1. Assessment based national dialogue (ABND) on Social Protection Floors in the Kyrgyz Republic
Bolotbek Orokov, ILO Bishkek
R-UNDG ECA ISSUE-BASED COALITION ON SOCIAL PROTECTION
Istanbul, Turkey, 28 April 2017

2. Relevance of the ABND in the Kyrgyz Republic
Programme for the development of social protection :
Requires a «standardization» of social protection
Priorities need to be set based on a costing exercise
Provides policy recommendations for the long-term strategies

3. ILO social security standards
8 up-to-date Conventions:
Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1952 (No. 102);
Equality of Treatment (Social Security) Convention, 1962 (No. 118);
Employment Injury Benefits Convention, 1964 (No. 121);
Old-Age, Invalidity and Survivors’ Benefits Convention, 1967 (No. 128);
Medical Care Benefits Convention, 1969 (No. 130);
Maintenance of Social Security Rights Convention, 1982 (No. 157);
Employment Promotion and Protection against Unemployment Convention, 1988 (No. 168);
Maternity Protection Convention, 2000 (No. 183).
3 key Recommendations:
Income Security Recommendation, 1944 (No. 67);
Medical Care Recommendation, 1944 (No. 69)
Social Protection Floors Recommendation, 2012 (No.202)

4. Social protection floors are a set of basic guarantees
Four basic guarantees: 
All residents have access to essential health care, including maternity care
All children enjoy basic income security, providing access to nutrition, education, care, and any other necessary goods and services 
All persons in active age who cannot earn sufficient income, enjoy basic income security, particularly in cases of sickness, unemployment, maternity, disability 
All older persons have basic income security 

5. The ABND
Will support the definition of a realistic nationally defined social protection floor (that should be guaranteed to all)
Will assess whether the SPF is achieved and, if not, propose recommendations to progressively achieve the SPF
Will include a costing exercise, that will help prioritize among policy recommendations

6. These main questions lead to more specific questions
1. What is the social security situation?
2. How far are we from the achievement of the SPF? -> gaps, issues
3. What should be done to complete the SPF?
4. How much would it cost today and in the future?
5. Can the Government afford it? Do we need to increase the fiscal space?
6. How to ensure that the recommendations are endorsed and listened to?
7. How to advocate for the SPF as a whole or specific recommendations?

7. It is based on a formal/informal mechanism for national dialogue and policy coordination
UN/Government Working Group on social protection
UN SPF Team
UN RC
FAO
ILO
UNICEF
UNDP
UNFPA
WFP
WHO
UN WOMEN
EU, WB, GIZ, other DPs
Government Working Group
Vice-Prime-Minister on Social Affairs
MLSD
Ministries of Health, Education, Economy, Finance, Agriculture, Internal Affairs, Agency for local governance, State inspection on ecological and technical safety
Social Fund, FMMI
Statistics Office
Civil Society, Academia, Indep. Experts,
Workers and employers representatives

8. ABND’s proposed modus operandi in the Kyrgyz republic
Round table
Policy makers level
Regular round tables are organized to validate the results of the technical working group, and provide policy recommendations.
Technical WG
Each party should assign a technical staff to participate in the whole process, and the work of the technical group

9. Recommended priority areas
Health
Improving quality of healthcare services
Children
Increasing the level of monthly benefit to low income families with children;
Working age
Improving maternity protection;
Old age
Increasing the pension level;
Increasing the level of monthly benefit to low income families with children;

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