The International Social Security Association (ISSA) was founded in 1927 under the auspices of the International Labor Organization and is the leading international organization that unites government agencies, organizations and departments in the field of social security. The organization has over 320 member organizations in 150 countries of the world with headquarters in Geneva (Switzerland). UAPF has been a member of the ISSA since May 1, 2015.
At the ISSA World Forum in October 2022, the Chairman of the Board of UAPF JSC Zhanat Bostanovich Kurmanov was appointed a member of the Steering Committee of the ISSA European Network (IEN) for a three-year period from 2023 to 2025. Documentary confirmation of this status was received the other day.
The IEN Steering Committee consists of the Directors General of the European organizations of the ISSA member countries. The Committee is engaged in public work on the implementation of the program of events of the ISSA in the European region and its activities are aimed at increasing the opportunities for the exchange of experience between member organizations in Europe and are supported jointly by the IEN Secretariat and the ISSA General Secretariat.
The Steering Committee provides advice on the planning and implementation of IEN events. The members of the organization are appointed by the current members of the ISSA Bureau.
IEN organizes events on priority themes of the European member organizations, the main focus of which is to increase opportunities for the exchange of experience using modern interactive methodologies.
UAPF was established on August 22, 2013 on the basis of JSC NPF GNPF. The founder and shareholder of the UAPF is the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan represented by the State Institution "Committee of State Property and Privatization" of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Trust management of UAPF pension assets is carried out by the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Since January 1, 2016, the functions of developing proposals to improve the efficiency of pension asset management have been transferred to the National Fund Management Council. In accordance with the pension legislation, the UAPF attracts mandatory pension contributions, mandatory professional pension contributions, voluntary pension contributions, pension payments, individual accounting of pension savings and payments, provides the contributor (recipient) with information on the state of his pension savings (for more details, see www.enpf.kz )