Pension Reform - Building Sustainable Solutions, 2008.
Sponsored Advanced international training programme for persons in a decision-making position in the relevant government structure, private insurers and asset managers, persons providing counselling in pension questions.
Programme Objectives
The programme provides in-depth presentation and discussion of the Swedish National Health & Social Security System and the State Pension, seen in the international context. The role of politicians, the consensus-making process and techniques for handling change are included. Since the pension system does not exist in a static universe there will be discussions of current problem areas and questions to be resolved.
The private insurance sector plays a key role as well, both as asset managers and as providers of employers’ and voluntary pension protection. New pension products were developed as a result of the reform process. The programme includes both lectures and dialogue with representatives of the private insurance sector.
Topics to be covered include:
- How to organise a pension system
- Experiences from the reform process and the implementation
- Political issues
- Income pension
- The construction and functioning of the Premium Pension
- Indexation of accrued rights and pensions, financial aspects of pay-as-you-go pension plans