This programme builds on the 2014-16 programme in the ASEAN region (Women's Economic Leadership and Empowerment in ASEAN) to promote social protection for an increasingly vulnerable group in Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos, namely marginalised workers. At local level the programme obtained encouraging successes. Now the focus will also be put on increased effectiveness of national advocacy for more inclusive social protection frameworks, implemented by capacitated citizens who will exert their rights. We will obtain national impact by using a combination of strategies: (1) working with a wider constituency covering more than 774 marginalised workers� groups, (2) creation of national and widely supported advocacy coalitions for specific demands for social protection, (3) ensuring that representatives are empowered for social dialogue thanks to credible arguments, competences and members� support, (4) ability to grasp or create advocacy opportunities via media, public campaigns and lobby-work, supported by a power and stakeholder analysis, (5) cooperation across borders in regional networks to jointly monitor the roll out of the ASEAN Action Plan for Social Protection, (6) a joint focus on 3 crucial issues: increased inclusiveness, reduced gender gap and increased financing of social protection, and (7) use of peer pressure amongst ASEAN countries resulting from the ASEAN Action Plan. We will work with 15 partners in 3 countries and with 1 regional network, all supported by 6 stakeholders that bring expertise, competences or capacity building. We expect positive impact in terms of increased social and economic resilience for about 200.000 citizens.

Objectives: About 200.000 organised marginalised workers in Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos, in particular women, can exert their rights and increase their economic and social resilience by influencing the relevant decision makers to expand, finance and deliver social protection more effectively and equitably.

Target groups: Region: AMRC: currently 21 members in the regional network AROSP, coming from 14 different countries. Plans to increase to 31 members by 2021, and adding 1 more country: Malaysia. Cambodia: CFSWF: Currently 15 grassroots workers� organisations in the general service sector, entertainment sector, food and brewing sectors (incl. beer and cigarette promotion work), work in supermarkets, gasoline stations, and waste collection. By 2021 plans for 57 local groups. Us: 8 local groups of garment workers and sex workers. Plans to increase membership and 6 additional groups. YRDP: Currently no local organised groups of youngsters/students (18 to 30 y. old) working in informal economy or volunteers in NGOs. Plans to increase to about 45 groups by 2021. CCFC: Currently 37 local Farmers Groups (80% female). Plans to increase to 40 groups by 2021. C.CAWDU: Currently 3 groups of informal garment workers, plans to increase to 25 by 2012. IDEA: Currently 33 local groups to be increased to 39 local groups in 2021. Vietnam: CDI: Currently 12 local clubs of migrant workers; a mix of formal and informal workers. Plans to increase to 16 groups, organised in 2 networks. LIGHT:12 local groups of street- and scrap-vendors, and domestic workers (per hour work). Plans to increase to 20. GFCD: works with8 domestic workers/women�s groups and aim at 15 groups by 2021,organised in 1 association.SDRC: plans to organise 10 waste collectors groups and 10 associations by 2021.M-net: a network with currently 6 members, aiming at 14 member, 1 leader association and � workers� groups Laos:LFTU: currently 68 local trade unions in the sectors of garment, plastics, metal and wool processing manufacturing, mining, and 28 in the informal sector: home-based, construction, plantations, waste collection, street vending and services. Plans to increase to about 238 local unions in formal sector and 53 in the informal economy by 2021. ECCDA: 5 local groups of waste collectors, home-based workers and migrants. Plans to increase to 22 by 2021.HNL: Currently 2 home-based workers� groups, plans to increase to 10 groups by 2012.CAMKID: no target groups in 2016; plans to increase to 12 groups by 2021. In all, there are 269 target groups at the start of this programme, to be increased to 682 target groups by 2021.

This program contributes to the thematic Joint Strategic Framework Decent Work, in particular Sub-target III (Expanding Social protection for all) and Sub-target IV (Promoting Social Dialogue for all).