Summary (English)

During the 14th Asian Regional meeting of the ILO (August-September 2007) the need to roll out social security to workers and their families in the informal economy, to migrant workers and to non regular workers in the formal economy was perceived as a major national social policy objective, and an important contribution to progressively realize decent work for all in all countries.
Several Governments have already committed and started to introduce progressive extension of social security benefits to all workers, and most particularly to the most disadvantaged groups of the population. In line with this, several new initiatives have emerged, among them health micro-insurance schemes, which are driven by a wide diversity of actors.
In this context, the ILO has developed an active advocacy role aiming at facilitating the design and implementation of the most appropriate health protection extension strategies and programmes. The Asian Micro-Insurance Network (AMIN) was set up according to these needs. The network has the following objectives:

• bring together a group of micro-insurance practitioners willing to regularly sharing information and experiences;
• develop a documentation process of on-going initiatives, innovations and achievements;
• build up new technical capacities;
• strengthen collaboration and active partnership
• highlight and clarify issues, challenges and opportunities
• organize new initiatives aiming to create a wider awareness and a stronger commitment on the need to extend social protection

Note

Series: Social Security Extension Initiatives in Asia. 2006-2015 Asian Decent Work Decade