The ILO, in collaboration with the Directorate-General for Social Protection, organized in Grand-Bassam, an awareness-raising workshop on the extension of mandatory social security schemes (CMU, RSTI) to workers in the informal economy. On the occasion, CNAM affirmed that approximately 3.1 million people have actually enrolled in Universal Health Coverage (CMU).

Informal economy populations that have long been excluded from conventional social protection systems can now benefit from a better situation with CMU and RSTI regimes that remain mandatory. Efforts have been made by the State of Côte d'Ivoire through CNAM and CNPS to set up legal mechanisms and mechanisms to take care of the latter. Sophie De Connick, a specialist in fundamental principles and rights at work on behalf of the ILO, recalled that since 1 October 2019, populations have been able to go to health centres in order to benefit from Universal Health Coverage (CMU). According to CNAM, as of Monday, about 3.1 million people have actually enrolled in CMU and this activity is ongoing for those who have not done so and the centers are open for this purpose. The main challenges in covering these categories of workers, which number more than 6 million people, relate to the determination of appropriate mechanisms for their affiliation and the collection of their contributions, as well as the ownership of the regimes by these actors.