Result achieved
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Outcome summary
The first ever social security law for private sector workers and their family members, based on ILO’s social security Convention and international best practice has been finalized and adopted by tripartite constituents.Outcome achieved
The first ever social security law for private sector workers and their family members, based on ILO’s social security Convention and international best practice has been finalized and adopted by tripartite constituents. It has been presented to the Council of Ministers (in the absence of the parliament) for adoption. The social security system which is codified in this new social security law will provide coverage to 82,646 private sector workers in 2016, with the aim of reaching 336,440 private sector workers in Palestine by 2030
ILO's contribution to the outcome
The ILO provided during the last biennia extensive assistance for the adoption of the social security law, which are: • Developing a policy design parameters of the new social security system, based on extensive stakeholder consultations and adopted by tripartite Palestinian constituents. • Supporting the Palestinian National Social Security Committee in forming a Tripartite Legal Committee, and provided technical guidance to the latter in the drafting of the new social security law. ROAS supported the National Social Security Committee in the drafting of the legal framework for the proposed social security system and its administration, in line with up-to-date ILO social security Conventions, and based on extensive tripartite consultations, and on the policy design parameters and actuarial valuation carried out by the ILO and agreed upon by tripartite • Organizing a series of workshops for selected tripartite Palestinian stakeholders on the drafting of the new social security law, including awareness-raising, financing of social security schemes and investment of social security funds, and administration techniques of social security systems (Dead Sea, 10-13 October 2014 oPt, 25-28 November 2014, and Beirut, 11-12 December 2014). • Organizing a study tour to the Jordanian Social Security Corporation for selected tripartite Palestinian stakeholders who work on the development of the new social security law for Palestine, from 14 till 18 December 2014.