1. Assessment-based National Dialogue (ABND) tool

2. 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
Thailand
Philippines

3. 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

4. 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.

5. 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)

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