Winners of the Good Practice Award for Asia and the Pacific, Mr. Al-Razzaz, Director General, Social Security Corporation of Jordan (on right) and Mr. Al-Humayyd, Governor of the General Organization for Social Insurance of Saudi Arabia.

Representatives of the two winning organizations were presented with the Award in a ceremony on 21 October in Manila, Philippines, during the Regional Social Security Forum for Asia and the Pacific.

The first Good Practice Award competition for the region attracted 19 entries from 11 organizations representing 11 countries. The Jury decided to give the Award ex aequo to two organizations, and also gave nine certificates of merit, three of which received a special mention.

The first ISSA Good Practice Award for Asia and the Pacific was given to the following two entries:

The Social Security Corporation (JSSC) of Jordan for its project Outreach to all: Strategy of extending social security coverage , which the Jury described as an “impressive, coherent and consequent effort” to extend social security coverage through a comprehensive and integrated national strategy.

The General Organization for Social Insurance of Saudi Arabia for the joint project The Unified Law of Insurance Protection Extension for the Gulf Cooperation , which the Jury commended for its efforts to extend social security coverage to all citizens working in the six Gulf Cooperation Council States. Award Certificates for this joint project were also given to the participating organizations in the six Gulf States.

Certificates of merit with special mention were awarded to the following initiatives:

• The People’s Republic of China: Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security for The Chinese Government’s experience and practices in extending social insurance coverage .
• Oman: Public Authority for Social Insurance for the Risk management project at PASI .
• Saudi Arabia: General Organization for Social Insurance for the GOSI Constituent self-services (CSS, E-Services) .

Six certificates of merit were given to the following submissions:

• Indonesia: Employees Social Security System for Self-regulating quality assurance for health-care provider in general primary level .
• New Zealand: Ministry of Social Development: Two certificates, one for FS-Net, an IT system supporting the providers of the Family Start Program , and the other for the introduction of principle-centred leadership .
• Philippines: Social Security System, for SSS ID & UMID Systems .
• Saudi Arabia: General Organization for Social Insurance: Two certificates, one for GOSI practices and experiences in business intelligence and the other for the Social insurance management information system .

"This Good Practice Award salutes the progress and the determination this very diverse region has in the twin goals of improving administration and extending the coverage of social security," ISSA Secretary General Hans-Horst Konkolewsky said during the ceremony.

The Award programme was launched to recognize good practices in the management of social security, and to raise the profile of improvements and innovation in the administration, operations and delivery of social security programmes. The Awards are presented on a regional basis at each ISSA Regional Social Security Forum over a three-year cycle.

Brochure: ISSA Good Practice Awards – Asia and the Pacific 2009: Competition results
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