October 2018

Social Protection OUTLOOK - June 2018

 
 
 

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

Publications

Social protection for older persons: Policy trends and statistics 2017-19, ILO, 2018

The ILO multi-pillar pension model: Building equitable and sustainable pension systems, ILO, 2018

Ratification of ILO Convention No. 102 and other social security standards, ILO, 2018

Care work and care jobs for the future of decent work, ILO, 2018

Universal basic income proposals in light of ILO standards: Key issues and global costing, I. Ortiz, C. Behrendt, A. Acuña-Ulate, Q. Nguyen, ILO, 2018

Analyse du système de protection sociale du Togo à travers le processus SPPOT. Vers un socle national de protection sociale, OIT, OECD-Finlande-UE SPS, ISPA, 2018

Is biometric technology in social protection programmes illegal or arbitrary? An analysis of privacy and data protection, M. Sepulveda, ILO, 2018

Setting out for digital social security, E. Weber, ILO, 2018

Building an adequate U.S. labor and social protection system for the 21st century, S. Polaski, ILO, 2018

From principles to practice: A method for identifying income sufficiency when applying International Legal Standards, S. Reddy, ILO, 2018

Innovative approaches for ensuring universal social protection for the future of work, C. Behrendt and Q. Nguyen, ILO, 2018

Tajikistan: Guaranteed medical services, ILO, 2018

Botswana: Financing social protection through taxation on natural resources, ILO, 2018

France: Role of the private sector in the development of social protection in the 19th century, ILO, 2018

Trinidad and Tobago: Universal pensions and care for elderly people, ILO, 2018

Ecuador: El caso del Seguro Social Campesino, ILO, 2018

Ukraine: Ratification of ILO’s Convention No. 102, ILO, 2018

France: A Simplified Scheme for Micro-entrepreneurs, ILO, 2018

Toward more inclusive measures of economic well-being: Debates and practices, ILO, 2018

The architecture of digital labour platforms: Policy recommendations on platform design for worker well-being, ILO, 2018

Universal Social Protection Country Cases, USP2030 partnership, 2018

Social protection for indigenous peoples, ILO, 2018 (also available in French: La protection sociale des peubles autochtones and Spanish: Protección social para los pueblos indígenas)

France: Role of the private sector in the development of social protection in the 19th century, ILO, 2018

World Social Protection Report 2017 - 19 now translated in French, Russian and Spanish to monitor SDG 1.3, ILO, 2017

The Human Right to Social Security, Special Issue of International Social Security Review, Oct./Dec 2017

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

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

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Data & Tools

Main statistical resources

Pension primer

ILO Social Protection Floors Calculator

Social Protection Monitor 2017 Update

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

Legal instruments and the right to social security

Financing social protection

Fiscal space for social protection and the SDGs: Options (also in French and Spanish)

Actuarial practice in social security

 

Training

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.

The 4th annual meeting of the ILO’s Global Business Network for SPFs and the 3rd Meeting of the Multi-Stakeholder Partnership for SDG 1.3 and 2nd meeting of the Social Protection, Freedom and Justice for Workers Network, are taking place in Geneva on 23 and 24 October 2018

 

Videos

Pension primer: Three video tutorials on administration, design options and reforms of pension systems, ILO

Moçambique. Sistema de Proteção Social, ILO

The ILO Global Flagship Programme on Building Social Protection Floors for All. The voice of development partners, ILO

ILO’s Global Business Network for Social Protection Floors, ILO

Práticas na extensão da proteção social ao trabalho doméstico na CPLP, ILO

On your own, extending social protection to workers in the informal economy in Mozambique, ILO

World Social Protection Report 2017-19. Summary, ILO

Extending social protection in Timor-Leste by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, 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 Mozambiqu, ILO

Launch of the Global Partnership for universal social protection, ILO

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

Malaysia: 13.7 million M'sians do not have any social security protection, New Straits Times (02.10.2018)

Le Togo met le cap sur un socle national de protection sociale, Togo Breaking News (20.09.2018)

Russia pension protests: Police break up opposition rallies, BBC News (09.09.2018)

Philippines: House approves 100-day paid maternity leave on 2nd reading, PTV NEWS MT (28.08.2018)

Canada: Ottawa announces $189M to extend employment insurance for seasonal workers, CTV News (20.08.2018)

India: Govt to launch flagship Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme on 25 September, Live mint (15.08.2018)

Agentina: Las jubilaciones subirían 28,4% en el año, pero perderían frente a la inflación, La Nación (09.08.2018)

Germany: Over 260,000 children receiving benefits abroad, DW (08.08.2018)

Bahrain: New Bahraini Health Insurance Law Imposes a Universal Health Insurance Mandate Beginning in 2019, Al Tamimi & CO (05.08.2018)

Kenya: Gov't Releases Sh9.6 Billion monthly stipend for Kenyans aged 70 and above, Mwakilishi (08.06.2018)

France: Fusion des aides sociales - 3,5 millions de ménages subiraient une baisse, selon un rapport, Nouvel Obs (03.08.2018)

Spain’s new government agrees to raise pensions in line with inflation, Reuters (12.06.2018)

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