"Social Security Administration (SSA), International Social Security Association (ISSA)","Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Europe, 2010","Social Security Administration (SSA), International Social Security Association ","http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2010-2011/europe/index.html","The first issue in the current four-volume series of Social Security Programs Throughout the World reports on the countries of Europe. 

The combined findings of this series, which also includes volumes on Asia and the Pacific, Africa, and the Americas, are published at 6-month intervals over a 2-year period. Each volume highlights features of social security programs in the particular region.

The information contained in these volumes is crucial to our efforts, and those of researchers in other countries, to review different ways of approaching social security challenges that will enable us to adapt our social security systems to the evolving needs of individuals, households, and families. These efforts are particularly important as each nation faces major demographic changes, especially the increasing number of aged persons, as well as economic and fiscal issues.

Social Security Programs Throughout the World is the product of a cooperative effort between the Social Security Administration (SSA) and the International Social Security Association (ISSA). Founded in 1927, the ISSA is a nonprofit organization bringing together institutions and administrative bodies from countries throughout the world. The ISSA deals with all forms of compulsory social protection that, by legislation or national practice, are an integral part of a country’s social security system.","2010-08",
"Permanent missions to UN, Geneva","Responses on social protection for older people to UN HRC","United Nations Human Rights Council","http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Poverty/Pages/OlderPersons.aspx","To collect information to prepare the 2010 annual report of the independent expert  on the question of human rights and extreme poverty, a questionnaire was sent to Governments requesting information on their social pensions for older persons. The questionnaire addressed: (i) the legal and institutional framework; (ii) the schemes costs and coverage; (iii) implementation procedures; (iv) monitoring mechanisms and complaints procedures; and (v) studies and evaluations.

The responses are listed on the following site.","2010-06",
"Government of Moldova","Government of Moldova: Annual Social Report (2008)","","http://mpsfc.gov.md/file/rapoarte/RSA%202008%20en.pdf","This Social Report is a summary of the main characteristics of social protection policies as a whole, and reflects the results achieved in 2008, as well as identified problems and their possible solutions.","2009-01",
"HelpAge International","Protecting older people's rights in Moldova","HelpAge International","http://www.helpage.org/download/4c3ce53247359","This paper covers a wide range of issues regarding how older people’s rights should be protected, including pensions, social benefits, and property rights.","2008-01",