QUATRAIN AMERICAS is the ILO's new training programme in quantitative methods applied to social protection. It was launched by the Social Security Department of the ILO (Geneva) in cooperation with the International Training Centre of the ILO (Turin Centre).

The goal of the programme is to develop the institutional capacity of governments and social actors on actuarial methods and financing social protection. The programme was designed within the framework of the Decent Work Hemispheric Agenda in the Americas (2006-2015), whose fundamental objective is to strengthen and extend social protection schemes. The goal of the programme is to increase coverage of social protection by 20 percent within 10 years. Any proposal to strengthen or extend social protection must guarantee the economic solvency of the existing programmes for protected workers and assess the financial sustainability of covering new groups.

The technical debate on the policies of social inclusion should be based on detailed studies covering demographic, financial, socioeconomic, actuarial and gender aspects. The training and information on the social and economic impacts of the policies are necessary prerequisites for the success of social dialogue.

Through QUATRAIN AMERICAS, the ILO contributes to the promotion of specialized training related to technical cooperation by means of developing tools and methodologies adapted to national situations, exchange of information and dissemination of international best practices.

The strategy of QUATRAIN AMERICAS is to develop synergies within the Social Protection Sector and with employers' and workers' representatives in the ILO. It also aims to promote technical cooperation and partnerships with other international and academic institutions.

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