Social Insurance Administration Project

The development objective of Social Insurance Administration Project for North Macedonia Improve the quality of services in administering social insurance and strengthen the regulatory framework for people with disabilities and hazardous occupations. This project has two components. 1) The first component, Improving the quality of the social insurance administration services, has the following sub-components: (i) Establishment of Single Unified Registry System for social insurance; and (ii) Improvement and modernization of business processes in Pension and Disability Insurance Fund of North Macedonia (PIOM). 2) The second component, Strengthening the regulatory framework for persons with disabilities and for hazardous occupations, has the following sub-components: (i) Establishing unified disability assessment system and Central Disability Certification Coordination Unit (CDCCU); (ii) Reforming the system of employment of persons with disabilities; and (iii) Revision of the list of hazardous occupations eligible for early retirement with extended service period (ESP). 3) The third component, Project management, will support the day-to-day management of project implementation and the monitoring and evaluation (M and E) of its objectives and outcomes.