Summary

ㅁ Titles: The 5th Pension Experts Meeting in Asia/Pacific Region
  ㅁ Dates: 22-25 November 2010
  ㅁ Venue: The Hotel President (Seoul, Korea)
  ㅁ Participating parties: 23 people
     ㅇ Asian-Pacific(reported on and discussed): China, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia/Singapore, Pakistan,
           the Philippines, Thailand, Viet Nam

     ㅇ International Organizations : Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and  

                                                              Development (OECD).
     ㅇ Other Organizations & Observer : Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Organisation for Economic Cooperation

                                                                    and Development (OECD). 

  Programme Summary

  ㅁ22 November 2010
       
          1. Welcome and Introduction
              Dr. Donghyun PARK and Ms. Gemma Esther ESTRADA  

        Session I         
           2. Developing Asia’s Pension Systems: Overview and Reform Directions (ADB RETA 7357)
             a) PRC’s Pension Systems
              -  Presentation by Stuart LECKIE (Stirling Finance Limited), Hong Kong

             b) Indonesia’s Pension Systems 
              - Presentation by Yves GUERARD (Independent Consultant)
             c) Korea’s Pension Systems
               - Presentation by Seong Sook KIM (National Pension Research Institute), Korea

            d) Pension System
                - Presentation by Mukul ASHER (National University of Singapore)
             e) Philippines’ Pension Systems
                - Presentation by Ernesto REYES (Independent Consultant)

             f) Singapore’s Pension Systems
                 - Presentation by Mukul ASHER

             g) Thailand’s Pension Systems
                 - Presentation by Orin BRUSTAD (Miller Canefield), USA
             h) Viet Nam’s Pension Systems
                 - Presentation by Long Thanh GIANG (National Economics University), Viet Nam

       Session II           

          3. Welcome Remarks

              - Sookyoung Kwak, Director, Health and Social Programme of the OECD-Korea Policy Centre

              - Mr. Andrew Reilly, Programmer and Statistician, Social Policy Division,

                                                  Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social), Affairs (DELSA OECD)           

          4. Pension Modeling Study: an update
           - Presentation by ADB 

          5. Pensions at a Glance: Asia-Pacific 

           - Presentation by Mr. Andrew Reilly (OECD) 

          6. Country Presentations

              a) Contrasting Approaches to Old-Age Income Protection in Korea and Chinese Taipei.

               -  Presentation by Dr.Young-jun CHOI (Korea)  

              b) Which Policy Measure Would Be Effective to Reduce Gaps in Coverage?

              : With Special Focus on NPS (National Pension Scheme) in Korea

               - Presentation by Dr. Suk-myung YUN (Korea)

              c) Korean Retirement Pension Scheme: Current State and Next Step

               - Presentation by Dr. Hanam PHANG (Korea)

              d) Changes in Government Pension Scheme of Pakistan during 2010

                - Presentation by Mr. Tanveer ALAM (Pakistan)

              e) Policy Outlook and Response to Old Age Poverty in Pakistan

               - Presentation by Dr. Nasir WHAIND (Pakistan)

ㅁ24 November 2010

       Session III          

          7. Pensions at a Glance: Asia-Pacific          

          8. Closing Remarks 

              - Sookyoung Kwak, Director, Health and Social Programme of the OECD-Korea Policy Centre

              - Mr. Andrew Reilly, Programmer and Statistician, Social Policy Division,

                                                  Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social), Affairs (DELSA OECD)

  ㅁ Closes