| Date: | 2009 |
| Web: | Official website of the programme |
| Description: | The presidential programme "Our Older People's Rights" aims to satisfy the demand for non-contributory social protection for older people. The objective of the programme is to promote family and community participation and social integration of older people, offering a series of interventions with an integral approach that allow them to access several services that promote the enjoyment of an active and healthy life. |
Characteristics
| Target population: | Older aduts over 60 years. |
| Geographic scale: | National |
| Targeting method: | 1) Categorical |
| Instrument of selection: | … |
| Registry of recipients: | … |
| Exit strategies or criteria: | … |
| Comments: | The programme Our Older People's Rights is incorporated as a component of the conditional cash transfer programme "Comunidades Solidarias" (Solidarity in communities) as of January 2011; and from 2018, it is incorporated into the Poverty Eradication Strategy (EEP) of El Salvador. |
Institutionality
| Legal framework: | Decree No 647 (Law of Development and Social Protection) |
| Responsible organization(s): | Technical Secretariat of the Presidency |
| Executing organization(s): | Social Investment Fund for Local Development (Fondo de Inversión Social para el Desarrollo Local, FISDL) |
| Source of funding: | National budget, international loans (World Bank, Interamerican Development Bank) and grants from the bilateral cooperation. |
1) Basic Universal Pension
| Recipient(s): | Older adults over 70 years who do not receive other contributory or assistance pension in the country. |
| Mode of transfer: | Flat transfer |
| Mode of delivery: | Cash delivery in public events |
| Periodicity of delivery: | Monthly |
| Recipient of the transfer: | Direct participant |
| Comments: | … |
| Amount : | see selected figures |
2) Promotion of health and nutrition
| Recipient(s): | Older adults over 60 years. |
| Mode of transfer: | 1) Services of promotion, prevention, primary care and rehabilitation; home healthcare; strenghtening of preventive medical actions and exercise of healthy lifestyles and nutritional check-ups and attention. 2) Community health teams, in order to warranty the quality of services provision. |
| Recipient of the transfer: | Older adults over 60 years. |
| Comments: | … |
3) Learning together
| Recipient(s): | Older adults over 60 years. |
| Mode of transfer: | 1) Literacy : implementation of literacy circles especially destined to women in order to reduce the gender gaps. 2) Training of profesional staff : creation of University courses and Master's in gerontology through agreements with foreign universities. |
| Recipient of the transfer: | Older adults over 60 years. |
| Comments: | … |
4) Exercising rights and citizenship
| Recipient(s): | Older adults over 60 years. |
| Mode of transfer: | 1) Comunication strategies: promoting the rediscovery and social recognition of older people through sensibilization and information in the media. 3) Legal consultancies for the promotion of rights: identification, processing, and resolution of the main legal issues of older people; legal assistance for obtaining ID cards; presentation of the legal reforms that promote the improvement of their rights. |
| Recipient of the transfer: | Older adults over 60 years. |
| Comments: | … |
5) Recreating tradition and culture
| Recipient(s): | Older adults over 60 years. |
| Mode of transfer: | 1) Development of recreative, cultural and fisical activities for older adults; promotion of intergenerational links. 2) Historical memory recovery through the creation of "people's books" and a publication with national coverage. |
| Recipient of the transfer: | Older adults over 60 years. |
| Comments: | … |
6) Improving and fitting out spaces
| Recipient(s): | Older adults over 60 years. |
| Mode of transfer: | 1) Fitting out of regional temporary shelters for immediate attention of older people in cases of natural disasters; attention to victims of violence (especially family and gender violence). |
| Recipient of the transfer: | Older adults over 60 years. |
| Comments: | … |
7) Promotion of economic empowerment
| Recipient(s): | Older adults over 60 years. |
| Mode of transfer: | 1) Promotion of entrepreneurship: identification of comunity products with market potential; support to the design and execution of productive projects and strenghtening of capacities for the production and administration of their initiatives. 2) Labour orientation and intermediation: participation of public and privates institutions willing to hire older people in decent conditions. |
| Recipient of the transfer: | Older adults over 60 years. |
| Comments: | … |
Atacando la vulnerabilidad en los adultos mayores. Evaluación de impacto de la Pensión Básica Universal, Programa Nuestros Mayores Derechos en El Salvador
| Author: | Martínez, S., M. Pérez and L. Tejerina |
| Date: | 2015 |
| Publication info: | IDB Technical Note Nº IDB-TN-883 |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation |
Atacando la vulnerabilidad en los adultos mayores. Evaluación de impacto de la Pensión Básica Universal, Programa Nuestros Mayores Derechos en El Salvador
| Author: | Martínez, S., M. Pérez and L. Tejerina |
| Date: | 2015 |
| Publication info: | IDB Technical Note Nº IDB-TN-883 |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation |
El Sistema de Protección Social Universal de El Salvador. Posibilidades para la articulación de sus componentes.
| Author: | Rivera Ocampo, Roberto |
| Date: | 2016 |
| Publication info: | Project document, ECLAC |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Document |
Documento base: Comunidades Solidarias
| Author: | Secretaría Técnica de la Presidencia |
| Date: | 2012 |
| Publication info: | Official document |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | General Information |
Resumen Ejecutivo: Programa Presidencial Nuestros Mayores Derechos
| Author: | Secretaría Técnica de la Presidencia |
| Date: | 2011 |
| Publication info: | Official document |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | General information |
