Social Protection

Building social protection floors
and comprehensive social security systems

Result achieved

A social protection scheme to extend coverage, enhance comprehensiveness and/or increase adequacy of benefits has been adopted or reformed (Step 2)

Number of countries that have adopted or reformed social protection schemes to extend coverage, enhance comprehensiveness and/or increase adequacy of benefits (Step 2)
31.07.2020 TLS901 Public 2020-21 | 8.1.1

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Outcome summary

A COVID-19 social cash transfer programme was delivered

Outcome achieved

A COVID-19 social cash transfer (CT) was successful delivered by the Ministry of Social Solidarity and Inclusion (MSSI), between June and July 2020, to a total of 98 percent of all eligible households in Timor-Leste (approximately 313,456 families).

ILO's contribution to the outcome

With the support from the COVID-19 Multi Partner Joint Trust Fund, ILO led the development partners from the UN side and provided direct technical assistance throughout the design, implementation and evaluation of the COVID-19 social cash transfer (CT).

Gender equality & non-discrimination

The National Social Protection Strategy target different vulnerable groups, including women along their life cycle. Furthermore, one of the Priority Activities of the new National Social Protection Strategy involves the assessment of the impact of benefits on the most vulnerable groups (including women) and assess the adequacy of existing measures and opportunities to improve the social protection system efficiency.

Partnerships

Ministry of Social Solidarity Timor-Leste

SDG

SDG
Goals
  • End poverty in all its forms everywhere
Targets
  • 1.3 Implement nationally appropriate social protection systems and measures for all, including floors, and by 2030 achieve substantial coverage of the poor and the vulnerable

Impacts

  • Number of persons effectively covered(related SDG indicator 1.3.1)
    Total: 1,200,000
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