REGIONAL MEETING ON DISABILITY PENSION IN KOSOVO

1. REGIONAL MEETING ONCO-ORDINATION OF DISABILITY PENSIONS SCHEMES Hotel Queen of Montenegro, Budva Montenegro Disability Pension Scheme in KOSOVO By Edmond Murati 2011 1

2. INTRODUCTION The Kosovo Social Protection System is in a very early stage of development. At this point in time, legal infrastructure regarding social security is being created by institutions in order to create a more comprehensive social protection system. Several laws have been promulgated by the Kosovo, several other laws are in different stages of the adaptation process. It is important however, that all legislation adopted in Kosovo is very modern, democratic and conform to main international documents and treaties. DEMOGRAFICS STATISTICS about KOSOVO Source : SOK 2

3. PENSIONS SYSTEM IN THE REPUBLIC OF KOSOVO After the war in Kosovo, particularly from 01. july .2002 begins to be applied the reformed pension system based on three Pillars.• FIRST PILLAR:Basic pensions (old age pension from age 65 years old and more) additional linear payment for excategories that contributed in system Pay As You Go and other special Schemes, funded from the state budget revenues,• THE SECOND PILLAR:is mandatory pension savings of 5% Worker and 5% employer.• THIRD PILLAR:Supplementary voluntary (fulfill the first and second pillar ) Private Voluntary Pension organized on an individual basis or by enterprises themselves - stimulated by the state to tax relief. 3

4. Organization for Department of Pension Administration Managing Director Divisions - Division of Pension schemes - Division for Payments of Schemes - Division for pension disability insurance by convention interlingue - Division of I.T Regional Centers - RC Prishtina - RC Prizren - RC Peja - RC Gjilan - RC Gjakova - RC Ferizaj - RC Mitrovica 30 Municipality Offices 4

6. aims to care by the state for financial assistance to persons which are permanent physical disability, mental and psychical and incapable of any type of work. 5

9. Is Financial support to persons which are totally and Permanently Disabilities, and incapable of any type of work.Here are the statistical reports of payment`s by Region and Gender 7 Total beneficiary in payment for Aprill 2011 we have 180221 pensioners

10. Report for 04-2011 8

12. To demonstrate the inability of full and permanent for any type of work, estimated by the expert committee of the medical fields

13. Age 18-65 years is related to Law no. 2003/23 applied from 2004

14. Age 0-18 years is related to Law no. 03/L-22 applied from 2009Statistical Report Aged from 18-65 years related to Law no. 2003/23 for 03-2011 9

19. The examination of Commission is done in 7 regional centers11

21. A member of a medical commission of first level (instance) may not be member of second Level (instance).

22. The examination of Commission is done in Department

23. The party dissatisfied with the decision of second Level (instance) of the respective institution, has the right to made request the competent court (Supreme Court)12

25. REVALUATION: means review procedures of the commission examination by medical experts, where the right to disability pension may be terminated or extended depending on the health situation during the reassessment13

26. Pensioner with Disability by NATIONALITY registered From beginning of scheme ( 01.01.2004 ) till now Pensioner with Disability in Payment From 04-2011 Report for 04-2011 14

28. Examination of the Medical Commission

34. Indexing by Ministry of Finance,

35. Financial planning made by Medium Term Expenditure Framework budget and planning for each subsequent year.

36. Tabular form are the number and charge monthly fees and the amount of total budget spending for 201017

37. Thank you for your attentionhvala vam na pažnjuVielen DankMerci pour votre attentionJufaleminderit per Vemendje For viewing and Downloading the slides http://www.scribd.com/edmond-murati-7049 EDMOND MURATI Menager of TI / Head of S.I.I Department of Pension DAPK- Ministry of Labour and Social WelfareGovernment of Kosovaoffice 038 211 665mob 049 40 20 10 044 505 979http://www.rks-gov.net/ edi_murati@hotmail.comEdmond.Murati@ks-gov.net SAMI SALIHU Director for Department of Pension DAPK- Ministry of Labour and Social WelfareGovernment of KosovaFix : 038 211 664Mob : 044 177-287 samisalihu1@hotmail.comsami.salihu@ks-gov.net MUHAREM HAZIRI Head of Payment Division in Department of Pension DAPK- Ministry of Labour and Social WelfareGovernment of Kosovaoffice 038 212 186 044 238 846 muharrem.dapk@gmail.com 18