Database

Good Practices in Social Security

Database

Good Practices in Social Security

ISSA Database of Good Practices

This database provides ISSA members with privileged access to good practices, showcasing creative, smart and innovative ways to overcome challenges of social security administration at the institutional, national or international levels. Explore, be inspired by, and learn from these hard-earned and well-deserved successes of the ISSA members. Learn more about the ISSA Good Practices.

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Implementation year:
2023
Award Year:
2023
Retirement and Pension Fund for Employees of Banks and Related Institutions
,
Paraguay
,
Americas

Risk management is the process of identifying, analysing, accepting, mitigating or transferring uncertainty in investment decisions. Fund managers apply risk management by analysing and attempting to quantify the potential loss of an investment and then acting accordingly.

Topic:
Prevention of occupational risks
Governance and administration
Investment
Error, evasion and fraud
Implementation year:
2022
Award Year:
2023
Retirement and Pension Fund for Employees of Banks and Related Institutions
,
Paraguay
,
Americas

Institutions are being transformed thanks to the integration of new technologies. This vision represents a corporate change with a social impact, reducing costs, simplifying processes and procedures, and raising awareness of the importance and benefits of this transformation.

Topic:
Old-age pensions
Information and communication technology
Social assistance
Implementation year:
2022
Award Year:
2023
Social Insurance Institute
,
Paraguay
,
Americas

Article 12 of Law No. 5508 on the Promotion, Protection of Maternity and Support for Breastfeeding establishes that maternity allowance should be paid to employed women by the social security scheme of Paraguay’s Social Insurance Institute (Instituto de Previsión Social – IPS). This amount is equivalent to 100 per cent of her salary at the time of delivery, and is paid for the prescribed months of rest. This used to be given to women in a single payment.

Topic:
Maternity
Information and communication technology
Communication
Service quality
Implementation year:
2021
Award Year:
2023
Retirement and Pension Fund for Employees of Banks and Related Institutions
,
Paraguay
,
Americas

The issue of population growth and social security planning is one of the biggest challenges facing governments today, and is a key part of a good social security system that instils confidence in its members.

The Retirement and Pension Fund for Employees of Banks and Related Institutions (Caja de Jubilaciones y Pensiones de Empleados de Bancos y Afines) (Bank Fund, hereinafter) is in constant communication with its members. It therefore continuously updates its databases, in order to have a better understanding of members’ current realities, experiences and needs.

Topic:
Old-age pensions
Governance and administration
Service quality
Social assistance
Implementation year:
2021
Award Year:
2023
Retirement and Pension Fund for Employees of Banks and Related Institutions
,
Paraguay
,
Americas

Digital transformation is happening in institutions through the integration of new technologies. This vision represents an institutional and social change, optimizing available resources, reducing costs, shortening processes and procedures, and raising awareness of the importance and benefits of this transformation.

Topic:
Governance and administration
Human resource management
Implementation year:
2021
Award Year:
2023
Social Insurance Institute
,
Paraguay
,
Americas

Good practice in health – service quality.

As health-care systems have evolved to become more complex and due to the resultant increase in patients coming to harm in health care settings, patient safety has emerged as a health-care discipline.

Topic:
Health
Service quality
Implementation year:
2021
Award Year:
2023
Social Insurance Institute
,
Paraguay
,
Americas

The Actuarial Advisory Office (Asesoría Actuarial) of the Social Insurance Institute (Instituto de Previsión Social – IPS) carried out an actuarial valuation of the Common Retirement and Pension Fund (Fondo Común de Jubilaciones y Pensiones). The valuation looks to comply with international best practices and observe the guidelines and standards of the International Standards of Actuarial Practice 2 (ISAP 2), and the ISSA-ILO Guidelines on Actuarial Work for Social Security, with technical support from the International Labour Organization (ILO).

Topic:
Actuarial
Implementation year:
2020
Award Year:
2020
Social Insurance Institute
,
Paraguay
,
Americas

Like most of the world’s countries, Paraguay has adopted lockdown measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19. These steps taken by the government have impacted the productive sector, leading to mass suspensions of employment contracts for persons insured with the Social Insurance Institute (Instituto de Previsión Social – IPS) of Paraguay.

Topic:
Information and communication technology
Service quality
Implementation year:
2020
Award Year:
2023
Social Insurance Institute
,
Paraguay
,
Americas

Paraguay’s Social Insurance Institute (Instituto de Previsión de Social – IPS) used to make sick leave payments at its administrative offices, which had associated administrative costs and meant beneficiaries had to visit the IPS service counter in person.

Topic:
Governance and administration
Information and communication technology
Communication
Service quality
Social assistance
Digital economy
Implementation year:
2023
Award Year:
2023
Retirement and Pension Fund for Employees of Banks and Related Institutions
,
Paraguay
,
Americas

Risk management is the process of identifying, analysing, accepting, mitigating or transferring uncertainty in investment decisions. Fund managers apply risk management by analysing and attempting to quantify the potential loss of an investment and then acting accordingly.

Topic:
Prevention of occupational risks
Governance and administration
Investment
Error, evasion and fraud
Implementation year:
2022
Award Year:
2023
Retirement and Pension Fund for Employees of Banks and Related Institutions
,
Paraguay
,
Americas

Institutions are being transformed thanks to the integration of new technologies. This vision represents a corporate change with a social impact, reducing costs, simplifying processes and procedures, and raising awareness of the importance and benefits of this transformation.

Topic:
Old-age pensions
Information and communication technology
Social assistance
Implementation year:
2022
Award Year:
2023
Social Insurance Institute
,
Paraguay
,
Americas

Article 12 of Law No. 5508 on the Promotion, Protection of Maternity and Support for Breastfeeding establishes that maternity allowance should be paid to employed women by the social security scheme of Paraguay’s Social Insurance Institute (Instituto de Previsión Social – IPS). This amount is equivalent to 100 per cent of her salary at the time of delivery, and is paid for the prescribed months of rest. This used to be given to women in a single payment.

Topic:
Maternity
Information and communication technology
Communication
Service quality
Implementation year:
2021
Award Year:
2023
Retirement and Pension Fund for Employees of Banks and Related Institutions
,
Paraguay
,
Americas

The issue of population growth and social security planning is one of the biggest challenges facing governments today, and is a key part of a good social security system that instils confidence in its members.

The Retirement and Pension Fund for Employees of Banks and Related Institutions (Caja de Jubilaciones y Pensiones de Empleados de Bancos y Afines) (Bank Fund, hereinafter) is in constant communication with its members. It therefore continuously updates its databases, in order to have a better understanding of members’ current realities, experiences and needs.

Topic:
Old-age pensions
Governance and administration
Service quality
Social assistance
Implementation year:
2021
Award Year:
2023
Retirement and Pension Fund for Employees of Banks and Related Institutions
,
Paraguay
,
Americas

Digital transformation is happening in institutions through the integration of new technologies. This vision represents an institutional and social change, optimizing available resources, reducing costs, shortening processes and procedures, and raising awareness of the importance and benefits of this transformation.

Topic:
Governance and administration
Human resource management
Implementation year:
2021
Award Year:
2023
Social Insurance Institute
,
Paraguay
,
Americas

Good practice in health – service quality.

As health-care systems have evolved to become more complex and due to the resultant increase in patients coming to harm in health care settings, patient safety has emerged as a health-care discipline.

Topic:
Health
Service quality
Implementation year:
2021
Award Year:
2023
Social Insurance Institute
,
Paraguay
,
Americas

The Actuarial Advisory Office (Asesoría Actuarial) of the Social Insurance Institute (Instituto de Previsión Social – IPS) carried out an actuarial valuation of the Common Retirement and Pension Fund (Fondo Común de Jubilaciones y Pensiones). The valuation looks to comply with international best practices and observe the guidelines and standards of the International Standards of Actuarial Practice 2 (ISAP 2), and the ISSA-ILO Guidelines on Actuarial Work for Social Security, with technical support from the International Labour Organization (ILO).

Topic:
Actuarial
Implementation year:
2020
Award Year:
2020
Social Insurance Institute
,
Paraguay
,
Americas

Like most of the world’s countries, Paraguay has adopted lockdown measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19. These steps taken by the government have impacted the productive sector, leading to mass suspensions of employment contracts for persons insured with the Social Insurance Institute (Instituto de Previsión Social – IPS) of Paraguay.

Topic:
Information and communication technology
Service quality
Implementation year:
2020
Award Year:
2023
Social Insurance Institute
,
Paraguay
,
Americas

Paraguay’s Social Insurance Institute (Instituto de Previsión de Social – IPS) used to make sick leave payments at its administrative offices, which had associated administrative costs and meant beneficiaries had to visit the IPS service counter in person.

Topic:
Governance and administration
Information and communication technology
Communication
Service quality
Social assistance
Digital economy