Interview with Melissa Khoo, Chief Executive Officer, Central Provident Fund Board (CPFB) in Singapore, after winning the ISSA Special Distinction for Innovation for Asia and the Pacific.

2025 is set to be a busy year for the International Social Security Association (ISSA), as it is focussed on completing the deliverables for the 2023–2025 triennium, culminating in the World Social Security Forum in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 

The International Social Security Association (ISSA) has had a remarkable year in 2024, marked by significant events, knowledge production and international collaboration aimed at enhancing social security systems worldwide.

The International Social Security Association (ISSA) is pleased to announce the release of updated country profiles for Europe in the new restructured format. The profiles describe social security programmes in 49 European countries and territories, including four new profiles covering the West

The International Social Security Association (ISSA) gathered experts from across Africa and beyond for a technical seminar in Dakar, Senegal from 10–12 December 2024, to raise awareness about the climate-related challenges for occupational safety and health (OSH).

Interview with Marwan Al-Ghamdi, Assistant Governor for Strategy and Transformation at the General Organization for Social Insurance (GOSI) in Saudi Arabia, on the occasion of the Regional Social Security Forum (RSSF) for Asia and the Pacific, hosted in Riyadh, 
3–5 December 2024.

Asia and the Pacific has seen a remarkable increase in social security coverage in the last decade, and continued expansion and building resilient social security systems for future generations are key objectives. In light of this, the Regional Social Security Forum for Asia and the Pacific (RSSF

The ISSA European Network (IEN) organized a highly relevant technical seminar on service delivery and technological innovations in Europe, hosted from 21 to 22 November 2024 in Istanbul by the Social Security Institution (SGK) of Türkiye.

The final issue of the International Social Security Review in 2024 is a special issue addressing the topic of “Gender and social security”. A key aim is to discern how gender bias and discrimination can be addressed not only in social security programmes but also within the operational and human

Bolstered by administrative and technological innovations, social security organizations in Asia and the Pacific are enhancing their support to individuals throughout their life course. Over the past decade, the region has achieved the largest increase in social security coverage globally. These are