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On the photo left to right: Maria Sidogova (PFR), Wlodzimierz Owczarczyk (ZUS), |
Executives of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation met with a delegation of Poland’s Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych on July 7-8, 2015under the cooperation memorandum.
The meeting presented the following reports:
- The pension system of Poland
- Prevention as an area of ZUS social policy
- Development of the pension system of the Russian Federation
- The information policy of ZUS
Polish colleagues provided information about latest amendments to social security laws in Poland and new trends in the national pension policy, as well as preventive measures of ZUS in the social policy and public information campaigns:
- ZUS principles of the collection of insurance contributions;
- Participation of insured persons in open pension funds for forming the cumulative part of their pensions;
- Principles of paying pensions from funds accumulated in open pension funds which took effect on 01.02.2014 г.;
- Additional pension insurance on the third level of the pension system;
- A review of the reform of the pension system in Poland;
- ZUS preventive measures aimed to limit payment of temporary disability benefits in insured events in which employability can be restored through rehabilitation, prevention of disabilities and traumas;
- A review of public relations mechanisms aimed to popularize social security, to inform the population about adjustments to the Polish social policy, to form the ZUS image via a variety of communication channels targeting different groups (including the youngest citizens).
PFR presented information about the latest adjustments of the pension policy of the Russian Federation – a new mechanism of calculation of pensions, the formation of funded pensions by citizens, the size of the wage replacement rate and prospects of the Russian pension system.
The sides also discussed population ageing, the growing dependency ratio in their countries, methods encouraging longer employment, and measures against the ‘shadow’ labor market.
At the end of the meeting, the sides noted its importance and said their countries were seeking to make their social security and pension insurance systems more stable, apt and capable of responding to current challenges; they also noted that their exchange of opinion could play a significant role in the achievement of goals set by their countries.
The meeting was held in an amicable atmosphere and displayed a reciprocal interest in continuing bilateral cooperation.