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

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

Stakeholders (ex of Cambodia) WFP led team including: UNICEF ILO UNDP WHO World Bank GIZ … Interim Working Group (chaired by CARD/ co-chaired by WFP) 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 National Social Protection Strategy (since 2009) Workers and employers representatives Civil Society Statistics office, Academia

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, MoFinance, MoHealth, MoEducation, MoPublic security, Lao National fund, Lao CCI and unions, MoPlanning 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), MoE, MoHealth, MoFinance, MoPI, MoPublic security (registration of population), committee for the rural devlt and poverty reduction (statistics on poor households), MoHome 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, MoInformation 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

4rth proposal MOLSW, MOEducation, MOHealth, MPI, MoFinance, MoHome Affairs, MoIndustry 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 AusAID Tripartite organizations, Care, Save the children, HelpAge, 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 MoLSW 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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