Social security

Supporting the Implementation of Sustainable Social Protection Floors for the Workers and Their Families in ASEAN – Phase II

The second phase of the project aims to strengthen regional exchanges on best practices, especially development of social insurance in the Republic of Korea as a source of inspiration for countries in the early stage of developing their own systems.

At a Glance

Partners
Cambodia: Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training, National Social Security Fund, workers and employers’ organizations, National Social Security Council.
Myanmar: Social Security Board (SSB), Immigration and Population, workers and employers’ organizations.
Viet Nam: Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs(MOLISA), Viet Nam Social Security (VSS), workers and employers’ organizations.
Korea: Worker’s Compensation and Welfare Corporation (COMWEL), Korea Employment Information Service (KEIS).

Target Beneficiaries
Direct beneficiaries: policy-makers, managers, technical staff of government agencies, workers and employers’ organizations, academic and civil society organizations in the design and implementation of social security programmes.
Ultimate beneficiaries: All residents of the countries covered by the project with preliminary focus on vulnerable persons, especially women and men in the informal economy and currently uncovered by social protection.

Geographical focus
ASEAN with focus on Cambodia, Myanmar and Viet Nam.

Project Objective

According to ILO’s “World Social Protection Report 2017/19” only 45 per cent of the global population is effectively covered by at least one social benefit. In ASEAN, coverage and level of protection across countries remain unequal and insufficient. It is a growing consensus that the progressive extension of social protection to all is a key objective in policy formulation for reducing poverty and inequalities.

During the past few years, the ILO/Korea Partnership Programme has provided considerable financial and technical support for ASEAN countries to assist their efforts in building a better social protection system, especially through the project “Supporting the implementation of sustainable social protection floors for the workers and their families in ASEAN”. The first phase of the project launched in July 2015 has helped the two targeted countries Cambodia and Myanmar to make solid steps towards the implementation of a modern social security system by securing income, increasing access to social services and enhancing employability of workers in ASEAN.

Building on the achievements made from the first phase, phase II of the project aims to strengthen regional exchanges on best practices, especially development of social insurance in the Republic of Korea as a source of inspiration for countries in the early stage of developing their own systems.

The geographical outreach of phase II will extend to Viet Nam, particularly through the collaboration with other interventions in social insurance and bringing experiences from Cambodia and Myanmar as well as the Republic of Korea.

Main Activities

Cambodia
  • Provide legal advice to the formulation of gender-responsive social security legislation which supports the development of an accountable and sustainable social protection system.
  • Organize tripartite training and consultation to ensure social dialogue is at the core of the legislative drafting process.
  • Provide technical assistance to the revision of existing and upcoming schemes through gender-sensitive evidence-based policy advice.
  • Enhance capacity building of relevant stakeholders on administrative solutions for coverage expansion.
Myanmar
  • Assist SSB in launching the tender for the Management Information System (MIS) and support the proposals’ evaluation process and the implementation of their MIS development project including streamlining of business processes and piloting for the implementation of their MIS development.
  • Identify training needs and prepare training materials.
  • Organize training seminars to build capacity of national stakeholder with the aim to raise awareness on available and enhanced social protection services.
Viet Nam
  • Support MOLISA, VSS and tripartite partners in training on social insurance related topics, associated with the development and implementation of the Master Plan on Social Insurance.
  • Improve knowledge of Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL), MOLISA and other stakeholders about the workers’ behaviours through a study on cost-benefits on the use of lump-sum solutions to pay social security benefits and compare the impact of lump-sum payments vs. pension regular benefits.
  • Develop training curriculum and train trainers of trainers for social security inspection.
  • Develop key performance indicators for VSS.
  • Develop the Employment Injury Insurance Global Guide in partnership with the Global Programme in Employment Injury Protection.
  • Organize annual training on Employment Injury Insurance with COMWEL, Global Programme in Employment Injury Protection, KEIS and ILO International Training Center.

Main Outcomes

The overall outcomes include:
  • Effective, efficient, accountable and sustainable gender responsive social protection delivered with an increased coverage in Cambodia, Myanmar and Viet Nam.
  • ASEAN countries are increasingly knowledgeable about relevant practices to extend social protection to all, particularly vulnerable and unprotected groups.
Cambodia
  • Capacity of national stakeholders from different sector in the area of social protection is enhanced to ensure and effective efficient, accountable and sustainable gender responsive social protection.
  • National schemes are revised to promote the extension of coverage to uncovered women and men, particularly in non-standard forms of work, taking into account good experiences from the region, including from the Republic of Korea.
Myanmar
  • The management of administration of national social security institutions are improved.
  • Capacity of national stakeholders from different sector in the area of social protection is enhanced to ensure and effective efficient, accountable and sustainable gender responsive social protection.
Viet Nam
  • Capacity of national stakeholders from different sector in the area of social protection is enhanced to ensure and effective efficient, accountable and sustainable gender responsive social protection.
Regional
  • The availability of gender sensitive social security training programmes in the region is increased through the development of partnerships and training materials inclusive of Korea social security institutions.
  • Members of government organizations and social partners in the region benefit from training programmes delivered by the project.

For more information, please contact:

Mr Hong Jungwoo
Project Manager and Coordinator, ILO/Korea Partnership Programme
Email: hongj@ilo.org
Tel: +662 288 1715

Mr Nuno Meira Simoes da Cunha
Senior Technical Specialist on Social Protection, ILO DWT-Bangkok
Email: cunhan@ilo.org
Tel: +662 288 1767