Launch of the Report "Social Protection Assessment Based National Dialogue: Towards a Nationally Defined Social Protection Floor in Myanmar"

The “social protection assessment based national dialogue: towards a nationally defined social protection floor in Myanmar” report was launched on 29 May 2015 in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. 

More than 150 participants representing the Government of Myanmar, workers’ and employers’ organizations, civil society, embassies, international organizations, and research institutions attended the event.  

From November 2013 to February 2015 the social protection Assessment Based National Dialogue (ABND) process engaged line ministries, UNCT members including the World Bank, social partners, development partners, and civil society organizations to assess the social protection situation in Myanmar, identify policy gaps and implementation issues and draw policy recommendations for the achievement of a comprehensive social protection floor in Myanmar.

The national social protection strategic plan developed by the National Social Protection Working Committee under the leadership of the Ministry of Social Welfare Relief and Resettlement was launched in December 2014. It includes 8 new flagship programmes for the extension of social protection, which are policy options developed through the ABND process.  Next steps will include mobilizing sustainable fiscal space; scaling up existing schemes; establishing rights-based social protection; and strengthening sector coordination.

Opening remarks by H.E. Dr. Daw Myat Myat Ohn Khin, Union Minister of the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement; Mr. Greg Vines, the Deputy Director General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), Ms. Renata Lok-Dessallien, UN Resident/ Humanitarian Coordinator in Myanmar; and Betrand Bainvel, UNICEF Country Representative.

The report is available in both English and Myanmar language.

The ABND Myanmar flyer.

Press release and agenda.

Pictures of the event.

For more information on the ABND process in Myanmar, click here.