Interview with Evariste Ondongo, Director General of the National Social Security Fund (CNSS), a public social institution with seven departmental directorates.
What are the missions of the CNSS?
The CNSS is a public social institution with legal personality and financial autonomy. Its primary mission is to manage the social security system for workers covered by the Congolese labor code.
In this capacity, it collects contributions and provides benefits in cash and in kind from the following three branches:
– The family benefits branch responsible for the provision of family and maternity benefits;
– The occupational risks branch responsible for providing benefits in the event of an accident at work or an occupational illness;
– The pension branch responsible for providing old age, disability and death benefits.
What are the priority areas in your action plan?
On January 28, 2023, during its budget session, the Board of Directors provided the CNSS with an action plan. This highly ambitious action plan focuses on the ongoing modernization of working tools and the diversification of the system's funding sources. It is built around four priority areas: mobilizing financial resources; modernizing management tools, working conditions, and user reception; improving management; and promoting social security.
For each axis, specific objectives and specific actions are planned that take into account the ambitions of the general management. For example, with regard to the first axis, the mobilization of financial resources, this involves implementing all possibilities to finance the activities of the CNSS in a sustainable manner, by strengthening contribution collection mechanisms and diversifying resources.
Who is subject to the regime managed by the CNSS?
The CNSS manages all workers covered by the labor code without distinction of race, nationality, sex and origin when they are employed on Congolese territory on behalf of one or more employers notwithstanding the nature, form and validity of the contract, the nature and amount of the remuneration.
The law equates to workers: Apprentices; Trainees; Managers of SARLs; General managers of public limited companies, etc.
Are declarations digitalized for businesses?
Yes, through the website www.CNSS.cg and on the E-declaration platform. This site allows employers to register on the platform; to authenticate and access the E-declaration platform; to download a monthly nominative declaration of salaries and contributions in order to make their declarations; to complete a monthly nominative declaration of salaries and contributions; finally to print an acknowledgment of receipt;
It should be noted that to make a declaration, the employer must have an account and register on the platform using a form.
The e-declaration application and the website www.cnss.cg are accessible to all employers, regardless of their size. It addresses travel constraints.