RSS / e-News
News
Search news
Search results (219)
Ensuring optimal health through proactive and preventive approaches
Read more
22.10.2012 |
News
| Administration & management, Social security and health
One of the most effective means for social security systems to manage and control expenditures – and ensure sustainability – is by ensuring that citizens maintain optimal health. Through health promotion, adopting integrated preventive approaches and more broadly defining health care systems, the...Read more
Supporting employment and activity essential for social security
Read more
19.10.2012 |
News
| Employment policies, Occupational risks
An international seminar of social protection experts meeting in Moscow has identified a series of successful social insurance incentives and strategies that support employment and activity, and thereby contribute to the sustainability of social security schemes.Read more
Happy Birthday ISSA! 85 years of innovation in the service of social security
Read more
ISSA,
04.10.2012 |
News
In a context of global social and economic upheaval, the mission and vision of the International Social Security Association (ISSA) to promote and develop social security have rarely seemed so relevant. The ISSA’s 85th anniversary this week is an opportunity to take stock of almost nine decades o...Read more
Old-age pensions – key trends in the age of retirement
Read more
ISSA,
17.09.2012 |
Feature
| Old age / Survivors
The term “retirement age” defines the legal age when a worker must mandatorily leave the labour force. The term “pensionable age” is the legal age when a worker first becomes eligible for an old-age pension. Commonly, the “pensionable age” has often been synonymous with and identical to the “reti...Read more
Australia introduces a national scheme for disability support services
Read more
ISSA,
17.09.2012 |
Feature
| Disability
For the first time in the history of the Commonwealth of Australia, a national scheme of disability services is being introduced. The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) will aim to standardize the criteria and administration of disability services, and to ensure more equitable access for...Read more
Upcoming Events
Regional Social Security Forum for Europe 2013
ISSA,
28.05.2013
- 30.05.2013
|
Istanbul, Turkey
Training Course on Social Health Insurance
24.06.2013
- 04.07.2013
|
Seoul, Korea
4th China (Shanghai) International Personal Protective & Safety Equipments Exhibition
27.08.2013
- 29.08.2013
|
Shanghai, China