ADB-UNICEF Regional Workshop: The Role of Non-State Providers in Delivering Basic Social Services for Children (19-20 April 2010)

As part of a joint ADB-UNICEF initiative to enhance understanding of the political, legal and institutional mechanisms needed to support the non-state role in basic service delivery, UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office (EAPRO) and ADB organized a regional workshop on 19-20 April 2010 focusing on NSP delivery of services in health — including nutrition and HIV/AIDS, education, and water and sanitation. The outcomes of the two-day workshop will help inform policy interventions and systems for advancing access to basic services across Asia and the Pacific. The workshop discussed the experience of UNICEF, ADB, civil society, private sector and governments in NSP involvement in basic service delivery. It also explored mechanisms by which governments can undertake pro-active, contextual and contemporary policy-making by partnering with the private and nonprofit sectors. Finally, the workshop focused on concrete regional and country-level actions; and generated recommendations to inform policy interventions and systems for advancing access to basic social services.