Projects and references

The Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD or WB) are co-financing a Social Health Insurance (SHI) project, aimed at improving the accessibility, quality, and efficiency of health service delivery, and at reducing the population’s financial insecurity.
The objective of this assignment is to improve the State’s regulation and management of investment planning in the health sector. The aim is to bring its standards closer to international standards, in particular to those of the OECD, taking into account the planning of the needs of hospitals in the regions and the finalisation of the United Perspective Plan (UPP, a hospital planning document).

Assignment objective: (i) in close collaboration with the MoH/UCCS authorities and management, support the implementation of the government strategy on the reorganisation of the UCCS (ii) provide ongoing technical assistance / advice during the implementation of the restructuring plan in accordance with the government strategy (iii) recommend, develop and support the implementation of specific functional plans based on the restructuring plan.

Design of a large scale health project integrating interventions related to the offer and demand of health care, through the promotion of health micro-insurance, as well as to the provision of institutional support to the MoH at central and provincial level. Definition of operational activities to improve the delivery of health care in one province (Takeo) and the capital (Phnom Penh) through a micro-insurance scheme. Design of the institutional support to the MoH in the areas of human resources, hospital policy, prevention of HIV/AIDS and maternal health. Definition of the operational modalities of the project's implementation, including financial and administrative issues and the responsibilities of the various actors.

Technical assistance for the PCA’s implementation: building capacity within the administration to identify priority areas for the implementation of the trade, economic and commercial provisions of the PCA; assisting with legislative and administrative reforms and with approximation with EU legislation in the PCA fields; and assisting accession to the WTO.