ASEAN Seminar on Unemployment Insurance, Income Security Measures and Active Labour Market Policies Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam, 20-22 March 2012
The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs of Viet Nam, with the support of the ASEAN Secretariat, have organized a tripartite ASEAN Seminar on Unemployment Insurance, Income Security Measures and Active Labour Market Policies which took place during 20-22 March 2012 in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.
The Seminar shared experiences and knowledge, rose awareness, and built synergies among initiatives to promote unemployment insurance (UI), as well as other income security measures and active labour market policies to support the unemployed and vulnerable workers in the ASEAN. Sixty represententatives of Ministries of Labour, Social Security Offices, Workers’ and Employers’ organizations, civil society organizations of the ASEAN member States, as well as experts, representatives of the ASEAN Secretariat and ILO Specialists participated in this Seminar.
The Seminar adopted thirteen recommendations to improve income security and guarantee for decent employment to all formal and informal economy workers in the region.
Ho Chi Minh City Recommendations on Income Security and ALMPs in ASEAN
The Seminar was kindly sponsored by the Ministry of Labour, Health and Welfare of Japan, through the ASEAN-ILO/Japan Project on Unemployment Insurance and Employment Services in ASEAN. The ultimate goal of the project is to further promote and implement income and employment security measures for the working age population of the ASEAN countries.
Presentation
Wednesday 21st March 2012
Session I: Social Security Extension: ILO Conventions and framework
- ILO Conventions related to Social Security, SPF and upcoming Recommendation 202, Social security stair cases, and relevance in Asia, by Valerie Schmitt, ILO Social Security Specialist, ILO Bangkok
- Addressing the challenges of the informal economy workers, lessons learnt from Cambodia, by Sann Vathana, CARD, Cambodia
- ILO Convention No.168, EI/UI concepts, international comparison of UI models, by Celine Peyron Bista, ILO Social Security and Unemployment Insurance Project Advisor, ILO Bangkok
Session II: Unemployment situation in ASEAN
- Employment and unemployment trends in ASEAN, by Sukti Dasgupta, Senior Labour Market and Human Resources Specialist, ILO Bangkok
- Youth unemployment characteristics and possible responses in ASEAN, by Matthieu Cognac, Youth Employment Specialist, ILO Bangkok
Session III: Promoting Unemployment Insurance and Employment Services in ASEAN
- Moving from severance pay to unemployment insurance: Asian experiences and justification, by Prof. Asami, University of Tokyo, Japan.
- Lessons learnt from seven years’ implementation of the UI scheme in Thailand, by Dr. Worawan, TDRI, Thailand
- Reinforcing linkages with employment under the UI scheme in Viet Nam, by Mr. Le Quang Trung,Vice Director of BoE, MOLISA, Viet Nam
Session IV: Building National Consensus on UI and employment services
- Perspectives from governments on relevance of unemployment protection and the role of the public employment services:
- Arief Winasis, Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration, Indonesia
- Stella Banawis, Department of Labor and Employment, Philippines
- Leong Wai Peng, Ministry of Manpower, Singapore
- Malaysia’s experience in building consensus:
- Andrew Lo Kian Nyan, Malaysian Trade Union Congress
- Mohd Zakri bin Baharudin , Malaysia Employers’ Federation
- Experience of the social partners in building consensus on UI design and implementation in Viet Nam:
- Vu Hong Quang, Viet Nam General Confederation of Labour
- Nguyen Hong Anh, Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Thursday 22nd March 2012
Session V: Protecting and creating employment security for vulnerable workers
- Perspective and international practices to provide income security and employment security for the informal economy and unemployed youth, by Celine Peyron Bista (ILO)
- GEFONT Social Welfare Schemes in Nepal, by Pong-Sul, Workers’ Specialist, ILO Bangkok
- ILO movie “Building a Social Protection Floor in Thailand for the working age population”
- Employment through public investments, by Chris Donnges, Senior Specialist on Employment Intensive Investments, ILO Bangkok
- Social Security Scheme of Lao PDR, by Prasong Vongkhamchanh, Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, Lao PDR
Session VI: The Single Window Service: concept, design and implementation
- Presentation of the concept and methodology for designing and implementing the SWS, by Valerie Schmitt (ILO)
- Learning from international practices, by Diane Taieb, ILO Consultant, Cambodia
- Piloting experience of the People Service in Cambodia, by Sann Vathana, CARD, Cambodia and Diane Taieb, ILO
- Addressing vulnerability and inclusiveness, experience of Delhi Mission Convergence, by Vandana Singh, India
¿Session VII: Challenges for the promotion of income security for the informal economy workers
- Braema Mathiaparanam, International Council on Social Welfare (ICSW)
- Poonsap Thulapan, Foundation for Labour and Employment Promotion (Homenet), Thailand