The first interview to be published online is with John Woodall, who is a Senior Social Security Specialist with the Social Security Department (SEC/SOC) at the International Labour Office in Geneva, Switzerland.
John has extensive experience in providing support to pension reform in Africa and Asia. In this interview he explains the advantages of transforming provident funds into defined benefit schemes. He also gives a detailed description of past and ongoing SEC/SOC technical cooperation activities in Sri Lanka in the field of social security.
See the interview with John Woodall
The second interview is with Alejandro Bonilla, who is Manager of the ILO Social Security Department's Education, Training and Capacity Building (ETCB) Group.
Alejandro describes the actuarial evaluation of Panama's pension scheme, from which interesting lessons can still be drawn although it took place several years ago. They includ the experience that any technical project in the field of social security is useless unless there is a national consensus on implementing it. A participative process that includes all policy makers, technical stakeholders and employers' and workers' representatives is therefore a key factor for success, as is communication about the project towards a general public.
See the interview with Alejandro Bonilla
