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 In the framework of French-funded project "Empowering National Pension Scheme Constituents in South Eastern Europe", ILO conducted a National Tripartite Workshop on the Feasibility of the Mixed Pension System in Moldova on 14-15 July 2008 in Chisinau.
The two-day Workshop was attended by the representatives of the Ministry of Social Protection, Family and Child, Ministry of Economy and Trade, Ministry of Finance, National Office for Social Insurance (NOSI) as well as social partners, including National Confederation of Employers and National Confereration of Trade Unions.
The Workshop discussed current and future issues relating to social security system, in particular pension system in Moldova in the light of demographic and economic challenges facing the country. The ILO experts presented experiences of pension reform in Central and Eastern European countries. Representatives of the social partners shared their respective views regarding the social security reform.
The Workshop adoped a suggestion that a tripartite working group should be established to conduct comprehensive analysis of the current social security system and develop policy options for wide consultation.
A national tripartite conference aimed to discuss the ratification by Ukraine of the European Code of Social Security and ILO Convention No. 102 was held on 1 July 2008 in Kyev, Ukraine. The Conference was co-organized by the ILO, Ministry of Labour and Social Policy of Ukraine, ILO and Council of Europe. The objectives of the conference were to:
i) build tripartite consensus on ratification of the European Code of Social Security and ILO Convention No. 102 concerning Minimum Standards of Social Security, 1952 ;
ii) present joint ILO/COE/MOLSP publication "Ukraine: European and International Standards on Social Security: Comparative Analysis "; and,
iii) give a comparative analysis and the recommendations to the government on the ratification of some provision of the European Code of Social Security and of the ILO's Convention No. 102 concerning Minimum Standards of Social Security.
The Conference saw the participation of tripartite partners, including the Minister of Labour and Social Policy of Ukraine, Ms. Lyudmyla Denisova. The participants agreed that the government would have developed a road-map setting out the steps and timeframe for the ratification of these two international instruments.
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Seminar with the Tripartite Governing Board of the Moldovan National Office of Social Insurance
26 April 2007, Chisinau, Moldova
The purpose of the seminar is to plan activities under the new ILO social security project, Empowering Pension Constituents in South Eastern Europe, financed by the Government of France. The project is making use of the ILO Social Security Governance Handbook, which assists social partners in playing a strong role in social security governance.
National Tripartite Seminar on Social Security Governance, focusing on the government's proposal for pension reform and ways to strengthen tripartite governance of social security schemes.
21-22 April 2007, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Social Security Governance:
An Orientation Seminar for the New Tripartite Governing Board of the Social Insurance Institute in Albania
Organized by the ILO
24-26 October 2006, Durres, Albania
Strengthening the Governance of Social Security Institutions: A Workshop for Trade Unionists
5-9 June 2006, Turin
The training was sponsored jointly by the International Training Centre of the ILO, ACTRAV, and the ILO Budapest Office. It was intended strengthen the capacity of trade unions to participate effectively in social security governance and policy making. Using ILO Budapest studies, it focused heavily on the building blocks of good governance, including transparency, democratic decision making, effective communication strategy, fiduciary duties, record keeping, and a number of other issues. In terms of policy making, it focused on the pros and conss of scaling down existing social insurance funds in favor of individual savings, versus strengthening existing public schemes and supplementing them with new options for voluntary private savings. The course aimed to share the experience of Central and Eastern European countries with trade unionists from CIS countries, especially highlighting the issues and problems that CEE trade unions faced during pension reform and their strategies for dealing with them.
National Tripartite Seminar on Social Security Governance. Dissemination of the publication 'Social Security Governance: A Practical Guide for Board Members of Social Security Institutions'
Organized by the ILO together with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung in Bratislava
25-26 May 2006, Bratislava, Slovakie
National Tripartite Seminar on Social Security Governance. Dissemination of the publication 'Social Security Governance: A Practical Guide for Board Members of Social Security Institutions'
Organized by the ILO
18 May 2006, Kyev, Ukraine
National Tripartite Seminar on Social Security Governance. Dissemination of the publication 'Social Security Governance: A Practical Guide for Board Members of Social Security Institutions'
Organized by the ILO
9 May 2006, Belgrade
Tripartite Seminar on Social Security Spending in the Stability Pact Countries of South Eastern Europe
Organized by the ILO
6-7 April 2006, Budapest, Hungary
Based on a Social Security Inquiry carried out in SE Europe in 2005, the seminar will provide participants with a comparative regional overview of social security spending. This will enable them to compare the Stability Pact countries in terms of the scope of social security coverage, benefit levels, contribution rates, and spending as a percentage of GDP. In addition, it will identify weaknesses in statistical data which impede social security policy making and measures for addressing these.
National Tripartite Seminar on the Establishment of a Demographic Reserve Fund for the National Pension Scheme
Organized by the ILO and the Bulgarian Ministry of Labour and Social Affaires
30-31 March 2006, Sofia, Bulgaria
The conference will focus on the experience of four European countries with demographic reserves: Portugal, Sweden, Poland, and Latvia, as well as on the guidelines of the International Social Security Association on the investment of reserve
National Tripartite Seminar on Pension Reform
Organized by the ILO
23-24 February 2006, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
At the request of the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the seminar will examine recent regional experience with different approaches to pension reform, focusing particularly on Slovenian and Croatia. It will also examine ILO minimum social security standards.
Conference on Pension Reform in the Czech Republic
Organized by the ILO and the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic
5-6 December 2005, Prague
Training on Long-term Social Budgeting, Special Focus: Modeling Pensions
Organized by the ILO
8-11 November 2005, Budapest
Seminar on Pension Reform in Romania - Funded Pensions
Organized jointly by the ILO and Romanian trade unions and employers associations
18 October 2005, Bucharest, Romania
National Training Seminar on Pension Reform in Central and Eastern Europe: Recent Experience with Capitalized Savings Systems and Collection of Contributions
Organized by the ILO
22-23 September 2005, Chisinau, Moldova
Advanced Training on Long-term Pension Modelling
Organized by the ILO
23-27 May 2005, Budapest
Training on Pension Reform and Social Dialogue - Survey of the Social Partners
Organized by the ILO
4 May 2005, Budapest
Pension Restructuring in Central and Eastern Europe and Latin America: Recent Events and Trends: Subregional tripartite seminar of the new EU member states of EU and accession countries
Organised by ILO
9-10 December 2004, Budapest
Presentations
Long-term Social Budgeting. Special focus: Modelling pensions
Organized by ILO
20 September - 1 October 2004, International Training Centre of the ILO, Turin
Seminar on the Gender Dimensions of Social Security Reform in the Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary
Organized by the Czech Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and the ILO
Prague, 29-30 April 2004
Programme available [pdf file]
The Gender Dimensions of Social Security Reform in Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic
Organized by the ILO and the Central European University
Budapest, Hungary, 23 February 2004
Strengthening Pension Protection through Enhanced Collection of Contributions -A Subregional Tripartite Conference
Sponsored by the ILO and the Slovenian Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
Bled, Slovenia, November 13-14 2003
High-level Tripartite Seminar on Social Budgeting in EU Accession Countries
Organized by the ILO and the Government of Cyprus and co-funded by the Government of Greece
Larnaca, Cyprus, 7-8 November 2003
Tripartite Subregional Seminar on Pension Financing in South-Eastern Europe
Sofia, Bulgaria, October 12-16 2003
Subregional Tripartite Seminar on the Restructuring of Disability Pension Schemes
Prague, Czech Republic, 12-13 December 2002
Summary of proceedings [pdf file]
Resumé (in French) [pdf file]
Subregional Tripartite Seminar on Pension Restructuring in South East Europe
Ljubljana, Slovenia, 4-5 November 2002
Summary of proceedings [pdf file]
Subregional Tripartite Seminar on Pension Reform in Central and Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean
Nicosia, Cyprus, 21-22 March 2002
Summary of proceedings [pdf file]
Subregional Seminar on Social Security Governance for Employers' Organizations of the EU Applicant Countries of CEE
Bled, Slovenia, 15-16 May 2001
Summary of proceedings [pdf file]
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