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Canada: Médicaments génériques: «Initiative d'envergure» pour faire baisser les prix | canada | La Presse (28.06.2017) Québec prend les grands moyens pour faire baisser le prix des médicaments génériques. Le ministre de la Santé, Gaétan Barrette, lancera prochainement une série d'appels d'offres pour l'approvisionnement du régime public d'assurance médicaments et il… |
Financing, Health | http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/sante/201706/27/01-5111444-medicaments-generi… | monitor | |||||
Suisse: Retraites - Prévoyance 2020, la réforme de la carotte et du bâton | switzerland | Le Temps (27.06.2017) Alain Berset a lancé ce mardi à Berne la campagne pour la votation du 24 septembre 2017. Il est temps pour chacun de sortir sa calculette |
managing reforms, published | https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/2017/06/27/prevoyance-2020-reforme-carotte-baton | monitor | |||||
Oman social security official elected head of global pension panel | oman | Times Of Oman (02.07.2017) Hamdah bint Said Al Shamiyah, Acting Director General of PASI has been elected as Head of Pension Technical Committee at the International Social Security Association (ISSA). |
published | http://timesofoman.com/article/112019/Oman/Oman-social-security-official-electe… | monitor | |||||
Nigeria Rolls Out $2 Billion Brazil-Like Social-Welfare Plan | nigeria | Bloomberg (22.06.2017) Nigeria is rolling out its first national social-welfare program modeled partly on Brazil’s Bolsa Familia in a bid to boost a weak economy and curb poverty by giving cash to its poorest citizens and ensuring their children go to school. |
Conditional cash transfers, Inequalities | poverty, cct | https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-21/nigeria-rolls-out-2-billion-… | monitor | ||||
5 ways we effectively engaged the Myanmar Government with ageing and social protection policy | myanmar | HelpAge International (30.06.2017) June is an exciting month for us here in Myanmar. All older people over the age of 90 are now eligible to receive 10,000 Burmese kyat (around US$7) per month from a new universal social pension - the first of its kind in the country. For a lower middle income… |
Extension of coverage, Social assistance, Social policies & programmes | extending coverage | http://www.helpage.org/blogs/sarabe-chan-30010/5-ways-we-effectively-engaged-th… | monitor | ||||
Finland tests a new form of welfare | finland | economist.com (24.06.2017) An experiment on the effect of offering the unemployed an unconditional basic income |
Extension of coverage | universal-basic-income | http://www.economist.com/news/business-and-finance/21723759-experiment-effect-o… | monitor | ||||
CEPAL: envejecimiento provocará caída de la población de América Latina y el Caribe hacia 2060 | latin america | CEPAL (22.06.2017) En el décimo capítulo del programa “Horizontes CEPAL” el Director del Centro Latinoamericano y Caribeño de Demografía (CELADE), Paulo Saad, profundizó en los desafíos que enfrenta la región, que en 25 años pasó de ser joven a madura. |
Old-age pensions | megatrends, published | http://www.cepal.org/es/comunicados/cepal-envejecimiento-provocara-caida-la-pob… | monitor | ||||
'EU pension' planned for people who move between countries | european union | The Guardian (29.06.2017) European commission sets out proposals for pension that will let workers save seamlessly into one pot wherever they are |
Pensions | published | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/29/eu-pension-planned-for-people-who… | monitor | ||||
Así funciona la FP dual en Alemania, su fórmula mágica contra el paro juvenil | germany | El País (03.07.2017) Millón y medio de jóvenes estudian una profesión y trabajan a la vez, cobrando entre 400 y 1.000 euros. Las empresas no reciben ningún tipo de incentivo e incorporan al 66% de sus aprendices a sus plantillas |
Employment of young workers | youth employment, published | https://cincodias.elpais.com/cincodias/2017/07/02/midinero/1498996731_649917.ht… | monitor | ||||
Philippine Identification System empowers citizens to exercise rights and allows access to services | philippines, the | OpenGovAsia (28.05.2018) The establishment of the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) will enable Filipinos to have proof of identity, to exercise rights and privileges and to access vital services. Education, social protection, healthcare, banking and finance are some of the vital… |
Published_SS_Monitor, Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://www.opengovasia.com/articles/philippine-identification-system-empowers-… | massetti | |||||
Abogados.com.ar - La Comunidad Líder de Abogados | argentina | Resulta imposible querer abarcar todas las situaciones existentes en el mundo económico actual con una ley laboral, cuya redacción ya quedo desactualizada, sin perjuicio de las extensiones pretorianas que fue realizando la jurisprudencia a través de los años. Nos referimos… |
Employment | digital platforms | http://abogados.com.ar/el-caso-uber-desde-el-punto-de-vista-de-la-legislacion-l… | ruggia | ||||
ASEAN Social Security Association | Home | Asia | The ASEAN Social Security Association (ASSA) was formed to provide a forum for member institutions to exchange views and experiences on social security issues. Its members comprise the Social Security Institutions of ASEAN countries namely, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia… |
Governance and administration, Social assistance | ssptw | https://www.asean-ssa.org/Home-ASSA | ruggia | ||||
Europe: Innovation and tech can create social care services for the future | european union | The Guardian (14.06.2017) Europe’s social services face a challenging time. Angela Merkel is fond of saying that Europe has 7% of the world’s population, 25% of its wealth and 50% of its welfare spending. If the continent is to avoid a continued period of stagnation and austerity, it will need… |
Information and communication technology, Social assistance | published | Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://www.theguardian.com/social-care-network/2017/jun/14/innovation-tech-soc… | monitor | |||
OIT: Le taux d'activité des femmes dans le monde est inférieur à 50% | Le Temps (15.06.2017) L’écart entre les femmes et les hommes dans l’accès au travail reste important, révèle un rapport de l’Organisation internationale du travail (OIT) |
Family benefits, Employment, Inequalities | megatrends, published | https://www.letemps.ch/economie/2017/06/15/taux-dactivite-femmes-monde-inferieu… | monitor | |||||
Social insurance coverage remains very low in Vietnam | vietnam | Vietnam News (06.06.2017) Both employers and employees need to change their attitude and approach to improve the very low rate of social insurance coverage in the country, experts say. |
poverty, published | http://vietnamnews.vn/society/377708/social-insurance-coverage-remains-very-low… | monitor | |||||
Zambia: K3m set aside for social protection programme | zambia | Zambia Daily Mail (05.06.2017) GOVERNMENT will be spending over K3 million monthly in Lusaka Province to reach 32,492 beneficiaries under the 2017 social protection programme, Minister of Community Development and Social Services Emerine Kabanshi has said. |
published | http://www.daily-mail.co.zm/k3m-set-aside-for-social-protection-programme | monitor | |||||
Rain or shine, Asia needs a better umbrella of social protection | Asia | OECD Insights Blog (19.06.2017) An Indonesian proverb says that a firm tree does not fear the storm. After the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997/98, Asian economies recovered with strong economic growth (on average 4.2% annually), which over the past decade has contributed to a decline in “absolute… |
Extension of coverage, Social policies & programmes | extending coverage, published | http://oecdinsights.org/2017/06/19/rain-or-shine-asia-needs-a-better-umbrella-o… | monitor | ||||
[Opinion] "Le revenu universel accroîtrait la liberté de tous" | L'Obs (17.06.2017) À l’orée du nouveau millénaire, je verse au débat une proposition visant à améliorer le sort du genre humain: l’attribution à chaque individu d’un revenu de base universel (RU) suffisant pour assurer le minimum vital. |
Social assistance, Inequalities | basic income | http://bibliobs.nouvelobs.com/en-partenariat-avec-books/20170616.OBS0868/le-rev… | monitor | |||||
[Opinion] «Tous les pays ont les moyens de mettre en place un revenu universel» | EurActiv (16.05.2017) 99% de la population souhaite améliorer ses conditions de vie, ce qui ne devrait pas changer avec l’instauration d’un revenu universel. En revanche, le mécanisme permettrait de mettre fin aux situations de travail ou d’assistanat humiliantes assure Guy Standing à Euractiv… |
Extension of coverage, Social assistance, Inequalities | basic income, extending coverage, published | https://www.euractiv.fr/section/economie/interview/standing-every-country-can-a… | monitor | |||||
UK paternity leave less generous than Iran, Congo and Burkina Faso, study finds | Independent (13.06.2017) Almost thirty countries, including Iran, Congo and Burkina Faso, offer more favourable benefits for new dads than the UK does, according to new analysis. |
Family benefits, Parental leave | megatrends, published | http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/uk-paternity-leave-less-generou… | monitor | |||||
OIT: Cumbre en Ginebra discute sobre las mujeres en el trabajo | La 106ª Conferencia Internacional del Trabajo, que continúa aquí sus sesiones, celebra hoy una Cumbre con el fin de discutir la manera de configurar un futuro mejor para las mujeres en el trabajo. |
Employment, Family benefits | published | http://www.prensa-latina.cu/index.php?o=rn&id=93473&SEO=cumbre-en-ginebra-discu… | monitor | |||||
'Uberisation' of India's domestic work market has benefits and risks | india | Reuters (18.12.2016) A booming digital market matching Indian domestic workers wimployers may offer benefits for some housemaids but won't end low wages and discrimination and may exclude the poorest women who don't have smartphones, according to new research. |
Employment policies, Inequalities | digital economy | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-women-labour-idUSKBN1481EK | monitor | ||||
Norvège : les retraités cumulent emploi et retraite | norway | francetvinfo (20.06.2017) Repousser l'âge de départ à la retraite, c'est ce qu'a fait la Norvège il y a quelques années. Le pays a totalement repensé son système pour inciter les retraités à travailler plus longtemps pour bonifier leurs pensions. |
http://www.francetvinfo.fr/economie/emploi/carriere/vie-professionnelle/retrait… | monitor | ||||||
Suisse: Uber doit aussi payer les cotisations sociales, selon la Suva | switzerland | RTD (30.01.2017) La firme Uber est un employeur comme un autre qui ne peut se soustraire aux obligations patronales. Selon la Suva, la plate-forme en ligne doit ainsi payer les cotisations aux assurances sociales. |
Occupational accidents and diseases, Extension of coverage | digital economy | https://www.rts.ch/info/suisse/8286895-uber-doit-aussi-payer-les-cotisations-so… | monitor | ||||
Suisse: Dans l’industrie, le spectre d’une croissance sans emploi | switzerland | Le Temps (20.06.2017) La reprise dans la zone euro remplit peu à peu les carnets des entreprises suisses. Mais l’érosion de l’emploi et des investissements ne s’est pas ralentie. Swissmem tire la sonnette d’alarme |
Unemployment | published | https://www.letemps.ch/economie/2017/06/20/lindustrie-spectre-dune-croissance-e… | monitor |