In the course of the meeting the parties discussed issues of cooperation between the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation and the OECD in the field of employment and labor relations, pension coverage, as well as the arrangement of events connected with the Russian Federation presidency in the Group of Twenty.

“Issues of the pension system development are of critical importance for the close cooperation between the Ministry and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, - said Minister Maxim Topilin. – We would like the Russian pension system to be up to date and meet the OECD requirements”.

“At the end of December last year the RF Government approved the Strategy for Long-Term Development of the RF Pension System, so this is the starting point for improvement of state and non-state pension coverage in Russia”, - noted the Ministry Head. .

Maxim Topilin mentioned another important area of cooperation, which is a search for solutions to legalize labor relations in Russia. “According to our estimates, several millions of employees are formally not in labor relations, - he noted. – Such employees are not protected at all. They do not participate in the generation of the pension fund, funds of medical and social insurance”. When discussing the agenda for the Group of Twenty meeting Maxim Topilin informed that a meeting of the Target Group on Employment will take place in Moscow on February 21-22 and a meeting of Ministers of Labor and Employment, and a joint meeting of Ministers of Labor and Employment with Ministers of Finance will take place in the capital on July 18-19. A key issue of the meetings is creation of jobs for life and economic development (creation of jobs, favorable conditions for labor, monitoring of the labor market development). .

On his part, Angel Gurria expressed readiness to cooperate with the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation in the aforesaid fields by means of expert evaluation of draft laws, information exchange, consultations and other collective events..

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Regarding cooperation of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation and OECD.

In accordance with the Minutes of the meeting of the Sub-Committee on Economic Integration of the Government Committee on Economic Development and Integration No.2 dated March 6, 2012, the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation (the former Ministry of Health Care and Social Development of the Russian Federation) was set up to be the head department in two spheres: OECD Committee on Employment, Labor and Social Issues, and OECD Committee on Insurance and Private (Non-State) Pensions. .

On April 12-13, 2012 the 120th Session of the OECD Committee on Employment, Labor and Social Issues saw a presentation and discussion of the updated Russian report on fulfillment of recommendations of the Committee on the Development of the Social and Labor Field in Russia. The initial report was presented to the OECD Secretariat in November 2011. .

On October 25-26, 2012 the inter-agency delegation from the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia took part in the 121st Session of the OECD Committee on Employment, Labor and Social Issues. The session discussed arrangements for the Russia’s accession to the OECD in the social-labor sphere, and then transferred it for approval of the OECD Council on the ministerial level..

In the area of non-state pension coverage (as part the OECD Working Group work on the non-state pensions) the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation together with concerned federal executive authorities work on bringing the pension law of the Russian Federation into compliance with recommendations and basic principles of OECD..

On June 6-7, 2012 in Paris at a regular meeting of the said Working Group an inter-department Russian delegation (Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation, Ministry of Finance of Russia, Pension Fund of Russia, Federal Service for Financial Markets) took part in the discussion of the first draft review of the non-state pension coverage system in the Russian Federation developed by OECD. .

On December 3, 2012 in Paris the 29th meeting of the OECD Working Group on Non-State Pensions took place., The Russian delegation headed by the Official Secretary-Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation A.N.Pudov made a presentation of the project “Strategy of the Russia Pension System Development” at the meeting. .

The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation developed and provided to the OECD Secretariat a list of laws and regulatory legal acts adopted in 2011-2012, as well as clarifications to them. At present the OECD is preparing a report on the Russia pension system and assessment of its compliance with the OECD standards. The discussion is planned to take place at the 3rd meeting of the OECD Working Group on Non-State Pensions in June 2013.