Result achieved
Outcome summary
The multi-stakeholder working group of the Assessment-Based National Dialogue (ABND) on social protection floors including government agencies and the social partners adopted in February 2016 a Resolution on the extension of social protection floors
Outcome achieved
The multi-stakeholder working group of the Assessment-Based National Dialogue (ABND) on social protection floors – including government agencies and the social partners – adopted in February 2016 a “Resolution on the extension of social protection floors”, which contains four priorities: (a) increasing the pension level; (b) increasing the monthly benefit for low-income families with children; (c) increasing the maternity benefit; and (d) improving the social services system.
Based on this resolution, the working group endorsed in May 2017 the report Social Protection Assessment-Based National Dialogue: Towards a Nationally Defined Social Protection Floor (SPF) in the Kyrgyzstan Republic. The report contains a mapping and assessment of existing social security and social protection policies and programmes; identification of coverage gaps and implementation issues; development of priority scenarios to fill the gaps; a rapid assessment exercise to estimate the costs for each scenario; and policy recommendations to extend social protection and establish a national social protection floor.
ILO's contribution to the outcome
The ILO, with RBSA funds [KGZ/14/01/RBS], organized a national dialogue process that led to national consensus among social partners and other key stakeholders, such as UN agencies, NGOs and line ministries. The ILO organized:
(a) The ABND launch in December 2014. About 50 participants attended the round-table;
(b) The first ABND in July 2015. In total 80 participants attended the technical meeting and high level round-table;
(c) A second ABND in February 2016 with a total of 120 participants attending the technical meeting and high-level round-table; and
(d) A third ABND technical meeting organized in May 2017 attended by40 participants.
The ILO drafted the report Social Protection Assessment-Based National Dialogue: Towards a Nationally Defined Social Protection Floor (SPF) in the Kyrgyzstan Republic, and finalized it on the basis of comments and suggestion provided by the ABND SPF working group.
The ILO has been providing technical guidance to the ABND working group which was set up in 2015 to facilitate its work. On May 21–23, in Cholpon-Ata, the ILO organized a three-day training workshop on international social security standards for members of the working group responsible for drafting Kyrgyzstan’s Social Protection Development Strategy for 2015–2017.
Gender equality & non-discrimination
Work in the ABND focused on gender equality and non-discrimination, considering especially the extension of social protection to excluded populations and the increase of maternity benefits.
The ILO adapted in 2015 the training package on maternity protection and social security based on the Maternity Protection Convention, 2000 (No. 183) and other relevant international labour standards, to address discrimination patterns against women and men. The package allows social protection and gender experts to develop their capabilities to promote and defend women’s and men’s rights regarding maternity and paternity leave and benefits. This package was used to provide training to experts from Government, trade unions and employers’ organizations selected from all of the regions of Kyrgyzstan in 2015–2016.