Published:
16 April 2024
Type:
News
Region:
Europe
Topic:
Extension of coverage
Migration
Guideline:
Error, Evasion and Fraud in Social Security Systems
Service Quality
Information and Communication Technology
Administrative Solutions for Coverage Extension
Continuity and Resilience of Social Security Services and Systems

The Social Insurance Institution (Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych – ZUS) of Poland wins the ISSA Good Practice Award for Europe for its programmes providing crisis support for Ukrainian citizens.

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:
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:
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:
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:
17 March 2022
Type:
Opinion
Topic:
Governance and administration
Extension of coverage
Guideline:
Information and Communication Technology
Administrative Solutions for Coverage Extension

Rebekah K Mugisha shares her experiences from the ISSA e-learning course on Administrative Solutions for Coverage Extension, organized by the International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization (ITCILO) in 2021.

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

Published:
18 December 2020
Type:
News
Topic:
Extension of coverage
Migration
Bilateral agreements
COVID-19
Guideline:
Administrative Solutions for Coverage Extension

As we mark International Migrants Day on 18 December, we put attention on how the COVID-19 pandemic has put a heavy toll on migrant workers around the globe. A recent report by the International Social Security Association (ISSA) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) outlined how

Published:
13 February 2019
Type:
News
Topic:
Extension of coverage
Guideline:
Administrative Solutions for Coverage Extension

In view of the global ambition to reach universal social protection, it is crucial to strengthen the coverage and support for rural populations. To this end, the ISSA and the IFAD have agreed to join forces to extend and promote social security in rural areas.

Published:
12 February 2019
Type:
News
Topic:
Social protection floor
Social policies & programmes
ISSA institution
Guideline:
Administrative Solutions for Coverage Extension

With the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), the Member States of the United Nations have agreed to work towards universal social protection by 2030. The ISSA has committed to the Global Partnership for Universal Social Protection, and will contribute to this objective by working with its member