Foreign travel officials ZUS also in 2016. Ministry of Foreign Affairs continues to cooperate – Money.pl

Athens, Palermo, Paris, and Pompano Beach and Clearwater, Florida. These are just some of the 22 foreign cities, which in 2015 held “Days of Guidance” organized by the Social Insurance Institution in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Trips abroad, on which officials explain, among other things, how to contact the ZUS Skype, will continue this year.

“The access to the individual accounts in ZUS via the Internet (pue.zus.pl), new ways to communicate with ZUS (internet, e-mail, Skype, Call Centre ) “- these issues are on the agenda of meetings experts ZUS, which took place in the Polish Catholic Mission in Pompano Beach and the Polish Centre them. Pope John Paul II in Clearwater 13 and 15 June 2015.

The premise held since 2012 in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs “Days of Guidance” to conduct “information activities in the field of social security for Polish citizens residing abroad” . Since last year, the meetings also involved representatives of the National Health Fund.

As explained NFZ, the organization of “Days of Guidance” is the “fulfillment of the obligation to inform the Polish citizens residing, living or working in the Member State of the EU and EFTA, as principles for cross-border healthcare and the resulting rights and obligations. “

– You may wonder whether the age of the internet, there are cheaper ways to inform on the issue of Poles living abroad, than approx. 50 zł for 1 person in the framework of “Days of Counseling – comments for money.pl economist Rafal Trzeciakowski, an expert on the Civil Development Forum (fOR). – When it comes to people of retirement age, it may be personal meetings are a good way – he says.

In 2015, in 22 cities in 11 countries in Europe and North America held 27 meetings in the framework of “Days of Guidance “where, according to spokesman ZUS had to attend 32 employees and 1673 the Department of the insured. It is worth noting that this is, however, probably only the estimated number, because the attendance of almost all of the meetings is expressed in full tens: 30, 50, 70, etc.

We have no information how these meetings look like in practice – nor ZUS, nor the foreign Ministry did not publish any pictures or relationships with foreign “Days of Guidance” outside the official messages. Do they know the employees can share the ZUS? Money.pl asked that question before the acting president since 1992. Workers Union ZUS, Beata Wojcik. – We do not have this issue any information, none of our members did not participate in these trips – a quick response.

– Contrary to appearances, it is not clear whether the “Days of Guidance” ZUS, eg. In the resorts Pompano Beach and Clearwater, Florida, are unfounded – wonders Rafal Trzeciakowski. – Although I do not know the current data on the number of Poles in those cities, in Pompano Beach Masses are celebrated Polish twice a week, Clearwater falls under Polish parish in St. Petersburg, Florida and is generally a state with a large population of retirees – says the economist.

According to the Social Insurance Institution, the total cost of these meetings closed to the amount of 147 056 zł, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has estimated its costs 9 thousand. zł. In the case of the National Health Fund was involved one employee who attended the meetings only in France, Belgium and Austria – the Fund did not provide their costs of participation in the program.

Rafal Trzeciakowski notes that “the funds for payment of pensions derived from individual contributions and are independent of the administrative costs incurred by the Social Insurance Institution. ” – The costs of the functioning of social insurance, 4.2 billion zł in 2014, must be considered in the perspective of the value of paid pensions, 167.4 billion zł – emphasizes the expert FOR.

Item	Country	City	Date	Participants
1.	UKRAINE	Lviv	January 24	75
		Ivano-Frankivsk	January 25
2.	GERMANY	Berlin	March 14	148
			March 15
3.	SWEDEN	Goteborg	March 14	40
		Stockholm	March 15	50
4.	BELGIUM	Brussels	March 27	90
		Brussels	March 28	80
		Antwerp	March 30	60
5.	GREECE	Athens	March 28	70
			March 29	70
6.	ITALY	Rome	May 16	50
		Palermo	May 17	30
7.	CANADA	Ottawa	June 6	100
		Montreal	June 7	90
8.	USA	New York	June 9	90
		New Britain	June 10	100
		Garpield	June 11	30
		Pompano Beach	June 13	60
		Clearwater	June 15	60
9.	DENMARK	Aalborg	June 13	50
		Esbjerg	June 14	20
10.	FRANCE	Paris	November 20	90
			November 21	50
			November 22	30
11.	AUSTRIA	Vienna	November 28	90
		Linz	November 29	50
Total	11 countries	22 cities	27 meetings	1673 people

Source: ZUS

provides a spokesman for the Social Insurance Institution Wojciech Andrusewicz, trips within the “Days of Guidance” have nothing to do with rest and argues that strives not to Polonia, who heads the Department through Polish diplomatic requests for the organization meetings. Therefore ZUS intends to continue the program this year and announced that a meeting will be repeated in those countries in which took place in 2015.

The list of countries to be visited by experts ZUS is expected to increase for Spain, but as Andrisewicz notes, “a detailed schedule for 2016 will be built in agreement with the Polish diplomatic.” ZUS is also considering organizing “Days of Guidance” in some countries every two years. The program of the meetings is still not Great Britain, Ireland and Norway – popular directions of emigration of Poles.

Continuing cooperation with ZUS in organizing “Days of Guidance” confirms the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which sent money.pl Communication provides that “diplomatic and consular offices within their capabilities will provide organizational support and logistics experts to the Social Insurance Institution, including through the dissemination of information on meetings among the Diaspora and Poles living abroad, distributing invitations, providing rooms, arranging transport and accommodation for experts “.

Foreign Ministry declares assistance” in better recognizing the profile and needs of the Polish community in different countries, “which is to facilitate the Social Insurance Institution those that” more precise selection of experts. “

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