Dr. Dau Wins Seat on ISSA Governing Board

The Director General of the National Social Security Fund, NSSF Dr. Ramadhani Dau has been elected member of the Governing Bureau of the Geneva-based International Social Security Association (ISSA).

Dr.Dau’s election took place in Cape Town during the recent World Social Security Forum at the Cape Town International Conference Centre which took place from 29 November to 4 December 2010. He will hold the post for three years.

His constituency in the ISSA Bureau consists of 15 eastern and southern African countries. Alongside him, Prince Dlamini Lonkhokhela of Swaziland has also been elected to the Bureau of the universal social security organization.

The two will represent Tanzania, South Africa, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Madagascar. The other countries are Lesotho, Kenya, Uganda, Djibouti and Rwanda.

Dr. Dau and Prince Dlamini’s brief in the world association is to work for Africa’s interests with regard to such matters as training, teaching, research and capacity building.

The WSSF was opened on Monday 29 November by ISSA president Corazon de la Paz-Bernardo and wound up on 3 November 2010 with the election of a new president. Four candidates from across the world are vied for the post. They were Mr. Errol F. Stoove (The Netherlands), Mr. Bernard N’Doumi (Ivory Coast), Mr Madonsela (South Africa) and Mr. Ernesto O. Murro from Uruguay.] Mr. Stoove won the race.

Meanwhile, ISSA’s Secretary General Hans-Horst Konkolewsky has paid glowing tributes to Dr. Dau for being elected to the highest decision making body of the organisation. At a brief meeting with Mr. Dau at the CTICC recently, the Secretary General confered to Tanzania the honour to host the next ISSA Regional Conference for Africa, on a date to be announced later.

This year’s World Assembly was hosted by Republic of South Africa’s Department of Social Development, and offered participants an opportunity to share knowledge, good practices and discuss key challenges and innovative strategies for dynamic social security.

The ISSA is the world's leading international organization bringing together national social security administrations and agencies. It provides information, research, expert advice and platforms for members to build and promote dynamic social security systems and policy worldwide.

Founded in 1927, the ISSA has around 340 member organizations in nearly 150 countries. The President of the ISSA is Corazon de la Paz-Bernardo, from the Philippines, and the Secretary General is Hans-Horst Konkolewsky, from Denmark.