1. Social protection Assessment based national dialogue in Myanmar
Workshop on social protection policy options
June 18th-20th, 2014
Nay Pyi Taw

2. Session 1: Introduction

3. Social protection strategy work plan
Strategy drafting process
Sectoral working group meeting and NTWG launch
NTWG training workshop
NTWG policy workshop
NTWG strategy outline workshop
Draft strategy
January 2014
February 2014
March 2014
April 2014
June 2014
Aug 2014
Sept 2014
October 2014
Assessments and
technical inputs
National dialogue no.1
Social protection assessment matrix
National dialogue no.2
From recommendations to scenarios
National dialogue no.2
From recommendations to scenarios
National dialogue no.3
scenario costing and fiscal space
Social protection delivery workshop
December 2014
Social protection inventory
Assessment of delivery mechanisms

4. Inputs to the NSPS 2014 2015 Inputs NSPS Jan Mar World Bank: Inventory
World Bank: in-depth assessments on social assistance and delivery mechanisms
ABND costing & fiscal space
ABND finalization & endorse-ment
ABND matrix: SP gaps/issues, policy options
Inputs
NSPS
Vision
Objectives
Flagship programmes
Costing
NSPS

5. Steps of ABND Step 3 Step 1 The process in Myanmar Step 2
9. Endorsement by the government and inclusion of some recommendations in the national strategy (Nov 2014-Feb 2015)
1. Inventory of schemes (November 2013)
2. Draft Assessment Matrix
Dialogue # 1 on assessment matrix (March 2014)
The process in Myanmar
8. Finalization of Costing, Fiscal space, Writing ABND report (Sept. – Nov 2014)
4. Translation of policy recommendations into practical scenarios  
7. Dialogue # 3 on costing (August - September 2014)
5. Dialogue # 2 on proposed scenarios (May-June 2014)
6. Data collection for the RAP protocol and costing of the scenarios (June- August 2014)
Step 2

6. Social protection gaps in Myanmar

7. Two dimensions of social protection in Myanmar
Civil servants have access to a pension scheme.
Some formal private sector workers have access to the Social Security Schemes (medical care, sickness, maternity, work injury).
Level of protection
Some emergency relief programmes run by development partners target the poor.
Some programmes target some vulnerable categories of the population.
Some community solidarity.
Free basic public health and education programmes for all.
Poor
Rest of the
Formal sector
Population

8. Formulating scenarios
How to extend social protection in Myanmar?
What are the possible concrete scenarios?
Level of protection
Poor
Rest of the
Formal sector
Population