Frentes de Alta Intensidade de Mão-de-Obra (FAIMO) - High Intensity Manpower Fronts (FAIMO)
Basic Information
Country
Geographic area
Programme type
Population group
Elderly persons, Working age group
Programme Details
Programme objectives
FAIMO: providing job security for rural workers
affected by the country’s periodic droughts.
Non-contributory pension scheme: to improve income security
of former FAIMO workers, functioning as a ‘retirement’ pension
Ferreira, O. 2003. “A Extensão da proteccão social: o caso de Cabo Verde.” ESS Paper, No.15.
Geneva: ILO. Accessed 11 November 2015. <http://www.cipsocial.org/images/eps/ficheiros/
extensao_da_PS_CV.pdf>.
Siri, G., and P. Goodvaerts. 2002. Analysis of the Costs and Benefits of Public Works Programs
in Cape Verde. Praia, Cape Verde: Program Coordination Unit (PCU), National Poverty Alleviation
Program (NPAP), Social Sector Development Project (SSDP). Accessed 11 November 2015.
<http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/@ed_emp/@emp_policy/@invest/documents/publication/
wcms_asist_8331.pdf>.
Programme components
Labour-intensive public works programme (cash for work);
Non-contributory pension scheme (1992 onwards).
Economic Policy Research Institute. n.d. Country profile: Cape Verde. Cape Town: EPRI.
Accessed 11 November 2015. <http://epri.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/8-CapeVerde.pdf>.
Start date
1975
In place since the country’s independence in the 1970s, the programme
underwent structural reforms in the late 1990s to strengthen the role
of civil society in the execution of projects; to integrate FAIMO workers
in the formal labour market or in some form of independent work; and
to reform the institutional framework responsible for the programme’s
activities. A non-contributory pension scheme began in 1992 for exFAIMO
workers which was later unified with other non-contributory
schemes under the Social Pension programme.
Government of Cape Verde. 2013. 1836 I SÉRIE — NO 57 «B. O.» Da República de Cabo Verde
— 25 de Outubro de 2013. Praia, Cape Verde: Government of Cape Verde. Accessed 11 November 2015.
<http://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/cvi127979.pdf>.
Ferreira, O. 2003. “A Extensão da proteccão social: o caso de Cabo Verde.” ESS Paper, No.15.
Geneva: ILO. Accessed 11 November 2015. <http://www.cipsocial.org/images/eps/ficheiros/
extensao_da_PS_CV.pdf>.
Economic Policy Research Institute. n.d. Country profile: Cape Verde. Cape Town: EPRI.
Accessed 11 November 2015. <http://epri.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/8-CapeVerde.pdf>.
Ministry of Finance and Planning of Cape Verde. 2004. Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy
Paper (GPRSP). Praia, Cape Verde: Republic of Cape Verde, Ministry of Finance and Planning.
Accessed 11 November 2015. <http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTPRS1/Resources/CapeVerde_
PRSP%28Sept2004%29.pdf>.
International Labour Organization. 2015. “Universal pensions for older persons - Cabo Verde.”
Social Protection in Action: Building Social Protection Floors. Geneva: ILO. Accessed 11
November 2015. <http://www.social-protection.org/gimi/gess/RessourcePDF.action?ressource.
ressourceId=50638>.
Coverage
FAIMO: 16,000 to 17,000 workers per year (2009)
Non-contributory pension scheme: 44 per cent of FAIMO workers (2003)
Proença, C.S. 2009. “A Exclusão Social em Cabo Verde Uma Abordagem Preliminar.” Colecção
Documentos de Trabalho, No. 76. Lisbon: Centro de Estudos sobre África e do Desenvolvimento.
Accessed 11 November 2015. <http://pascal.iseg.utl.pt/~cesa/files/Doc_trabalho/76.pdf>.
Programme expenditure
Targeting and eligiblity
Targeting methods
Categorical Targeting
Self-Targeting
Ferreira, O. 2003. “A Extensão da proteccão social: o caso de Cabo Verde.” ESS Paper, No.15.
Geneva: ILO. Accessed 11 November 2015. <http://www.cipsocial.org/images/eps/ficheiros/
extensao_da_PS_CV.pdf>.
Siri, G., and P. Goodvaerts. 2002. Analysis of the Costs and Benefits of Public Works Programs
in Cape Verde. Praia, Cape Verde: Program Coordination Unit (PCU), National Poverty Alleviation
Program (NPAP), Social Sector Development Project (SSDP). Accessed 11 November 2015.
<http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/@ed_emp/@emp_policy/@invest/documents/publication/
wcms_asist_8331.pdf>.
Targeted areas
Rural Areas
Proença, C.S. 2009. “A Exclusão Social em Cabo Verde Uma Abordagem Preliminar.” Colecção
Documentos de Trabalho, No. 76. Lisbon: Centro de Estudos sobre África e do Desenvolvimento.
Accessed 11 November 2015. <http://pascal.iseg.utl.pt/~cesa/files/Doc_trabalho/76.pdf>.
Target groups
Poor working-age people and elderly people in rural areas.
Proença, C.S. 2009. “A Exclusão Social em Cabo Verde Uma Abordagem Preliminar.” Colecção
Documentos de Trabalho, No. 76. Lisbon: Centro de Estudos sobre África e do Desenvolvimento.
Accessed 11 November 2015. <http://pascal.iseg.utl.pt/~cesa/files/Doc_trabalho/76.pdf>.
Eligibility criteria
Non-contributory pension scheme: beneficiaries must be over 60 years
old and have at least 10 years of experience in working with the FAIMO.
Ferreira, O. 2003. “A Extensão da proteccão social: o caso de Cabo Verde.” ESS Paper, No.15.
Geneva: ILO. Accessed 11 November 2015. <http://www.cipsocial.org/images/eps/ficheiros/
extensao_da_PS_CV.pdf>.
Siri, G., and P. Goodvaerts. 2002. Analysis of the Costs and Benefits of Public Works Programs
in Cape Verde. Praia, Cape Verde: Program Coordination Unit (PCU), National Poverty Alleviation
Program (NPAP), Social Sector Development Project (SSDP). Accessed 11 November 2015.
<http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/@ed_emp/@emp_policy/@invest/documents/publication/
wcms_asist_8331.pdf>.
Coverage and other information
Type of benefits
Cash
Amount of benefits
FAIMO: CVE250–350 (USD2–3) per day
Non-contributory pension scheme: Yearly USD300 payment.
Ferreira, O. 2003. “A Extensão da proteccão social: o caso de Cabo Verde.” ESS Paper, No.15.
Geneva: ILO. Accessed 11 November 2015. <http://www.cipsocial.org/images/eps/ficheiros/
extensao_da_PS_CV.pdf>.
Siri, G., and P. Goodvaerts. 2002. Analysis of the Costs and Benefits of Public Works Programs
in Cape Verde. Praia, Cape Verde: Program Coordination Unit (PCU), National Poverty Alleviation
Program (NPAP), Social Sector Development Project (SSDP). Accessed 11 November 2015.
<http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/@ed_emp/@emp_policy/@invest/documents/publication/
wcms_asist_8331.pdf>.
Payment/delivery frequency
Non-contributory pension scheme: Yearly
Siri, G., and P. Goodvaerts. 2002. Analysis of the Costs and Benefits of Public Works Programs
in Cape Verde. Praia, Cape Verde: Program Coordination Unit (PCU), National Poverty Alleviation
Program (NPAP), Social Sector Development Project (SSDP). Accessed 11 November 2015.
<http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/@ed_emp/@emp_policy/@invest/documents/publication/
wcms_asist_8331.pdf>.
. Ferreira, O. 2003. “A Extensão da proteccão social: o caso de Cabo Verde.” ESS Paper, No.15.
Geneva: ILO. Accessed 11 November 2015. <http://www.cipsocial.org/images/eps/ficheiros/
extensao_da_PS_CV.pdf>.
Minimum and maximum duration of benefits (if any)
FAIMO: 3–8 months per year, depending on the agricultural cycle.
Ministry of Finance and Planning of Cape Verde. 2004. Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy
Paper (GPRSP). Praia, Cape Verde: Republic of Cape Verde, Ministry of Finance and Planning.
Accessed 11 November 2015. <http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTPRS1/Resources/CapeVerde_
PRSP%28Sept2004%29.pdf>.
