- Provision of social protection in the form of cash benefits and benefits in kind to persons who are survivors of a deceased person (such as the person's spouse, ex-spouse, children, grandchildren, parents or other relatives);

- administration, operation or support of such social protection schemes;

- cash benefits, such as survivors' pensions, death grants, other periodic or lump-sum payments to survivors;

- benefits in kind, such as payments towards funeral expenses, miscellaneous services and goods provided to survivors to enable them to participate in community life.