Assessmentbased National Dialogue ABND tool ABND tool Mongolia

Assessmentbased National Dialogue (ABND) tool

ABND tool Mongolia ABND is a process of national dialogue Bilateral consultations, national workshops, launch of the final report Involves all relevant stakeholders – Government (Ministries of Labour, Health, Social Welfare, Planning, Education, Finance, Rural Development, etc. ); academia; CSOs; social partners; development agencies Uses national/international expertise and political power to secure final endorsement Philippines d Th an ail

ABND steps ABND usually follows three steps: STEP 1: Building the assessment matrix and identifying priority recommendations Assessment of the SP situation using the SPF framework Identification of gaps, issues, recommendations STEP 2: Costing of SPF policy options and fiscal space analysis STEP 3: Endorsement of policy options The process lasts for around 18 months

ABND steps This report includes quantitative assessments of the cost, impact and fiscal space of policy options, to facilitate decision making Completing the SPF in Thailand would cost an estimated 0. 50 to 1. 21 per cent of GDP by 2020. Completing the SPF in Indonesia was calculated to cost between 0. 74 per cent and 2. 45 per cent of GDP by 2020.

ABND tool The recommendations entailed in the ABND report can be used for: The development of the UNDAF on social protection The development of a national SP strategy or the implementation plan of an existing strategy The design of new SP schemes The reform of existing schemes (to increase or safeguard coverage, to increase or safeguard levels of benefits, to improve governance)

ABNDs in countries Moldova Ukraine OPT Tunisia Jordan Niger Togo Gabon Sao Tomé Paraguay Tajikistan Egypt Chad DRC Lesotho Mongolia Iraq Pakistan Completed Ongoing Planned Kyrgyzstan India Vietnam Laos Philippines Sri Lanka Myanmar Tanzania Thailand Zanzibar Indonesia Timor Leste Vanuatu Malawi Zambia Mozambique