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Promoting and Developing Social Security Worldwide.
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ISSA Good Practice Award
The ISSA Good Practice Award for Africa
ISSA, 22.05.2011 | Feature | About social security
The identification and sharing of good practices helps social security organizations and institutions to improve their operational and administrative efficiency.
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High performance in social security administration
ISSA, 15.03.2011 | Feature | Administration & management
High performance is increasingly a central concern, as social security organizations strive to improve efficiencies and maintain and develop public trust, according to a new report prepared jointly by management consultants Accenture and the International Social Security Association. The ISSA-Acc...
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Demographic changes and social security: Challenges and opportunities in tomorrow's world
15.03.2011 | Feature | Demographic changes
The general message of the report is that social security can demonstrate, as has been recognized, that it is not simply a cost factor but instead represents a viable social investment. It needs to be accepted that demographic trends are embedded with uncertainties, therefore social security poli...
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Photo: M. Crozet/ILO
ISSA strategy for the extension of social security coverage
ISSA, 14.12.2010 | Feature | Extending coverage
(Extracts from the ISSA strategy) Social security is a human right, enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as well as the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Yet to date, the majority of the world’s population does not have access to adequate social sec...
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Photo: Paulo Rebêlo
The emergence of new economic powers: What values for social security policies?
ISSA, 29.09.2010 | Feature | About social security
Changes in the social security paradigm are an unavoidable issue in an increasingly unstable global context (demographic changes, high unemployment rates, the persistence of the informal economy, the heightened risk of poverty and increased vulnerability, etc.). In this new environment, it is ess...
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Upcoming Events

Training Course on Social Health Insurance
24.06.2013 - 04.07.2013 | Seoul, Republic of Korea
Faced with an enduring crisis: Actions, proposals and solutions
27.06.2013 - 28.06.2013 | Munich, Germany