Ouagadougou: The Minister of State, Minister in charge of Labor and Social Protection, Bassolma Bazié, chaired the 36th ordinary session of the Council of Ministers of the Inter-African Conference on Social Welfare (CIPRES), held from June 10 to 12, 2024 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Geneva, on the sidelines of the ILO Conference.
At the opening of the session which brings together technicians and ministers in charge of social protection, Minister Bazié asked the participants to work to find innovative mechanisms and financing capable of remedying the difficulties experienced by the social protection systems. social protection in Africa in general and in the CIPRES area (18 member states) in particular.
‘The files submitted to us present enormous challenges for the smooth running and survival of our institution. To this end, I invite my colleagues, ministers responsible for the technical supervision of our social security organizations, to conduct discussions marked by courtesy and without passion in the
direction of the common good,’ revealed Minister Bazié, who is also President in CIPRES exercise .
Twelve points were included on the agenda of this session, including the examination and adoption of the minutes of the 35th ordinary session of the Council of Ministers responsible for social security, held on December 15, 2023, in Ouagadougou, the examination and adoption of the activity report for the 2023 financial year of the Executive Secretary, of the request from the Minister of Public Health and Prevention of the Republic of Chad relating to the registration of the National Health Insurance Fund (CNAS) as an observer in the CIPRES portfolio.
Added to this are the appointment of representatives of central banks within the Social Insurance Supervisory Commission, the renewal of the mandate of the Executive Secretary, the revaluation of the advantages granted to members of the CIPRES bodies, an update on the situation contributions from Member States to the budget of the Conference…
According to Ministe
r Bazié, the ideas retained at the end of this session will help member states to make decisions to positively impact the lives of populations.
CIPRES includes Burkina Faso, Benin, Togo, Mali, Niger, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Guinea, Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, DR Congo and Madagascar.
Source: Burkina Information Agency