The document summarizes an Academy on Social Security organized by the International Training Centre of the ILO. The main aim of the Academy is to enhance the capacity of key actors involved in the social security sector to better design, manage, and administer national social security schemes. The learning objectives include improving skills in governance and administration of social security institutions, analyzing best practices, understanding challenges posed by demographic and economic changes, and strengthening technical skills to reform schemes. The Academy features plenary sessions, elective courses, and networking opportunities. Resource persons come from organizations like ILO, ISSA, OECD, IMF, and UNICEF.

1. Academy
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Social Security
24 Sep – 5 Oct 2012
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2. Aim
The main aim of the Academy is to enhance
the capacity of key actors involved in
the social security sector to better advise,
design, manage, administer and
supervise national social security
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schemes in a changing global economic and
financial context.
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3. Learning objectives
 Improving the skills of social security managers
involved in the governance, design and
administration of social security institutions;
 Analyzing best international practices and
guidelines of social security schemes and the
protection of the interests of beneficiaries;
 Increasing awareness of the economic and
financial implications of social protection
systems;
 Enhancing knowledge of the techniques and
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methods used for establishing financially
sustainable social security schemes;
 Understanding the challenges posed by the
demographic and economic changes for
social security schemes;
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4. Learning objectives
 Strengthening the capacity and technical skills
of key actors to design and implement
strategies to reform social security schemes;
 Understanding the importance of the extension
of social protection as a powerful tool to reduce
poverty and inequalities while contributing to
economic growth and development;
 Understanding the process for a diagnosis of
current national social protection systems
and formulation of a national strategy on the
extension of social protection;
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 Reviewing various initiatives around the world
which are components of the social floor or
milestones for extension of social protection, in
view of their replication and adaptation in other
countries.
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5. Added value
…in addition:
• Individually tailored training
programme
• Dynamic environment
• Many resource persons
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• Opportunities for networking
• Global perspective
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6. Resource persons
ILO
ISSA OECD Academia
IMF UNICEF NGO
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Pension Fund ITC-ILO
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7. Methodology
 1st online phase
 Information, selection, survey,
readings, individual notes
 Face-to-face phase
 Plenary sessions, elective
courses, wrap-up sessions
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 2nd online phase
 Follow-up, action plans, stay
connected
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8. Types of sessions
 Daily plenary sessions
 Every morning all participants will attend daily a
general plenary in which they will explore key
topics that constitute the foundations of the
training programme.
 Morning and afternoon electives
 Focus on some more specific content, allow a
more in-depth analysis of the topics explored
 Each participant selects four 3-day electives
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 Wrap-up sessions
 Allow participants from the three other elective
courses offered in parallel to explore the topic in
a nutshell and link it to the topic they learned
about during the previous days.
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9. Special sessions
 Open space
 Allows for exchange and deepening discussion
on topics of interest to the participants.
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