Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

November 11th, 2016

Summary
2016 WAPES Workshop for the Asian-Pacific Region・The 14th ASEAN & Japan High Level Officials Meeting on Caring Societies

○Date & Venue

Date: From 9 to 11 November 2016

Venue: Shinagawa Prince Hotel (*part of the session is held at Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa)

 

○ Participants: total 100 participants

 

○Theme: “Facilitating the participation and improvement for the accessibility for those who need a social support”

○Organizer: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

【Programme】
Day 1: Wednesday, 9 November 2016

○ Opening Address

- Mr. Gaku Hashimoto, State Minister of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan
- Dr. Mehmet MÜEZZİNOĞLU, Minister of Labour and Social Security of Turkey
- Mr. Mehmet Ali ÖZKAN , President of WAPES
- Ms. Mega Irena, Assistant Director of ASEAN Secretariat

○ Keynote speech:Facilitating the participation and improvement for the accessibility for those who need a social support (PDF:1,106KB)

- Dr. Yoshihiro KANEKO, Professor of Hitotsubashi University)

○ Plenary Session 1:

Facilitating the participation and improvement for the accessibility for those who need a social support

○ Plenary session 2:

WAPES Peer Review Tool Kit presentation on employment measures for the youth, the elderly and women

○ Parallel Session 1

○ Parallel Session 2

Day 2: Thursday, 10 November 2016

○ Study Visit

Day 3: Friday, 11 November 2016

○ Parallel Session 3

○ Plenary session 3

○ Closing Remark

- Mr. Masahiko Yamada, Deputy Assistant Minister for International Policy Planning, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

Report on 2016 WAPES Workshop for the Asian-Pacific Region・The 14th ASEAN & Japan High Level Officials Meeting on Caring Societies (with photos) (PDF:3,456KB)

APPENDIX

Background of the Meeting

The ASEAN and Japan High-Level Officials Meeting on Caring Societies has been held since 2003 for the purpose of enhancing the development of human resources in health and social welfare in ASEAN regions and strengthening cooperative relationship between Japan and ASEAN countries.

Until the 8th Meeting held in 2010, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) invited high-level officials in charge of health and social welfare policies from the 10 ASEAN countries. From the 9th Meeting held in 2011, MHLW has invited officials in charge of employment policies as well as those in charge of health and social welfare policies for the promotion of cooperation in these three fields.

The Meeting is recognized as a vital platform which supports the ASEAN Plus Three (Japan, People’s Republic of China, and Republic of Korea) Health Ministers’ Meetings (AHMM+3) and the ASEAN Plus Three Ministerial Meetings on Social Welfare and Development (AMMSWD+3) among the ASEAN countries. Japan reported the results of the Meeting to the above-mentioned ASEAN Plus Three Ministers’ Meetings.

ASEAN countries expressed profound expectation for the continuation of the Meetings.

WAPES founded in 1988 is a global association of Public Employment Services. Almost 85 Public Employment Services from all over the world are members; together they represent more than 1 million staff, and they manage labour markets with unemployment rates ranging from two to 80 per cent.

WAPES arranges activities in all regions of the world every year for public employment services and other invited organisations: conferences, workshops, peer reviews, trainings, study visits and other consultancies as well as studies and surveys on public employment service’s strategy and performance. The activities are arranged together with our members and partners.

All activities contribute to achieving the objectives of being a speaking partner in the global arena, a platform for learning and knowledge-building, and a support for capacity building among members.

○ Past themes of the ASEAN & Japan High Level Officials Meeting on Caring Societies

The 1st Meeting November, 2003 Human Resource Development for Social Welfare and Health Services
The 2nd Meeting August, 2004 Development of Human Resources and Implications of Aging Societies
The 3rd Meeting August, 2005 Health and Welfare Services for Children and People with Disabilities
The 4th Meeting August, 2006 Support to Vulnerable People (Children and Women)
The 5th Meeting August, 2007 Collaboration of Social Welfare and Health Services, and Development of Human Resources and Community
-Community Services for the Elderly-
The 6th Meeting September, 2008 Healthy Next Generation:
- Strengthening Joint Collaboration between Health and Social Welfare -
The 7th Meeting August, 2009 Towards an Inclusive Society
-Strengthening the collaboration between social welfare, health and medical systems for Children with Disabilities-
The 8th Meeting August, 2010 Poverty alleviation with a focus on vulnerable people
- through strengthening collaboration between the social welfare and health services-
The 9th Meeting October, 2011 Human resource development in the sectors of welfare and health
-with a focus on capacity building of service providers and employability promotion of vulnerable people-
The 10th Meeting October, 2012 Caring Societies for the Socially Vulnerable Suffering after Natural Disaster
The 11th Meeting December, 2013 Active Aging
The 12th Meeting October, 2014 Resilient Communities for Active Aging
The 13th Meeting October, 2015 People-Centered Disaster Risk Reduction and Restoration
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