A six-person IAA delegation participated in a joint discussion forum on social security and health care financing topics with the International Labour Organization (ILO), International Social Security Association (ISSA) and the World Health Organization (WHO) on September 22 at ILO headquarters in Geneva. A total of fourteen participants from the four organizations engaged in a full day of discussions that included the following topics:

extension of social security coverage
the concept of a social protection floor
assessment of coverage gaps
peer review and actuarial assessments of country programmes
education and training programmes for social security actuaries
actuarial capacity-building in developing countries
sustainability and financial stability of social security programmes
guidelines and standards for social security, including unemployment insurance administration,
financing of health care delivery systems
country-specific models for national health insurance and other forms of health care financing
population issues and impacts of ageing and migration on social security and health care
importance of fertility and long-term economic factors in financial projection methodology
social security systems' high-priority needs and requests for international standards of actuarial practice
the role of regional development banks in Latin America, Asia and Africa.

This joint discussion forum is the second annual forum to be held at ILO headquarters in Geneva and represents a continuation of IAA's strategic outreach activities to establish, maintain and extend cooperative relationships with supranational organizations. The forum provided an opportunity to identify several areas for future collaboration with and between the participating organizations.

To learn more about the work of the IAA in this area, contact the IAA Secretariat, care of the Chairperson of the Supranational Relations Subcommittee.