About PhilSSA

About US

Working for common interests in social security

The Philippine Social Security Association (PHILSSA) was created on July 1, 1996 when institutions performing social security and related functions in the Philippines signed a Memorandum of Agreement. It was intended to be a venue wherein member-institutions could deliberate and work on matters concerning social security among Filipino workers.

These member institutions were: the Armed Forces of the Philippines – Retirement and Separation Benefits System (AFP-RSBS), the Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC), the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), the Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF) (better known as Pag-IBIG Fund), the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC), and the Social Security System (SSS). Eventually, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) was also admitted to form the present group of PHILSSA member institutions.

Philssa Beginnings

In 1996, PHILSSA conducted an international seminar entitled “Asia: The Impact of Demography on Social Security” in cooperation with the ISSA, International Labor Organization (ILO), the World Bank, Department of Finance and the ASEAN Social Security Association (ASSA).

In 2007, PHILSSA hosted the 20th ASSA Board Meeting and ASSA Seminar.

PHILSSA also hosted the Regional Social Security Forum for Asia and the Pacific held in Manila in  October 21 to 23 2009. It  provided a unique platform for policy-makers and social security leaders from the region to identify and discuss the main emerging social security developments and trends in Asia and the Pacific. The forum took place  in the context of globalization, internal and external migration, the growth of informal economies, changes in family structures, and the financial crisis.

The four main themes of the Forum are:

1. Social security developments and trends in Asia and the Pacific

2. Governance and the social security reform process

3. The imperatives of health-care coverage

4. Pension coverage and demographic ageing

This Forum culminated in a Social Security Summit, which aimed to promote the important role of social security in society by showcasing the contribution of dynamic social security to cope with current and future socio-economic challenges in Asia and the Pacific. The Forum was  an important milestone towards the World Social Security forum in South Africa in 2010.

Vision

A happy satisfied workforce enjoying the total Social Security Protection of The Philippine Government.

Mission

To establish a rational and well-coordinated social protection program, which will provide all workers and their families with responsive benefits, which they and their employers can afford and which is doable by government; to come up with feasible forms of means-tested social protection, mostly non-financial for the unemployed and the marginalized poor;

To provide covered workers with assistance services that will enable them to cope with basic family essentials and improve their quality of life prior to any work cessation.