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rappler.com (18.08.2015) An additional $267 billion (P12 trillion)* is needed to be invested annually in social protection programs for global hunger to be eliminated by 2030, a recent report by the United Nations (UN) said.
theguardian.com (18.08.2015) As a 17-year-old deaf youngster living at home, Sanjeev is now not eligible for any benefits – even help to get to job interviews. What chance does he have?
allgov.com (17.08.2015) It has been a 12 months in the market for fossil fuel investors. Oil alone lost around $1.3 trillion. Public institutions that bent to the will of alternative energy supporters clamoring for divestment saved a lot of money.
means to collect and disseminate meaningful information on social security amongst
members. Putting this concept in place entails a methodology of a systematic approach
to assess the effectiveness or the impact of new or innovative practices and processes in
social security administrations, identify them and share them with others.
The creation of an awards programme is a key element in bringing good practices to the
forefront. To this end, the ISSA will be giving four good practice awards throughout
D+C - Development + Cooperation (10.07.2015) Social protection policies prevent poverty, foster pro-poor growth and stabilise political orders. They also serve to reduce inequality. Markus Loewe of the German Development Institute discussed the history and basic concepts of welfare-state policies in an interview with Hans Dembowski.
Extension of Social Security Coverage to
Informal Economy Sector
The roots of current form of social insurance in the I.R. Iran goes back to 1930 which was established under the title of Workers Provident Fund which became organized in 1975 in the form of Social Security Organization .
Currently, the SSO as the greatest social insurance body, medical network and pension fund in the region has covered around 40 million persons.
London School of Economics (11.08.2015) What effect has the financial crisis had on pension systems in EU countries? Aaron G. Grech notes that prior to the crisis there was a significant divergence in pensions across the EU, with some states having relatively generous systems in comparison to others. He writes that following the crisis, southern European states have had to substantially cut back on pensions, while other states in northern Europe have remained relatively unscathed.
allAfrica.com (17.08.2015) "The credit will provide general budget support specifically to the health sector with a view to promoting attainment of universal healthcare in the country. This will be achieved through expanding and strengthening essential health services at county hospitals in the country," Rotich said.
One form of quality management is cost-efficiency. In term of cost-efficiency, BPJS Kesehatan is developing a referral system. Fasilitas Kesehatan Tingkat Pertama (FKTP) acts as a gate keeper for the selection of cases that can treated at the first or second level of health care. Of course this is very important for the aspect of financing, because the cases handled by the second level of health care cost more. The fact is that 144 diagnoses that should be completed in FKTP were still referred to second level health care facilities.
In the implementation of the Indonesian Social Health Insurance (called JKN), that had been started on 1st of January 2014 based on the Health Ministry Regulation No. 69/2013 about health care payment standard that increased the capitation cost from Rp. 2.000 to Rp. 6.000,-. ( Rp 400 million to Rp 1.2 billion per month - USD 31 thousands to USD 93 thousands).
BPJS Kesehatan (Badan Penyelenggara Jaminan Sosial Kesehatan) is a public agency established to implement the social security programme. The ultimate vision of BPJS Kesehatan is "Universal Health Coverage"; to provide all participants with health care benefits and protection to meet the basic needs of health care. As Indonesia is fourth most populous country in the world there are a large number of participants, so BPJS Kesehatan is facing constraints in the participants' registration process.
In an archipelago country like Indonesia, the financial barrier is not the only barrier to healthcare access, but also the socio-geographical barrier. Health facilities are distributed unevenly throughout the nation, where hospitals are only available at the district level. The lack of infrastructure to reach the hospitals is another challenge for rural patients to receive treatment. On the other hand, there are sufficient numbers of primary healthcare facilities in the rural areas, which are not utilized optimally.
Being one of the largest coverage for health social security in the world, which covering almost 150 million memberships within its first year of implementation, the Social Health Security Agency of Indonesia (BPJS Kesehatan) is holding its commitment Indonesia 19s experience in conducting National Health Coverage (JKN) program. Using the referral procedures (managed care) to deliver the health services to the members by using the primary care to the members as their first point of health service contact had BPJS Kesehatan facing challenging issues of administration and quality.
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Driven by a commitment to providing Australians with access to convenient and cost effective services, the Service Delivery Reform programme (SDR) was announced in 2009. This AUD $1.25 billion programme included transforming the delivery of government social welfare services and integrating three large, separate service agencies into the Department of Human Services (the department).
The Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), under the Ministry of Labour & Employment, Government of India provides social security benefits to its members in terms of provident fund and old age pensions under the Employees' Provident Funds & Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 (referred to as the Act hereafter), enacted by the Parliament of India, which extends to the whole of India except the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
The Social Security Corporation (SSC) launched an Excellence Award for Occupational Safety and Health in the year 2011 for the firms that comply with the occupational health and safety standards. This initiative included an award for individuals to encourage them to provide new ideas and contribute to raising awareness regarding occupational health and safety standards in the work place, and to decrease the probability of work accidents.
SIO believes that organization culture is a key force for business success and embedding risk awareness into organization culture plays vital role in avoiding negative consequences as it leads employees to consistently make appropriate risk-based decisions.