The Thailand Country DevelopmentPartnership for Social Protection (CDP-SP) is acollaborative program of policy development and technicalassistance between the Ministry of Labor and SocialProtection and the Bank and was launched in July 2001.CDP-SP operates in three key policy areas: labor markets;social insurance; and social assistance and safety nets.This report reviews the objectives and planning for thethree year rolling program, as it was agreed at the launchin July 2001; and highlights the performance of CDP-SP inthe first year through June 2002 in five reform areas:social assistance, employment services, unemploymentinsurance, occupational health and safety, data for socialprotection. The progress towards achievement of benchmarksis impressive and ahead of schedule in some respects. Theformal launch of Year 2 of CDP-SP is anticipated to takeplace in October/November 2002. Year 2 will involveconsolidation of reform into the key steps necessary toimprove service performance, the application of technicaland analytical insights gained in Year 1, and thepreparation of plans for implementing on a larger scale theservice improvements that have been agreed.