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Outcome summary
Sub-committee on Policy and Planning (under the National Commission on Social Welfare) endorsed on 12/02/2013 the social protection assessment based national dialogue (ABND) exercise towards a nationally defined social protection floor.Outcome achieved
Sub-committee on Policy and Planning (under the National Commission on Social Welfare) endorsed on 12/02/2013 the social protection assessment based national dialogue (ABND) exercise towards a nationally defined social protection floor. It was launched by the Government on 10/05/2013. The exercise involved consultation with social partners and was conducted in the framework of the United Nations Partnership Agreement Framework (UNPAF).
ILO's contribution to the outcome
In the context of the ABND exercise, the Office developed in collaboration with the government within the framework of the UNPAF partnership, an assessment matrix mapping the existing social security schemes, identifying policy gaps and implementation issues, and providing policy recommendations; and a costing of social protection provisions using the ILO Rapid Assessment Protocol (RAP), methodology. The Office produced most of the report. This paves the way for future collaboration between the UN Country Team in Thailand and the Royal Thai Government for further supporting the recommendations of the ABND report. The Office facilitated the consultations with social partners through national dialogue forums in 2011 (August and November) and 2012 (February and March). It also provided training to social partners and stakeholders on the tool and methodology used. Over 100 Thai constituents have been trained through a series of technical training workshops organized at national and regional levels in close collaboration with the Faculty of Economics, Chulalongkorn University.