Reunion de expertos sobre extension de la cobertura social in ASEAN, 23-24 Mayo 2017, Bangkok

Despite significant progress in expanding social protection during the last decades marked by the introduction of new social insurance and tax-funded social protection schemes across all ten ASEAN countries, still a large portion of their population remains excluded from social protection coverage.

The ILO/Japan ESSA project is supporting ASEAN tripartite constituents in the search for innovative solutions to extend social protection. The process will conclude with an ASEAN tripartite seminar on extension of social security coverage, in November 2018. To nourish the discussions of the tripartite seminar, the project has engaged in research work, country experience review, experts’ discussions, capacity building activities and training, including activities specifically for workers’ and employers’ representatives.

In 23 and 24 May 2017, experts and policy makers from ASEAN countries, Africa and Latin America, as well as UN agencies, met in Bangkok, Thailand, to:

- explore new ideas and innovations for extending social security coverage in ASEAN, reflecting on concrete country experiences;

- create a network of experts that can contribute to further research in this area and be deployed to provide assistance to ASEAN member States in their efforts to extend social protection coverage.

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