81281336-Social Protection System Strengthening Experts Pool

GIZ is implementing a project entitled Improving Social Protection and Health in Cambodia on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. This project is commissioned to provide technical support to the Royal Government of Cambodia - specifically the National Social Protection Council - to implement the reforms stated in the National Social Protection Policy Framework 2016 - 2025. The project"s objective is as follows: The social protection and health system is strengthened with regard to shock-responsiveness, inclusiveness and service quality. It consist of five outputs: (1) The strategic framework for the ongoing development of the social protection system has been improved (2) The social protection system is better equipped to take account of the needs of vulnerable groups (3) The implementation capacities of social protection operators have been strengthened (4) The methodological foundations for competency-based training of doctors and laboratory technicians have been improved (5) The capacities of the laboratories for quality-assured diagnostics have been enhanced. The project term is from October 2021 to September 2024. Specifically for the subject of Social Protection, the project will work in areas such as improving the shock responsiveness of the overall national social protection system and selected social protection programs, develop the digital social protection strategy and support its implementation, design and pilot a social protection technical and vocational education and training program, harmonise the complaints management system, social protection entitlements awareness building, evolution of the IDPoor program towards a social registry, better inclusion of vulnerable groups especially disadvantaged women groups, operationalisation of the newly founded social security regulator, strengthening of sub-national actors crucial to the social protection programs, operationalisation of the social assistance single operator, and further improving social health insurance operations.