{"id":243,"date":"2024-05-21T14:58:13","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T14:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assa-africa.org\/?page_id=243"},"modified":"2026-04-10T06:01:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:01:29","slug":"achievements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/assa-africa.org\/es\/achievements\/","title":{"rendered":"Achievements"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row overlay=\u00bbyes\u00bb css=\u00bb.vc_custom_1723385442462{padding-top: 90px !important;padding-bottom: 90px !important;background-image: url(https:\/\/assa-africa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Secretariat-1.png?id=1107) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}\u00bb section_overlay=\u00bbrgba(0,0,0,0.44)\u00bb][vc_column][wux_header title_tag=\u00bbh3&#8243; title_weight=\u00bbfont-bold\u00bb title_size=\u00bbtext-5xl\u00bb title_color=\u00bbtext-custom\u00bb align=\u00bbcenter\u00bb title=\u00bbOUR ACHIEVEMENTS\u00bb title_color_custom=\u00bb#ffffff\u00bb][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=\u00bbmax-w-5xl\u00bb content_placement=\u00bbmiddle\u00bb css=\u00bb.vc_custom_1722692532511{padding-top: 120px !important;padding-bottom: 120px !important;}\u00bb][vc_column width=\u00bb1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css=\u00bb\u00bb]In summary, the contribution of ASSA (formerly ECASSA) in the ECA sub-region, Africa and the Global Community in its 16 years of existence is commensurate to none in terms of the following roles and responsibilities that the Association has continued to exert;[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\u00bb1\/2&#8243;][wux_image main_image=\u00bb1336&#8243; image_size=\u00bbfeature\u00bb border_radius=\u00bbrounded-xl\u00bb][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=\u00bbmax-w-5xl\u00bb content_placement=\u00bbmiddle\u00bb css=\u00bb.vc_custom_1722692532511{padding-top: 120px !important;padding-bottom: 120px !important;}\u00bb][vc_column width=\u00bb1\/2&#8243;][wux_image main_image=\u00bb1103&#8243; image_size=\u00bbfeature\u00bb border_radius=\u00bbrounded-xl\u00bb][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\u00bb1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css=\u00bb\u00bb]Regional voice in pension schemes management and administration i.e., sharing best practices, benchmarking and field visits which contribute immensely into comprehensive social protection policy developments in the region.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=\u00bbmax-w-5xl\u00bb content_placement=\u00bbmiddle\u00bb css=\u00bb.vc_custom_1722692532511{padding-top: 120px !important;padding-bottom: 120px !important;}\u00bb][vc_column width=\u00bb1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css=\u00bb\u00bb]ASSA has managed to conduct thirteen (13) Annual Forums for policy makers which bring together Government Ministers, Members of Parliament, Permanent Secretaries, Board Members and Chief Executive Officers of these institutions from all over the region and other stakeholders from Africa and in the globe to deliberate on social security matters of common interest. Chief Guests to ASSA conferences have included the Vice Presidents, Prime Ministers and Ministers from host countries. The conferences have led to concrete resolutions adopted for implementation by the member states.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\u00bb1\/2&#8243;][wux_image main_image=\u00bb1105&#8243; image_size=\u00bbfeature\u00bb border_radius=\u00bbrounded-xl\u00bb][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=\u00bbmax-w-5xl\u00bb content_placement=\u00bbmiddle\u00bb css=\u00bb.vc_custom_1722692532511{padding-top: 120px !important;padding-bottom: 120px !important;}\u00bb][vc_column width=\u00bb1\/2&#8243;][wux_image main_image=\u00bb880&#8243; image_size=\u00bbfeature\u00bb border_radius=\u00bbrounded-xl\u00bb][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\u00bb1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css=\u00bb\u00bb]ASSA conducts a host of annual capacity building training programmes and workshops for in-service professionals and board members of social security institutions and other relevant stakeholders to enhance effective and efficient governance of social protection systems, schemes and programmes in Africa.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=\u00bbmax-w-5xl\u00bb content_placement=\u00bbmiddle\u00bb css=\u00bb.vc_custom_1722692532511{padding-top: 120px !important;padding-bottom: 120px !important;}\u00bb][vc_column width=\u00bb1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css=\u00bb\u00bb]At the global level, ASSA collaborates with international social security organizations to advocate for comprehensive social security coverage in the globe. ASSA\u2019s major partners in this frontier are the International Social Security Association (ISSA), the International Labour Organization (ILO) and a host of social security academic institutions both from the global north and global south.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\u00bb1\/2&#8243;][wux_image main_image=\u00bb620&#8243; image_size=\u00bbfeature\u00bb border_radius=\u00bbrounded-xl\u00bb][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=\u00bbmax-w-5xl\u00bb content_placement=\u00bbmiddle\u00bb css=\u00bb.vc_custom_1722692532511{padding-top: 120px !important;padding-bottom: 120px !important;}\u00bb][vc_column width=\u00bb1\/2&#8243;][wux_image main_image=\u00bb1107&#8243; image_size=\u00bbfeature\u00bb border_radius=\u00bbrounded-xl\u00bb][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\u00bb1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css=\u00bb\u00bb]In recent years, ASSA has provided technical advisory role to the EAC on policy and regulatory arrangements towards implementation of coordination and portability of social security benefits in the region.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=\u00bbmax-w-5xl\u00bb content_placement=\u00bbmiddle\u00bb css=\u00bb.vc_custom_1722692532511{padding-top: 120px !important;padding-bottom: 120px !important;}\u00bb][vc_column width=\u00bb1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css=\u00bb\u00bb] ASSA is undertaking bold steps to advice Governments and member schemes on finding appropriate mechanisms to address the issue of portability of social security benefits in Africa owing to the increasing trends in cross-border labour migrations. Towards that realization, the Association is aspiring to systematically provide technical advice and capacity strengthening on the reforms of comprehensive social security policies and legislations towards coordination of social security schemes across the RECs and virtually to the entire continent.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\u00bb1\/2&#8243;][wux_image main_image=\u00bb593&#8243; image_size=\u00bbfeature\u00bb border_radius=\u00bbrounded-xl\u00bb][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row overlay=\u00bbyes\u00bb css=\u00bb.vc_custom_1723385442462{padding-top: 90px !important;padding-bottom: 90px !important;background-image: url(https:\/\/assa-africa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Secretariat-1.png?id=1107) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}\u00bb section_overlay=\u00bbrgba(0,0,0,0.44)\u00bb][vc_column][wux_header title_tag=\u00bbh3&#8243; title_weight=\u00bbfont-bold\u00bb title_size=\u00bbtext-5xl\u00bb title_color=\u00bbtext-custom\u00bb align=\u00bbcenter\u00bb title=\u00bbOUR ACHIEVEMENTS\u00bb title_color_custom=\u00bb#ffffff\u00bb][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=\u00bbmax-w-5xl\u00bb content_placement=\u00bbmiddle\u00bb css=\u00bb.vc_custom_1722692532511{padding-top: 120px !important;padding-bottom: 120px !important;}\u00bb][vc_column width=\u00bb1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css=\u00bb\u00bb]In summary, the contribution of ASSA (formerly ECASSA) in the ECA sub-region, Africa and the Global Community in its 16 years of existence&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-243","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"blog":false,"blogfull":false,"blogshort":false,"mini":false,"portfolio":false,"regular":false,"web":false,"wide":false,"tall":false,"widetall":false,"testimonial":false,"person":false,"feature":false,"fullscreen":false,"video":false,"service":false,"psacp-medium":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/assa-africa.org\/es\/author\/admin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"[vc_row overlay=\u00bbyes\u00bb css=\u00bb.vc_custom_1723385442462{padding-top: 90px !important;padding-bottom: 90px !important;background-image: url(https:\/\/assa-africa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Secretariat-1.png?id=1107) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}\u00bb section_overlay=\u00bbrgba(0,0,0,0.44)\u00bb][vc_column][wux_header title_tag=\u00bbh3&#8243; title_weight=\u00bbfont-bold\u00bb title_size=\u00bbtext-5xl\u00bb title_color=\u00bbtext-custom\u00bb align=\u00bbcenter\u00bb title=\u00bbOUR ACHIEVEMENTS\u00bb title_color_custom=\u00bb#ffffff\u00bb][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=\u00bbmax-w-5xl\u00bb content_placement=\u00bbmiddle\u00bb css=\u00bb.vc_custom_1722692532511{padding-top: 120px !important;padding-bottom: 120px !important;}\u00bb][vc_column width=\u00bb1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css=\u00bb\u00bb]In summary, the contribution of ASSA (formerly ECASSA) in the ECA sub-region, Africa and the Global Community in its 16 years of existence&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/assa-africa.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/assa-africa.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/assa-africa.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assa-africa.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assa-africa.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/assa-africa.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3761,"href":"https:\/\/assa-africa.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/243\/revisions\/3761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/assa-africa.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}