EC Social Protection Training Course

Bangkok, June 2012

Introduction

• Program Overview• Rules of the Game• Introducing ourselves

Day 1

• Setting the Stage: Why Social Protection?• SP in EC Development Cooperation

Helène Bourgade, Nick Taylor (EC)

• Concept and Rationale for Social ProtectionGabriele Köhler (IDS)

• Global and Regional Approaches to Social Protection

Valérie Schmitt-Diabate (ILO)

• Vulnerabilities in Asia and the Pacific: Regional Context

Donovan Storey, Patrik Andersson (UN ESCAP)

Day 2

• Choosing the Appropriate Instrument• Recap

Participants

• Instruments of Social Protection: what is in place, what works, what are obstacles, what is missing?

Gabriele Köhler and participants

• Design Considerations: Targeting and Conditionality

Franziska Gassmann (MGSoG)

Day 3

• RecapParticipants

• Theme 1: Economic and Political Feasibility• The Politics of Social Protection

Gabriele Köhler

• Financing: Affordability and Fiscal SpaceFranziska Gassmann

• Theme 2: The Future of SP in the Region• Panel discussion

Moderated by Nick Taylor

Day 4

• EU Development Cooperation for Social Protection• Recap

Participants

• Social Protection and Aid Modalities: IssuesNick Taylor

• Performance MeasurementFranziska Gassmann

• DiscussionHelène Bourgade

• Learning outcomes and course evaluation

Rules of the Game

• Attendance of all sessions required for course certificate

• Presentations prepared by participants• Will be included in various sessions

• Daily recap• Every morning for max. 30 minutes by

participants• 4 participants will be selected at random the day

before• Updated presentations

• Will be made available on website (tba) for individual downloading

Introducing ourselves....

• The training team• The participants

• ...and further: our tables should be as mixed as possible and not organized by country teams....