Expanding the target audience and diversifying the forms of social insurance and health insurance propaganda

(Baonghean.vn) – The propaganda work of social insurance, health insurance and unemployment insurance policies needs to continue to be promoted and innovated in both content and methods, contributing to further raising awareness of the community and each citizen, towards the goal of social insurance for all workers and universal health insurance.

That was one of the contents emphasized at the 2017 Social Insurance and Health Insurance Propaganda Conference organized by Vietnam Social Insurance in Vinh City on the morning of March 16.

Comrade Le Xuan Dai - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee delivered a welcome speech at the conference, expressing his joy that Vietnam Social Security chose Nghe An province as the venue for this important conference. At the same time, he affirmed that Nghe An province will always accompany and actively coordinate with the Social Security sector to realize the goal of social insurance for all workers and universal health insurance. Photo: Phuong Chi.

In 2016, propaganda work was identified as one of the key tasks of the Social Insurance sector. Accordingly, propaganda work has changed dramatically towards practicality, efficiency, high frequency of information, wide scope of information...

Over the past year, the whole country has organized more than 2,950 conferences, competitions, forums for dialogue and consultation on social insurance, health insurance and unemployment insurance policies with employees, employers, officials in charge of health insurance and social insurance...

Notably, Vietnam Social Security has coordinated with the Department of Grassroots Culture (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) to successfully organize a contest for composing propaganda posters on health insurance and social insurance; coordinated with the Journalists Association to organize the national press award on social insurance and health insurance in 2015 - 2016, attracting thousands of works.

In addition, many television columns and print newspaper pages have fixed broadcasting and publishing schedules; activities of the Vietnam Social Security and local electronic information pages; publications, communication materials... have helped convey information about social insurance, health insurance, and unemployment insurance closer to the people.

Vinh City Social Insurance organizes a volunteer program to distribute free porridge and promote health insurance policies for poor patients. Photo: Archive.

At the conference, representatives of sometProvinces and centrally-run cities presented papers on the current situation and solutions for the industry's propaganda work in recent times. Thereby, franklyDsome priceThere are still shortcomings and limitations in propaganda work such as the coordination between provincial Social Insurance agencies and local departments, branches and sectors is not regular; the quality of the staff doing propaganda work is still limited; propaganda funding is limited...

In the coming time, propaganda work is determined to continue to innovate both in content and implementation methods. Expanding the target audience, diversifying the forms, identifying the focus of propaganda, further raising people's awareness of responsibilities, obligations and rights in implementing the Party's policies and guidelines, the State's laws on social insurance and health insurance policies, towards the goal of social insurance for all workers and universal health insurance.

Deputy General Director of Vietnam Social Security Pham Luong Son awarded certificates of merit from Vietnam Social Security to groups with outstanding achievements in promoting social insurance and health insurance. Photo: Phuong Chi.

Also at the conference, Vietnam Social Security awarded certificates of merit to collectives and individuals with outstanding achievements in the propaganda of social insurance and health insurance.

Phuong Chi