: Ehsaas Emergency Cash Programme's payment process to commence from next week

Submitted by pmassetti on

thenews.com.pk (05.04..2020) The Ehsaas Emergency Cash Program will help 12 million families by providing them financial assistance of Rs. 12,000 per family and the total budget approved for this initiative is Rs. 144 billion. The Kifalat beneficiaries, who were being given Rs2,000 per month, will be provided an additional Rs1,000.
Deserving families will be given Rs12,000 cash after biometric verification through 18,065 sale points or retail shops of Habib Bank Limited and Bank Al-Falah across the country.

Regions / Country
pakistan
Topics
Service delivery
Cash transfers
Document Type

India: Government to launch online portal for stranded migrant workers

Submitted by pmassetti on

Business Standard News (26.04.2020) The Union government is going to launch an online portal for the migrant workers in the unorganised sector impacted due to a national lockdown imposed to check the spread of Covid-19 in India. The portal, which has been tentatively named by the labour and employment ministry as the National Portal for Covid-19 Affected Unorganised Migrant Workers, will gather the details of all the unorganised sector workers who are stranded in relief camps, residential or industrial clusters.

Regions / Country
india
Topics
Service delivery
Migration
Cash transfers
Document Type

Colombia: Modificación de entrega de servicios del proyecto 1000 días para cambiar el mundo

Submitted by mmarquez on

regiones.gov.co (17.03.2020) De acuerdo con el memorando del 17 de marzo de 2020, se desarrollón una lista de orientación de entrega de complementación alimentaria y seguimiento nutricional en la modalidad de 1.000 días ara cambiar el mundo como medida de contingencia para la prevención, manejo y contención de la infección respiratoria causada por el COVID-19.

Regions / Country
colombia
Global challenges
Topics
Family benefits
Children
Service delivery
Document Type

Colombia: Flexibilización del programa de atención a la primera infancia del ICBF

Submitted by mmarquez on

regiones.gov.co (18.03.2020) De acuerdo con la resolución 3005 del 18 de marzo de 2020, se acuerda modificar los servicios de atención a la primera infancia del Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar (ICBF) con el fin de continuar con el proceso de cuidado y crianza de niñas, niños y mujeres en el marco de la emergencia sanitaria por causa del Covid-19. Esta es una medida transitoria válida hasta el 20 de abril, pero puede extenderse.

Regions / Country
colombia
Global challenges
Topics
Service delivery
Document Type

Philippines: Coronavirus aid: Too little, too slow, too politicized

Submitted by mmarquez on

rappler.com (15.04.2020) Just like many COVID-19 patients fighting for their lives, what the Philippine economy needs right now is a sturdy ventilator for life support. But at the rate government is distributing aid, our economy’s ventilator seems dismally broken. On March 25, President Rodrigo Duterte signed the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act. This chiefly authorized him to marshal resources to fight COVID-19. That law also mandated government to hand out disaster relief.

Regions / Country
philippines, the
Global challenges
Topics
Service delivery
Cash transfers

Tags

Document Type

Barbados: Anticipation of pension payments

Submitted by mmarquez on

nis.gov.bb (11.03.2020) NIS pensioners can have their pensions deposited to their bank and credit union accounts. Your pension can be issued for a four-week period instead of the two-week intervals to which you are accustomed.

Regions / Country
barbados
Global challenges
Topics
Old-age pensions
Service delivery
Document Type

Argentina: ANSES INFORMA QUE EL 21 DE ABRIL COMENZARÁN LOS PAGOS DEL INGRESO FAMILIAR DE EMERGENCIA | ANSES Noticias

Submitted by mmarquez on

noticias.anses.gob.ar (11.04.2020) La ANSES informa que los beneficiarios del Ingreso Familiar de Emergencia (IFE) que están comunicando desde hoy su número de Clave Bancaria Uniforme (CBU), comenzarán a cobrar los 10.000 pesos a partir del próximo 21 de abril y hasta el 5 de mayo inclusive. Cabe destacar que las acreditaciones se realizarán todos los días hábiles del período indicado en los CBU aportados por los titulares del beneficio extraordinario creado por el Gobierno nacional.

Regions / Country
argentina
Global challenges
Topics
Service delivery
Cash transfers
Document Type

San Marino: ISS - Istituto per la Sicurezza Sociale di San Marino: Dematerialized the prescription of medicines: from today the telematic service to request the prescription via WEB is active

Submitted by cambrosio on

iss.sm (06.04.2020)

From Monday, April 6, the online service allowing patients to request services from the computer, tablet or smartphone is active, without having to go to the Health Center, thus avoiding travel, lines or waiting on the phone. In addition to the "repetitive prescription" and the "ordinary prescription", other requests for health services will be activated afterwards and will be promptly communicated to users. As of today, the equivalent of 400 prescriptions per day are expected to be delivered by civil protection and volunteers.

Regions / Country
San Marino
Global challenges
Topics
E-services
Service delivery
Document Type

British Virgin Islands: Early payment of pensions and alternative payment channels

Submitted by mmarquez on

vissb.vg (26.03.2020) The Social Security Board (SBB) anticipated payments of old-age pensions. In addition, alternative payment channels have been activated, such as payment to credit cards and wire transfers.

Regions / Country
british Virgin Islands
Global challenges
Topics
Old-age pensions
Service delivery
Document Type

Zimbabwe: NSSA contributes towards fight against COVID-19

Submitted by mmarquez on

nssa.org.zw (31.03.2020) The National Social Security Authority contributes to national efforts related to the coronavirus crisis by providing facilities and contribution to health equipment. In addition,  a one-off discretionary transfer amounting to one monthly pension is paid to old-age pensioners in April. The NSSA encourages pensioners to use mobile money and bank cards to access these funds and not to visit banks.

Regions / Country
zimbabwe
Global challenges
Topics
Old-age pensions
Service delivery

Tags

Document Type