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.