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Second African Decent Work Symposium. Yaounde, 6-8 October 2010

Building a Social Protection Floor with the Global Jobs Pact

ILO, Social Security Department
2010
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Summary (English)

 

PROMOTING JOBS

Panel 1 - Prospects for labour market recovery: Policies for employment and development

 

PROTECTING PEOPLE

Presentation and discussion of the ILO Report "Building a Social Protection Floor with the Global Jobs Pact"

Panel 2 - The right to social security and the relevance of ILO instruments

 

Roundtable - The UN Social Protection Floor Initiative

 

Panel 3 - The social security extension challenge in Africa: Income security and health benefits

 

Panel 4 - The financing and the governance challenges

 

 

Note

The 2nd African Decent Work Symposium on “Building a Social Protection Floor with the Global Jobs Pact” was held from October 6 to 8, 2010 in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The Symposium hosted African Ministers and representatives of employers and workers in Africa as well as representatives from UN agencies, the Pan-African Parliament, the UN Economic Commission for Africa, the African Development Bank, Regional Economic Communities, World Bank, IMF, donors and NGOs engaged in social protection policy formulation.

The conference aimed at promoting employment and protecting people through the implementation of effective national social protection floors as important tools in fighting poverty, investing in socio-economic development and consolidating the economic recovery process on the continent. As a result, a declaration has been adopted.

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