1. By Celine Peyron Bista CTA of ASEAN UI Project
Unemployment insurance and employment services in ASEAN Second Project Coordination Committee meeting 7 May 2011
By Celine Peyron Bista
CTA of ASEAN UI Project
©ILO/Crozet M.

2. First Year’s Achievements
Component 1: Research
Component 2: Viet Nam
Component 3: ASEAN expertise

3. Research to support implementation of income security measures in ASEAN
- Comparative analysis among 14 UI/EI country experiences
- Comparative review of ALMPs (Part I)
- Labour market analysis and unemployment trends (Viet Nam & Malaysia)
LEARNING
UNDERSTANDING
BUILDING CONSENSUS
DESIGNING
IDENTIFYING GAPS

4. Achievements in Viet Nam
Achievements in Viet Nam
National Dialogue
Provincial consultations (Aug. 2011)
18 August 2011
19 October 2011
12 recommendations
endorsed by the Government and social partners
Extension of coverage
Simplification of procedures
Financial sustainability
Improved linkages with ALMPs (vocational training)
UI staff and management training needs assessment
Identification of training needs and design of the training plan to be implemented in
3. Support to the revision of the UI legal framework to apply recommendations

5. Capacity building and knowledge sharing
Capacity building and knowledge sharing
Study visit to Japan, 7-9 Nov Lessons learnt:
It took over 30 years to build the EI system
Based on strong link UI & ALMPs (Hello Service and Two Services)
Doted of a solid control and investigation unit
Legal framework allows for certain flexibility to adjust the parameters to socio-economic indicators
Experts’ Meeting (UI, income security), Jakarta, 14 Dec Key messages:
UI might not be the priority in all countries. Need for adapted measures for infor. eco. workers
Those measures should be institutionalized
Need to address youth unemployment through adapted ALMPs
Successful implementation of SP laws and strategies based on
piloting and then replication at national level
Japan Study Visit, Nov. 2011
Jakarta Expert Meeting, 14 Dec. 2011

6. Capacity building and knowledge sharing (cont.)
Capacity building and knowledge sharing (cont.)
Tripartite ASEAN Seminar on UI, income security and ALMPs, Ho chi Minh City, March 2012
Adopted 13 Recommendations (Towards an ASEAN Declaration?):
Develop adapted and specific income security measures and ALMPs for employed and vulnerable workers,
Involve Workers and Employers’ organizations,
Improve coordination of services and benefits delivered to unemployed and vulnerable workers,
ILO and relevant IO to pursue assistance in the region on SP.
Follow-up actions:
Knowledge and experience sharing
Explore innovative and adapted measures
Mapping social protection situation at the country level

7. The ASEAN UI Project on the net

8. Proposed Work plan for 2012-2013
Component 1: Research
Component 2: Viet Nam
Component 3: ASEAN expertise
Main outcome

9. Research to support implementation of income security measures in ASEAN
- Recommendations for effective ALMPs in the ASEAN economies (Part II)
- Relevance of UI in ASEAN
- Cost/benefit analysis of severance pay vs. UI (Malaysia, Philippines)
- Review of international practices covering inf. eco. workers
- Review of severance pay compliance (Malaysia, Philippines)
LEARNING
UNDERSTANDING
BUILDING CONSENSUS
DESIGNING
IDENTIFYING GAPS

10. Upcoming activities in Viet Nam
Upcoming activities in Viet Nam
Extension of coverage
Forming Communication Officers
Legal revision (Decree 127 and SI Law)
Simplification of procedures
UI Staff training
Reinforcement of IT use
Financial sustainability
Development of performance and monitoring indicators
Workshop on linkages with ALMPs: towards an EI system
Actuarial Valuation
Review of ALMPs inter. Practices
Feasibility and Pilot testing
Evaluation of pilots
Recommendations
Income security & ALMPs for unemployed and vulnerable workers
ILO/Japan
Resource mobilization

11. Capacity building and knowledge sharing
2012
Capacity building and knowledge sharing
Study visit to Thailand, tentatively July rationale :
Thailand, longest experience in implementing UI in ASEAN
Successful experience
Indonesia, Philippines, Cambodia, Lao PDR., Singapore, Brunei Darussalam.
Experts’ Meeting (Design of UI system), Kuala Lumpur, 4 September rationale:
Malaysia, Philippines: UI feasibility study– exchange of experiences
Definition of UI system parameters can find inspiration in Thailand and Viet Nam’s schemes
Learning from Thailand and Viet Nam from their experience related to consensus building

12. Capacity building and knowledge sharing
2013
Capacity building and knowledge sharing
Experts’ Meeting (Integrated approach SP & ALMPs) - rationale:
Need to increase outreach, coordination and monitoring of SP programmes and employment support measures
Need to adopt integrated approach to facilitate graduation out of poverty
What mechanisms for an effective implementation of the SP floor at the national level?
Successful practices in India, Pakistan, Chile, pilot experiences in Cambodia and Indonesia
Proposed venue: Cambodia? First quarter of 2013?

13. Main outcome of the project: self-running training course
Pilot in
2013
Main outcome of the project: self-running training course
RESEARCH:
- Learning from international experiences
- What can work in ASEAN?
STANDARD EXECUTIVE COURSE ON UI, INCOME SECURITY AND ALMPs: Design, implementation and monitoring of effective policies
KNOWLEDGE SHARING AND EXPERTS’ MEETING:
- Learning from ASEAN experiences
- Building responses
Database of ASEAN experts

14. Thank you!