This committe, in charge of FIAP's secretary's office,holds meetings annually prior to the Members'General Assembly and Directors' Sessions. During the year, this committee develops many topics in the previsional area, which are defined previously to each reunion.

In addition, this committee must serve as a communication support among the countries.

This committee is made up of the operations managers of the corresponding pension fund administrators. Its aim is to propose studies relating to the management and performance of the administrators, a sphere which includes aspects such as switching of members, how benefits are granted, collection management, etc. The Vice-presidency of North America, Central America and the Caribbean, represented by Mexico, is in charge of this committee.

This committee is concerned with proposing projects and legal modifications to the social security systems of member countries. It is also concerned with promoting the introduction of fund portability agreements between countries that have adopted pension reforms based on the system of saving and individual capitalization. It is under the responsibility of the MERCOSUR Vice-presidency, represented by Argentina.

The aim of this committee is to work on the liberalization of financial services. It will prepare proposals with this purpose in mind and take part in the agreements and negotiations taking place within the framework of the meetings of international trade organizations (NAFTA, OMC, GATT, ALCA). This committee is under the responsibility of the Andean Market Vice-presidency, headed by Colombia.

This committee’s work concentrates on establishing rules to facilitate the flows of investment from the pension funds of the Latin American countries in the rest of the world, and also to promote the unification of risk-rating criteria for the investments. This committee is under the responsibility of the Andean Market Vice-presidency, represented by Colombia.

The task of this committee, headed by Chile, is to promote, disseminate and create social security culture in the different countries.

The aim of this committee is to produce a diagnosis of the regulations governing pension fund investment in the various countries and suggest improvements that will contribute towards enabling the pension fund investment process to develop in a way consistent with the purpose of the Pension System, for the benefit of its members.

During the year 2005, the Technical Committee of Coordinators met in May, while the Technical Investment Committee worked at full stretch by e-mail, making comments and contributions to the papers being produced.