BR PENSION REFORM LIL

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The overall objective of the State Pension Systems Reform Technical Assistance Project is to prepare the states technically to address pension reform and help them to move through the initial phases of reform. It is also to assist the Federal and Sate Governments to choose from among the best options and encourage them to implement sound reforms. State pension reform comprises four phases: a) technical preparedness and diagnostic; b) elaboration of pension reform proposals; c) design of required institutional framework; and d) implementation of reform proposals. The first project component addresses the adaptation of the Pension Reform Options Simulation Toolkit PROST) to Brazilian reality. The second project component addresses the training of Federal and state employees in pension management and reform and in PROST through the support of consultants and workshops. The third project component addresses government activities, such as studies and dissemination of best case Pension fund management and Federal pension obligations and the design of an information system linking the Ministry of Social Security and Social Assistance with states' pension data bases.