Coordination mechanisms Examples and possible coordination mechanism for

Coordination mechanisms Examples and possible coordination mechanism for the conduct of the ABND in Lao PDR

Stakeholders (ex of Thailand) UNPAF on social protection (2012 -2016) UN/RTG Team on social protection RTG group chaired by MSDHS, under National commission on social welfare, chaired by PM: ILO led UN SPF team, including: • • UNICEF +FAO UNDP +WB UNFPA +IOM WHO +UNHCR UN WOMEN UNESCO UN RCO Workers and employers representatives • • • Ministry of Labour Ministry of Finance Ministry of Interior Ministry of Education Ministry of Public Health NESDB… Statistics office, Academia Civil Society

Stakeholders (ex of Cambodia) National Social Protection Strategy (since 2009) Interim Working Group (chaired by CARD/ co-chaired by WFP) WFP led team including: • • UNICEF ILO UNDP WHO World Bank GIZ … Workers and employers representatives Inter-ministerial taskforce chaired by CARD-SPCU (Ministry of Interior): • • • Ministry of Labour Ministry of Education Ministry of Public Health Ministry of Agriculture Ministry of Interior Ministry of Finance / SNEC Statistics office, Academia Civil Society

Key questions (group work) • Linkage with UNDAF and national devlt plan of the ABND exercise • Coordination mechanism: – Policy level: steering committee? Technical level: taskforce? – Composition? Chairs? Co-chairs? Roles and attributions? Frequency of meetings? – How do we establish these mechanisms and how do we move forward?

1 st proposal • At the national level: MOLSW, Mo. Finance, Mo. Health, Mo. Education, Mo. Public security, Lao National fund, Lao CCI and unions, Mo. Planning and investment, Ministry of information and culture • The national committee will have a secretariat • UN organizations: ILO, WHO, UNICEF, WFP, WB, ADB, UNDP, UNFPA, UNODC? ? , IOM… • The MOLSW will be the lead agency to invite and coordinate with other ministries • Staff or departments in the ministries that will be focal points • Other ministries today: Labour, Health, Planning, Foreign Affairs, Lao Youth Union, Lao CCI, Trade unions, …

2 nd proposal • MOLSW (lead), Mo. E, Mo. Health, Mo. Finance, Mo. PI, Mo. Public security (registration of population), committee for the rural devlt and poverty reduction (statistics on poor households), Mo. Home Affairs, LNCCI, Lao Trade Union • ILO, WFT, UNFPA, WB, WHO, UNICEF • Work plan developed, budget to implement • Meeting once every three months • Information collection, assessment, analysis, organize workshops, draft the plan presented to the government…

3 rd proposal • National committee chaired by deputy prime minister (to be the chair of national advisory board), and then MOLSW (deputy chair and standing position), MOH, Mo. Information and Culture, MOEducation, Commission for malunatrition, LCCI, Lao trade unions • Secretariat to do the coordination which would be led by the MOLSW – namely the department of social security, and there will be members of the different ministries. • We would need to know the TORs of the secretariat. • ILO UNICEF UNFPA WHO WB IOM WFP IOM • Existing Deputy PM = MOFA, Defense, Public security, Justice, Economic and special zone development

4 rth proposal • MOLSW, MOEducation, MOHealth, MPI, Mo. Finance, Mo. Home Affairs, Mo. Industry and Commerce, Ministry of Mines, Mass organizations (lao youth union, womens union, etc. ) and Lao red cross, the national commission for mothers and children and the committee for rural development and poverty reduction • ILO, WFP, WHO JICA UNFPA WB ADB Aus. AID Tripartite organizations, Care, Save the children, Help. Age, World Mission, … NGOs • Academic institutions such as universities and researchers can provide inputs • Ministry of Information and culture but also mass media can help the process in terms of raising awareness

Next steps 1. Decision on the establishment of the government committee (when? May)- the vice minister of MOLSW would send a letter to all vice ministers to inform them on the establishment of the national committee 2. Development of the assessment matrix (May-June 2013) 3. Formulation of policy options (July 2013) 4. Costing of the policy options (August-++) 5. Finalization of the assessment Consultations knowledge sharing and training throughout the process >> Capacity building activities

• MB sends a letter to summarize the mission; according • Chaired by the vice minister of Mo. LSW but reporting to the deputy PM – every quarter we organize a meeting with deputy PM to report on the process… • There is a consensus on choosing • Based on our experience in other countries and given the cross-ministerial nature of this exercise we would recommend to have a direct reporting line to the deputy PM… • UN side – ILO chairs and reports to the UN RCO • Once the report is there we can bring the report to MPI

• Prepare the TORs of the committee – National advisory board – Taskforce / secretariat • As soon as the committee is established we start the process • Letter of the chair to the members to establish the committee with a 1 st meeting of the committee

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