Caisse nationale de prévoyance sociale

The Caisse nationale de prévoyance sociale (CNPS) is Côte d'Ivoire's national social security institution. It was created on 15 December 1955 under the name Caisse de Compensation des Prestations Familiales and took its current name on 20 December 1968. Its core mandate is to manage the mandatory social insurance scheme for the private sector in Côte d'Ivoire, covering areas such as family benefits, pensions, work injury and occupational disease, and maternity benefits. Legally, the CNPS has changed status several times. It was formerly an Établissement public à caractère industriel et commercial (EPIC), then an Établissement public national (EPN), and since 6 August 1999 it has operated as a société privée de type particulier (a special-form private company). It is placed under the dual supervision of the Ministry of Employment and Social Protection and the Ministry of Economy and Finance. The institution is decentralised through around twenty local agencies spread across Côte d'Ivoire. The CNPS has expanded its coverage over time. Following an ordinance adopted in the Council of Ministers on 17 July 2019 and Decree No. 2020-308 of 4 March 2020, the fund extended social insurance to independent workers through dedicated regimes (RSTI). The CNPS also collects contributions for the Couverture Maladie Universelle (CMU) and has invested in other national entities, holding 15% of the Loterie nationale de Côte d'Ivoire (LONACI). It is affiliated with the Conférence interafricaine de la prévoyance sociale (CIPRES). In recent years the CNPS has pursued a digital transformation. Its e-CNPS portal allows employers and employees to complete administrative formalities online — declaring staff, generating contribution calls, paying CNPS and CMU contributions, and requesting registration certificates — without travelling to an agency. Independent workers can enrol online and pay contributions via mobile money services such as Wave, MTN MoMo, Orange Money, or through Cofina or by cheque in an agency. The fund serves millions of directly concerned persons and positions itself as a major actor in social protection for all.

The institution that became the Caisse nationale de prévoyance sociale (CNPS) was created on 15 December 1955 under the name Caisse de Compensation des Prestations Familiales. On 20 December 1968 it was renamed the Caisse nationale de prévoyance sociale, the name it still bears. Its mission is to manage the mandatory social insurance scheme for the private sector in Côte d'Ivoire. Over the decades the CNPS changed legal form several times. It was first an Établissement public à caractère industriel et commercial (EPIC), then an Établissement public national (EPN). On 6 August 1999 it became a société privée de type particulier, a special-form private company. It operates under the dual supervision of the Ministry of Employment and Social Protection and the Ministry of Economy and Finance, and is decentralised through around twenty local agencies across the country. The CNPS is affiliated with the Conférence interafricaine de la prévoyance sociale (CIPRES), the regional body coordinating social security among member states. It also holds a 15% stake in the Loterie nationale de Côte d'Ivoire (LONACI). A major expansion came with the extension of social insurance to independent workers. An ordinance instituting the Régimes de prévoyance sociale des travailleurs Indépendants was adopted in the Council of Ministers on 17 July 2019. Decree No. 2020-308 of 4 March 2020 then fixed the operating modalities of these regimes. The CNPS was tasked with implementing the practical arrangements for operationalising the independent workers' social regime, and it now enrols independent workers online and collects their contributions through mobile money (Wave, MTN MoMo, Orange Money), Cofina, or by cheque in its agencies. In parallel, the CNPS pursued a digital transformation. After a pilot phase with some partners, the e-CNPS portal was generalised. It allows employers and employees to carry out administrative formalities from a personal online account without travelling: declaring staff, establishing contribution calls, paying CNPS and CMU contributions, and requesting registration certificates. The fund also collects contributions for the Couverture Maladie Universelle (CMU). Its website publishes legal and regulatory texts, downloadable forms, a social security dictionary, and prospectuses for independent workers, employees, employers, training and prevention. The CNPS describes itself as a major actor in social protection for all, serving millions of directly concerned persons.

• Created as the Caisse de Compensation des Prestations Familiales.

• Renamed Caisse nationale de prévoyance sociale (CNPS).

• Changed legal status to a société privée de type particulier.

• Ordinance instituting the social insurance regimes for independent workers adopted in the Council of Ministers.

• Decree No. 2020-308 fixed the operating modalities of the independent workers' social insurance regimes.

• e-CNPS portal generalised after a pilot phase with partners.

A major actor in social protection for all, extending mandatory social insurance coverage to private-sector employees, employers and independent workers in Côte d'Ivoire.

• Family benefits

  Family allowance benefits under the mandatory private-sector scheme.

• Old-age pensions

  Retirement pensions managed by the CNPS.

• Survivors' annuities (rente)

  Survivors' benefits and annuities.

• Maternity benefits

  Maternity benefits under the social insurance scheme.

• RSTI — Independent workers' social insurance regime

  Regime for independent workers established by the 2019 ordinance and 2020 decree, with point-based old-age benefits.

• CMU contribution collection

  Collection of contributions for the Couverture Maladie Universelle.

• e-CNPS online portal

  Online platform for employers and employees to complete CNPS formalities remotely.

1. 1Accueil - CNPScnps.ci
2. 2A propos de nous - CNPScnps.ci
3. 3Services en ligne - CNPScnps.ci
4. 4Textes légaux et reglementaires - CNPScnps.ci
5. 5Caisse nationale de prévoyance socialewikidata.org
6. 6Caisse nationale de prévoyance sociale (Côte d'Ivoire)fr.wikipedia.org