Summary

  ㅁ Titles: The 6th Pension Experts Meeting in Asia/Pacific Region
  ㅁ Dates: 23-24 November 2011
  ㅁ Venue: The Hotel President (Seoul, Korea)
  ㅁ Participating parties: 28 people
     ㅇ Asian-Pacific(reported on and discussed): China, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Pakistan,
         The Philippines, Thailand, Viet Nam
     ㅇ International Organizations : ADB, OECD

   ㅇ Other Organizations & Observer : Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (KIHASA), 
          National Pension Research Institute(NPRI) 

  Programme Summary

 ㅁ23 November 2011

          1. Welcome and Introduction:
              Youn-Ok Park, Director, Health and Social Policy Programme of OECD Korea Policy Centre, 
              Donghyun PARK, Principal Economist, ADB Pension Team
 
      ㅇ Session I

          2. Promoting Fairness and Sustainability in Pension Systems (ADB Routledge)
              a) Promoting Fairness and Sustainability in PRC’s Pension Systems
                 - Presentation by Stuart LECKIE (Stirling Finance Limited), Hong Kong
              b) Promoting Fairness and Sustainability in Indonesia’s Pension Systems
                 - Presentation by Yves GUERARD (Independent Consultant)
              c) Promoting Fairness and Sustainability in Korea’s Pension Systems
                 - Presentation by Seong Sook KIM (National Pension Research Institute), Korea
              d) Promoting Fairness and Sustainability in Malaysia’ Pension System
                 - Presentation by Mukul ASHER (National University of Singapore)
              e) Promoting Fairness and Sustainability in Philippines’ Pension Systems
                 - Presentation by Ernesto REYES (Independent Consultant)
              f)  Promoting Fairness and Sustainability in Singapore’s Pension Systems
                 - Presentation by Mukul ASHER
              g) Promoting Fairness and Sustainability in Thailand’s Pension Systems
                 - Presentation by Orin BRUSTAD (Miller Canefield), USA
              h) Promoting Fairness and Sustainability in Viet Nam’s Pension Systems
                 - Presentation by Long Thanh GIANG (National Economics University), Viet Nam


  ㅁ24 November 2011
  

     ㅇ Session II
        3. Welcome Remarks
           - Mr. Andrew Reilly, Programmer and Statistician, Social Policy Division, Directorate for Employment,
             Labour and Social Affairs (DELSA), OECD
        4. OECD Presentation
           - Presentation by Andrew Reilly, OECD
              a) Pensions at a Glance Asia/Pacific-main results
              b) Paying for the Past, Preparing for the Future
              c) Pension Policy : Diagnosis and Designing Reforms

        5. Country Presentations
              a) Contrasting Approaches to Old-Age Income Protection in Korea and Chinese Taepei.
                  - 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

     ㅇ Session III
        6. Pension Modeling Study Country Presentation
           a) Social Security in Singapore
              - Presentation by Mr. Eng Soon Khai (Central Provident Fund Board)
           b) Social Security Through Pensions for the Growing Elderly in Sri Lanka
              - Presentation by Anthony Theodore Abeykoon (Institute for Health Policy)
           c) Post Retirement Benefit Structure in Pakistan
              - Presentation by Muhammad Saghir (Nauman Associates)
           d) "Rationalization of Retirement Benefits of Government Workers in the Philippines
               - Presentation by Melanie S. Milo (Phiippine Institute for Development Studies)
    
ㅇ Closing Remarks 
              - Youn-Ok Park, 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