The creation of the ISSA and the ILO

Abstract   The creation of the International Social Security Association was strongly influenced by the International Labour Organization, clearly the rising star in the world of international organizations in the period between the two world wars. It would, however, be a mistake to think that the ILO was the only institution to make its voice heard in the establishment of the ISSA. The precursors of the two organizations, the CPIAS and the AIPLT, as well as others active at the time, such as the International Professional Association of Physicians, together with the internationalization of the social insurance movement, helped found this new association, but it faced some difficult moments in its first few years.