FOX News : Health

06 October, 2012

Academy on Social Security

By Chea Sophal
05 October 2012

Turin, Italy:  Eighty-four participants around the globe attended a very comprehensive two-week Academy on Social Security at International Training Centre, Turin, Italy from 24 September -5 October 2012.  It is a forum of sharing, exchanging and learning from each other on the experiences schemes put in place in the field of social security as well as social protection. One of the many primary objectives of the academy is to  provide participants like social security managers, labour officials, and representatives from international organization with skills and knowledge on social security, social security schemes, social health protection, challenges faced in the social security systems, and the extension of social security to the informal sector from the ILO social security experts and a combination of resources persons from employers' and workers' organizations, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Institute of Development Studies, International Social Security Association, and University Professors.

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The Academy ended today with the audience applauding the most-scored participants for each elective course (there are 16 elective courses in total) and those who got the top-five scores and followed by certificates giving ceremony to each delegation of the country.   Each participant goes back home with a grand vision of intensively extending the knowledge and skills gained from the Academy with their concerned institution and acts as the ambassor to deliver the messages and to make the voice heard on social security.  We hope can build strong connection among the participants from these countries and we know what to look and seek information for.  Below are photos on the ceremony of giving certificate to each delegation of each country.
 
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Five participants expressed the impressions of the Academy and highlighted key messages to bring back home.

02 October, 2012

Photos on Trip to Monaco and Nice

I had an opportunity to visit Monaco (Monte Carlo) and Nice on 30 September 2012 while taking part in the two-week academy on social security organized by the International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization in Turin, Italy.  I wish to share some of photos on the view of Monaco, Monte Carlo Casino Square and Nice.  This is part of the Excursion to Nice & Monte Carlo to discover the beauties of Monaco and French Riviera.  There were about 50 participants who joined this trip and each of us paid 50 Euro for this bus trip.
 
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Monaco is very close to Nice of France and about 16km from Italian border.  According to the World Bank data, there are around 35,295 people in this city-state.  This is the second smallest independent state in the world after Vatican City and it is only 1.95 square kilometers in area (read more on Monaco on the Encyclopedia of the Nations).
 

  


View of Monte Carlo (and Monaco) from the East
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