1. International experiences to support working age groups
Valerie Schmitt
Celine Peyron Bista
Alice Molinier,
ILO
Friday, 16th March, 2012

2. LabourNet in Bangalore
Providing income security for the working age population
Towards a better employment guarantee?

3. A combination of services…
LabourNet
Registrating workers and providing ID cards to them
Facilitating access to social services and insurance
It registers workers and provide proper identification card to Micro and Small Entrepreneurs (MSE) and workers
Access to some social security schemes offered by the Government, access to health insurance, child care centers for children
Ability to open formal bank account. Which gives them the means to save money and/or to take loans to develop their SME
Increasing employability and productivity
It provides trainings to all workers and MSEs in the center and through videos
The trainings are certified through the Modular Employable Skills program set up by the Indian government.
Creating linkages between I.E. workers and job opportunities

4. …with appropriate use of technologies…
LabourNet

5. … that aims to reach financial sustainability
LabourNet
3 main sources of revenue :
Registration fee of Rs 100 from the MSE and Rs 150 from employers
Transaction fee of 5% from the MSE
Transaction fee of 10% from the employer

6. Providing Income Security for the Farmers Towards a better employment guarantee?

7. Why is income security essential for farmers?
Farmers face a variety of risks that make their incomes unstable and unpredictable from year to year.
Farmers’ Incomes
Seasonality
Risks linked to the individual
Production risks
Price fluctuations
How can we ensure income security for farmers?

8. Thailand Overview: Three Schemes
Persons Covered
Description
Contingencies Covered
Rice Pledging Scheme
Rice producers
Government purchases rice from farmers at a fixed price:
THB/ ton, max 40 tons/ harvest
Price fluctuations
Crop Insurance Scheme
National scheme to assist people affected by natural disasters
Farmers and government contribute to the scheme
Production risks linked to natural disasters
BAAC
All farmers
BAAC provides loans to farmers in case of natural disasters

9. Income Security for Farmers: Learning from International Practices
Countries
Scheme
Description
Contingencies covered
United States
Crop Revenue Coverage
Farmers can contribute to a national fund
Compensated for falls in revenue
Price fluctuations
India
National Agricultural Insurance Scheme
National insurance scheme
Compulsory for all farmers who take agricultural loans
Any shortfall in yield (compared to prev. 5 years average yield) is compensated
Production risks
Tanzania
AMSDP, The Warehouse Receipt
Farmers can stock their production in a warehouse when the market price is low. In exchange they receive a receipt that they can use to get credit. When prices are high they destock and reimburse the credit
Seasonality + Price fluctuations
World
FairTrade
FairTrade companies purchase the product at a minimum price

10. France: Universal Services Employment Vouchers
Providing social security benefits for workers in informal economy

11. SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE
How does it work?
7. Withdraws E+W contributions
BANK
SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE
1. Registers W + bank details
2. Buys CESU (net wage)
EMPLOYER
6. Sends CESU stubs
3. Provides services, work
5. Converts CESU into cash
4. Pays with CESU
8. Provides SS benefits
WORKER

12. Multiple benefits for all parties…
A way to increase workers’ protection and access to social benefits
A way to personalize domestic/care services
A way to simplify the procedures to declare workers
A way to save money: tax-deductible for employers
A way to “formalize” the informal

13. SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE
Possible adaptation
SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE
1. Registers W
BANK
2. Buys CESU (price comprises E+W contributions)
EMPLOYER
3. Provides services, work
5. Converts CESU into cash
4. Pays with CESU
6. Provides SS benefits
WORKER

14. Chile Solidario
A contract between housholds and the Government for better protection & employment guaranee

15. Interesting features
it is an institutional structure rather than a program, that aims to coordinate programs to lift families out of poverty
Operational structure highly decentralized
a long-term psychosocial support, the families are followed by a social worker during 24 months based on a “Family contract”
Multidimensional approach to poverty
Linkages between social protection and employment : the social workers facilitated the creation of an integrated package of programs tailored to meet the needs of households
Evaluation procedure to decide on continuity of the support and budget allocation

16. How does it work
The most innovative aspect of Chile Solidario is the personalized intervention in each family
A social worker accompaniment for 24 months : 21 home visits sessions with decreasing intensity after the first 6 months.
Links to other social assistance programs: the social worker provides information, referral and assistance to access complementary services (social assistance, health, education, housing, family support services, drug prevention and rehabilitation, technical help for disabled people, support for violence situation,), links to employment or income-generating programs, and transfers.
Development of the supply side: the social workers inform the municipalities about the demand of additional services not existing yet to ‘bridge’ the demand gap, including size, volume etc...
The social worker develops an exit strategy with the families
The development of family contracts : the counselor and the family develop a strategy (contract) based on a “game” methodology
The objective is to meet 53 minimum conditions grouped into seven pillars: health, work, education, family dynamics, housing, identification-documentation, and income.