Towards an integrated approach: the PEOPLE service H.E. Sann Vathana, CARD Valerie Schmitt, ILO Skill Training Workshop to diagnostic the extension of Social Protection and Promoting Employment Phnom Penh, 2-4 Nov 2011

The objective: establishment of the SPF, and gradual progression towards higher SP

Linking SP & Employment will facilitate this gradual progression Increase employability: human capital (health, education) + work experience & training Access to Sustainable employment (Micro-Enterprise or Formal jobs) Higher Levels of S Protection Higher levels of income + Employment Services Skills assessment & training … Access to PWPs ; Job placement Business Development Services Access to health, education, food security Income security Basic social protection WORKERS IN THE INFORMAL ECONOMY, THE WORKING POOR: Progressive inclusion in the labor market Higher social protection

The PEOPLE service a mechanism to implement these linkages Scholarships, school feeding, re-entry programs… Public Employment Programs CCTs TVET Job centers NSSF HEFs &CBHI Social workers & Advisors Information on programs Vulnerability & skills assessment Registration under the different programs & facilitating use of the services… Delivery of membership cards… Channeling social protection & employment services Families Children, Working age, Elderly & Disabled PEOPLE SERVICE

Several functions of the PEOPLE service INCREASE OUTREACH – access to social protection and employment related services will be facilitated through one entry point, information on these programs, registration, etc. MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION – Utilization of the ID poor system & update ID Poor database Collect data on beneficiaries, provision of the SP and employment services as well as the utilization of these services Transfer data to an harmonized database system at central level (line ministries and CARD) The monitoring of the NSPS will be made possible

Several functions of the PEOPLE service COORDINATION AT LOCAL LEVEL PEOPLE service established within government structures District and provincial sub-national bodies will be involved in the design and oversight of the PEOPLE service (deputy governors, OSWO at district level, CCWC at commune level …) DEVELOP LINKAGES & COORDINATION Between SP interventions (ex. Maternal & child health and nutrition with access to education) Between SP and employment programs (ex. Access to Health Care for those enrolled under PWPs, TVET, micro-credit) … to maximize the impact of those interventions and ensure graduation out of poverty

The PEOPLE Service used for the implementation of the NSPS