Masters in Social Policy Financing
The one-year Masters in Social Policy Financing programme was initiated by the ILO in 2001 and its realization actively supported by the Universiteit Maastricht Graduate School of Governance (Maastricht, The Netherlands). The programme is now self-sustaining and enjoys the attendance of between 20 and 25 students every academic year.
The roots of the course lie in the Social Security Department's long standing experience in financial and actuarial advice to its constituent countries. The aim of the course is to further train professionals in social protection/policy financing who already work (or who intend to do so) for social security institutions, insurance companies, governments, research institutions and consultancy companies. In pursuing this approach it is hoped (a) to contribute towards improved governance of social protection schemes (b) to reduce country dependence on international or other advice on social protection/policy financing and on related policy issues, and (c) to improve the conditions for continuous collaboration on issues pertaining to social protection/policy financing between the ILO and its constituents.
The courses provided by the ILO in the framework of the programme are based on a number of textbooks, written by ILO staff or persons closely cooperating with the ILO on social protection/policy financing issues. These are published within its Quantitative Methods in Social Protection Series.
Academic and organizational responsibility for he programmes lies fully with the University of Maastricht. For further information see the University website.
The roots of the course lie in the Social Security Department's long standing experience in financial and actuarial advice to its constituent countries. The aim of the course is to further train professionals in social protection/policy financing who already work (or who intend to do so) for social security institutions, insurance companies, governments, research institutions and consultancy companies. In pursuing this approach it is hoped (a) to contribute towards improved governance of social protection schemes (b) to reduce country dependence on international or other advice on social protection/policy financing and on related policy issues, and (c) to improve the conditions for continuous collaboration on issues pertaining to social protection/policy financing between the ILO and its constituents.
The courses provided by the ILO in the framework of the programme are based on a number of textbooks, written by ILO staff or persons closely cooperating with the ILO on social protection/policy financing issues. These are published within its Quantitative Methods in Social Protection Series.
Academic and organizational responsibility for he programmes lies fully with the University of Maastricht. For further information see the University website.
| Financing Social Protection Designing social protection systems that are effective and equitable, and fiscally, financially and economically efficient, has been a challenge for many countries as well as a source of substantive debate the world over. Formal social protection systems (through transfers in cash and in kind) redistribute between 5 per cent (in developing countries) and 35 per cent (in OECD countries) of their gross domestic product. One of the first volumes of its kind, this book addresses these challenges by offering a comprehensive overview of the many financing options available, while also providing a thorough analysis of their advantages and disadvantages and their financial and economic implications. |
