International Activities in Support of Emerging
Democracies, Particularly Eastern Europe

Poland-SSA participated in the second stage of a technical assistance
mission to Poland sponsored by the World Bank. Working with Polish
officials, SSA assisted in planning and developing a social welfare sys-
tem to accommodate the needs of the people of Poland in a changing
society.

Bulgaria-SSA participated in a technical assistance mission in which mission members reviewed draft legislation to reform Bulgaria's social security system.

SSA provided staff to lecture at the following training seminars:

Dominica-Inter-American Center for Social Security Studies (CIESS) Training Seminar on Administration in Social Security Institutions.

Ghana-International Social Security Association Regional Training
Seminar for English-Speaking Africa. Topics included:

1. Policy and Planning in a Social Security Administration;

2. Data Processing Techniques and Management Information Systems; and

3. Financing of Social Security and Investment of Funds. Mexico-CIESS Training Seminar on “Quantitative Analysis of Actuarial Methods for Valuations of Social Insurance Systems."

The Office of International Policy is working with the World Bank in connection with SSA's possible participation in technical assistance missions to Romania and Hungary for the purpose of restructuring their social safety net programs.

* The funding figures reflect only the Office of International Policy's cost for programming and briefing/training activities. They do not reflect the value of the time of other SSA staff who met with visitors, nor do they reflect the travelers' expenses, which are borne by other U.S. Government agencies, international organizations, the private sector, or the travelers' own government.

Sub-Saharan Africa

Administration for Children and Families (ACF)

Programs of ACF focus on public welfare policy and planning and the organization of community services. The programs are especially concerned with the provision of social services and income maintenance programs to ACF target groups-native Americans; the socially and economically needy; refugees; the developmentally disabled; and atrisk children, youth, and families. ACF does not have any formal exchange visitor programs, but regularly receives foreign visitors and guest workers.

FY 1991 Survey

Administration for Children and Families
International Visitors and Guest Workers

Geographic Area

Latin America and Caribbean

East Asia and Pacific

Europe

North Africa, Near East, and South Asia

Total

Department of Health and Human Services International Exchange and Training Programs

*Numbers reflect only activities under the short-term visitor, short-term fellowship mechanisms of a larger program.

Department of Health and Human Services International Exchange and Training Programs

(Programs of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and NIAAA Intramural Research Program are included in the NIH submission.)

Department of Health and Human Services International Exchange and Training Programs FY 1991 (continued)

838,000

838,000

N/A

N/A

249,000

249,000

147,000

147,000

726,000

726,000

$57,319,000

$57,319,000

* This program is on hold temporarily pending outcome of proposed transfer of NIAAA to the National Institutes of Health. * Numbers reflect only activities under the short-term visitor, short-term fellowship mechanisms of a larger program.

$300,000

$65,505,000