August 2014

 
 
 

This OUTLOOK announces two major international issues on social protection:

  • After 16 months of deliberations, the Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals adopted by acclamation on 19 July 2014 a set of 17 proposed goals that will be submitted to the General Assembly in September for the final phase of negotiations before the adoption a new UN development agenda in 2015. The proposal calls for the implementation of nationally-appropriate social protection systems and measures for all, including social protection floors. Read more.
 

Data & Tools

UNDG Asia-Pacific social protection issues brief

In the letter addressed to all UN Resident Coordinators and UN Country Teams (UNCTs) by Chair Helen Clark and ILO Director-General Guy Ryder on 24th March 2014, they urged to advance the implementation of social protection floors (SPFs). The UNDG Asia-Pacific social protection issues brief provides concrete examples and a step-by-step approach to facilitate the SPF implementation. Although developed in the Asia and the Pacific region, it is also relevant for UNCTs in other regions.

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Publications

News

España: La reforma reducirá en un 3% la pensión media de jubilación a partir de 2025, elpais (23.07.2014)
Jamaica: Jamaica has taken steps toward achieving universal health coverage, jamaicaobserver (17.07.2014)
Italy: Italian pensions hit by crisis and overhaul, the local (09.07.2014)
Sénégal: Gratuité des soins pour les enfants - Les populations préoccupées par le suivi de la Couverture maladie universelle, lesoleil (28.06.2014)
China: New pension program set to roll out this year, CHINADAILY Europe, 26.06.14
Argentina: Un aumento del 40% en las asignaciones familiares y en la Asignación Universal por Hijo, ANSES, 25.06.14
Peru: National Council for Labour and the Promotion of Employment approved National Social Security Policy promoting progressive access to social security for all the Peruvian population, Ministerio de Trabajo y Promoción del Empleo, Peru, 17.06.14
Chile: Ministra del Trabajo destaca proyecto de AFP estatal que será presentado este lunes, Emol, 15 Junio 2014
UK: Children's health harmed by rising poverty, The Guardian, 28 May 2014
Honduras: Gobierno lanza “nuevo modelo” de seguridad social, La Tribuna, 22.05.14
Colombia: Colombianos residentes en el exterior podrán afiliarse a protección social, LR, 14.05.14

Training

Academy of social security, 22 September - 3 October 2014, ILO International Training Centre, Turin

G20 E-learning course on social protection, Executive course on pensions (NEW)

Employment injury schemes and the prevention of occupational accidents and diseases, 13 - 24 October 2014, ILO International Training Centre, Turin, Italy

HIV and AIDS and the World of Work: a prevention and social protection perspective, 13 - 24 October 2014, ILO International Training Centre, Turin, Italy

Executive course on pensions, 3 - 7 November 2014, ILO International Training Centre, Turin

Actuarial modelling of public pension schemes, 24 November - 5 December 2014, ILO International Training Centre, Turin, Italy

Training programme on social protection, ILO International Training Centre, 2014

Insights

ILO's Director-General Guy Ryder discussed income inequality with CNN

No health workers, no health protection, by Xenia Scheil-Adlung, Health Policy Coordinator at the ILO Social Protection Department