Supporting the extension of social health protection in South-East Asia
Project properties
RAS/17/09/LUX Asia and the Pacific Myanmar Lao PDR Viet Nam Luxembourg Completed This project is part of the Global Flagship Programme on Building Social Protection Floors for All Outputs, outcomes and impact are identified separately by different country components
Description
This initiative aims at increasing financial health protection in the three target countries Lao PDR, Myanmar and Viet Nam under the overall umbrella of national strategies towards UHC and the global development agenda including ILO’s Flagship Programme on Social Protection Floors. Under the regional component of the Project, a regional facility providing a platform for exchange, joint research and regional training opportunities for experts, academic institutions and practitioners in the area of social health protection, will be established, implementing a sustainable capacity building strategy. The facility will also contribute with regional experiences to global discussions while at the same time promoting South-South cooperation between the participating countries. At country level activities will be aligned with national social health protection strategies and complement initiatives of other development partners. The main effort will be placed on the development of national institutional and human resources. Technical support will focus on policy advise on extension strategies for social health protection with a specific focus on equity and providing coverage for the informal sector, on strengthening design and implementation of existing schemes through research and assessments of specific aspects of social health protection, on financial sustainability through actuarial valuations and costing studies of strategies, on strengthening capacity of stakeholders and on dissemination and advocacy on the importance of social health protection extension for poverty reduction and equitable development. The Project will have a total duration of 42 months including an inception phase of 6 months that will be used to agree with national stakeholders and the donor on a detailed work plan for each country; as well as for a better definition of the regional component. The Project will be grounded on the establishment of partnerships with other institutions, including development partners and the private sector towards the mobilization of additional resources, aiming at expanding the operation of the regional facility beyond the three initial countries.SDG
Goals
- End poverty in all its forms everywhere
- Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
Targets
- 3.8 Achieve universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health-care services and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all
Time
01.11.2017 - 30.04.2022
Budget
3,014,384 / 3,029,176
Development Cooperation
Timeline of linked projects
42
RAS/17/09/LUX
11
01
2017
04
30
2022
12
01
2011
07
31
2015
GLO/11/18/LUX
Supporting the Implementation of National Social Protection Floors
189
12
15
2011
07
15
2016
LAO/11/01/LUX
Supporting the establishment of the National Health Insurance scheme in Lao PDR and the extension of coverage
185
01
01
2012
12
31
2013
Lao People's Democratic Republic - Social protection mechanisms strengthened and expanded, with a particular focus on the expansion of health insurance (country programme 2012-13)
298
01
01
2018
12
31
2019
Myanmar - Coverage of existing social insurance schemes extended for formal workers and their dependents (country programme 2018-19)
827
01
01
2018
12
31
2019
Viet Nam - Strengthened national capacities and knowledge base for the effective implementation of social security policies and strategies. (country programme 2018-19)
836