Public Servants Pension Scheme Development and Technical Support for Southern Sudan Pension Fund

2010 to 2012

US Dollars 1.6 million

Government of Southern Sudan

Project management, technical support relating to benefit administration, pension policy and legislation

This project for the Government of South Sudan (GOSS) is financed by the Capacity Building Trust Fund (CBTF). An HTSPE-led consortium is providing technical assistance to the GoSS to recommence the payment of pensions to retired civil servants. The payment of pensions has been suspended since January 2008. The programme will deliver two main outputs:

• pension policy development and drafting of pension legislation regulating the Southern Sudan public servants pension scheme (SSPF), and
• institutional support to the Southern Sudan Pension Fund.

The consultancy is based on the following key objectives:

1. Achieving the necessary capacity levels within GoSS to develop and monitor pension policy development and draft pension legislation;
2. Ensuring that relevant staff in GoSS Ministries and agencies are  competent in handling aspects of pension systems;
3. Ensuring that the Southern Sudan Pension Fund is established and functioning and the process of granting and paying pensions and other post-service benefits to retired public servants or their dependants has restarted;
4. Establishment of a financially sustainable public service pension scheme with effective benefit administration

Significant programme components include:

• reviewing the various phases and institutional arrangements with regard to pension policies and systems;
• providing detailed advice with regard to options for a unified or segmented pension system;
• delivering practical training to Fund staff on various functions related to benefit administration;
• providing technical assistance to support the process of restarting pension payments.