Regional Social Policy Forum, East Asia and Pacific Towards a Child-sensitive and Adaptive Social Protection System: Achievements and Forethought
Regional Social Policy Forum, East Asia and Pacific Towards a Child-sensitive and Adaptive Social Protection System: Achievements and Forethought
This is an in-person event to take place in Bali, Indonesia.
The Regional Social Policy Forum is jointly organized by the Ministry of National Development Planning (BAPPENAS) of Indonesia and UNICEF (East Asia Pacific regional office and Indonesia chountry office), with financial support from ECHO and the government of Canada, and in collaboration with the World Food Programme and the Finnish Red Cross.
Objectives
The Social Policy Forum aims at facilitating learning from good practices and innovative approaches in Southeast Asia (ASEAN Member States), and the wider East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region. It aims to inform policymaking on strengthening social protection systems, and contribute to the development vision of Indonesia, the ASEAN and other participating countries in Asia and the Pacific.
The Regional Social Policy Forum envisages three objectives:
- Create a platform for policymakers, development partners, academics and practitioners to present good practices, innovative approaches, and lessons learned from implementing child-sensitive and adaptive social protection systems by reflecting on the region’s achievements and forethought.
- Share successful cases and innovative approaches in strengthening child-sensitive and adaptive social protection systems from other East Asia and the Pacific countries.
- Open opportunities for network expansion and future collaborative works among governments and development partners.
Participants will include policymakers, including government officials and decision-makers involved in social protection policy development and implementation in East Asia and the Pacific; practitioners, including development partners, program managers, researchers, and experts in social protection, gender, disaster risk management, and climate change adaptation, will also be invited to contribute their insights and experiences from the region.
The conference aims to create a diverse and inclusive platform for stakeholders to exchange ideas, best practices, and innovative solutions for addressing the complex challenges related to social protection, gender, disaster risk management, and climate change adaptation in the region.
The Forum will focus on experiences and lessons from ASEAN member countries, building on Indonesia’s efforts in those areas, as well as other countries from East Asia and the Pacific engaged in developing child-sensitive and adaptive social protection systems.
