Consultancy for Research on Challenges in Enforcement and Compliance of Social Security Laws
with International Labour OrganisationThis job has already passed the closing date
Job Announcement
The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) has placed Social Protection at the core of its priorities. The development and approval of the National Social Protection Policy Framework (2016-2025) was a milestone and illustrates the importance placed on social protection. Articulated in the NSSPF were also key challenges of coordination at the policy level and the limited understanding of Cambodians on social protection and its benefits as well as their rights to participate and benefit from the schemes. These challenges were to be addressed through a series of reforms, which include the establishment of the National Social Protection Council (NSPC) as a coordinator at the policy level, the establishment of social security regulator and the integration of the existing social security operators into one single institution. The institution were to be vested with the power to manage all social security schemes, including pensions, health insurance, employment injuries insurance, disability insurance and unemployment insurance.
The Law on Social Security Schemes adopted and promulgated in October 2019 further defined the role of the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) as the unique operator in charge of implementing social security schemes as stipulated in the law. The NSSF is vested with the duties which include among other duties, ensuring the benefit provision of social security schemes to NSSF members, collect and administrate contribution of the social security schemes and monitor the implementation of enterprises/establishments or relevant institutions under the competency of NSSF in relation to the law. The law further defines the compulsory responsibility of employers to register their enterprises/establishments and workers with NSSF and lays out the penalties for non-compliance of the law.
The Project
The ILO is collaborating with UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs- China Fund in the implementation of the project “Achieving SDGs and ending poverty through Universal Social Protection”. The project aims at increasing capacity of the national entities responsible for social protection in Cambodia to formulate and implement social security schemes.
Objective of the Research
The support project implementation, ILO is looking for an individual consultant to conduct an action research to understand the challenges of enforcement of social security laws in Cambodia, particularly in the area of compliance. Based on findings from the research and the global research on good governance and compliance, the consultant will contribute to the development of training modules on legal enforcement in Cambodia.
Products and Timelines
The duration of the consultancy is from January 2021 to May 2021. The following products are to be delivered by the consultant at the indicated deadlines. The expected number of working days required to complete the consultancy is not more than 60 working days.
Interested consultants are requested to submit a separate technical proposal to email address provided in the contact details and the financial proposal to email by the deadline at 5 p.m. local time in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Late submissions will not be considered.
