1 марта 2012
The Civic Dialogue Forum holds a round table themed “The State, Business, Citizens: How Much will they Contribute to Pension Schemes?”
The Russian Government has plans for yet another pension reform, to be launched in 2014. However, its framework has not been developed yet and the reform itself causes controversy among experts and concerns among the public. The positions of the Health Ministry, authors of the 2020 Programme, the academic community and other expert groups differ widely on a number of fundamental principles, the most contentious underlying issue being the breakdown of responsibilities and contributions to pension plans among the Russian state, business and citizens.
The National Investment Council, the New Economic Association and The Civic Dialogue Forum organiseda round table to discuss the issues of pension reform, including:
• Is it possible to shift the Russian pension system from the minimum subsistence level based scheme to the one based on the standards of the International Labour Organisation?
• Can cutting (elimination) of the State Pension Fund’s deficit be the goal of a pension reform?
• Pros and cons of raising retirement age
• Forced retirement savings: Boon or burden for citizens?
• Should working pensioners be disentitled to their pensions?
• Can cutting (elimination) of the State Pension Fund’s deficit be the goal of a pension reform?
• Pros and cons of raising retirement age
• Forced retirement savings: Boon or burden for citizens?
• Should working pensioners be disentitled to their pensions?
Participants in the discussion included, among others:
Vyacheslav Bobkov, General Director of OAO All-Russian Centre for Living Standards;
Yevgeny Gontmakher, Deputy Director of the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), the Russian Academy of Sciences;
Yevgeny Gontmakher, Deputy Director of the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), the Russian Academy of Sciences;
Ruslan Grinberg, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences,
Boris Kashin, State Duma Deputy, Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences;
Boris Kashin, State Duma Deputy, Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences;
Alexander Lebedev, Chairman of the Board of Directors, ZAO National Reserve Corporation;
Lyudmila Rzhanitsyna, Chief Researcher at the Institute of Economics, the Russian Academy of Sciences;
Lyudmila Rzhanitsyna, Chief Researcher at the Institute of Economics, the Russian Academy of Sciences;
Alexander Rubinshtein, Deputy Director of the Institute of Economics, the Russian Academy of Sciences
Arkady Soloviev, Chief Researcher at the Laboratory for Economic Issues of Pension System Development, the Institute of Economics, the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Arkady Soloviev, Chief Researcher at the Laboratory for Economic Issues of Pension System Development, the Institute of Economics, the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Some of the leading media also had their members participating in the round table discussion.
See also:
Key discussions held within the framework of The Civic Dialogue Forum:
The Civic Dialogue Forum. 14 April 2011
Education Reform: Public Opinions. 15 February 2011
Education Reform: The Government and the Public. 20 December 2010
