Social protection
Extending social security coverage in Indonesia and ASEAN
The ILO with support from the Government of Japan will conduct a regional programme titled “Promoting and Building Social Protection in Asia (3rd phase; 2016-2018): Extending Social Security Coverage in ASEAN”, aimed to generate better knowledge and expertise on extension of social security, and stimulate South-South cooperation across ASEAN Member States.
30 May 2016
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The ILO with support from the Government of Japan will conduct a regional programme titled “Promoting and Building Social Protection in Asia (3rd phase; 2016-2018): Extending Social Security Coverage in ASEAN”, aimed to generate better knowledge and expertise on extension of social security, and stimulate South-South cooperation across ASEAN Member States.
The programme provides direct support to Indonesia and Viet Nam, and in a certain extend to Myanmar, for increasing social security coverage. Lessons learnt, experiences and good practices from the three countries will be disseminated across the ASEAN Member States.
The programme was developed as response to the urgency of the extension of ASEAN’s social protection coverage, particularly with the start of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). In October 2013, ASEAN Heads of State adopted a Declaration on Strengthening Social Protection, pledging for the completion of social protection floors as a priority to achieve growth with equity.
In addition, the Regional Framework for Strengthening Social Protection and its Plan of Action, adopted by the ASEAN Heads of State in November 2015, prioritizes the extension of social security coverage among informal economy workers, self-employed and small and medium enterprises (SME) workers.
Indonesia have taken important steps towards the realization of social security for all through the implementation of a social Health Insurance scheme and the Social Security Provider on Employment (BPJS Ketenagakerjaan). Targeting universal coverage by 2019, the Health Insurance scheme was launched in 2014 and covers more than 165 million persons in April 2016 (BPJS online report). Meanwhile, the BPJS Ketenagakerjaan administers four schemes of social security (employment injury, survivors’ benefit, old-age provident fund and newly launched pension scheme), with approximately 17 million active participants. (*)
The programme provides direct support to Indonesia and Viet Nam, and in a certain extend to Myanmar, for increasing social security coverage. Lessons learnt, experiences and good practices from the three countries will be disseminated across the ASEAN Member States.
The programme was developed as response to the urgency of the extension of ASEAN’s social protection coverage, particularly with the start of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). In October 2013, ASEAN Heads of State adopted a Declaration on Strengthening Social Protection, pledging for the completion of social protection floors as a priority to achieve growth with equity.
In addition, the Regional Framework for Strengthening Social Protection and its Plan of Action, adopted by the ASEAN Heads of State in November 2015, prioritizes the extension of social security coverage among informal economy workers, self-employed and small and medium enterprises (SME) workers.
Indonesia have taken important steps towards the realization of social security for all through the implementation of a social Health Insurance scheme and the Social Security Provider on Employment (BPJS Ketenagakerjaan). Targeting universal coverage by 2019, the Health Insurance scheme was launched in 2014 and covers more than 165 million persons in April 2016 (BPJS online report). Meanwhile, the BPJS Ketenagakerjaan administers four schemes of social security (employment injury, survivors’ benefit, old-age provident fund and newly launched pension scheme), with approximately 17 million active participants. (*)