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ESSA Project
How to extend social protection to workers in informal employment in the ASEAN region
This policy brief is based on the findings and recommendations of the report, Expansion of Social Protection to Workers in Informal Employment, from the International Labour Organization. The report outlines recent trends in informal employment as...
ESSA Project
Extension of social protection to workers in informal employment in the ASEAN region
The report outlines recent trends in informal employment, challenges and opportunities for extending social protection, by different categories of workers and countries. It also documents relevant country experiences and lessons, and proposes...
Our impact, Their voices
Why social insurance is important to me – Universal social protection to achieve the SDGs
In the past decades, Viet Nam made significant progress in extending social protection, and has now committed to universal social protection by the Master Plan on Social Insurance reform and the Master Plan on Social Assistance reform. The ILO/Japan...
Our impact, Their voices
Social insurance for informal employment – Universal social protection to achieve the SDGs
In the past decades, Viet Nam made significant progress in extending social protection, and has now committed to universal social protection by the Master Plan on Social Insurance reform and the Master Plan on Social Assistance reform. The ILO/Japan...
Our impact, Their voices
Social insurance maternity benefits – Universal social protection to achieve the SDGs
In the past decades, Viet Nam made significant progress in extending social protection, and has now committed to universal social protection by the Master Plan on Social Insurance reform and the Master Plan on Social Assistance reform. The ILO/Japan...
Our impact, Their voices
Unemployment insurance – Universal social protection to achieve the SDGs
In the past decades, Viet Nam made significant progress in extending social protection, and has now committed to universal social protection by the Master Plan on Social Insurance reform and the Master Plan on Social Assistance reform. The ILO/Japan...
Our impact, Their voices
Pensions will ensure income security for older person – Universal social protection to achieve the SDGs
In the past decades, Viet Nam made significant progress in extending social protection, and has now committed to universal social protection by the Master Plan on Social Insurance reform and the Master Plan on Social Assistance reform. The ILO/Japan...
To what extent is social protection associated with better firm level performance?: A case study of SMEs in Indonesia
The relationship between social protection and enterprise performance is much debated in the literature, and evidence is particularly limited in the case of small and medium-sized enterprises in developing economies. This paper examines how the...
ILO-Japan programme
Japanese parliamentary members explore effective ways to support Viet Nam’s labour issues
The delegation aimed to identify decent work challenges faced by Vietnamese workers and find solutions to address them as more and more major Japanese companies are choosing Viet Nam to locate their factories.
OpEd
Viet Nam’s social security reform looks to the future
ILO’s senior specialist Nuno Cunha analyses the new resolution on the Master Plan on Social Insurance Reform which reflects the country’s comprehensive and integrated approach to address challenges in the years to come.
Viet Nam’s social insurance reforms to be gradual, evidence-based
The expansion of health insurance in Viet Nam shows that extending social insurance coverage is possible.
Policy issues
Viet Nam to consider grade, position-based salaries in public sector while gradually reforming social insurance
Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue consulted ILO Viet Nam on wage and social insurance policies on 8 November as part of the development of country’s reform.
Towards better, improved employment-related social security in Indonesia
Building greater trust among relevant stakeholders, optimizing benefits adequacy, re-profiling members of social security for workers as well as synchronizing existing regulations were the four recommendations from the joint evaluation seminar...
Examining two-year implementation of social security for workers in the digitalization era
Social security system for workers has been implemented for two years in Indonesia. This system covers four schemes managed by the Employment-related Social Security Provider (BPJS Ketenagakerjaan) since 1 July 2015: the Work Accident Benefit, Death...
Experiences from ASEAN
Unemployment protection: A good practices guide and training package
Learning from concrete country experiences and practices, the package provides guidelines and tools to conduct training sessions and workshops on unemployment protection.
Case studies and exercises on unemployment protection: Based on the fictional country of Coresia
Social protection and decent work are recognized as cornerstones of the new global development agenda, with a prominent space in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Social protection and unemployment protection are also priorities set...
New pension scheme
Adequacy versus financial sustainability of the new pension scheme: ILO’s perspective
Responding to a request from the Indonesian Ministry of Manpower and BPJS Ketenagakerjaan the ILO has undertaken an actuarial valuation of the new pension scheme.
Social protection for all
Extending social protection coverage in Indonesia
Strengthening national social security institutions in order to achieve universal coverage and explore customized solutions for specific vulnerable groups (workers from the informal economy, migrant workers) was among the key points listed as top...
Dissemination workshop
Dissemination workshop: ILO's study on improving social security inspection
The ILO/Japan Project “Extending social security in ASEAN” (ESSA) project provides direct support for Viet Nam to conduct a policy-oriented study aimed at enhancing the social security inspection with the view of improving compliance of social...
Evaluation seminar
ILO - Ministry of Manpower Forum: Two-year Implementation of Social Security for Workers in the Digitalization Era
Social Protection is a priority area of ILO constituents in Indonesia as listed on the Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP). The importance of developing a national social security system that provides adequate protection for all was reaffirmed at...