Social Insurance Reforms - Disability Study - PHRD GRANT ¹ TF052681
 
Donor World Bank
Client Council of Ministers of Republic of Bulgaria
Partner GVG Ãåðìàíèÿ
Duration November 2004 – February 2005
Description The objective of the assignment is to assist the Government in improving the targeting and administration of benefits currently available to the disabled. The assignment will also present options to improve the control of access to disability benefits on the basis of international best practice and advise the Government on incentive mechanisms encouraging the employment of the disabled. It is expected that the output of the assignment to be used by the Government in formulating a disability reform program which may be assisted by the World Bank both through the proposed PAL3 and a potential investment operation.


Deliverables The team of experts prepared the following papers and provided the following services:
1. Inception Workshop on 7-8 December 2004.
2. Report “Option paper for improved disability assessment in Bulgaria”
3. Report “Evaluation of non-pension disability benefits in Bulgaria”
4. Training programme for professionals involved in social assessment of disabled
5. Annex 1: Czech Republic Legislation
6. Annex 2: Germany disability pension insurance assessment
7. Annex 3: German long term care assessment (guidelines)
8. Annex 4: Germany passport of severely disablement regulation
9. Annex 5: Germany severely disablement guidelines and Annex 6: Germany severely disablement application
10. Annex 7: Training curriculum in UK and Germany
11. Closing Workshop on 28-29 April 2005