The role of the UN SPF team

Since its formation, the UNSPF Joint Team has conducted several activities to promote the SPF concept in Thailand. 

Documenting Thailand’s social protection experience 

The UNSPF Joint Team is producing and sharing information on the GESS platform. For each workshop or meeting connected to the Team’s work, a dedicated workspace on the GESS platform is created where agenda, presentations, pictures and minutes are posted. The Team also created and updates the Thailand country page on GESS where publications, statistics and events are regularly posted.

 

The team facilitated drafting of two case studies on Thailand’s Universal Health Care Coverage Scheme and Universal Tax-Financed 500 Baht Pension Scheme: these case studies were included in the global ILO/UNDP publication “Sharing Innovative Experiences: Successful Social Protection Floor Experiences”

 

 

More recently, the UNSPF Joint Team produced a video on “Building a Social Protection Floor        in Thailand” which advocates for the rights of vulnerable people, and presents Thailand’s    achievements and remaining challenges in making basic social protection for all a reality.

 

Promoting social protection concepts among key stakeholders: conferences and capacity development initiatives

The UNSPF Joint Team undertook a series of capacity development initiatives to strengthen the national analytical capacity in social protection. Training has been provided to a body of social security experts from government institutions and line ministries, workers, employers, CSO representatives, academia on social security concepts, SPF assessment methodologies and tools, and the costing of social protection policies

Learn more about the conferences and capacity development initatives

Supporting Thailand’s development of a holistic and coherent social protection system with the Assessment Based National Dialogue

From June 2011 to May 2012, the UNSPF Joint Team engaged in a dialogue with the national Government, social partners, civil society organizations, academia and other relevant stakeholders to assess social protection situation in Thailan, identify policy gaps and implementation issue and draw appropriate policy recommendations for the achievement of a comprehensive Social Protection Floor in Thailand. 

To learn more about the process of the Assessment in Asia click here

For more information about the Assessment Based National Diablogue workshops click:

• August 2010
• November 2010
• December 2010
• February 2012
• March 2012

 

The UNPAF process

Once countries have their longer-term vision for social protection strategies and development plans in place, the next step is to ensure sound design and effective implementation, in line with SPF principles and a systems-based approach.

 

In Thailand, social protection was chosen as one of the six key areas of partnership between the Royal Thai Government and the UN system within the United Nations Partnership Framework (UNPAF). This partnership, for the period 2012-2016, focuses on enhancing Thailand’s capacity to provide universal basic social protection and higher level of benefits through contributory schemes, with the overall objective of ensuring the financial and institutional sustainability of the system.