Promoting and building unemployment insurance and employment

Under the current worldwide financial and economic crisis, employment situation has been striking badly in Asia. By promoting and building unemployment insurance and employment services, this project aims to bottom-up low income workers and improve people’s welfare, and cultivate effective demands in Asian region as results. Most of the Asian countries, however, do not have fully functional public employment service agencies or unemployment insurance systems. There is a concern that lack of social security for un- and underemployed workers in those countries might lead societal instability incurred by enlargement of gaps and inequalities in society. In this regard, there are immediate needs in particular, unemployment insurance system, and building the capacity of employment service agencies which can implement the system in fair and effective manner. This project aims to provide technical and financial assistance with the expertise of the ILO for building-up unemployment insurance system in Asian countries in collaboration with ASEAN Secretariat. Development objective: To increase awareness and interest among ASEAN countries as well as to provide support in the design, implementation and proper operation of unemployment insurance combined with a range of employment services. Immediate objectives: 1. A platform to extend income-security measures (for those workers who lose employment or whose income is reduced) and employment services for workers in ASEAN countries is strengthened through awareness raising activities and research; 2. Unemployment Insurance scheme in Viet Nam functions effectively, with improved financial sustainability and overall management and increased population covered; 3. A network of expertise among ASEAN countries on unemployment insurance schemes and employment services is strengthened. Direct recipients at ASEAN level: ASEAN secretariat, policy makers, managers and technical staff Direct recipients in Vietnam: The Bureau of Employment (BOE) and Technical departments under Ministry of Labour, Invalid, and Social Affairs (MoLISA), The Viet Nam Social Security(VSS), the provincial and district level Labour administration, and Workers’ and Employers’ Organizations.

Project symbol

RAS/13/53/JPN

Admin unit

RO-Asia and the Pacific

Start date

01/11/2012

End date

31/03/2014

Total allocation

758016

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

758016

Development Partners

Japan, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

Country/Countries

Viet Nam

Outcomes

Social Security