October 2015

 
 
 

HIGLIGHTS: Recent major social protection events:

Sustainable Development Goals approved at UN summit. New development agenda until 2030

Are you ready? Support Social Protection for all in the SDGs

International Day of Older Persons

 

Publications

Realising the right to social security and the right to food. The contribution of national social protection floors towards food security and the realisation of the right to adequate food for all, Stephen Devereux, ILO, October 2015

Long-term care (LTC) protection for older persons: A review of coverage deficits in 46 countries, Xenia Scheil-Adlung ILO, September 2015

World Social Protection Report in Russian, August 2015

Country note: Thailand. A national health insurance beneficiary registry based on national identification numbers, ILO, August 2015

Recovery of the World of Work in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. ILO support to the post-Ebola social and economic recovery, ILO, July 2015

Social protection assessment based national dialogue. Definition and cost of a social protection floor in Mongolia, ILO, June 2015

Country note: India: RSBY: Extending social health protection to vulnerable population by using new technologies, ILO, July 2015

The role of economic and social councils and similar institutions in promoting social protection floors for all through social dialogue, ILO, AICESIS, ESDC, June 2015

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Data & Tools

Main statistical resources

Statistics & indicators of the World Social Protection Report 2014/2015

Social protection assessment based national dialogue: A good practices guide

The ILO/UNICEF Costing and Assessment Tools

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

Inter-agency social protection assessment (ISPA) tools

Financing social protection

Actuarial practice in social security

News

Portugal : La baisse des retraites au Portugal légitime, selon les juges européens, lequotidien.lu (24.09.2015)

South Africa: After a 70 year wait, is universal health care finally coming to South Africa?, edition.cnn.com (21.09.2015)

Suisse: Un bonus de 70 francs sur les retraites pour séduire les bas salaires, letemps.ch (15.09.2015)

Philippines: DBM ramps up social protection spending, disbursements rose 70% increase to P36.6 billion, businessmirror.com.ph (15.09.2015)

Chile: Reformas estructurales al sistema de pensiones en Chile, elmostrador.cl (07.09.2015)

Honduras : Hoy entra en vigor la nueva Ley de Protección Social, laprensa.hn (03.09.2015)

Bangladesh: Protect the poorest - Implement the National Social Security Strategy with the right mix of technology, thedailystar.net (31.08.2015)

Guyana: Major reforms in the pipeline to enhance social protection, kaieteurnewsonline.com (26.08.2015)

Three new benefits for Canadian Armed Forces personnel and Veterans , draytonvalleywesternreview.com (10.08.2015)

Venezuela - Más de 7.800 artistas, cultores y creadores están afiliados al Sistema Nacional de Seguridad Social, correodelorinoco.gob.ve (08.08.2015)

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Training

G20 E-learning on social protection, 7 September - 4 December 2015

Academy on Social Security, 21 September - 2 October 2015

Designing and implementing unemployment benefits integrated with active labour market policies, 19 - 28 October 2015

Actuarial modelling of public pension schemes, 23 November - 4 December 2015

ILO international Training Centre: Training catalogue 2015

Blog and Videos

Sandra Polaski on Inequality G20, ILO (September 2015)

Interview of Dr. Johan Strijdom, Department of Social Affairs, The African Union, ILO (September 2015)

Social protection for all to change people's lives by 2030, by Isabel Ortiz, ILO (September 2015)

Interview of Mr Albert Eberhardt Biwa, Ministry of Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare, Namibia, ILO (August 2015)

Building Social Protection Floors in Southern Africa: The role of the ABND methodology, ILO (August 2015)

Building Social Protection Floors in Southern Africa: Implementation and Coordinated Delivery, ILO (August 2015)

Entretien avec Victor Benoit, ancien Ministre des Affaires sociales et du Travail de Haïti, ILO (August 2015)

Zambia - Practical Guidelines for Extending Social Protection to Construction Sector, ILO, NAPSA, WCFCB, Zambia Green Jobs Programme (August 2015)

Mongolia - Why is social protection important to me?, ILO (August 2015)