Conferences and capacity development initiatives
The UNSPF Joint Team undertook a series of conferences and capacity development initiatives to strengthen the national analytical capacity in social protection.
Conferences organized by the team
Participants of the Conference “Social Protection Floor for a Fair and Inclusive Globalization”
In November 2010, the UNSPF Joint Team facilitated a Development Cooperation Seminar hosted by the UN in Thailand and the National Economic and Social Development Board on the theme “Social Protection: Towards Universal Coverage in Thailand”. The seminar brought together more than 70 government officials, international development agencies, civil society groups, academics, workers’ and employers’ organizations and other relevant experts to review the current social protection system in Thailand. A number of key policy recommendations for the extension of social protection coverage, with a focus on universal coverage of social protection and sustainability of the system, emerged from this seminar Learn more about DCS
In December 2011, a conference was organized to share the conclusions and recommendations of the Social Protection Floor Advisory group’s report entitled “Social Protection Floor for a Fair and Inclusive Globalization”, in the presence of Martin Hirsch, Member of the Social Protection Floor Advisory Group, as well as to present and disseminate a regional study by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) on “The Promise of Protection: Social Protection and Development in Asia and the Pacific”.
Thailand’s vision and experience in the extension of social security and the Social Protection Floor were also presented and discussed. Participants at the meeting engaged in an open discussion on key cross-cutting issues related to social security extension and the implementation of the Social Protection Floor.
Training Workshops organized by the UNSPF Joint Team:
Training has been provided to a body of social security experts from government institutions and line ministries, workers, employers, CSO representatives, academia on social security concepts, SPF assessment methodologies and tools, and the costing of social protection policies.
To learn more about the latest training:
- Training on “SPF Rapid Assessment, Training and Costing “, 15-19 November 2010
- ILO Executive Training Seminar “Securing Development: New Paths for Social Protection”, 13-14 March 2012
- Hands-on Training Course on “How to Cost, Finance and Monitor Social Protection Schemes? 15 to 17 May 2012
A number of user-friendly training tools have been developed to raise awareness on social security and the Social Protection Floor. Two games “Who wants to be a protectionnaire?” and “Jeopardy, special edition 2011 on the Social Protection Floor” have been adapted from famous TV shows and are a great success. The Social Protection Floor Advocacy Tools are available here and can be adapted to other countries’ contexts.