This study explores the ways of promoting ODA for health and social protection in South Korea. After participating in OECD DAC in 2010, the amount of ODA of Korea grew fast. The second largest sector is health, but its type is mainly short-term project and hardware support. ODA for social protection is even less than 1% of total ODA of Korea. However, the post-2015 development agenda put emphasis on sustain- able and inclusive growth, and these need development coop- eration in social protection beyond basic health. And among recipient countries, low-income-countries(LICS) have demand for social protection after meeting some Millenium Development Goals. Based on global backgrounds and recipi- ents’ demand, we need to consider how to vitalize ODA for health and social protection.
The ways are following: (1) We need to develop Deep(Development Experience Exchange Partnership) ODA in health and social systems. This is consistent in recipients’ ca- pacity building for sustainable growth. Korea has strength in her experience of transition from recipient to donor country, so that developing countries can rather easily accommodate the experience. Therefore we need to operate KSP(KnowledgeSharing Program) that provides consultation of social policies and health programs. And academy partners are asked to do the regional studies in order to provide policy consultation based on the demand of recipient countries. (2) Strengthening capacity for monitoring and evaluation for rigorous and objective evaluation is necessary. For improvement of effective- ness of aid, we also need to monitor and evaluate longer-term programs and sectors like health.