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Dr. Irene C. Isaka

Secretary General, East and Central Africa Social Security Association

Irene Isaka (Ph.D) is currently working as Secretary General for East and Central Africa Social Security Association (ECASSA). Before this appointment Dr. Isaka worked as a Lecturer under the Department of Social Protection and Actuarial Studies at the Institute of Finance Management (IFM). Isaka also worked as Director General of Social Security Regulatory Authority (SSRA) following the appointment by the President of the United Republic of Tanzania in 2010. Under this capacity, Isaka was able to set up systems and processes for the newly established Authority; harmonization of Legal and Regulatory Framework of social security sector in 2012; parametric reforms in 2014 and merging of Pension Funds in 2018. She also served as the chairperson of East African Pension Regulators.

Before the appointment to work with SSRA, Isaka worked with Standard Bank (Stanbic Bank Tanzania) as the Country Head of International Development Group (IDG), Non-Banking Financial Institutions (NBFIs) & the Public Sector.

Dr. Isaka holds a a Master of Arts Degree in Economics Specialized in Econometrics and Monetary Economics and a Doctor of Philosophy in Economics from the University of Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania.

Sessions


8:00 - 10:00 am EDT / 12:00 – 14:00 pm UTC / 14:00 – 16:00 pm CEST
ISSA Special Session: Global Forum for Work Injury Insurance

The Global Forum gathers leading experts and researchers from social security institutions to discuss prevention related questions for workers compensation boards and occupational accident insurance schemes. The Forum focusses on various topics dedicated to prevention, communication, innovation, sustainability and resilience. This year, the Forum will address responses to pandemics outbreaks and extreme events such as the COVID-19. It will be hosted by the Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation with honourable support of the XXII World Congress on Safety and Health Organizers, the International Social Security Association and its ISSA Technical Commission on Insurance against Employment Accidents and Occupational Diseases. We are also pleased to welcome the regional organizations, bringing together social security institutions that are providing insurance against accidents at work and occupational diseases.

Speakers:
Mr. Marcelo Abi-Ramia Caetano, Secretary General, International Social Security Association
Mr. Andrey Pudov, State Secretary – Deputy Minister, Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation
Mr. Phillip Germain, Chief Executive Officer, Saskatchewan Workers’ Compensation Board, Canada
Mr. Alexey Polikashin, Deputy Chairman, Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation
Mr. Vic van Vuuren, Director of Enterprises, International Labour Organization
Dr. Edlyn Hoeller, Deputy Director-General, German Social Accident Insurance
Dr. Irene C. Isaka, Secretary General, East and Central Africa Social Security Association
Mr. Dong-Heon Kim, Director of IT, Korea Workers' Compensation & Welfare Service
Dr. Stefan Hussy, Director-General, German Social Accident Insurance, Chair of the International Social Security Association Technical Commission on Insurance against Employment Accidents and Occupational Diseases
Ms. Evelyn McGill, President, International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions

Languages:
English and Russian

Learn more: www.gfwii.tilda.ws/gfwii