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ASEAN Workshop Identifies Strategies on Social Protection, Jakarta, 28 Feb - 1 Mar 2006
- New Deputy Secretary-General for Economic Cooperation assumes post at the ASEAN Secretariat
ASEAN Workshop Identifies Strategies on Social Protection, Jakarta,
28 Feb - 1 Mar 2006
ASEAN officials have identified key strategies and initiatives to strengthen social protection systems in ASEAN at a two-day inter-Ministry regional workshop held at the ASEAN Secretariat from 28 February to 1 March 2006.
Organised by the Human Development Unit of the ASEAN Secretariat, the regional workshop on Strengthening Social Protection Systems in ASEAN brought together over forty-five representatives from the Ministries of Labour, Social Welfare and Development, Rural Development and Women to discuss the issue of social protection systems in ASEAN.
With respect to the labour sector, the participants identified the development of a social parameters database in all ASEAN Member Countries as the key strategy. They also identified the need for multi-stakeholder involvement in addressing social protection issues for the informal and public sectors, and an ageing workforce. Concerning child protection, it was proposed that a series of training for trainers focusing on different areas on child protection was necessary. On micro and area-based schemes, there was a call to strengthen and promote utilisation of local and indigenous practices and systems of self-help.
The two-day workshop was funded by the ASEAN-EU Programme for Regional Integration Support (APRIS) and the ASEAN-UNDP Partnership Facility (AUPF).
New Deputy Secretary-General for Economic Cooperation assumes post at the ASEAN Secretariat
Mr. Nicholas Tandi Dammen assumed post as the new Deputy Secretary-General for Economic Cooperation on 1 February 2006. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Dammen spent more than 30 years in the Foreign Service of Indonesia, with a special focus on economic issues. He has served as a diplomat in various overseas posts, namely, Papua New Guinea, Finland, United Kingdom, Singapore, and Geneva. His previous position before coming to the ASEAN Secretariat was Director General/Head of Policy Planning and Development Agency for the Department of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia. Mr. Dammen received a Masters of Arts from the University of Humberside, United Kingdom, in 1997. He is married with three children.
