Winners of the ISSA Good Practice Award for the Americas: Paola Franco Abarca and Valdir Moyses Simao accepted the award on behalf of their institutions, the Mexican Social Security Institute and the National Institute of Social Security, Brazil, respectively

The Good Practice Award for the Americas, organized by the International Social Security Association (ISSA), was granted to the National Institute of Social Security, Brazil, for its contribution to the development of a transnational data exchange system, and to the Mexican Social Security Institute for the introduction of a performance management system.

The competition results, originally announced in 2009, also included 24 certificates of merits, seven of which received a special mention, in the second of the regional Good Practice Award competitions organized by the ISSA.

Speaking during the ceremony, the ISSA Secretary General, Hans-Horst Konkolewsky, noted that “the innovative approaches of ISSA members in the Americas demonstrate the outstanding dynamism of social security systems in the Americas, and affirm the creative responses of social security institutions to a complex and challenging context.”

The Good Practice Award for the Americas was given to the  following entries:

The National Institute of Social Security, Brazil, for its contribution to the development of the International Agreements System (SIACI)  which enables the electronic exchange of information and management of pension claims among social security institutions in the MERCOSUR member states.

The Mexican Social Security Institute for its Model for Evaluation and Strengthening of Executive Skills for Competitiveness , which aims to strengthen executive competencies and improve institutional services and performance.

The Jury gave certificates of merit  with special mentions to the following entries:

• Anguilla: Anguilla Social Security Board for Transparency and Accountability: Good governance at the Anguilla Social Security Board .
• Costa Rica: Social Insurance Fund of Costa Rica, for Strategic alliances for change managemen t.
• Ecuador: Ecuadorian Social Security Institute, for Governance and leadership in health-care  provision .
• Guatemala: Social Security Institute of Guatemala, for Financial  modernization of social security .
• Mexico: State Employees’ Social Security and Social Services Institute, for Global health care  for senior citizens .
• Saint Kitts and Nevis: Social Security Board, for A broad-based strategy to the management of the Social Security Board .
• USA: Social Security Administration, for Accessibility Best Practices Portal .

Certificates of merit were also awarded to institutions from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

The complete competition results, a description of the winning entries of  the ISSA Good Practice Awards for the Americas, and access to a database of social security good practices from around the world, are available on the ISSA Web portal: www.issa.int/goodpracticeamericas.

The Good Practice Award programme was launched by the ISSA in 2008 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 in connection with the ISSA Regional Social Security Forums over a three-year cycle, and will be featured at the World Social  Security Forum, in Cape Town, South Africa, in 2010.

Brochure:  ISSA Good Practice Awards - Americas 2009 - Competition results
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