Angola does not yet have unemployment benefit in force, but this protection is provided for in the Basic Law of Social Protection, said this Tuesday, in statements to the press, the administrator for Social Security and Inspection of the INSS, Samuel Mulaza, who participated at a round table on Social Protection in Angola – Paths to Universal Coverage, promoted by the ILO.
Samuel Mulaza said that the implementation of unemployment benefit depends on several issues, namely the carrying out of studies, and assured that "it is not something that is forgotten and will be duly addressed in due course".
"Things must be done gradually and in a sustainable way, because otherwise we end up putting the sustainability of the system at risk, we have to do it with due caution, it will be done at the appropriate time", he said.
In turn, the ILO project manager, Denise Monteiro, highlighted that "the INSS is already talking about this" and has the technical support of this United Nations organization.
"Therefore, I think that very soon we will have an open debate here about how it can be done, how unemployment benefit can be implemented in Angola", she said.
Denise Monteiro stressed that the implementation of unemployment benefit in Angola, as in any country, is important, highlighting that this is the most difficult benefit to put into practice, which is why it has less coverage in terms of numbers, when looking at the world situation.
The person responsible considered that, as it is "a quite expensive benefit, in terms of costs (...), it would most likely be necessary to change the contribution rates to implement an unemployment benefit", highlighting that "often people do not see that".
Denise Monteiro recalled that in countries that have very high coverage, contribution rates are in the order of 20 percent to 30 percent, different from those practiced in Angola.
"Often this change in rates is also sensitive, so great caution is needed", she warned.
