One Vision, Different concepts

From April 2011 to November 2012, the ILO, in close collaboration with relevant line ministries and the UN subworking group on the social protection floor in Indonesia, engaged line ministries, UN agencies, social partners, civil society organizations, academia, and other relevant stakeholders to assess the social protection situation, identify policy gaps and implementation issues, and draw appropriate policy recommendations for the achievement of a comprehensive social protection floor in Indonesia.

During the development of the assessment matrix some common gaps and issues across programmes were found:
limitation of coverage, limited access to social services (particularly in eastern parts of Indonesia), limited linkages between social protection programmes and employment services, almost no social security for workers in the informal sector, high social security evasion in the formal sector, data limitation and targeting issues, as well as issues of coordination and overlap among programmes.

Based on this assessment, the main policy recommendations include:

• Design and pilot a Single Window Service (SWS) for social protection programmes at the local level, which would provide information to potential benefi ciaries on guarantees and services, facilitate registration processes, update benefi ciary databases, facilitate appeals mechanisms, and improve coordination among programmes;
• Ensure that the health care package has an adequate level of protection;
• Extend the coverage of Program Keluarga Harapan (PKH), a cash transfer programme that facilitates access to nutrition, education, and care for children from poor families;
• Support the implementation of BPJS Kesehatan (BPJS I) and BPJS Ketenagakerjaan (BPJS II);
• Conduct a feasibility study for unemployment insurance with links to employment and skills programmes;
• Extend the coverage of programmes for vulnerable elderly and for people with severe disabilities;
   

The efforts to better coordinate the delivery of social protection and employment  programmes are in line with the first recommendation and different concepts and design models have been developped.