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Map showing the region covered by the ISSA Liaison Office for West Africa
Mali - driving to the market - Photo: Ferdinand Reus
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ISSA Liaison Office for West Africa
The ISSA Liaison Office for West Africa provides services to ISSA member organizations and collaborates with social security organizations in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo.

   

Background

 

To better serve the diverse needs and priorities of the Association’s membership, more effective structures are being developed to ensure the successful targeting and delivery of ISSA’s programme at the regional level by providing an optimum response to the priorities and challenges specific to the different regions/subregions.

 

Objectives

 

The principal task of the Liaison Office is to enhance and increase the number and scope of activities in the region. The main method is through the organization of small scale, focused technical seminars with the two fold goal of contributing to the priority outcomes of the Association and providing platforms for in depth knowledge sharing on major issues facing countries in the region.

 

Structure

 

Each region/subregion which has adopted the new regional structure has established its own workplan formulated by a Steering Committee in close cooperation with the ISSA General Secretariat. The Steering Committee is made up of Chief Executive Officers from member organizations in each region/subregion whose work is guided by a chairperson selected by the committee.

 

West Africa staff

Mr. Amed Bamba, Liaison Officer and Ms. Amenan Agathe Ndri, Executive Assistant

 

Regional news

In Africa, using new technologies to improve the delivery of social security
ISSA, 15.03.2012 | Feature
Examples from the ISSA Good Practice Award for Africa confirm the widespread deployment of new ICT systems
Regional Forum: Time for Africa to act on social security
ISSA, 13.12.2011 | Feature
Regional Social Security Forum for Africa
Tanzanian health insurance scheme wins ISSA Good Practice Award for Africa
Video  ISSA, 05.12.2011 | Press release
The National Health Insurance Fund is the recipient of the ISSA Good Practice Award for Africa
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Regional events

Technical Seminar on Good Governance of Social Security Schemes
ISSA, 27.03.2012 - 28.03.2012 | Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Regional Social Security Forum for Africa 2011
ISSA, 05.12.2011 - 07.12.2011 | Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania
Technical Seminar on Social Security Reforms
ISSA, 21.03.2011 - 23.03.2011 | Freetown, Sierra Leone
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