Useful links and materials

Guidance notes

Seminars and events

Inequality reduction through social protection (29 Jan 2019)

See all presentation slides on the socialprotection.org website

CSocD Side Event: Innovations for inequality reducing social protection policies in Europe and Africa (14 Feb 2019)


Event flyer (un.org)

Social Protection Systems for Gender Equality (28 Feb 2019)


Download all presentation slides (socialprotection.org)

Key global initiatives

The Inter-Agency Social Protection Coordination Board (SPIAC-B) 
SPIAC-B is a strategic umbrella network established in 2012 for coordinating the work of international organizations, governments and key civil society organisations in the social protection field. The initiative was made by the G20 Development Group, and builds on the Joint UN Social Protection Floors Initiative and the long tradition of inter-agency ‘Show-and-Tell’ meetings. The purpose of SPIAC-B  is to coordinate and harmonise the activities of the organisations that provide social protection related technical and financial assistance to developing countries.  The ILO and the World Bank are the co-chairs of SPIAC-B, and the small SPIAC-B secretariat is hosted by the ILO office to UN in New York. 
SPIAC-B website
SPIAC-B Brochure (pdf, 1,4 Mb)

ISPA - Inter-Agency Social Protection Assessment Tools 
ISPA is a joint exercise by a number of  international organisations to develop a coherent approach and assessment tools on social protection while working with development country partners in the design, revision and implementation of social protection strategies as internal elements in national development strategies. 
World Bank (PPT presenting a general introduction to the ISPA tools) (pdf, 1,35 Mb ) 

UN Social Protection Floor Initiative
This initiative was one of the joint actions launched by the UN in 2009 as a response to the financial crisis.  Social Protection Floor is the lowest level social protection that is seen to ensure life in dignity. It includes essential health care, basic income security for children and older people, and basic income security for persons in active age who are unable to work ( e.g. persons with disabilities and the unemployed) 
Why a Social Protection Floor

UNRISD resource platform: Linking Social Protection and Human Rights. 
United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) has established a resource platform for development practitioners and policy makers for better aligning social protection and human rights.  The Government of Finland is among the agencies funding this initiative.
Social Protection & Human Rights platform

SOCIEUX –Social Protection European Union Expertise in Development Cooperation. 
SOCIEUX  is a demand-driven technical facility that makes available Social Protection expertise to developing countries on short term basis. It was set up by EuropeAid to provide quickly support to partners in their efforts to improve their social protection systems. Its initial implementation period is 2013-2016.    

ILO Social Protection Floors Recommendation (No. 212) was adopted in 2012 by the International Labor Conference further reinforcing the global commitment to progressively expand access to basic social security and essential services for all. There is no "one size fits all" solution: Social Protection Floors are nationally defined rights for all and should be complemented by progressively higher levels of protection, as resources permit.

International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG)
IPC-IG, a research and capacity development institute located in the City of Brasilia in Brazil, is a joint initiative of the Government of Brazil and UNDP. Social protection is one of the main focus areas of IPC-IG. All research conducted at the institute contribute to the broader dissemination and outreach of policy-oriented ideas, facilitating the sharing of knowledge among different countries, researchers and multilateral institutions, thereby serving  to equip policymakers and social protection experts in the design, implementation and monitoring of programmes aiming at fighting poverty and promoting equity. The IPC-IG is developing and hosting a web platform SocialProtection.org for networking and dissemination of information on social protection. It invites agencies and institutions from South and North to use this channel for information sharing.  
SocialProtection.org platform

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African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.  Photo: Ronald Wiman

 

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