News and features
December 2012
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Academy on Social Security
18 December 2012
This course is organized by the International Training Centre of the ILO. It will be held in English. It offers a unique opportunity to benefit from a diversified training package on governance and financing, reforms and extension of social protection systems. Participants will tailor-make their own two-week course within several elective courses, as well as benefiting from an innovative and dynamic learning environment.
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Employment injury schemes and the prevention of occupational accidents and diseases
18 December 2012
This course is organized by the International Training Centre of the ILO. Held in English, its general objective of the course is to strengthen the capacity of employment injury institutions for the improvement of the coverage and management of the occupational accidents and diseases and for the promotion of the prevention of occupational safety and health.
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Decent work for domestic workers
18 December 2012
This course is organized by the International Training Centre of the ILO. Held in English, it will focus on increasing awareness of the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (Nº 189) and the Domestic Workers Recommendation, 2011 (Nº 201), to strengthen the broad protection of vulnerable groups such as migrant domestic workers and victims of child domestic labour. Exchange of good practices will be encouraged.
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Ageing societies, employment and social protection
18 December 2012
This course is organized by the International Training Centre of the ILO. Held in English, it aimed to provide participants with comprehensive understanding of implications of ageing on social protection systems and the labour market and will enable them to develop adequate responses to its impacts.
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Assessing the feasibility, fiscal cost and impact of national social protection floors
18 December 2012
This course is organized by the International Training Centre of the ILO. It will be held in English. It proposes to focus on the practical ways to establish the analytical facts base for the implementation of the SPF concept at the national level. It is intended as the introductory course on technical assessments while specialized training is planned to master with more depth techniques such as institutional building, modelling, impact assessment and national accounts and budgeting. ILO International Training Centre, 8 – 12 July 2013
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Master of Science in Health Security Financing and Management
14 December 2012
The Master of Science in Health Security Financing and Management at the Naresuan University, offered in partnership with the International Labour Office, is designed to provide current and future social security experts with high level quantitative and analytical skills to meet the challenges of achieving comprehensive health systems in various Asia and Pacific countries.
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Cape Verde: National Institute of Social Security promotes workshop on strengthening Social Protection
13 December 2012
The National Institute of Social Security (INPS) of Cape Verde organized, with the support of the International Labour Organization, a workshop on 10-11 December 2012 to discuss with social partners the strengthening of social security in the country. Several issues were under discussion, namely the ratification of the ILO Convention nº 102, the legal and management framework of INPS investments and the control of payments and debt collection.
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Report Launch: Social Protection Assessment Based National Dialogue: Towards a Nationally Defined Social Protection Floor in Indonesia
13 December 2012
On December 6th the ILO-Jakarta and the Indonesian Ministry of Planning, Bappenas, jointly launched the report “Social Protection Assessment Based National Dialogue: Towards a Nationally Defined Social Protection Floor in Indonesia”
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ILO/Korea Fellowship training on strengthening social protection in Asia: Learning from Korean experience on Employment Insurance (EI) and Employment Injury Insurance (EII)
12 December 2012
The ILO/Korea fellowship training on employment insurance and employment injury insurance has been held from 25 October to 2 November 2012 in Seoul, South Korea.
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Report launch: Social protection assessment based national dialogue: Towards a nationally defined social protection floor in Indonesia
06 December 2012
On December 6th the ILO-Jakarta and the Indonesian Ministry of Planning, Bappenas, jointly launched the report “Social Protection Assessment Based National Dialogue: Towards a Nationally Defined Social Protection Floor in Indonesia”.
November 2012
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Beyond the MDGs: It’s all about jobs and livelihoods
18 November 2012
As the debate on the post-Millennium Development Goals agenda gathers pace, the ILO says the most pressing priorities are job creation and social protection.
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More than 70 per cent of workers lack unemployment protection
14 November 2012
The recent global economic crisis has served as a stark reminder of why unemployment insurance matters. But the reality is that fewer than half of almost 200 countries monitored by the ILO offer such protection.
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Can China get old and rich at the same time?
07 November 2012
China has already done a lot to adapt labour markets and social protection systems to an ageing society. But it will have to do more to balance its economic and social needs.
September 2012
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China’s latest revolution: Basic health care for all
03 September 2012
On 6 April 2009, China unveiled an action plan for a radical and ambitious health-care reform aimed at attaining universal health insurance coverage by 2020. Three years later, the country has almost reached this goal. What’s the secret behind the success?
June 2012
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New ILO Recommendation calls for Social Protection Floor for all
14 June 2012
Landmark Recommendation aims at extending essential health care and basic income security to millions of people around the globe.
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Social protection expands despite crisis, ILO-World Bank report says
07 June 2012
A new ILO-World Bank report and online data tool shows that social protection systems expanded in many parts of the world between 2008 and 2010.
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Why we need a Recommendation on social protection floors
04 June 2012
The International Labour Conference (ILC) is expected to vote on a Recommendation for social protection floors. Michael Cichon, Director of the ILO’s Social Security Department, explains why we need this international labour standard.
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Cape Verde: How social protection can help the elderly
04 June 2012
The International Labour Conference is considering adoption of a Recommendation on Social Protection Floors. The ILO is convinced every country can move towards social security for all, and cites the example of impoverished Cape Verde.
May 2012
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How to beat a crisis: Interview with Argentinean Vice President
17 May 2012
In 2001 Argentina defaulted on its debt and ended the parity of its currency with the US dollar. The South American country plunged deeper into crisis, but within months economic growth set in. We asked Argentine Vice President Mr Amado Boudou if Eurozone countries can learn from Argentina how to beat the crisis.
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Can Europe still afford health and long-term care for its elderly?
11 May 2012
Ageing is a slow-burning fuse with a strong impact both on public expenditures and the social mood, as shown by this week’s strike in the UK over pensions. The situation is particularly serious in terms of health and long-term care. Even more alarming is the financial burden on households looking after the elderly. Interview with Ms. Xenia Scheil-Adlung, Health Policy Coordinator at the ILO.