Published:
15 March 2024
Type:
News
Topic:
Information and communication technology
Data management
Technological transition
Guideline:
Information and Communication Technology

Social security institutions from around the world gathered in Bali, Indonesia for the 17th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology in Social Security (ICT 2024). The presentations and discussions confirmed the key role of data for innovation and development in social

Published:
5 September 2023
Type:
News
Region:
Americas
Topic:
Health
E-services
Extension of coverage
COVID-19
Guideline:
Administrative Solutions for Coverage Extension
Continuity and Resilience of Social Security Services and Systems

The first ever Special Distinction for Innovation in the Good Practice Award for the Americas competition was awarded to the Salvadoran Social Security Institute (Instituto Salvadoreño del Seguro Social – ISSS) for the good practice “Dr ISSS online: A new telemedicine care model”.

Published:
5 September 2023
Type:
News
Region:
Americas
Topic:
Business process
Technological transition
Extension of coverage
COVID-19
Guideline:
Good Governance
Service Quality
Information and Communication Technology

DATAPREV – Social Security Information and Technology Enterprise from Brazil has been awarded the Good Practice Award for the Americas 2023 for its “Emergency Aid” during the COVID-19 pandemic, which reached 118 million people. 

Published:
17 May 2023
Type:
News
Region:
Africa
Topic:
Children
Cash transfers
ISSA institution
Guideline:
Good Governance
Service Quality
Administrative Solutions for Coverage Extension

The ISSA Good Practice Award for Africa 2023 has been awarded to the Department of Social Development in South Africa for the Child Support Grant and its role in the gradual extension of social security coverage to vulnerable children.

Published:
17 May 2023
Type:
News
Topic:
Innovation capacity
Technological transition
Service quality
ISSA institution
Guideline:
Service Quality

The National Social Insurance Fund for Employees (Caisse nationale des assurances sociales des travailleurs salaries – CNAS) of Algeria has won the first ever ISSA Special Distinction for Innovation, as part of the Good Practice Award for Africa competition.

Published:
26 October 2022
Type:
News
Guideline:
Information and Communication Technology
Promotion of Sustainable Employment
Communication by Social Security Administrations
Actuarial Work for Social Security
Administrative Solutions for Coverage Extension
Human Resource Management in Social Security Administration
Continuity and Resilience of Social Security Services and Systems

The International Social Security Association (ISSA) today launched new ground-breaking Guidelines on Human Resource Management and on Continuity and Resilience of Social Security Services and Systems. In addition, five sets of ISSA Guidelines have been revised and updated.

Published:
20 October 2022
Type:
News
Topic:
Mutual benefit societies
Guideline:
Good Governance

During the 2020–2022 triennium, the ISSA Technical Commission on Mutual Benefit Societies (TC Mutual) has focused on the evolving needs of an ageing population, social security coverage in a changing world, and the role of social security in promoting inclusive growth and social cohesion.

Published:
18 October 2022
Type:
News
Topic:
Contribution collection and compliance
Guideline:
Administrative Solutions for Coverage Extension

The Technical Commission for Contribution Collection and Compliance (TC CCC) has been active in many areas during the 2020–2022 triennium, working on several reports, the revision of ISSA Guidelines, contributing to key events and piloting e-workshops.

Published:
5 September 2022
Type:
News
Topic:
Governance and administration
Guideline:
Good Governance
Service Quality
Information and Communication Technology

The 2020-2022 ISSA triennium has been a highly productive one for the Technical Commission on Organization, Management and Innovation (TC Management), in particular in preparing new and revised ISSA Guidelines on key topics in social security administration.

Published:
22 February 2022
Type:
News
Region:
Asia and Pacific
Topic:
Technological transition
Extension of coverage
Guideline:
Administrative Solutions for Coverage Extension

The Social Security Administering Body for Health (BPJS Kesehatan), Indonesia, has won the ISSA Good Practice Award for Asia and the Pacific for its National Health Security Programme. This is the largest single-payer health scheme in the world, and the BPJS Kesehatan received the award during the