Summary
ㅁ Title: The 3rd Social Experts Meeting in Asia and the Pacific
ㅁ Dates: 19-20 November, 2008
ㅁ Venue: Royal Ballroom(1st floor) at Seoul Palace Hotel (Seoul)
ㅁ Hosted by OECD, OECD Korea Policy Centre(Health and Social Programme)
ㅁ Participating parties: Approx. 30 participants from 20 countries and organizations, including Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Chinese Taipei, Viet Nam, ADB, ILO, OECD, Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, Korea Institute for Health & Social Affairs, and universities

Programme Summary
ㅁ 19 November 2008 / Chair: Willem Adema, OECD
1. Welcome Remarks: Gil Sang Roh, Ministry of Health, Welfare & Family Affairs Giwon Cho, OECD Korea Policy Centre
2. Framework and overview of Social Indicators in Asia For reference:
- Part I, Chapter 1, OECD/Korea Policy Centre SAG Asia, Maxime Ladaique, OECD
- Part II, SAG Asia, Theresa Cha, OECD Korea Policy Centre
3. Measuring Well-being and poverty reduction: an Asian perspective For reference:
- Part I, Chapter 2, SAG Asia, Jongwook Won, KIHASA
4. Country Experiences and General Discussion
5. Evaluating the quality of poverty reduction delivery system For reference:
- Part I, Chapter 3, SAG Asia, Seokpyo Hong, KIHASA
6. Country experiences – Poverty delivery systems: Atiur Rahman(Bangladesh), Shanta Venkataraman(India)
- Wynandin Imawan(Indonesia), Saifur Rahman Sherani(Pakistan), Marites B. Lagarto(Philippines)
- M. Ramesh(Singapore/Malaysia), Son Van Tran(Viet Nam)
7. Comments by countries and general discussion
8. Improving social indicators for poverty reduction analysis in the Asian region: an agenda for the future:
- Seokpyo Hong(KIHASA), Willem Adema(OECD), Florence Bonnet(ILO), Axel Weber(ADB)

ㅁ 19 November 2008 / Chair: Willem Adema, OECD
9. Introduction to the technical workshop, Director Cho, OECD Korea Policy Centre
10. Recent developments in Social Accounting:
- OECD Social Expenditure database (SOCX), Willem Adema, OECD
- ILO Social Security Inquiry, Florence Bonnet, ILO
- ADB Social Protection Index, Axel Weber, ADB
11. Recent country developments and results: Ilkin Nazarov(Azerbaijan), Atiur Rahman(Bangladesh), Suman K. Sharma(Nepal), Ruwanthi Elwelagedera(Sri Lanka), Hsiu-o Yu(Chinese Taipei)
12. Improving data collection on:
- Social expenditure and financing, Maxime Ladaique, OECD
- Recipients, Florence Bonnet, ILO
- Coverage measurement
13. General discussion on national practices, methodological and other refinements to improve data quality, comparability, standards.
14. Future plans on joint ADB/ILO/OECD data collection on social expenditure, financing and recipients:
- Willem Adema(OECD), Axel Weber(ADB), Florence Bonnet(ILO)
15. General discussion and agreement on next steps