Occupational social security schemes (Chapter 2 of Directive 2006/54)

• Author: Baci, Entela
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6 Occupational social security schemes (Chapter 2 of Dir ective 2006/54)

6.1 General (legal) context

Surveys and reports on the practical difficulties linked to occupational and/or

statutory social security issues

Several surveys and reports ha ve been published in Albania over the l ast five years that

provide insights into t he difficulties workers fa ce in practice in relation to social security

issues. Some of these surveys/reports and the respective findings ar e the following:

i. National political document on ageing 2020-2024 (the Ageing Document 2020-

2024);225

ii. National strategy on social protection 2020-2023 (NSSP);226

iii. Decent Work Country Prog ramme (DWCP) of Alb ania 2017-2021, published by the

International Labour Organisation;227

iv. Labour Status in Albania – Analysis of the economic and social effects of self-

employment practice (2017);228

v. A research report, Labour standards in Albania (2016).229

i. The Ageing Document 2020-2024 was adopted by the Albanian Government on 24

December 2019. It provides a brief description of the economic situation, health and

social condition of the elderly, including some statistics: 230

• there are 400 000 elderly people in Albania, which is 14 % of the population ;

• 60 % of the elderly live in isolated areas of the country;

• 8 % of the elderly have no contact with family members and/or friends,

testifying to the complete social isolation of this category of the elderly ;

• the rate of social exclusion is somewhat higher am ong women (8.7 %)

compared to men (7.7 %), and is much higher among the very elderly

compared to those who are younger.

As a conclusion of the analysis in the Ageing Document, it is estimat ed that single

seniors, in need of services and with insufficient income, are most deprived of

participation in the basic political, economic and social functions of Albanian society.

Exclusion and denial of rights are closely linked. The elderly are denied the following

rights:231

‘The right of the elderly to be free from discrimination, through denial of access to

services or other factors, such as gender, ethnicity or disability; (…).’

225 DCM No. 864, dated 24.12.2019 on the approval of the national political document on ageing 2020-2024

and its action-plan (Për miratimin e Dokumentit strategjik për moshimin 2020-20224 dhe planit e veprimit

për zbatimin e tij), published in the Official Journal No. 183, dated 30.12.2019, available in:

https://qbz.gov.al/eli/fz/2019/183/774b51fc-d02e-4d75-94e3-7652c5d4bab4.

226 DCM No. 866, dated 24.12.2019 on the approval of the national strategy on social protection 2020-2023

and its action-plan (Për miratimin e Strategjisë kombëtare për mbrojtjen sociale 2020-2023 dhe planit e

veprimit për zbatimin e saj), published in the Official Journal No. 184, dated 31.12.2019, available in:

https://qbz.gov.al/eli/fz/2019/184/6130d327-d5de-432d-9f88-9549a0e80f33.

227 ILO (2017), Decent Work Country Programme of Albania 2017-2021, April 2017, available at:

https://www.ilo.org/europe/projects/WCMS_555313/lang--en/index.htm.

228 Instituti i Studimeve Sociale dhe Humane (2017), Statusi i Punës në Shqipëri – Analizë e efekteve

ekonomike dhe sociale të praktikës së vetëpunësimit (Labour Status in Albania – Analysis of the economic

and social effects of self-employment practice), available at: http://issh.al/wp-

content/uploads/2017/12/STATUSI-I-PUNS-N-SHQIPRI-draft-final1.pdf.

229 Institute for Democracy and Mediation (2016), Labour Standards in Albania – Research Report, available

at: http://idmalbania.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/IDM_LabourStandards_ENG.pdf.

230 DCM No. 864, dated 24.12.2019 on the approval of the national political document on ageing 2020-2024

and its action-plan, in the Official Journal No. 183/2019, pp. 14946- 14948.

231 DCM No. 864, p. 14949.