November 2015

 
 
 

HIGLIGHTS: Recent major social protection events:

José Antonio Ocampo joins the ILO in the fight for universal social protection as Goodwill Ambassador

ILO Governing Body adopts the Global Flagship Programme on building social protection floors for all

ILO launches Global Business Network for Social Protection Floors

Social Protection at the Annual Meetings World Bank/IMF

Publications

The Decade of Adjustment: A Review of Austerity Trends 2010-2020 in 187 Countries, Isabel Ortiz, Matthew Cummins, Jeronim Capaldo, Kalaivani Karunanethy, ILO, October 2015

The Forthcoming Adjustment Shock Policy Brief based, Isabel Ortiz, Matthew Cummins, Jeronim Capaldo and Kalaivani Karunanethy, ILO, October 2015

Fiscal Space for Social Protection: Options Exist even in the Poorest Countries - Eight Options to Expand Social Investments in 187 Countries, Isabel Ortiz, Matthew Cummins and Kalaivani Karunanethy, ILO, October 2015

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

Factsheet: Towards evidence-based and participatory policy-making in Myanmar, ILO, WFP, WB, October 2015

Social Protection Assessment Based National Dialogue: Towards a nationally defined social protection floor in Myanmar, ILO, October 2015

World Social Protection Report in Russian, ILO, 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

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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

Sénégal - 2,4 millions de Sénégalais toucheront la Couverture maladie universelle en 2016, fr.starafrica.com (04.11.2015)

France - L'Assemblée vote la création d'une protection universelle maladie, lemonde.fr (23.10.2015)

East Africa: Reduced spending on social protection undermines poverty eradication efforts, allafrica.com (24.09.2015)

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

Ghana: Gender Ministry Implements Social Protection Interventions for Vulnerable Groups, allafrica.com (22.10.2015)

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)

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Training

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

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

ILO international Training Centre: Training catalogue 2016

Blog and Videos

Bolsa família: an international example of social inclusion. An interview with Helmut Schwarzer, ILO (October 2015)

Interview de Mr. Abdi Houssein Ahmed, Ministre du Travail et de la Réforme, Djibouti, ILO (October 2015)

The vital role of social protection in the fight against inequality - Winnie Byanyima, ILO/OXFAM (October 2015)

70 ans de la sécurité sociale française - discours de Valérie Schmitt, ILO (Octobre 2015)

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

G20 starts to tackle inequality - Sandra Polaski, ILO Deputy Director-General for Policy, ILO(Octobre 2015)

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

Social protection and human rights by Isabel Ortiz, ILO (September 2015)

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