Summary

ㅁ Titles: The 4th Pension Experts Meeting in Asia/Pacific Region
  ㅁ Dates: 25-26 November 2009
  ㅁ Venue: The Seoul Palace Hotel, Seoul, Korea
  ㅁ Participating parties: 34 people
     ㅇ Asian-Pacific Economies (reported on and discussed): China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia/Singapore,   

                                                                                             Pakistan, the Philippines, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, Vietnam
     ㅇ International Organizations : The Asian Development Bank (ADB), the International Labour Organisation (ILO),
                                                       the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
     ㅇ Other Organizations & Observer : The Ministry of Health, Welfare and Family Affairs. Korea Institute for Health and

                                                             Social Affairs.

  Programme Summary

   ㅁ25 November 2009
       
          1. OPENING
             Welcome remarks: Prof. HAHM, Sang Moon, Executive Secretary of the OECD-Korea Policy Centre,

     ㅇ Session I

          2. Pension Modeling Study: an update
           a) Pension Situation in Pakistan. Presentation by Tanveer ALAM (Pakistan)
           b) Social Protection in Vietnam. Presentation by Son TRAN VAN (Viet Nam)
           c) Civil Service Pension Reform: Pakistan Experience. Presentation by Nasir WHAIND (Pakistan)

           d) Pension System in Chinese Taipei. Presentation by Tong-Shuan YANG (Chinese Taipei)

           - Discussion

     ㅇ Session II
           3. Pension at a Glance – Asia
           a)Pension at a Glance – Asia: future plans (Presentation/Discussion).  Presentation by Andrew REILLY (OECD)

ㅁ26 November 2009

     ㅇ Session III
           4. Developing Asia’s Pension Systems: Overview and Reform Directions (ADB RETA 7357)
           a) Research summary
               -Presentation by Donghyun PARK (ADB)
           b) Malaysia’ Pension System: Key Features, Challenges and Reform Issues.
               -Presentation by Mukul ASHER (National University of Singapore)
           c) Singapore’s Pension Systems: Key Features, Challenges and Reform Issues.
               -Presentation by Mukul ASHER
           d) Korea’s Pension Systems: Key Features, Challenges and Reform Issues.
               -Presentation by Seong Sook KIM (National Pension Research Institute), Korea

         e) PRC’s Pension Systems: Key Features, Challenges and Reform Issues.
               -Presentation by Stuart LECKIE (Stirling Finance Limited), Hong Kong

         f) Viet Nam’s Pension Systems: Key Features, Challenges and Reform Issues.
               -Presentation by Long Thanh GIANG (National Economics University), Viet Nam

         g) Indonesia’s Pension Systems: Key Features, Challenges and Reform Issues.
               -Presentation by Yves GUERARD (Independent Consultant)

         h) Philippines’ Pension Systems: Key Features, Challenges and Reform Issues.
               -Presentation by Ernesto REYES (Independent Consultant)

         i) Thailand’s Pension Systems: Key Features, Challenges and Reform Issues.
               -Presentation by Orin BRUSTAD (Miller Canefield), USA

         j) Proposed Outline of Country Chapters for the ADB-OECD Book on Asian Pension Systems.
               - Presentation by Mukul ASHER and Donghyun PARK

         k) Free Discussion about the Outline

           l) Finalization of the Outline

          5. Country presentations in implications for reform of national pension systems
           a) PaKistan: Brig Akhtar Zamin
           b) Chinese Taipei : Ping-Lung Hsin
           c) China: Yvonne Shin, Watson Wyatt, Hong Kong SAR

          6. Innovations - New Ideas in Pension Reform Automatic enrolment: KiwiSaver in New Zealand
           a) Presentation by Geoff Rashbrooke, MSD, New Zealand
           b) Discussion
    
          7. LAUNCH MEETING ISSUES
           a) Case of Vietnam:  Son Tran Van, Ministry of Finance
           b) Innovations in pension reforms for low-income workers In Inida : Ashish Aggarwal, IIMPS

           c) The pension system and its reform in China : Dewen Wang, CASS
      

    ㅇSession IV
          8. Civil service pensions
           a) options and arguments Civil-service pension reform in Japan

             - Presentation by Junichi Sakamoto, NRI, Tokyo

           b) Civil-service pension reform in India

            - Presentation by Renuka Sane, Invest India Micro Pension Services

           c) Civil-service pension reform in Indonesia

             - Presentation by Hasbullah Thabrany University of Indonesia, School of Public Health

  ㅁ Closes