Summary (English)

Contains the proceedings of a tripartite conference held in Johannesburg with the aim of discussing the ILO  Social Protection Floors Recommendation (No. 202).
 

This report presents the opening remarks, key note address, and deliberations that took place at the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Employment and Labour Sector Tripartite Technical Sub-Committee on Social Protection Meeting on 14-15 May 2012 in Johannesburg.

The Report focuses particularly on: scoping and defining national social protection floor (SPF) policies; unlocking social and economic participation and productive capacities; coherent social security systems; governance and capacity to implement SPF policies and programmes; measuring and creating fiscal space; and guidance tools from SADC and opportunities for support. The report also includes case studies on the social protection system of Lesotho; the child support grant and its impact on women and children in Soweto, South Africa; and the promotion of the active labour market by the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) in South Africa.

Summary (Spanish)