Summary

  ㅁ Title: Meeting on Social Indicators (SIs) and Social Accounting
  ㅁ Dates: 8-9 May 2006
  ㅁ Venue: Hotel President, Seoul,
  ㅁ Participating parties: Approx. 25 people from 13 countries and 4 international organisations
   ㅇ OECD member countries: Korea, Japan, New Zealand and Australia
   ㅇ Non-OECD member countries: China, Malaysia, Mongolia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Chinese Taipei, 
        Kazakhstan
   ㅇ International Organizations: OECD, ILO, ADB and World Bank
   ㅇ National Organization: Ministry of Health and Welfare
 

  Programme Summary

  ㅁ 8 May 2006

         1. Welcome remarks and brief introduction to the Joint OECD Korea Policy Center
         2. General introduction to the on-line questionnaire:
             - Sang Suk Lee, Deputy Minister for Social Welfare Policy, Ministry of Health and Welfare (MHW)
             - Yong Moon Kim, President of Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (KIHASA)
             - Young Ho, Lee, Director, OECD Korea Policy Centre
         3. Comments by other countries and general discussion


  ㅁ 9 May 2006
         4. Presentation by ILO on their training programmes in quantitative social policy analysis, including social
             accounting and budgeting, Krzysztof Hagemejer, ILO.
         5. Presentation by ILO/OECD on proposed joint OECD/ILO/RCHSP training course in social protection
             statistics/accounting/budgeting in the Asia/Pacific region, Krzysztof Hagemejer of ILO &
             Willem Adema of OECD
         6. Processing data on protected persons and beneficiaries
         7. Presentation on OECD SIs by Willem Adema
         8. Consultation on SIs- Country experts are asked to discuss which SIs are particularly relevant for the region,
             and which should be included in any future SIs publications.