OFFICIALS from the Social Security Board under the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population and the International Labour Organization yesterday discussed technical assistance from ILO in reform works undertaken by the SSB at the meeting hall of the headquarters of the SSB in Nay Pyi Taw.

During the meeting, the director-general of SSB and the deputy director-general of ILO discussed cooperation with ILO in implementing social security reforms, difficulties, further processes, and technical assistance.

The number of insurance-holder workers in Myanmar has crossed 1.4 million from 700,000 on 1 April, 2014 after the enactment of the Social Security Law 2012. The SSB has carried out reforms to facilitate insurance-holder workers’ access to healthcare services and financial benefits, in keeping with the law, with the ILO’s technical assistance.

The SSB has carried out the ILO-Korea project in the information and technology sector, the ILO-Luxembourg project in the healthcare services sector, the ILO-Vision Zero Fund project in the management sector, and the ILO-Labour Law Reform project in the legal sector. The SSB has also implemented e-services for social welfare payments and payout of social benefits.

Thant Zaw

(Translated by TTN)

Photo: MNA

Ref: The Global New Light of Myanmar