December 2017

Social Protection OUTLOOK - December 2017

 
 
 

At the time of publishing the Social Protection OUTLOOK the main international issues on social protection are:

Publications

Universal social protection floors: Costing estimates and affordability in 57 lower income countries, ILO, I. Ortiz, F. Durán Valverde, K. Pal, C. Behrendt, A. Acuña Ulate, 2017

Fiscal space for social protection and the SDGs. Options to expand social investments in 187 countries, ILO, UNICEF and UNWOMEN, 2017 (also available in Spanish Espacio fiscal para la protección social y los ODS: Alternativas para ampliar la inversión social en 187 países and in French: Espace Budgétaire pour la protection sociale et les ODD Possibilités d’extension des investissements sociaux dans 187 pays)

Building social protection systems: International standards and human rights instruments, ILO, 2017

Migrant access to social protection under Bilateral Labour Agreements. A review of 120 countries and nine bilateral arrangements, ILO, C. van Panhuys, S. Kazi-Aoul, G. Binette , 2017

Exclusion by design. An assessment of the effectiveness of the proxy means test poverty targeting mechanism, ILO, S. Kidd, B. Gelders, D. Bailez-Athias, 2017

Unemployment protection: A good practices guide and training package, Experiences from ASEAN, and case studies, ILO, C. Peyron Bista, J. Carter, 2017

Mozambique. Budget brief 2017: Social Action, 2017

Cyprus. Actuarial valuation of the General Social Insurance Scheme as of 31 December 2014, ILO, 2017

Social protection floors. Volume 1: Universal schemes

Social protection floors. Volume 2: Innovations to extend coverage

Social protection floors. Volume 3: Governance and financing

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Data & Tools

Main statistical resources

ILO Social Protection Floors Calculator

Inter-Agency Social Protection Assessments (ISPAs)

Social protection assessment-based national dialogue. A global guide

Social Protection Floor Initiative: Manual and Strategic Framework for Joint UN Country Operations

Fiscal space for social protection and the SDGs: Options to expand social investments in 187 countries

Actuarial practice in social security

 

Training

Social health protection: Addressing inequities in access to health care, 12 - 23 March, 2018

Extending social protection to migrant workers, refugees and their families, 19 - 23 March, 2018

Strengthening financial governance and management of pension schemes in Arab States, 02 - 13 April, 2018

Information and Communication Technology, 18-22 June 2018

Investment of Social Security Funds, 18-22 June 2018

Contribution Collection and Compliance, 18-22 June 2018

Actuarial Work in Social Security, 18-22 June 2018

Good Governance, 18-22 June 2018

Administrative Solutions for Coverage Extension, 11-15 June 2018, 18-22 June 2018

Service Quality, 18-22 June 2018

Extensión de la protección social en el contexto de las políticas de formalización, 30 July - 03 August 2018 (Spanish)

Academy on Social Security, 17-28 September 2018 (English and French)

Public Finance for Social Protection Analysts, 08-19 October 2018

Impact Assessment for Social Protection Analysts, 22 October - 02 November 2018

Actuarial Modelling for Social Protection Analysts, 19-30 November 2018

 

ILO Flagship Programme on Social Protection Floors

ILO works on social protection in 136 countries in areas such as design/reform of schemes, legal support, actuarial valuations and national social protection strategies with UN country teams. Additionally, the ILO Global Flagship Programme is mobilizing resources to make social protection floors a national reality in 21 target countries. By joining ILO’s Flagship programme you can make a significant contribution to SDG 1.3.

 

Videos

The World Social Protection Report 2017-19: Launch, ILO

Extending social protection in Timor-Leste by Nobel Peace Prize Laureat, Mr. Ramos-Horta, ILO

Timor-Leste: Why is social protection important to you?, ILO

Facilitating access to social protection to migrants and refugees through Law Clinics, ILO

Social protection for all: Protecting the people that build Zambia, ILO

Social protection for rural migrants in China, ILO

Being someone: Basic social protection in Mozambique, ILO

Launch of the Global Partnership for universal social protection, ILO and World Bank

ILO Director-General Guy Ryder on universal social protection and the SDGs, ILO

Mongolia. Education on social protection, ILO

Garantizando el acceso universal a la salud en Perú, ILO

Seguro social campesino en Ecuador, ILO

Archbishop Emeritus and Nobel Peace Laureate Desmond Tutu on Universal Social Protection, ILO

 

News

Argentina: El recorte a las jubilaciones duplicará lo que se pagó por la Reparación Histórica, La Nación (23.11.2017)

Malaysia: Social responsibility in action, New Straits Times (10.11.2017)

Comment les impôts et aides sociales atténuent les inégalités en France, lemonde.fr (06.11.2017)

Kenya: NHIF reviews out-patient policy, service now 'universally' accessible, Capital Business (03.11.2017)

Egypt is about to launch Universal Health Coverage, HuffPost (30.10.2017)

Costa Rica: OCDE propone reducir cargas sociales para fomentar empleo formal, Nación (19.10.2017)

France: RSI. le plan du gouvernement pour remplacer le régime social des 4,6 millions d'indépendants, Le Monde (05.09.2017)

En Allemagne, les retraités sont les grands oubliés des années Merkel, la-croix.com (30.08.2017)

Cambodia: PM announces boost to maternity leave salaries, Khmer Times (24.08.2017)

France, La Réunion: L’assurance chômage étendue pour les salariés et les indépendants, L'info (11.08.2017)

South Korea: Welfare subsidies to expand for 890,000 low wage earners, The Korea Times (10.08.2017)

UK: State pension reforms hit women for £5.1bn 'substantially' increasing poverty, major IFS study finds, Independent (02.08.2017)

República Dominicana: Seguridad social crece y se democratiza; más dominicanos tienen acceso a un seguro de salud, Hoy Digital (01.08.2017)

India: New 8% Pension scheme, PMVVY, launched: 10 things to know, (22.07.17)

Cambodia: PM announces plan for social security system, The Phnom Penh Post (25.07.17)

Maroc: La gouvernance des socles nationaux de protection sociale érigée en priorité, Le Matin (02.07.2017)

Argentina: La Anses destacó que la Asignación Universal por Hijo (AUH) no afecta el crecimiento del empleo formal, La Nacion (11.07.2017)

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