Portugal will continue security, Timorese social secretary State guarantee
Portugal will continue from its succession to Timor-Leste in the various sequences of its social security system, as the Portuguese government gave its continuity to the country’s social and development.
In Timor-Leste we must act in the various capacities of the system, in the various ways of making it more capable and more operational. Economic development and social progress largely pass through a social security system that is credible”, the Secretary of State for Social Security english told Lusa.
Gabriel Bastos has been visiting Timor-Leste since last week for several meetings with the Timorese authorities, to attend a high-level conference on social security and to visit several of the projects implemented in Timor-Leste within the scope of Portuguese cooperation.
Since before its creation, Portugal has continued to support the development of Timor-Leste’s Social Security System, both bilaterally and in the framework of the partnership with the ILO, through the ACTION/Portugal project.
This production support does not cover “the elaboration of legal diplomas for the creation or revision of social security guarantees in Timor-Leste and financial assistance, “assured for the financial concept information and the development of social financial information”.
Portugal also provided a wide range of technical support in management as support and support from the Social Security Reserve Fundthe training of INSS staff in the area of management and finance and training of technicians in the verification and verification of capacities”.
Asked how support will now be directed, Gabriel Bastos recalled that an architecture of important normative bases is still needed”, one of the first steps being “to implement a social security law” in Timor-Leste.
“We already have one, recently, from 2016, which came into force in a new general contributory regime, and we must have a new robust and efficient regulatory framework”, he said.
Parallel laws are not, it is necessary to support the institutional system as the conditions for implementation, at least continue to support the strengthening of institutional strength, Portugal and continue to strengthen the institutional strength, Portugal and the cadres continue to do so.
“Only resources that are prepared and can support the entire guarantee system that can be done to develop the work”, he said.
“Among essential aspects, we also highlight the socialization and dissemination of the system so that there is an increasing perception and confidence of the Timorese people that it is worth contributing and being within the system”.
Gabriel Bastos said that he left Timor-Leste, on Friday, “optimistic” for feeling among political leaders and workers with whom he spoke “encouragement and great desire to use this work”, with an “awareness of the importance of the system” and “The work of work must be developed in a way that is rigorous”.
Portugal, he emphasized, maintain its support conscious of its responsibility, from the point of view of “friendly relations” with Timor-Leste and for sharing an idea that the system can make a significant economic and social contribution in the country.