Summary (English)

The economic and financial crisis of 2008-2009 with consequences among the poor displayed how well social protection systems face coverage restrictions. That was one of the reasons to conceive in the context of the Global Jobs Pact organized by ILO in 2009 a basic social protection floor which implies assigning monetary transfers and to provide key services to the poorest and vulnerable.

Colombia’s subsidized health regime adopted in 1993 guarantees a basic social service component using SISBEN. In 2008 the concept of social protection floor appears clearly when mentioning social promotion as part of the social protection system. The National Development Plan of 2006-2010 refers social promotion as “State’s actions in the form of monetary transfers or in kind subsidies aimed to help deprived and vulnerable".

This article is produced in the context of a workshop on Integrating Social Policies and the Delivery of Social Protection Floors (SPF), organized by ILO that took place in Siem Reap (Camboya) from May 29 to 31st. Its objective is to identify how a targeting instrument like SISBEN can introduce transparency and traceability to information systems.